Nov 25th, 2008 · Michael Lewis, author of a new book called Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, contends the current Wall Street slump will have some healthy long-term effects, including more moderate financial risk-taking and more proportionate rewards for CEOs.
Nov 8th, 2008 · Nine players will compete for $9 million in the final table of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Sunday.
Jul 7th, 2008 · They can deliver speeches, they can talk trade policy, or bash Congress — but how do presidents do at the poker table?
Mar 4th, 2007 · Slight-of-hand expert Ricky Jay runs the gambling tables in the HBO series Deadwood. His stage show won an Obie Award. Now, he has compiled a collection of his favorite poker music and a DVD of his tricks.
Feb 17th, 2006 · Commentator Dayvid Figler grew up in Las Vegas and says that the quirky glamour of televised poker games isn't what it's like in the casinos. Dayvid Figler is an attorney in Las Vegas. His new book is available at futuretensebooks.com.
Sep 9th, 2005 · He's the author of Liar's Poker and The New, New Thing. Michael Lewis talks about his high school days in New Orleans, the subject of his newest book, Coach: Lessons on The Game of Life.
Aug 16th, 2005 · Internet poker has surpassed sports betting as the most popular form of online gambling -- an industry that now takes in as much as $10 billion a year. There's one catch: playing online poker -- for money -- is illegal in the United States.
Jun 4th, 2005 · Roxanne Rhodes has set out to conquer the world of high-stakes poker, a game dominated 10-to-1 by men. She talks with Scott Simon from Las Vegas, where she's competing in the 2005 World Series of Poker.