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It’s easy to look at modern-day poker heroes as transitory legends, players who might one day fade into the ether, unlike solid gold stars of the game such as Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson or Phil ‘The Poker Brat’ Hellmuth.   Some, however, stand out no matter what age they are and one such phenomenon is German super star Fedor Holz.   With over $32 million in live tournament winnings alone, Holz is 8th on the all-time money list and has been semi-retired for a few years too. Where di...

Huckleberry Seed However, his nomination doesn’t sit well with everyone. Fellow Hall of Fame nominee Norman Chad doesn’t believe Scheinberg should be on the list at all. Although he created the world’s largest poker site, Chad believes Scheinberg’s criminal record should exclude him from the vote. The criminal charges relate to PokerStars’ activities in the US. Unlike some operators that exited the market after UIGEA made it illegal for gaming sites to process payments from US players...

Huckleberry Seed Only one of those individuals will be selected this year. The WSOP has decided that two winners each year is too much, and that dropping down to one per year makes the HOF more prestigious. We know for sure this year’s inductee will be among those who appear on the list above, but we don’t for sure know who that individual will be. I will take a guess, however. Before I do that though, I’m going to eliminate Chris Ferguson because I can’t imagine the voters will select ...

Patrik Antonius Highlights List of Poker Hall of Fame Finalists 3 Min read Patrik Antonius, Antonio Esfandiari, and Chris Ferguson are among the biggest names released as finalists for the 2020 Poker Hall of Fame class. Is Patrik Antonius a lock to make the Poker Hall of Fame? (Image: Reddit) Antonius turned 40 years old just in the nick of time. Candidates must be 40 or above at the time of enshrinement to be eligible for the Poker Hall of Fame. The Finnish poker legend hit that age requireme...

Restaurateurs on the Las Vegas Strip Cope With Diminished Capacity but Vow to Carry On Four restaurant owners on the Strip share what business is like right now and how they will survive The Las Vegas Strip in front of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | A little more than two weeks into the state’s “pause” that restricted restaurants and bars to 25 percent capacity, permitted only four people per table, and required reservations to slow the spread of COVID-19, independent restaurant ...

Something like the census or other applications that will ask you to fill out a box. we also need to understand those boxes translate into resources and so for me, its interesting to see how people align themselves and why. so this conversation is really about checking in with folks about how it is they come to frame their own identities. many of us think about racial identity as something that is given to us and we meet it. i want to have a conversation about what that means for us. >> absolute...

Secretary of state john kerry has just revealed that the u.s. has evidence that sarin nerve gas was used in syria. he told fox news on sunday first responders in damascus have conclusive hair and blood samples. here is a bit of context for you. syria is one of seven countries worldwide that has not joined the 1997 convention banning such chemical weapons. many analysts consider its stockpile the largest in the world, estimated up to 1,000 tons. u.s. assessments show in addition to sarin, damascu...

Contain ricin. trace elements of ricin, havent made many people sick as you mentioned earlier, one drop -- a pinpoint could effectively kill a number of people. right now, the ability to weaponize it, make it so lethal it kills a number of people, that has not yet been accomplished. and clearly authorities, investigators are worried about, carol. >> reporting live from new york this morning, thank you. an american mother of seave spent a week in jail in mexico. yanira maldonado is accused of s...

If you have that one drop, youre now a suspect. this is how you became a dark-haired person, dark-skinned person because you had that one drop. so there is -- im looking interestingly to see if there will be an attempt to redeem or make separation. its the older brother who was the islamist who dragged the younger brother, the assimilated american, the older brother was swath iier looking one and the younger one called the light-skinned one on the police scanners. im interested to see how we wil...

>> we will see. jonathon, thanks so much. now some perspective on just how devastating sarin gas can be. as we reported, it is one of the deadliest chemicals known around the world. it is five times the strength of cyanide. one drop can kill. the affects on the body are nothing short of horrifying. lets bring in the head of the department of medicine at vanderbilt university medical center in nashville. great to see you again. >> hello, shepherd. >> sarin, tell us about it. what does it do? >> i...