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Benny Binion: The Man Who Invented the World Series
Tough Times Make Tough People A young Benny Binion When the first news reporters and photographers came to Vegas to cover the WSOP in the mid-1970s, they were all impressed by the charming Benny...
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Guns, Jets & Sex: A Scientific Study of Poker Fame v. Real Fame (w/ Graphs!)
Poker’s Big Three Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. When it comes to poker accomplishments, fan recognition and marketability these three players sit comfortably atop the poker fame...
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Sharps, Nudes and Dogs: Cards (and Poker) as Inspiration for Art
Poker Night (from a streetcar named desire) (1948) Everyone knows the movie (and some the play), but few know "A Streetcar Named Desire" is also a painting: "Poker Night (from a streetcar named...
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ADZ124: Epic Life Story Part 1
Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti is a writing machine and he's decided to open up and share some personal thoughts and stories from his past. Matt talks about his early runs in online poker and the reasons he...
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Stout's Sunday Report: September 19, 2010
The Sunday tournaments didn't go so well for Matt Stout this week but he's still up almost $175,000 since he started the Sunday Report in February. Check out Stout's Sunday Report every week for an...
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ADZ124: Epic Life Story Part 2
Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti is back with the much-anticipated second installment of his poker story. In Part 1 we heard about massive online heaters and personal life experiences. Part 2 doesn't...
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Stout's Sunday Report: September 26, 2010
Matt Stout was a little late on the draw with his most recent Sunday Report but he's got a good excuse! He's been in London playing the WSOPE and the EPT. In fact, he busted out of the WSOP Europe...
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Matt Stout Visits Big Ben at 4:20 ;)
Matt Stout has been in London playing live majors for the last few weeks and he had a chance to get out and do some sightseeing. Now what do you suppose Stout would be interested in seeing? Visit...
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ADZ124 Epic Life Story Part 3
Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti is back with the third installment of his poker life story. Be sure to catch up with Part 1 and Part 2 if you haven't already.One night I was trying to chat up a girl from...
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Stout's Sunday Report: Oct 3, 2010
Matt Stout has been kicking it in London for the last few weeks playing live majors but he still found time to play his usual schedule of Sunday online tournaments. When Stout started this report back...
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ADZ124 VLog: Las Vegas and Vanessa Selbst
Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti is back with a brand new video blog and he's got some interesting stuff to say. This is a long one but if you put in the time you will be rewarded. He tells us all about his...
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Stout's Sunday Report: October 10, 2010
When you see the cashes listed below you'll understand why it took me a week and a half to even want to look at the records again. It was my first session back in front of my home set up, in my...
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Jason Mercier Update from WSOPC Hammond
Wow, it's been a while since I've done this. I haven't done a written blog in quite sometime and my last video was almost a month ago. I would like to apologize to anyone who was anticipating my next...
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Matt Stout VLog: Steve Brecher's Private Jet
Matt Stout was playing the WSOP Circuit event in Hammond, and had to get to Foxwoods Casino in time to play the $10,000 WPT Main Event. He jumped in Steve Brecher's private jet and filmed today's...
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Jason Mercier at Foxwoods: So Close and Yet So Far
Yet again I find myself writing my blog while on a plane. I’m heading home for just a few days before heading to Vegas to watch the November Nine, and then to LA for the NAPT. I’ve been away from home...
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Stout's Sunday Report: October 31, 2010
HAPPY (belated) HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!! As you can probably guess, there was no way I was going to skip my Sunday donkaments for Halloween, even though I was pretty disappointed to see that it fell on a...
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Stout's Sunday Report: November 7, 2010
I decided to cut back on the volume a little bit this week and keep it to a maximum of 8-9 tables instead of my usual 12. Even though I only cashed 2 of 32 tournaments I was pretty pleased with the...
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ADZ124 VLog: $350K Downswing Last Week
Matt "ADZ124" Marafioti didn't have the best week and he ended up taking a $350,000 hit! We stopped by his place at the Encore Tower Suites in Las Vegas to find out what that's like. Marafioti is a...
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Welcome Back to Stout's Sunday Report
I was on an unexpected hiatus from blogging for a bit at the end of 2010. But, partially due to being yelled at by angry readers, I've decided to come back to once again give you guys a glimpse into...
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Stout's Sunday Report: Jan 30 and Feb 6, 2011
After a short break Matt Stout is back with his famous Sunday Report! Today we've got a double dose to get you up to speed for 2011. The first few sessions of the year haven't exactly been kind to...
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