[ba-poker] The History of Poker on the History Channel

[Patrick Milligan <patrick(deleted the rest)>]

[No, this isn't about the late-lamented BARGE tournament featuring 
Lowball and Draw poker.]

If are "TiVo impaired" like me, you may wish to use an older 
technology called video tape to catch this upcoming show on Poker on 
the History Channel.

Showtime is 8-9pm ET/PT Sunday evening, 5/9/2004.
Details below are from http://www.historychannel.com/

In a high-stakes hour, we trace Poker through U.S. history--from the 
early 19th century, when French settlers played the game in New 
Orleans, up the Mississippi with riverboat gamblers, through the 
Civil War with Generals Grant, McClellan, and Custer, across the 
frontier with gambling legends like Wild Bill Hickok, up to today's 
high-profile Vegas tournaments. Features archival footage, period 
pulp artwork, reenactments, firsthand accounts, and demonstrations by 
"the Godfather of Poker" Doyle Brunson

Immediately following "The History of Poker" is "Breaking Vegas," a 2 
hour program telling the story of the team of MIT graduate students 
that won millions of dollars by card counting at Blackjack.  The show 
is based on the book "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of 
Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions" by Ben Mezrich.

--Patrick