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First Florida World Series of Poker Event at Palm Beach Kennel Club

dupo-x-y from Flickr.com​Get your game face ready, South Florida. And your unemployment checks. And your mortgage payment. And your kid's lunch money.You might need it all if you plan on buying-in at the $1,600 main event during the World Series of Poker first-ever Florida circuit event. ... More >>

Boobs, Poker, and Sex on the Balcony: Tribune Co. Gets Slammed in the Times

Tribune CEO Randy Michaels.​Sun-Sentinel staffers are buzzing this morning about a New York Times article that makes their corporate bosses look like overgrown extras from Anchorman.The Tribune Co., which is headquartered in Chicago and owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune as well as ... More >>

"The Gin Game" at Palm Beach Dramaworks Reminds Us That There Are Few Second Chances

Tribune CEO Randy Michaels.​Sun-Sentinel staffers are buzzing this morning about a New York Times article that makes their corporate bosses look like overgrown extras from Anchorman.The Tribune Co., which is headquartered in Chicago and owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune as well as ... More >>

Life Stacked the Deck

Tribune CEO Randy Michaels.​Sun-Sentinel staffers are buzzing this morning about a New York Times article that makes their corporate bosses look like overgrown extras from Anchorman.The Tribune Co., which is headquartered in Chicago and owns the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune as well as ... More >>

High Stakes Poker Comes to South Florida

flickr.com​Six years ago, if you wanted to play poker in a casino in Florida, you were playing small-stakes limit poker. Each bet was $2 to $4, and unless you only had a few bucks left, you never said the words "all in." Then the state adopted no-limit Texas Hold 'Em, the kind they play in big tou ... More >>

Morning Juice: Salesman Guilty on Felony Counts; Seminoles Get Exclusive Gambling Deal

​​Here's the news this morning from Broward and Palm Beach:After four hours of deliberation a jury found former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman guilty on four felony counts of bribery and extortion. He faces up to 60 years in prison but will likely be sentenced to five to seven. These felo ... More >>

New Times' Special Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Florida

​​Here's the news this morning from Broward and Palm Beach:After four hours of deliberation a jury found former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman guilty on four felony counts of bribery and extortion. He faces up to 60 years in prison but will likely be sentenced to five to seven. These felo ... More >>

Texas Hold ´Em BBQ Moves to Downtown Fort Lauderdale in Style

​​Here's the news this morning from Broward and Palm Beach:After four hours of deliberation a jury found former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman guilty on four felony counts of bribery and extortion. He faces up to 60 years in prison but will likely be sentenced to five to seven. These felo ... More >>

The Over-the-Hill Gang

​​Here's the news this morning from Broward and Palm Beach:After four hours of deliberation a jury found former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman guilty on four felony counts of bribery and extortion. He faces up to 60 years in prison but will likely be sentenced to five to seven. These felo ... More >>

Texas Hold 'Em BBQ Folds Sunrise Store, Antes Up Downtown

John LinnTexas Hold 'Em's pulled pork sandwich with a spicy-sweet, tomato-based sauce. ​Every day after work I would drive home along Sunrise Boulevard and spot Texas Hold 'Em BBQ's big barrel smoker chugging along out front. I got really used to seeing -- and smelling -- it out there. Occasionall ... More >>

Learn To Play On The House

John LinnTexas Hold 'Em's pulled pork sandwich with a spicy-sweet, tomato-based sauce. ​Every day after work I would drive home along Sunrise Boulevard and spot Texas Hold 'Em BBQ's big barrel smoker chugging along out front. I got really used to seeing -- and smelling -- it out there. Occasionall ... More >>

The Daily Mouthful: On Servers

"The real judges of your character aren't your neighbors, your relatives, or even the people you play bridge with. The folks who really know you are waiters, waitresses, and clerks." -- attributed to Katherine Piper

Gender Politics

Two theaters demonstrate why men and women need each other.

Gulfstream and Mardi Gras at Odds Over Gambling Bills

If you're looking for a safe investment in this rough recession, I'd consider betting on gambling. Both the Florida House and Senate are considering new legislation that would ease restrictions on gambling in this state. At the same time, horse tracks like Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Be ... More >>

Seminoles: Senate Version of Compact, Please

The Florida House and Senate have both drafted legislation that would dramatically alter the games at Seminole casinos. Either the Tribe's profits will take a huge leap back or huge leap forward.The House version scales back the games that the Tribe can offer, eliminating card games so that the casi ... More >>

Morning Juice: Seminole Gambling Rocks, Sunrise Leaders Shout Like Children, Teachers Fail

It's agreed: We'll screw the poor. New Card Games = I Go Free!The Florida House will create a new committee to review the state's pact with the Seminole Tribe, meaning the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood could offer new and exciting card games! You may notice some bias in that pr ... More >>

Art, Music, Wine, And Weed

It's agreed: We'll screw the poor. New Card Games = I Go Free!The Florida House will create a new committee to review the state's pact with the Seminole Tribe, meaning the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood could offer new and exciting card games! You may notice some bias in that pr ... More >>

Letters for August 14-20, 2008

It's agreed: We'll screw the poor. New Card Games = I Go Free!The Florida House will create a new committee to review the state's pact with the Seminole Tribe, meaning the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood could offer new and exciting card games! You may notice some bias in that pr ... More >>

The New “Mean” Joe Green

It's agreed: We'll screw the poor. New Card Games = I Go Free!The Florida House will create a new committee to review the state's pact with the Seminole Tribe, meaning the Seminole Hard Rock Casino & Hotel in Hollywood could offer new and exciting card games! You may notice some bias in that pr ... More >>

Royal Flushed

Becoming a pro poker player isn't as sweet as it sounds

Seminole Smackjack

Long waits. Elevating stakes. Strained relationships. What more could a girl ask for?

Hard Rock's Buy-In Charity Poker Tournament

It’s Kinda Like a Charity Dance for Paraplegics

Ambushed by Seminole Blackjack

Shut Up and Shuffle

A Pint-Size Plastic Lemmy

Shut Up and Shuffle

Counting Sheep

21 doesn't hit the jackpot. Doesn't even come close

Smoke, Drink, and Gamble: It’s for the Children

21 doesn't hit the jackpot. Doesn't even come close

Mr. Schrader Goes to Washington

A gay escort finds himself at the center of a classic D.C. scandal in The Walker

Web Exclusive: Interview with Michael Ian Black

A gay escort finds himself at the center of a classic D.C. scandal in The Walker

Prima Facie: Theobald For Sheriff

A gay escort finds himself at the center of a classic D.C. scandal in The Walker

Something for Everyone, Everything for Someone

Despite the trippy acronym, FLIFF grinds away for more than a month

Poker & Prestidigitation

Despite the trippy acronym, FLIFF grinds away for more than a month

Nice Hand, There

Despite the trippy acronym, FLIFF grinds away for more than a month

Good Night, and Good Luck

Awesome New Republic

Know When to Walk Away

Are we the worst sports fans in America? Probably.

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Grinders

With bigger pots at stake in the track poker rooms, the workaday pros are lining up to get in

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A major miscalculation cost Broward County's taxi czar his monopoly

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A major miscalculation cost Broward County's taxi czar his monopoly

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Still Cruisin' For a Bruisin'

Despite drawing attention from numerous law-enforcement agencies, SunCruz is brazenly operating an illegal poker game

Cyber Stakes

South Florida is at the heart of the internet gambling boom -- and of the war to stop it