With the main event only around the corner and the whisper of opportunity in the air, that old saying "a time and a place for everything" comes to mind! And the reason for this is the time is now, and the place is here, at the WSOP main event. That's right my friends, the train is...

Las Vegas is definitely hard to beat, both figuratively and literately speaking. It's marvelous architecture along with its wonderful theme park-style of casinos are absolutely amazing. Unfortunately though, the reality is that these great structures weren't built on winners. However for...

I arrived back in Vegas yesterday my friends and I'm ready and who knows, maybe this trip will be better than my last. I can see that the place is still very busy here with droves of poker enthusiasts coming in and going out. Many unfortunately leaving for the airport with there heads down...

I've emptied the kids money box; I've stuck an "I owe you" in the envelope for the TV license man (instead of the check) - I even went so far as to turn the numbers on the door up side down in hopes that it might confuse the post man so he may deliver the bills to somebody else....

It wasn't long ago that if it were big tournament poker that you were after then you would need look no further than Las Vegas and the mighty Binion's Horseshoe. Nowadays though it seems like there's a big event on in every major City every other week. Anticipation and excitement are...

Each country's flag was hung high and the stage was set for what turned out to be the greatest and most nail biting Poker Nation's Cup in its young history. Many of the best players in the world set aside their inhibitions and checked their egos at the door, as pride and destiny, awaited...

He has the smile of an English man, the confidence of an American and the wit and charm of an Irish man. Yes good folk, the man I refer to, is none other than the "sultan of the river," Mr. Neil Chaning. Every once in a while you meet someone that you just can't help but like, and...

"Ireland is an old land, made of mountain, hill, and glen And many a crop she's given to us of great Fenian men." For those of you who are wondering, these are the first few lines from a poem that I wrote about the mother land many years ago. Anyway, after the Austrian open was over...