Tikay's Table Tales

So, the wily veteran Mickey Wernick was the European Player of the Year in 2005, based on the rankings. He's a truly worthy winner, too, if you ask me. This man knows all the angles, all the moves, and can dance with the best of them when he feels it's needed. But he's in the...

Wednesday Feb 01, 2006

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 1

Tikay's Table Tales

MOSCOW TO MONTE CARLO, VIA AMSTERDAM At $25,000 a pop, the Monte Carlo Millions (MCM) is not for you or me, but life as a poker reporter has its moments, and a few days in Monte Carlo is right up there among the best of them. The MCM final was held in the world's plushest casino, the Casino...

Sunday Jan 01, 2006

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 12

Tikay's Table Tales

What IS The Real Thing? The relationship between online poker and what some of us call "the real thing" - and I mean live poker, not Coca-Cola - is beginning to get interesting. For too long, Internet poker and Internet players have been branded as a lesser version of the game. It's...

Thursday Dec 01, 2005

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 11

Tikay's Table Tales

The tower of the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas provides a beautiful backdrop for the Fountains of Bellagio. Don't you just love Americans? So, that's what Vegas is like. I've just returned from my first-ever trip and I'm left with mixed conclusions. As a city, it seemed to...

Saturday Oct 01, 2005

published over 3 years ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 9

Tikay's Table Tales

So, that's what the World Series of Poker is like at close hand. I never got to play in it; $10,000 is a bit heavy for the ol' fella. However, I got so close I could feel the action and took away memories aplenty. How often do you hear this down at your local casino? It's the final of...

Thursday Sep 01, 2005

published over 3 years ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 8

Tikay's Table Tales

They Play Poker in Norway? Well, of course they do. What sort of daft question is that? OK, I'll rephrase it. Is it legal to play poker in Norway? No, it's not, not at all. So, how come there are so many of those Internet hotties playing out of Norway? What gives? Well, it's sort of...

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