The proliferation of poker productions continues -- with at least 3 big-screen movies, in addition to such TV fare as celebrity-poker tourneys and reality TV. With Curtis Hanson's "Lucky You" drama with Robert Duvall, Drew Barrymore, Eric Bana and Jean Smart, due Sept. 15, Joe Carnahan's "Smokin' Aces" is in hold 'em mode -- now due in January.
That's the action-comedy with a cast including Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Alicia Keys and Jason Bateman.
After ten years of toil on the poker tournament trail, after a life span of revelry, after ultimately dedicating much of his energy to a charity and the pursuit of science and research, Rafe Furst, a 37-year-old chief technical officer from Los Angeles, won his first WSOP gold bracelet. Henry Orenstein, the Verona resident who created the card camera, continues to provide new ways to present poker on TV.
While most of the poker world is focused on the 2006 World Series of Poker, which began last week, Orenstein has his own summertime coup -- a weekly poker series on CBS. World Cup of poker on CBS
Australian poker king Joe Hachem is in the money again after winning $345,000 in a WSOP tournament. A year ago, Joseph Hachem was a mortgage broker who surreptitiously played poker on the internet to support his family. After winning last year's World Series of Poker main event and $7.5 million, the Australian says he's now treated like a rock star - but he's got a price on his head.
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