Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Sports Illustrated's Coverage of Poker
Sports Illustrated recently made it's entire archive available online and here are their stories that have covered poker. Thanks to Kevmath at 2+2.
THE POKER IN THE SMOKER, Poker on NYC trains.
Lowball in a Time Capsule, regarding the lowball rooms in Gardena, CA.
IT AIN'T JUST ALL HEAVEN, GAMBLING. THERE'S A LOT YOU GOT TO CONTEND WITH, an article on Johnny Moss from 1971.
A SAWYER TAKES THE POT ANYTIME, regarding home games being robbed, later in 1971.
HOUSE OF CARDS WORTH $220,000, on the 1976 World Series of Poker.
An amateur is burned at high stakes, an amateur takes on the pros in the 1977 WSOP.
CARE TO JOIN OUR LITTLE OLD GAME? on the original version of High Stakes Golf, the PGI.
Deep-sixed by a six in the hole, on the Amarillo Slim Classic in 1979.
YOUTH CAN AGE YOU, on Bobby Baldwin and other "young guns" of poker in 1979.
'LOOK UP AND HE'S GOT YOUR MONEY',a 1984 story on Billy Baxter.
IF YOU PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT, YOU CAN MAKE IT BIG IN TINY EMERYVILLE,a 1985 article on cardrooms in Emeryville, CA.
He Knows When to Hold 'Em,a 1994 article on Phil Hellmuth.
Five-Card Studs,a Rick Reilly column on Amarillo Slim from 2002.
THE PRIME-TIMING OF Texas Hold 'em, a 2003 on the WPT and the poker boom, mainly covering the Legends of Poker at the Bike.
Las Vegas' favorite celebrity caddie, Hellmuth caddying for Corey Pavin in 2004.
TV Poker's A Joker, 2004 Rick Reilly column on TV poker.
Online and Obsessed, the 2005 article on online poker at college campuses, with Jason Strasser, Vanessa Selbst and others.
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