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ARTICLES BY: Alan Schoonmaker

Friday Oct 08, 2004

published over 3 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 17, Number 21
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 1, Number 3

When Should You Quit?

Virtually all of us have asked ourselves that question when playing, and we often regret staying too long. Leaving too early is a much less serious problem. We may wonder, "Should I have stayed?" But we don't worry about it because we can't know whether we would have won or...

Friday Sep 10, 2004

published over 4 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 17, Number 19
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 1, Number 2

The Lottery Mentality - Part II: Some Professionals' Reactions

My last column said that some professionals are extremely frustrated by the lottery mentality of poker tournaments and its effects. Of course, some professionals love the gigantic prize pools and the juicy ring games, but this column will focus only on reactions to frustration. Some of these...

Friday Aug 13, 2004

published over 4 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 17, Number 17
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 1, Number 1

The Lottery Mentality - Part I: Introduction

The recent World Series of Poker revealed that some players see poker tournaments almost as lotteries. The world championship event had 2,576 entrants, and some of them had as much chance as a hacker in golf's Masters tournament. We all know that Chris Moneymaker bought in at an online...

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