Youth and Age, Anonymity and Fame at the WSOP

A seventy-eight year old retiree from Florida just polished off the field in the senior’s event for a bracelet and $487,994. Harold Angle has been playing poker for 64 years and scored his first and... continued

No Milk and Cookies Today at the WSOP?

The third of the World Series of Poker’s “closed” event will kick off today at noon, as Event 34, $1,000 buy-in Seniors No Limit Hold’em Championship gets underway. This is a three day event limited... continued

WSOP Event 3 – $1000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em

In what is the first of several $1k buy-in events in this year’s World Series of Poker, Day 1A of Event #3 No-Limit Texas Hold’em began yesterday with the traditional call of “Shuffle... continued

Amarillo Slim, Third World Series of Poker Champion

Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston was a rounder who toured the country along with Doyle Brunson and Bryan “Sailor” Roberts. Although Preston finally retired to Amarillo, Texas he was born in Johnson,... continued