• Rebel, the Poker Playin' Canine

  by Byron 'Cowboy' Wolford

  Rebel, our 9-pound gray poodle, knew more poker players than any other dog in the world. When we had our pot-limit and no-limit poker game in Dallas, all the players knew Rebel very well, because he was always at the game. Rebel loved to travel - the …continued

• Curly Goes on the Road

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Curly was on the road. He had had a successful few months in the easy games of the poker factories of Southern California, but now he longed for the easy games and high-tech life of Silicon Valley, and was driving north along Interstate 5. Driving …continued

• I Don't Want to Hear It

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  My friend plays a lot of online hold'em. He told me about a monster pot he wished he'd participated in. He had pocket fours in middle position that he declined to play. A raise came behind him, and soon the pot was capped. He patted himself on …continued

• by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. Let's lift weights while we speak of poker. There are several items that I want to get out of my "notes" box. Sayings that I hear at the poker table that I never want to hear you say: (Notice that they all begin with, …continued

• Randy Holland - A Peripatetic Poker Player, Perennial Champion, and Perfect Gentleman

  by Dana Smith

  Randy Holland had just won the $1,500 seven-card stud high-low split tournament when I interviewed him during the 2000 World Series of Poker. More than a year later, I ran into the tournament star at the 2001 Orleans Open when I sat across the table …continued

• Tangibles vs. the Intangibles

  by Chuck Sippl

  A few weeks ago, a loyal, longtime subscriber to the late telephone service at my home base of The Gold Sheet in Los Angeles asked me my opinion of several games he was considering as wagering vehicles that week. Inasmuch as we have done quite well in …continued

• When Push Comes to Shove

  by Max Shapiro

  I am a wanted man. I was thrown out of a poker room for inflicting assault on another player. And no, this wasn't in some rattrap like Big Denny's Barstow Card Casino, where fights are part of the decor. It was at (gulp) Bellagio! The object …continued

• Lyle Berman

  by Mike Sexton

  Very few people have reached the level of success of Lyle Berman. He is a "businessman extraordinaire." He's also a poker player - not your average player, but one who has had substantial tournament success and has played in "the …continued

• My First World Series of Poker Bracelet - Part III

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I really would have liked telling this story in one single column, but I don't think it would have been right to tell Barry Shulman that he needed to allow me 10 extra pages for my column! So, I decided to break it down into three parts, also …continued

• Monkey See, Monkey Do

  by Barry Mulholland

  Anything is possible. A July day could be cold, a politician could tell the truth, and the Red Sox could win the World Series. Remember that old hypothesis from statistics 101? If you put enough monkeys in a room with enough typewriters, one of them …continued

• TEARS in My Eyes By Shane Smith, Guest Columnist

  by Tom McEvoy

  Note: Through Nov. 18, Tom McEvoy is hosting one of his favorite tournaments, Tom McEvoy's Poker Spectacular at Hollywood Park Casino, where he hopes to meet you in the winner's circle. Several years ago I met a cowboy-type poker player who …continued

• Anyone Seen My Decoder Ring?

  by Warren Karp

  "If I crack this code, I'll have the key to the universe." - Warren Karp It was Saturday night and I was off to the casino to play poker! It was a great night in California, clear and warm - ah, California, what better place to play …continued

• Casinos Europa

  by Jeff Shulman

  All I have heard the past few months is how much fun poker in Costa Rica is. I am now a believer. I was excited to fly there and play at Casinos Europa. How could I pass up a free vacation? All I had to do was play poker for 50 hours (which included …continued

• Did I Misplay This Hand?

  by Phil Hellmuth

  Recently I was playing in The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker $300 buy-in (with multiple rebuys) no-limit hold'em event. Things were going along just fine and I was feeling pretty confident. I had just finished second to Daniel Negreanu in …continued

• Efficient Market Hypothesis

  by Greg Dinkin

  "I'm never betting football again," my friend Jeremy said, not so much to me as to himself, after another zero for three day betting the NFL. Whether he wanted to hear it or not, I started talking about the efficient market hypothesis. …continued

• The Poker Paradox

  by Nolan Dalla

  God does not play dice with the universe. - Albert Einstein We live in an uncertain world. Although there are outcomes that can be predicted with great confidence, most things in life are determined by chance. For instance, we know with relative …continued

• San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino Features a New Look

  by Cover Story

  San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, California, now features a whole new look, with the addition of 43,950 square feet of gaming space and 2,000 slot machines. The casino continues to be a popular spot to "get away from it all" …continued

• Vary Your Style to Fit the Situation

  by Roy Cooke

  Things are not always as they appear. We humans have a tendency to attach greater or lesser weight to different events based not on the inherent nature of the events but on the way those events affect us. Among other examples of this tendency, …continued

• Commerce Casino's Elite New Poker Room

  The Largest Poker Section in the World has Gotten Larger With the Opening of Commerce Casino's Elite New Poker Room It was a quiet affair, a "word-of-mouth" event that created a ripple effect in poker-playing circles throughout the …continued

• My Apologies

  by Bob Ciaffone

  Nearly all the time when I write a poker column, it is confined to one subject. But every once in a while, a bunch of things pile up that do not require enough commentary for a full-length column, but still should be addressed. So, the time has come …continued

• The Meaning of Gamble

  by Spring Cheong

  It is now late fall, with only a little more than a month of this year remaining. The sky of autumn is fresh and bright. Most of California, including San Francisco, always has mild weather, and even in midwinter, we do not experience any bitter cold. …continued

• Return to Costa Rica

  by Michael Cappelletti

  Not long ago, I wrote two columns extolling my first trip to Costa Rica for a poker tournament. Why did I "return" so soon? For the same reason that more than a hundred other United States players (including five former world poker …continued

• Semibluffing

  by Jim Brier

  By semibluffing, I am referring to betting or raising with a hand that may not be the best but has outs when it is called, or has a real chance of making a better hand fold to win the pot outright. The semibluff is an important weapon in the arsenal …continued

• Commerce Crowne Plaza Now Open

  by Barry Shulman

  Commerce Casino has opened a new Crowne Plaza Hotel on its property - and it suits its purpose perfectly. Already the standard bearer by virtue of being the world's biggest poker room and located in the world's biggest poker community, this …continued

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