NRL Almanac: A Whale of a Game
It’s always a nuisance when they schedule a Raiders game on Mother’s Day. You’d prefer they’d not schedule any matches at all. You know, leave the day free to do your duties as a son, or daughter, or husband, to …
Poker’s Black Friday: Coming to Australia?
There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that Australia is on the cusp of banning online poker completely. The good news is there is a catch.
As every poker player knows, ‘Black Friday’ was the day in …
Who’s the Boss? (It’s Not Josh Dugan)
The concert started with a 63-year-old man crowd surfing during the first song. The same 63-year old danced on a piano, electrified the audience with his guitar and vocal solos, and ran around a packed arena high-fiving fans while holding …
How to Eat Eggs: Playing the Aussie Millions
“Yeah well, sometimes nothing is a real cool hand” – Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke
The American – round-faced, good-humoured – looks at his cards then looks at me, “all in”. He pushes his chips into the middle.…
Raiding the Lost Ark: Poker, Business, and Greed
Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great~Walter Matthau
In theory, poker players should be the best investors in the world. They are, after all, among the most practiced at the craft. With …
Howard Lederer: the Arsehole at the End of the Poker World
Full Tilt Poker was, to quote Obi Wan Kenobi, a wretched hive of scum and villainy. Under the stewardship of Howard Lederer and his squishy sidekick, Ray Bitar, Full Tilt Poker was a company that was, at best, horribly managed …
Remembering Eureka
It seemed like a good idea at the time. I’d been overseas for about a year. I was missing home, missing Australia. A Southern Cross tattoo – yeah, I thought: that’s what I need. So I got the ink. That …
US Election: Mitt Romney – Greedy, Weird, and Bad for America
It is time for us here, from the objective distance of Making the Nut Headquarters in Australia, to discuss clearly and dispassionately the upcoming US elections. My calm and reasoned conclusion is this: Mitt Romney is a strange, greedy profiterole …
Strange and Bizarre Bets Through History
By Nick Tedeschi and Tim Napper
For most, having a bet involves a wager on the footy or an interest in the horses, a hand of blackjack, a scratch of a scratchy or a dip at the lotto jackpot. …
NRL Grand Final: Nobody Say Vindication
It’s the Grand Final. Bon Jovi has just belted out a livewire version of ‘Living on a Prayer’. The crowd is in rapture.
And there they come, the men of the Melbourne Storm (booooo), down the tunnel, out on to …