Michael Francis has been writing about gambling for several years, starting on his site francaseplace.com. He is an avid, halfway-decent gambler who also tried to visit as many different casinos and resorts as possible, while trying to learn as many games as possible. He has played in World Series of Poker events and other poker tournaments on and off since 2007. In his first-ever live casino poker hand, his pocket Aces held up. He has also helped organize charity poker tournaments locally in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia