The Inside Straight

Third Season of High Stakes Poker Filmed It's Currently the Hottest Poker Show on TV By Lisa Wheeler The Game Show Network filmed another season of the smash-hit series High Stakes Poker recently, and although the show has been running for less than a year, its success is phenomenal. A...

Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

published 562 days ago in
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 9

The Inside Straight

195 Show Up for Paddy Power Strip Poker John Young Wins, but Bares All Anyway By Bob Pajich John Young recently won the world's largest strip poker tournament. Young, of Slough, London, beat out 194 other hopefuls at the Paddy Power World Strip Poker Championship that was held at London's...

Thursday Jun 01, 2006

published 715 days ago in
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 7

CPC The Inside Straight

Remembering 'Puggy' Pearson, Poker Hall of Famer Son of Sharecroppers Became One of the Greatest Players of All Time BY BOB PAJICH The poker world lost one of its first stars on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, when Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson passed away in a Las Vegas hospital at...

Monday May 01, 2006

published 746 days ago in
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 6

CPC The Inside Straight

On the Cheap: Getting Into the World Series of Poker for a Nickel Satellites Are Running Around-the-Clock at Several Online Poker Sites BY BOB PAJICH Harrah's is making plans to accommodate 8,000 players at this year's World Series of Poker main event, and a majority of those players will...

Saturday Apr 01, 2006

published 776 days ago in
Card Player College Magazine Volume 2, Number 5

CPC The Inside Straight

PHIL IVEY VERSUS ANDY BEAL Ivey Proves His Heads-Up Mastery, Wins $16.6 millionBY LISA WHEELER On Feb. 1, Andy Beal returned to Las Vegas to face off against members of "The Corporation" in another heads-up high-stakes hold'em match. He initially challenged the pros to play on his...