Jeff Haney

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Bringing players back into game: Jeff Haney says the final-table delay this year is a bet that should pay off; Friday, May 9, 2008; Jeff Haney isn't quite ready to turn in his membership card to the poker purists’ club. But he break ranks with the purists in his reaction to the announcement that this year’s World Series of Poker main event will include a 117-day hiatus.
Better baseball betting: Jeff Haney says gamblers can mine a lot of knowledge from books that disprove baseball hokum such as hot streaks; Wednesday, May 7, 2008; Sometimes the best books for bettors contain virtually no information on point spreads, money lines or anything else to do with gambling.
Sorry, Oscar, you’re wrong: Jeff Haney appreciates that boxers are among the few athletes who speak their minds, but this time he disagrees; Friday, May 2, 2008; Dear Oscar De La Hoya,
You recently suggested that Las Vegas boxing judges are in a conspiracy against fighters with your company, Golden Boy Promotions.
Baseball lines not created equal: Jeff Haney examines bettor-friendly dime lines: What they are and where you can find them; Wednesday, April 30, 2008; This baseball season, 13 of the 20 distinct sports books in the Las Vegas Valley are employing some form of a 10-cent line, or “dime line,” the most competitive and sought-after wagering structure in baseball betting.
One wild ride on the river: Jeff Haney details the ascent of David Chiu, who made up a $15 million deficit at the final table to win one of poker’s most prestigious prizes; Monday, April 28, 2008; If it wasn’t clear as he was staring across the poker table at a mountain of chips, knowing that behind the mountain lurked Gus Hansen, one of the game’s trickiest and most aggressive players, David Chiu might have sensed he was in trouble when the announcer solemnly read the official chip count to the crowd at the World Poker Tour Championship.
Jeff Haney finds reasons to put your money on NBA teams other than odds-on-favorite Boston: Saturday, April 26, 2008; Like a horseplayer who discounts a heavy favorite when analyzing a 1 1/8-mile route race, sports handicapper Joe D’Amico is trying to beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs.
Jeff Haney is encouraged to find that his criticism of a sports book’s actions has caught the attention of the Gaming Control Board: Wednesday, April 23, 2008; The state Gaming Control Board is investigating an incident at Harrah’s sports book on the Strip detailed in this column last week.
Calzaghe-Hopkins rivalry settled with a score: Monday, April 21, 2008; Two distinct catchphrases ran through the undercurrent of the entire Joe Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins promotion that ended with the undefeated Welshman’s split-decision victory at the Thomas & Mack Center. “At the end of the day” was one. “White boy” was the other.
Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe: Saturday, April 19, 2008; It’s an intriguing matchup with the makings of a superb fight, but Hopkins, a defense-oriented technician, and Calzaghe, who has fought exclusively in Europe, could carry limited appeal outside the insular world of boxing.
Hopkins an underdog in this fight: Jeff Haney runs down the options for picking your favorite in the light heavyweight title bout; Friday, April 18, 2008; Bernard Hopkins touts himself as the ultimate underdog, and he means it in both a literal and more poetic sense.