Playing an Extremely Short Stack

A situation came up in the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker that doesn't get much attention in various texts and strategy discussions, and is one that I believe many players play very poorly. Fortunately for me, I spend way too much time thinking about odd...

Wednesday Aug 01, 2007

published 401 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 15

Attitude Adjustment

As I write this, it's a pretty exciting time for me. I'm right in the thick of the World Series of Poker player of the year race, and I've been playing poker pretty much every day for about a month now and am still enjoying myself. Part of that is because when you're running well...

Wednesday Jul 18, 2007

published 415 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 14

Adjusting From No-Limit to Pot-Limit

As I'm writing this column, we're right in the thick of the World Series of Poker. First off, let me say that every year, the World Series always manages to rekindle my flame for tournament poker. There really is nothing quite like the rush of seeing 5,000-plus poker players packed into...

Wednesday Jul 04, 2007

published 429 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 13
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 8

Adapting to the Table Situation

In all of my time playing poker, I've found that most successful players tend to fall into one of two categories. One category is the player who always attempts to be the table captain. This player attempts to constantly bend the will of everyone at the table to conform to his game or suffer...

Tuesday Jun 26, 2007

published 437 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 12

Avoid Being Results-Oriented

One of the toughest things about poker is that the variance that the luck factor brings to the game can really mess with your short-term results. I often receive questions like the following from readers of both this column and my blog: "Could you fold aces here?" "Can I get away...

Tuesday Jun 12, 2007

published 451 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 11

World Series Advice

I get asked a lot of questions about last year's World Series of Poker experience. As you may or may not know, last year was my first trip to the World Series of Poker, and I was fortunate enough to go very deep in two of the four events I entered. I use the word fortunate because while it...

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