Lightning Strikes | tampabay.com | by Times Editor | Fri, Oct 26
Fri, Oct 26
SCOTT Image courtesy of Mori Eskandani (the one in the beard) MAIN TOPIC We have a fun chat with Mori Eskandani, CEO of POKER-PROductions, which has brought us Poker After Dark, High Stakes Poker, the National Heads-Up Poker Championship among other...
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