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:...

Tuesday Jul 25, 2006

published over 2 years 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 over 2 years 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 over 2 years 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 over 2 years 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...

Tuesday Nov 01, 2005

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 21

Poker Books: To Educate, Inform, and Entertain

If you're at all serious about playing poker, your poker library no doubt contains Doyle Brunson's Super System or Super System II (Cardoza Publishing; $29.95 and $34.95, respectively), David Sklansky's Theory of Poker (Two Plus Two Publishing; $29.95), and Dan Harrington's...

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