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True Tales From A Hollywood Poker Hustler: Ben Affleck Goes To School

by Houston Curtis |  Published: May 20, '20

… in cash games since the early 90s. The game was pot … lay down a big hand early in the game and scooped … everyone standing around like rail birds during a final table. Ben … to it, and the rail birds were approaching rapidly to see …

Ghosts of Commerce

by John Vorhaus |  Published: Jan 11, '12

… , button, cutoff, hijack, middle position, early position, under-the-gun, bet … had forgotten about the cocktail birds, flitting among the hundred tables …

High Stakes Online Cash Game Action Dries Up

by Brian Pempus |  Published: Oct 01, '11

… post-”Black Friday” era, rail birds have to settle for comparatively … pot-limit Omaha in the early months of 2011. Cates is …

Player Profiles: Lyle Berman

by Todd Brunson |  Published: Mar 14, '07

Lyle Berman started playing poker early in his childhood. As he … the lead for a while early on. Throughout the tourney, he … than a thousand moving animatronics (birds, monkeys, gorillas, elephants …), thunderstorms, jungle …

Cruising into the Alaskan Sunset - Cruising the 'Land of the Midnight Sun'

by Jan Fisher |  Published: Oct 18, '05

… to have a great time. Early in the week, Linda Johnson … the ship for feeding the birds from our balcony. Oh well …

Costa Rica Unlimited - Part II

by Michael Cappelletti |  Published: Oct 12, '01

… saw crocodiles, monkeys, iguanas, and birds, and then the "canopy tour … $100-$200, I was in early position and made it $500 … me and said, "A bit early?" and folded – which is the …

Jim Boyd: 'Mr. Foxwoods,' aka 'The Comeback Kid'

by Dana Smith |  Published: Sep 28, '01

… is coming up and the birds are chirping, so I get … pay them on time or early. I've been on a …

The Check-Raise

by Bob Ciaffone |  Published: Jul 11, '01

… , the world champion during the early part of the 20th century … possible straight out there. An early-position player had checked an … player is informed of this early on. If you try for … -limit, when one of these birds does bet, I put him …