Poker Pros in the News

Phil Laak ATV accident

I’ll take a break from my Vietnam postings to post a little something poker related. First off, thanks to Sebastian on Poker Affiliate Listings for this one. It’s Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies on the Finnish version of Fear Factor. Not for those with squeamish stomachs. Next up we have Phil Laak who was seriously mangled in …

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My 200,000 Bar Tab

Pretty balla, right? Not for a guy in my situation. But more on that later. Monday I left the hot, sticky, and polluted Bangkok to visit the hot, sticky, and polluted Ho Chi Mihn City (aka Saigon). I was on a visa run. Every so often you have to leave Thailand and go visit another …

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A Night Out in Bangkok

We had a little party through Thailand Friends for one of our members. The plan of attack was a few drinks at one of the cheapest watering holes in Bangkok, Cheap Charlies, then to the restaurant he manages Charlie Brown’s (some of the best Mexican food in Bangkok, IMHO), and then over to nightclub Climaxx. …

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It’s Confirmed: Party and bwin Merging

Though it’s been pretty much common knowledge within various poker circles (tell your employees to not update their Facebook status with “Just got back from a business meeting in Stockholm” if you’re denying merger rumors in public – haha), the PartyGaming / bwin merger has finally been confirmed. According to the PartyGaming website: The proposed …

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