Hello poker friends! I hope the new year is treating everyone well. I’ve been doing a lot of traveling for the WPT; Foxwoods, the Bahamas, Vegas, Atlantic City. Our 5 th season is going well and the fields miraculously keep growing. The next stop is our Los Angeles Invitational event coming up in a few weeks at the Commerce Casino. It’s where the big celebs play against the big names of poker and it’s always a fun event. Speaking of fun, in just a few weeks (February 21 st) I have a book coming out that I think you’ll find interesting. It’s a p... read more Traveling for the WPT

Hey gang it’s been some weeks since I’ve had a chance to write about my latest experiences. I’ve been kind of licking my wounds after my early exit at the World Series Of Poker main event. I’ll spare you the bad beat story. That’s strictly amateur hour. Ok, I can’t. How about I went all-in before the flop with my pocket Jacks. The Mike Tyson hand called me down. I call the A, Q the Mike Tyson hand because it looks strong but usually gets beat. Anyway, Tyson won this fight and I got KO’d and sent packing first day, first hour in the lovely Vegas 120 degree heat. After many c... read more Poker Novel and Ladies Night Event

Hey fellow poker junkies. How are they running for you? I hope well. Just flew back from our annual WPT event in Paris in which I hosted. I spent some time in Rome first, 3 days, jogged around the beautiful city just soaking in the ancient sites with my wife. Then onto Paris to commentate the final table where the winner took home close to 1 million dollars. The Aviation Club de France is where we played the event. A very exclusive and elegant club right on the Champs-Elysees– the kind of place you’d imagine James Bond playing high stakes chemin de faire. ... read more Poker Tour De France

Well for the last 2 weeks I’ve been giving some very advanced poker lessons to actress/star Anne Heche and her husband, Coley. Anne’s going to play the World Series Ladies Event coming up in July, representing, of course, Hollywood Poker. There will be about 6 other of our regular lady star players from Hollywood Poker also playing that event. Anne’s a good player to start with, but she wanted to go to another level. Believe me, she’s catching on quick. She is soaking up the poker nuisances and she’ll be ready for that event in a big way. Her husband, Coley, is also quite f... read more Mandalay Bay

I went to New Orleans last week to shoot a movie. It’s a poker movie called, Deal. It stars Burt Reynolds as an old school poker playing mentor who teaches a young 21 year old. It all takes place on the World Poker Tour and I played myself along with co-host Mike Sexton throughout the film. For realism, it was sprinkled with cameos of big name poker players such as Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Rock, Joe Hesche, Isabelle Mercier, Scott Lazar, Jennifer Tilly, among others. We had a great time in one of the most historic and admired cities i... read more The Real Deal In New Orleans