11-11-2010
A look back at the 1985 World Series of Poker Main Event focusing on winner Bill Smith and runner-up T.J. Cloutier.
10-28-2010
A look back at the 1996 World Series of Poker Final Table and Huck Seed's road to victory.
10-23-2010
A controversy over whether or not sunglasses should be banned from poker has swept over the poker world in recent months.
11-27-2009
The identity of “Isildur1” is a mystery wrapped in an enigma. The online player from Sweden ambushed poker's elite when he came out of nowhere in early November and shook up the old-world order of the nosebleed tables. Initial speculation...
03-12-2009
By the mid-1980s, Amarillo Slim's Super Bowl of Poker was firmly ensconced as the second biggest poker tournament in the world. In 1984, the field for the main event was actually big enough to force Slim to change...
06-23-2008
The creation of 'Sexton's Corner' happened at the 2007 World Series of Poker. At the time, my wife, Janis, suggested I get a job at the 2007 WSOP with PokerNews.com, as she heard they might be hiring. I met a group for basic training...
04-01-2008
I always enjoy spending time with Dewey as we have the same interests for the most part -- poker, golf, and as it turns out we are equally picky about food, although it doesn't look that way. He has some of the greatest stories...
02-26-2008
There are many Stu Ungar stories from his glory years, and some consider him the greatest tournament poker player that ever lived. However, what is perhaps Stu's most famous hand occurred in a heads-up tournament against reigning World...
02-25-2008
If you won $7,000,000 on a three-month rush, and stacked up all the cash on a big table, would you then risk it all playing the world's greatest players, including Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, Johnny Chan, and a host...
12-17-2007
All of us in life have something in common…….we will all someday make our final journey. For Stu Ungar, his funeral services were held at the Palms Mortuary, located at 7600 S. Eastern in Las Vegas...
12-10-2007
Stu Ungar passed away at the age of 43 on Nov. 22, 1998, where he was found in Room 16 of the Oasis Motel in Las Vegas. Most believed his roller coaster lifestyle of taking a variety of drugs led to his early death. Two days later...
12-03-2007
It was about 30 years ago, when I remember being at the Dunes Hotel, where the Bellagio sits today. Danny Robison came over to me and said, "Tom, see that guy over there that looks like a 15-year-old kid? That is Stu Ungar from New York...
11-26-2007
Poker Masterpieces was a company I started thanks to the inspirational performance of poker's legendary Stu Ungar in winning his third WSOP title in 1997. Before I elaborate on what I did with this idea, I'd like to go back in time...
11-19-2007
There is a lot of history between Stu Ungar and Billy Baxter that would make an incredible movie! We couldn't call it the Odd Couple, as Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau already claimed that title. Stuey, of course, was this mysterious...
