• Defending Your Blinds

  by Jim Brier

  By defending your blinds, I am referring to situations in which someone has opened with a raise from late position (the cutoff or the button) and you are responding from either your small blind or your big blind. A late-position raiser is usually …continued

• Costa Rica Unlimited - Part II

  by Michael Cappelletti

  I played in five evening no-limit hold'em poker tournaments at the Linda Johnson Celebrity Challenge at Casinos Europa in San José, Costa Rica. During the day, my wife, our two "teenage" kids (actually, ages 12 and 10), and I …continued

• Robert's Rules

  by Bob Ciaffone

  As I mentioned in a previous column, I have completed work on Robert's Rules of Poker, a comprehensive poker rulebook for cardrooms. I am not trying to make any money off it, so you can download a digital copy for free at my website, …continued

• Hold'em Isn't Stud

  by Roy Cooke

  A reasonably proficient seven-card stud player with very little hold'em experience sat in our $30-$60 hold'em game. There are many concepts that are equally applicable to both seven-card stud and hold'em. However, there are also many major …continued

• Foxwoods Set to Host World Poker Finals

  by Cover Story

  Thousands of steely-eyed, icy-nerved poker players will take their seats at the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Resort Casino Oct. 28-Nov. 18. At stake, in addition to the honor of being a winner, is approximately $2 million in total prize money. …continued

• Terrorism: Impacts on Poker and Gambling

  by Nolan Dalla

  The world as we once knew it changed on Sept. 11, 2001. Our way of life will never be the same again. The tragedy of that horrific day symbolizes our Pearl Harbor, our Kennedy assassination, our Challenger explosion - all rolled into one collective …continued

• Someone is Always Trying to Take Your Clothes Off

  by Greg Dinkin

  Billy was the youngest, the best, and the cockiest player at his regular game in New York, and after making a big score in Vegas, he went home with an even bigger ego. It was just another day, and Billy was winning in a wide-open $1,000-$2,000 …continued

• If It's Wednesday, It Must be Time for Poker

  by Jan Fisher

  Returning to our Wednesday afternoon poker discussion group, allow me to introduce you to some of the players. There are Card Player columnists who regularly attend, as well as some writers for other periodicals. There are college students, a pai gow …continued

• 'The Seniors' Poker Players Hall of Fame

  by Oklahoma Johnny Hale

  "The Seniors" began in 1995, with its first tournament held at Len Miller's Oceanside Casino in Oceanside, California. "The Seniors" Poker Players Hall of Fame was created as a part of "The Seniors" annual tournament. …continued

• Phil's Terrible Stud Play at Foxwoods

  by Phil Hellmuth

  A quick sad note before I begin: I was saddened to hear of the death of European poker player Hemish Shah at the young age of 33. Hemish won several tournaments over the last year, including the $5,000 buy-in limit hold'em event at the World …continued

• Four Queens Poker Classic

  by Jeff Shulman

  Before I talk about the Four Queens Poker Classic, I would like to send my condolences to anyone who lost family or friends as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center, Pentagon, and airliner crash tragedies. These disastrous events have …continued

• Should I Have a Tight or Loose Image?

  by Lee H. Jones

  One of the favorite topics of discussion (or violent disagreement) among thinking poker players is, "Should you have a tight or loose table image?" This discussion has been re-ignited by an excellent book, Inside the Poker Mind, by John …continued

• How Would You Play These Hands?

  by Lou Krieger

  A reader living in upstate New York who plays at Turning Stone Casino asked me to comment on two hands. One was played in a cash game, the other in a tournament. The issues are interesting in and of themselves, and help point out some of the major …continued

• Tournament News 'n' Views From My Side of the Fence

  by Tom McEvoy

  As a change of pace from my usual strategy-oriented columns, I am focusing on several news events in the world of tournament poker in this column. First on my personal agenda is the news that I will be directing the World Series of Poker in 2002. As …continued

• A Poker Introspective

  by Brian Mulholland

  "It may be that all games are silly. But, then, so are human beings." - Robert Lynd It has been said that poker is a metaphor for life. Like life, poker is a mix of risks and rewards, of setbacks and triumphs, of ability and luck. In poker, …continued

• Let's Make a Deal? I Think Not!

  by Daniel Negreanu

  Very early in my tournament poker career, I had to decide how I was going to handle the dealmaking that occurs in many of the major tournaments. I had to be very careful not to take the worst of it in any deals I'd make. In all honesty, though, I …continued

• What? Total Agreement?

  by Mike O Malley

  I often sit at a poker table and wonder what it would take to get nine poker players to agree on one thing. Ask nine players at a table who is the greatest athlete of all time, and you are likely to get nine answers. Ask nine players if they would …continued

• Latest Tax Changes: What the Politicians Did Not Tell Us

  by Yolanda Smulik-Roche Roche

  We recently sat down to research the various tax publications we receive. We did our usual online search for new court cases that deal with gambling issues, but nothing was new except the Economic Growth Tax & Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001. …continued

• In Nevada, It's Pay Your Markers or Go to Jail

  by I. Nelson Rose

  The district attorneys' offices in Nevada are threatening to charge gamblers who don't pay off their markers to local casinos with felonies. Law enforcement officials do not normally act as collection agencies. But, two recent decisions from …continued

• Most Memorable Game

  by Mike Sexton

  I have been playing poker since the seventh grade, about 40 years. I've had a lot of memorable moments in poker over the years, but my answer is not what you might think when I'm asked, "What poker game that you played in do you remember …continued

• F, as in Funny

  by Max Shapiro

  Warning: This column is X-rated. Or perhaps I should say, "F-rated." Yes, it's about that notorious f-word. Before you faint, Barry, let me offer some reasons for not killing this column. This is a poker magazine, not the Girl Scout …continued

• The New Look of the Game

  by Chuck Sippl

  There has been an ongoing change in football in recent years that has changed the look of the game. That new look involves the growing move to attacking, pressuring defenses, and the countering offensive strategy of the spread-'em-out, …continued

• Annie Duke: An Accomplished Scholar and Attentive Mother Who Plays High Poker For a Living

  by Dana Smith

  Original oils in gilt frames, elegant chandeliers and cushy brocade chairs, piped-in music - an unusual setting in which to find a casually dressed, somewhat disheveled-looking young Montana gal? Not at all - Bellagio's poker room is where Annie …continued

• by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. Let's go practice shooting three-point shots at the basket up on the garage, and then play some Horse while we talk poker. Did I ever tell you the story about Roger? Roger was a poker-room friend I knew a few years ago. I …continued

• Aunt Sophie Tries a Steal

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  "Aunt Sophie," I began, "may I ask a question about a play you made just before the break?" "Tsatskeleh," said she, "I know to what you're referring to." We were at a table adjoining the tournament area of …continued

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