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The story of Jimmy Chagra’s life is a colorful one, to say the least. His early years included a heavy investment in the drug business, high-stakes gambling, which included poker with the likes of Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese, and crime. It was the drug trade that seemed to make Jimmy’s word go ’round.

Jamiel Alexander “Jimmy” Chagra, suspect in a 1979 federal judge assassination, notorious drug runner and poker player, lost his battle with cancer on Friday, August 19, 2008 at 63 years of age. Jimmy led a chaotic life as a known drug runner throughout the majority of his time.

After two days of being back from China, I’m having the worst jet lag of my life.  All I want to do is sleep, but the trip was worth it. After visiting Hong Kong, Todd and I took a helicopter to Macau.  It was a breathtaking view as we went over the big buildings of Hong Kong and hundreds, maybe

I got back to Vegas late last night and am feeling pretty good after ten hours of sleep.  I had felt like a truck just ran over me after sixteen hours of flying time going to Macau and fourteen hours coming back.  This old body needs lots of rest to get back into playing shape.  I’m afraid this cancels my plans of going to the WSOP Europe.  I may think of myself as young, but I’m not.

Poker Pro, Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson is mad at Barack Obama.  Why?  For picking Joe Biden as his running mate.  What could Doyle have against Joe Biden?  For starters, Doyle says that Biden is a hothead and a potential screw up.  Writing on his web log last Friday: “I’ve been watching the news all

Just as we get ready to head for Macau, we got word our Singapore Airlines flight is 8-9 hours late.  That means spending the night in San Francisco and throwing all my interviews, book signing and the rest of the schedule out of whack.  The APT tournament will be ok because it is days away.  I wonder

While it’s nice to be back in Vegas from Montana, I’ll barely get unpacked before it’s time for Todd and I to go to Macau for 9 or 10 days.  We are going to play in the APT and look things over.  I’ve heard a lot about China but have never been.  We’ll be taking a helicopter tour of Hong Kong before we settle in Macau.

Seventeen ex basketball players that were my teammates from 1950 to 1954 at Hardin Simmons University descended on Flathead Lake this week for a three day visit. The years rolled back and it wasn’t like we had been apart for over 50 years except for a couple of earlier reunions.

Doyle and Todd Both Making The Trip to APT Macau. The Asian Poker Tour’s next stop will be in Macau later this month, and it is rumored to have quite the solid slate of poker players on the guest list.

The Asian Poker Tour event in Macau is now only two weeks away and the level of competition has been bumped up a notch with the addition of the father and son poker pro tandem of Doyle Brunson and Todd Brunson to the field. The two have eleven WSOP bracelets between them and almost $9 ...