• Check-Raising

  by Jim Brier

  After gaining some playing experience, many hold'em players learn about check-raising and become very enamored with this play. They like to check-raise because it gets more money in the pot when they have the best hand. They also use it as a tool …continued

• Raising With A-2 Suited

  by Michael Cappelletti

  In a recent column, I mentioned that I had raised on the button with an A-2 suited while playing in a loose Omaha high-low game. An E-mailer asked if I always raise from late position with an A-2 (in a loose Omaha high-low game). My answer was that …continued

• Absent Player Rules

  by Bob Ciaffone

  When should an absent poker player's hand be killed? This subject has been a matter of debate for a long time, particularly in tournament play. I am referring to a player who was not at the table when the cards were dealt, but received a hand …continued

• More Bad Play by Florida John: Drawing to Overcards

  by Roy Cooke

  My association with www.PlanetPoker.com, the Internet cardroom, allows me access to an incredible database of hands. Approximately 12 million hands have been played there, close to eight times more than I have played in my lifetime. Among many other …continued

• Viejas Casino Celebrates 10th Anniversary

  by Cover Story

  The year 1991 was filled with memorable moments. The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Silence of the Lambs won the Oscar for best picture. The Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves in an electrifying World Series. And the …continued

• Mind Games: Why Railbird Strategizing is Often a Pointless Exercise

  by Nolan Dalla

  A memorable conversation took place several years ago when I was watching the final table at the World Series of Poker with Mickey Appleman. One of the players at the final table made what outwardly appeared to be a very poor decision. As I shook my …continued

• Know the Competitor Better Than Yourself

  by Greg Dinkin

  You are playing seven-card stud, and all the cards are out. You are showing four aces. Everyone has folded except one opponent. Your first reaction might be to think: "Four aces is a great hand, so I'm going to bet." But then you look …continued

• by Jan Fisher

  It has not been my intention for my articles to appear in such a strange sequence as of late, but with my travels and the way that things of interest occur to me, I throw order and caution to the wind and tell you what is on my mind. I plan on getting …continued

• $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em: Dancing With the Devil in the Pale Moonlight

  by Andrew N.S. Glazer

  Editor's note: This is one in a series of articles originally written for an Internet website for the 2001 World Series of Poker tournament events. In the 1989 movie Batman, Jack Nicholson, playing the dual role of Jack Napier and The Joker, …continued

• The Seniors and the Juniors

  by Oklahoma Johnny Hale

  This is an open letter to Max Shapiro. Dear Max and Your Friends Big Denny and Ralph the Rattler: My wife, Carol, and I were at our Thousand Pines ranch in Northern Arizona recently. We had been vacationing in England and Ireland for a few weeks and …continued

• My Failure at the Tournament of Champions

  by Phil Hellmuth

  Day No. 1 of the Tournament of Champions (TOC) went as well as I could have hoped. All day long I played great and was really lucky, to boot! I ended the day with nearly $25,000 in chips, and the chip leaders had about $30,000. In other words, I was …continued

• Paradise, Thy Name is Casinos Europa

  by Jan Shulman

  Rookie Year By Jan Shulman Paradise, Thy Name is Casinos Europa When Nick Gullo called from Casinos Europa to invite Barry and me to Costa Rica, I literally jumped out of my hospital bed. What is a little pain compared to a week in beautiful Costa …continued

• Legends of Poker

  by Jeff Shulman

  I just returned from The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker tournament. This event is special to me because it was the first big tournament that I ever played in two years ago, and I have done quite well there in the past. This year, the best …continued

• Scaring the Best Hand

  by Lee H. Jones

  Poker players and writers routinely disagree among themselves - which hands to play, how to play them, and so forth. Personally, I consider this a fine thing. Consider the world of science, where brilliant men and women argue passionately for their …continued

• BARGE 2001

  by Lou Krieger

  Downtown's "Glitter Gulch" in particular that always has this effect: It's energizing at the beginning, tiring toward the end, and completely enervating when I begin to wend my way home. Maybe it's none of the above. Who knows; …continued

• For Every Move, There is a Season

  by Tom McEvoy

  "When is it appropriate to slow-play a big hand and when is it dangerous?" is one of the many questions that players often ask me about tournament play. I usually answer by asking a question in return - "What is the situation?" - …continued

• Kill the Dealer

  by Brian Mulholland

  Many centuries ago, an ill-tempered Egyptian queen received some news that wasn't to her liking, and she reacted by executing the bearer of the bad tidings. Since messengers were considered easily replaceable, they were viewed as appropriate …continued

• Role Models

  by Daniel Negreanu

  The great Charles Barkely once said, "I am not a role model." Well, like it or not, his behavior had some influence on the game of basketball, nonetheless. Young basketball players of the future look up to someone like Charles Barkley …continued

• by Mike O Malley

  Summer is winding down, which means that the Orleans Open and the Tournament of Champions have recently concluded. Both of these tournaments were a great success, and were especially successful for me for two reasons. Not only did I make day No. 3 in …continued

• Federal vs. State Governments

  by I. Nelson Rose

  Internet gambling is exposing inherent weaknesses in some of the world's largest governments - conflicts that cannot ever be completely resolved. In the old, old days around 1996, it looked like the Great Divide was between the large countries in …continued

• Ron Rose - Avid Amateur

  by Mike Sexton

  Ron Rose is a successful business entrepreneur who has a passion for poker, especially tournament poker. Rose is fairly new to tournament poker, having played less than two years. Earlier this year at the Aviation Club in Paris, he amazed everyone by …continued

• Max Plays a Slot Tournament

  by Max Shapiro

  "Maxwell, how'd you like to play in a slot tournament?" my sweetie asked me one day. "I don't know anything about slot tournaments," I replied testily. "You don't know anything about poker tournaments, …continued

• Shirley MacLaine Thrown Out of The Bicycle Casino

  by Max Shapiro

  Veteran actress Shirley MacLaine was recently thrown out of The Bicycle Casino. The event was captured on film, and if you don't believe it, you can see it when the movie comes out early next year. It is a feature film called Carolina, a romantic …continued

• Don't Be Fooled Early in the
  College Football Season

  by Chuck Sippl

  The start of the new college football season always creates plenty of excitement, both for the rabid fan and the eager handicapper. But the infant campaign also has lots of uncertainty. Unlike the NFL, with its four- or five-game preseason schedule, …continued

• by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. Get a cold soda from the fridge. I'm thinking of adding something new. My astute powers of observation have shown me (after only 14 years of observing) that our magazine has no horoscope. Shameful! So, in an effort to rectify this …continued

• Playing Lowball Against a Maniac - Part I

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  How do you play lowball against a maniac? In a word, carefully. Playing lowball against a maniac differs from hold'em. A hold'em maniac raises whenever it is his turn, and it is hard to isolate him. So, the best way to play him is only with …continued

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