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14/31: Runner, Runner
January 14, 2015 – 5:55 PM | 7 Comments
14/31: <em>Runner, Runner</em>

What is it about gambling-related B movies with the word “runner” in the title? Why can’t they suck less?

Positively 5th Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker
July 24, 2008 – 5:06 PM | 10 Comments
<I>Positively 5th Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion’s World Series of Poker</I>

Vegas is one of those topics (others include sex and music reviews) that requires as even a writing tone as possible — the less tone of any kind, the better, in fact, because it’s already …