The Quest for Immortality: The Poker Hall of Fame

Money may be the lingua franca of poker and the ultimate measure of one's skill and success on the felt, but what motivates the proven professional, the player who's demonstrated mastery over the years - over the decades - of his or her career? The answer is contained in a single word:...

Saturday Aug 05, 2006

published 700 days ago

Tale of a Player Popping the Bubble

Here at CardPlayer.com, we tend to focus our attention on the big names, the professionals, and the familiar faces from TV. But in a tournament the size of the World Series of Poker main event, there are of course a lot of amateur players, and we talked with one young player from Boston,...

Tuesday Jul 25, 2006

published 712 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 14

Your World Series of Poker Reading List

When James McManus went to Binion's Horseshoe Casino in 2000 to parlay his $4,000 advance for an article on the World Series of Poker into an entry into the main event - a journey immortalized in his classic book Positively Fifth Street - he took along a few books to help him prepare to play...

Tuesday Jun 27, 2006

published 740 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 12

Al Alvarez and The Biggest Game in Town

Twenty-five years ago, an English poet, critic, and avid poker player named Al Alvarez flew across the Atlantic to Las Vegas, checked in at Binion's Horseshoe Casino to watch the World Series of Poker, then sat down and produced the best poker narrative ever written: The Biggest Game in Town....

Tuesday Feb 21, 2006

published 866 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 3

Learning From the Pros (Real Pros): The World Poker Tour Boot Camp

Mike Sexton, WPT's television host, opened the Saturday session at the WPT Boot Camp. It's Sunday morning at The Mirage, and I'm sitting at a poker table with nine people. The game is no-limit Texas hold'em, the blinds are $25-$50, and I'm one off the button. I'm paying...

Wednesday Dec 07, 2005

published 942 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 24
Card Player College Magazine Volume 1, Number 8

2005 a Very Good Year for Poker Books

The key word for poker in 2005 is more; more players, online and in cardrooms; more TV coverage of tournaments around the world (who would have believed that the affable Norman Chad could become a celebrity?); and more entrants in the World Series of Poker. But the poker boom has been felt in...

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