PokerStars has introduced an interesting format for poker television.  Basically it is a cash game that pits 5 pros against what they call a "loose cannon".  The Loose Cannon get's staked for $100,000 and anything that player wins over $100,000 he/she gets to keep. [ the big game ]

  In poker as in most things people love winners until they lose, then obviously they become degenerates.  Michael Mizrachi knows this roller coaster better than most after rising in the poker world and dominating the World Poker Tour "The Grinder" basically fell off the poker [ Michael Mizrachi Players Championship ]

  When I first started playing poker, even before I knew I wanted to do it for a living (you could strongly argue that I do not now and you would not be far off) I dreamt to play in the WSOP, the main event.  I tried to get into some preliminary events back in the day through satellites [ no longer a series ]

  Jason Calacanis is a bombastic, opinionated and self serving player in the technology blogging community.  He is most known for starting fights with just about everyone as a way to garner attention for himself and his projects.  My wife describes me similar to the way I would [ Jason Calacanis Poker ]