Poker

Poker Chips Will Kill You?

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com 2008 WSOP Poker chips Apparently the past rumors of poker chips containing lead are indeed true. Although the results of testing for lead content that was performed for a Phoenix TV station could not be duplicated and the dangerous levels they reported was never confirmed; but, it has been determined that lead is present. How much is too much? How about when it creates health problems? The public was in an uproar when lead was discovered in children's toy...

WSOP Poker on ESPN Tuesday Night at 8 PM EST

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Eric Lindgren wins the $5K Mixed Hold'em Event Prepare yourself for another two hours of poker from the 2008 WSOP at the Rio Resort in Las Vegas. This weeks offering of installment #3 features Event #4 - $5,000 Buy-In Mixed Hold'em. For those that don't know the mix its alternating levels of Limit and No-Limit Hold'em. Listed by starting chip count with seat number in parenthesis, Tuesday night's final table will showcase - (3) David "Chino" Rheem 885,000...

2008 WSOP Champions Gallery Now Available

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Scotty Nguyen, 2008 Winner $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Poker Championship The first 2008 WSOP Flipchip Photo Gallery is finally available. The 54 winners of the events can be seen in living color and hi-rez quality. For your convenience we've included the amount of prize money carted away by each of the 54 bracelet winners. As always, all of the photos in the Flipchip Photo Galleries are available and offered per our Creative Commons License. Click the handy...

The Opposite of Poker

What's the opposite of Poker? How about this: Though, technically, the opposite of poker would be something you couldn't play at all, like Ennui. [$29, Generate] Related: The Opposite of Baseball

Poker room offers at Station Casinos

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com Play at the original Station If you're in Las Vegas and play poker, it pays to sign up to the Station Casino's player's club. We preferred the old Boarding Pass card to the new My Card, but that's just cosmetic. Either way, we received a flier in the mail for $10 off our next buy-in of $100. Just two hours of play is necessary before claiming the $10, so it's basically $5 an hour to play a few hands. The offer is good through Sept. 30. You may already kno...

Online Poker Training Video Strategy On Party Poker

Promo Poker Training Video from the Outstanding Poker Training Site. $2/$4 NL on PartyPoker Visit http://www.outstandingpoker.com Category: funny Length: 12m 28s Posted: Jul 24. 2008., 11:13:43

How strong is graphene? It?s, like, the strongest.

Hey, wait a second...: How could you ever balance one of those on a pencil? Bad science! Courtesy Matthieu :: giik.net/blogAll y’all up on graphene? I knew you were. You’re Buzzketeers, the best of the best, the biggest of the brains, the coolest of the cids. There’s no need to explain graphene to this team (the Lil’ Professors), so it would be totally unnecessary for me to point out that graphene is a fancy material made of a single layer of carbon atoms attached to each other in a hone...

Fort Stevens and What's Up With Me

Hey everyone. It's been a really busy weekend, so I haven't really been around. And I don't have a lot of time to do a big blog entry or anything, I'm too busy searching up clips of old movies to post in the comment section on someone else's blog. Between that and the ball bearings on the floor, I can't really seem to give this blog the time it deserves. Anyway, I have a lot of photos to show here, and I am falling behind. It's been a pretty productive week for me, photo wise. I've gone out a co...

Legit: The Dark Knight Joker Poker Set

The Dark Knight Joker Poker set is a limited edition that ships in August and costs $85. This unique collectors' item includes a deck of 54 prop replica Joker cards (as seen in The Dark Knight film!) and a standard "playable" 4-suit, 54 card deck defaced by The Joker. Also included are 100 4-color poker chips in Joker-themed colors of green, purple, red and black, and 5 dice. The entire set comes housed in a black aluminum carrying case (which locks to prevent The Joker from defacing the second...

Governor of Poker play

Governor of Poker Governor of Poker, a poker game like you’ve never seen before. Play as a male or female character in this totally original poker game. Battle your way in poker tournaments and win it all. Cash, fame , properties, transport assets and perhaps a title. Earn rewards for exceptional skills and achievements. In governor of poker you can really make it, and when you make it make it BIG! From tournaments to cash games. Governor of Poker features a simple property management system,...