Tag: The Other Side of the Felt

The Monkey off his Back: Devo Dishes about his WSOPC Win

Bryan "Devo" Devonshire finished second in the Casino Employee tournament at the 2006 World Series of Poker and won himself a career on the high-stakes tournament circuit. After scoring a second-place finish in one of his first big tournaments...

The Other Side of the Felt, Vol. 10: 2002 WSOP, Before the Boom, Part 2

The 2002 World Series of Poker kicked off with a pair of limit events, and at the time we allowed dealers to play in the tournaments. Mike Majarus had been hired to deal the WSOP, but after taking third in the Employees Limit Hold'em...

The Other Side of the Felt, Vol. 9: 2002 WSOP, Before the Boom, Part 1

Way back in 2002, before Moneymaker, the internet explosion, and the World Poker Tour, I was offered the Tournament Director's job at the World Series of Poker at a time that the world's most prestigious tournament was in trouble...

The Other Side of the Felt, Vol. 8: Tournament Tipping an Issue

This issue has been a very difficult one for me to write about but I think that it is a topic that currently deserves discussion. I like to think that my reputation was built on integrity and that money has never been the most important...

The Other Side of the Felt, Vol. #7: Dewey Tomko, Part 2

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...

The Other Side of the Felt, Vol. 6: Dewey Tomko -- Sometimes Nice Guys Finish Second

Coincidences in life are sometime hard to understand and many times they are blessings in disguise. When I called Dewey Tomko out of the blue about a restaurant recommendation in Kingman, Arizona, the conversation changed to our upcoming...

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