Poker and Pop Culture
The Nightly Turbo: Gus Hansen Wins Full Tilt Poker Million IX, a New Poker Reality Show, and More
12-13-2010,
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day's top poker news stories including news on Gus Hansen's win at the Full Tilt Poker Million IX, a new poker reality show, and more.
The Nightly Turbo: Isildur1 Had a Bad Day, Full Tilt Poker Million IX Report, and More
12-10-2010, , 1
The Nightly Turbo is bringing you the day's top poker news stories including an update on Isildur's latest session on PokerStars, a look at the Full Tilt Poker Million IX final table, and more.
Top Ten Poker Stories of the 2009: #9, Mike Sexton's Election Into the Poker Hall of Fame
12-26-2009,
Considered by many within the industry to be the game's top ambassador, Mike Sexton's election as 38th member of the Hall of Fame was a no-brainer and the fact that he was the only player elected this year is a testament to how much of an impact...
Poker and Pop Culture: Poker and Space Exploration
07-21-2009, , 1
Over the past few weeks, a lot of attention has been given to the fact that this summer marked the 40th year for the World Series of Poker...
Poker & Pop Culture: 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
05-19-2009, , 1
Sitting atop the box office charts this week is the latest entry into the 'Star Trek' franchise, a new feature film...
Poker & Pop Culture: Herbert O. Yardley’s ‘The Education of a Poker Player’
04-28-2009,
There was a time, prior to the era ushered in by books like 'Super/System', 'Caro’s Book of Poker Tells', and 'The Theory of Poker'...
Poker & Pop Culture: 'California Split'
04-14-2009,
A recurring topic among poker players concerns the relative lack of good feature films depicting poker. Even consensus picks for 'best poker films like 'The Cincinnati Kid' or 'Rounders' are often criticized by poker...
Poker & Pop Culture: Mainstream Magazines on the Poker Boom
03-31-2009,
Poker's standing in popular culture was affected considerably by the so-called "boom" many observers suggest mostly resulted from three factors: the televised debut of the World Poker Tour (six years ago this week), Chris...
Poker & Pop Culture: Hold'em Hand Nicknames
03-03-2009,
Among poker's many attractions is the way the game manages to produce a seemingly inexhaustible fund of stories. Poker is fun to play, but fun to talk about playing, too, with particular hands usually the focus for such tales...
Poker & Pop Culture: Mark Twain
02-17-2009,
Poker players have long been aware that the great American humorist and fiction writer Mark Twain was an avid poker player. He reportedly learned the game as a boy in Mississippi, and as an adult gained a reputation...
Poker & Pop Culture: Damon and Norton Enter the 1998 WSOP
02-03-2009,
One of the dozens of much-remembered lines among poker players coming from John Dahl's 1998 film 'Rounders' features Matt Damon's character, Mike McDermott, explaining to his girlfriend, Jo (Gretchen Moll), with some animation...
Poker & Pop Culture: The Films of W.C. Fields
01-20-2009,
The image of W.C. Fields, stealthily peering out from under a stovepipe top hat over a carefully-protected hand of cards, is one of the more iconic images of poker playing to come from American cinema. Indeed, for many...
Poker & Pop Culture: Kenny Rogers' 'The Gambler'
12-30-2008,
'On a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere...' -- Thus begins what has to be the single most recognizable poker-themed song in American popular music. By 1978, country music star Kenny Rogers had already established...
Poker & Pop Culture: Dogs Playing Poker
12-17-2008,
We all know them. Those bulldogs, mastiffs, St. Bernards, collies, and other breeds all absurdly gathered around a table, smoking pipes and cigars, drinking whiskey and beer, and, of course, playing poker. Perhaps some of us...
Poker & Pop Culture: Bret Maverick
12-02-2008,
'Who is the tall dark stranger there? Maverick is his name. Riding the trail to who knows where? Luck is his companion. Gambling is his game....'
Poker & Pop Culture: Gabe Kaplan
11-18-2008,
In the final chapter of 'The Biggest Game in Town,' Al Alvarez' lyrical chronicle of the 1981 World Series of Poker, the Main Event has come down to the final six-handed table. Referring to hold'em's Texas origins, Alvarez reports...
Poker & Pop Culture: Poker-Playing Presidents
11-04-2008,
Americans head to the polls today to elect their 44th president. It has been a long, arduous, hotly-contested battle, and those reporting it have seen fit on numerous occasions to employ a variety of poker metaphors along the way...
Poker & Pop Culture: CBS and the World Series of Poker
10-21-2008,
We are just three weeks away from seeing the final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. By the time ESPN concludes its 'plausibly live' presentation of that final table on Tuesday, November 11, a grand total...
Poker and Pop Culture: Critical Reception of 'The Cincinnati Kid'
10-07-2008,
Debates about the best-ever poker movie nearly always resolve into discussions of the relative merits of a few favorites, with The Cincinnati Kid (1965) usually figuring as one of a small group of candidates for top honor. The relative
Poker & Pop Culture: Moss & Dandalos, Dazzling with Dollars
09-09-2008,
This series of columns will discuss and analyze the ever-changing position poker has occupied in American popular culture. We'll look back to earlier periods in poker's history, shedding light on how the game's relationship to society...
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