Wednesday Jan 02, 2008

published 240 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 26
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 2

Stealing Blinds

Everyone loves stealing blinds, and with good reason. In no-limit hold'em tournaments, stealing blinds and antes is one of the most surefire ways to keep your stack growing, especially in the middle to late stages. It's good tournament strategy to try to increase your stack size without...

Wednesday Dec 05, 2007

published 268 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 24
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 5, Number 1

Figuring Final Tables - Part II

In my last column, I gave an introduction on how to assess your value at the final table of any poker tournament. As long as you know the prize structure, the stack sizes of your opponents, and your own stack size, you've got all the information you need - assuming, of course, that you...

Tuesday Nov 13, 2007

published 290 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 20, Number 22
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 4, Number 12

Figuring Final Tables - Part I

It's harder than ever to get to a final table these days. Fields are enormous, structures are often fast, and the players are getting tougher all the time. So, when you are lucky enough to reach a final table, it's all the more important to be as prepared as possible. There will be a lot...

Wednesday Nov 01, 2006

published 667 days ago in
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 3, Number 10

Some Quick Tips

One of my core beliefs about this game is that players should learn how to think about poker, in addition to how to play poker. While it's certainly possible to become a strong player by memorizing what to do with many different hands in many different situations, an ultimately better method...

Tuesday Nov 15, 2005

published 1018 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 22
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 12

To Flip or Not to Flip

It's the first day of a five-figure buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament. You've gotten a good night's sleep. You feel alert. You wade through all the railbirds and all the media and finally locate your seat. Just as you do, the tournament director announces, "Shuffle up and...

Tuesday May 03, 2005

published 1214 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 18, Number 8
Card Player Europe Magazine Volume 2, Number 7

Poker Math - Part I

Everyone is afraid of math. Teenagers hate algebra, checkout clerks shut down without a calculator, politicians hire teams of "experts" to crunch their numbers, and poker players don't want to hear about odds and equity - or at least a lot of them don't. The very idea that...

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