• Extra Money in the Pot

  by Jim Brier

  "Extra money in the pot" means one or more players have posted blinds besides just the small blind and the big blind. It usually occurs when a new player enters the game and does not want to wait until it is his big blind before playing a …continued

• Playing Against an A-2

  by Michael Cappelletti

  After several hours of playing in a not-as-loose-as-I-would-like-it $10-$20 Omaha high-low game at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, I had noticed that the player three seats to my right had raised before the flop seven or eight times, and each time we …continued

• Poker Can Lead to Big Things

  by Johnny Chan

  I'd like to tell you a bit about a once-in-a-lifetime experience I was lucky enough to have as a result of my hard work in becoming a top poker player. I'm referring to the very exciting time I had playing a part in the movie Rounders. I had …continued

• Dealer Assistance

  by Bob Ciaffone

  In a recent issue of Card Player, my good friend Max Shapiro wrote a humorous column called, "Poker Pests, Dealer Division." In that column, he defined a number of dealer species that he classified as poker pests. Inspired by that column, I …continued

• Bon Appetit! Commerce Casino's Food and Beverage Department Caters to Players' Tastes

  Every poker player knows that you can work up quite an appetite sitting at a poker table for six to eight hours. Man, or woman, does not live by cards alone. Depending on the length of play, time of day, and luck of the draw, most players require …continued

• A Tale of Three Players

  by Roy Cooke

  "You never run bad," the struggling pro on tilt said to me. Well, it doesn't appear that way to me. It seems like I have had my share of beats over the course of my poker career. Running bad, like many things in life, is relative to what …continued

• Hustler Casino to Host Larry Flynt's Grand Slam of Poker

  by Cover Story

  Larry Flynt's Hustler Casino continues its strong growth and promises to be a driving force in the development of California gaming. Surging through its second year of operation and gearing up for its third, Hustler Casino believes that giving …continued

• A Hand for the Ages

  by Greg Dinkin

  It's 1 a.m., which wouldn't be such a big deal had you not told your woman that you'd be home by midnight. Forget that it's a Wednesday night and you have to give a presentation at 8 a.m., you're losing - $80 and a whole lot of …continued

• Royal Flush Time

  by Phil Hellmuth

  Last June I flew to Vienna to play in the World Heads-Up Poker Championships (WHUPC) at the Concorde Card Casino (CCC). I was excited because the main event promised to be pretty spectacular, with cameras underneath the tables and the first-ever WHUPC …continued

• 2002 Jack Binion World Poker Open

  by Jeff Shulman

  The past two years I was unable to attend the Jack Binion World Poker Open, hosted by the Gold Strike Hotel and Casino and the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. This year I had to go and see what it was all about. I had planned on attending …continued

• Russ Floyd - A Man With His Priorities in Order

  by Linda Johnson

  I recently happened upon Russ Floyd at the Las Vegas airport, as we both were en route to the World Poker Challenge at the Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada. If you are not sure where you have heard the name Russ Floyd before, let me remind you that Russ …continued

• Equal Opportunity to Come and Join Us

  by Warren Karp

  Below is a classified ad. Are you the person it seeks? Our industry is looking for individuals, male or female. In fact, females are encouraged to apply, as special meetings are designed with them in mind. This is a fun industry in which you'll …continued

• Working on Your Game - Part I

  by Daniel Kimberg

  Herbert O. Yardley's classic, The Education of a Poker Player, was an influential book in the careers of many poker players. Many players took various lessons from the book, although they ran along a common theme: In poker, as in life, …continued

• The Golden Blend: A Mix of Skill and Luck

  by Tom McEvoy

  As this column goes to press, I am probably in flight from Reno, where I played the Reno Hilton's World Poker Challenge, to Tunica, where I will be playing during the final week of the World Poker Open. It is unfortunate that so many of us …continued

• Acknowledging the Need for Acknowledgment

  by Brian Mulholland

  "We are not punished for our sins; we are punished BY them." - Elbert Hubbard In a high-low stud game recently, I had the misfortune of being seated directly to the left of a man who regularly folds out of turn, often with three or four …continued

• Should I Turn Pro?

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I receive E-mail after E-mail asking me this question. They're usually from younger players who don't like the idea of a 9-to-5 job. So, rather than answer all of these E-mails individually, I thought I would answer them once and for all in my …continued

• 2001 Players of the Year - By Game

  by Jeff Shulman

  In the last issue, the Card Player 2001 Player of the Year award was presented, featuring Player of the Year Men "The Master" Nguyen and the next 19 top overall players. In this issue, 2001 standings by individual game category are …continued

• Rebuy Tournaments

  by Mike Sexton

  Rebuy tournaments are those in which players can replenish their stacks after the tournament starts for an additional buy-in. Rebuys are used at all levels of tournaments, from daily small buy-in events to major championships. Some players like rebuy …continued

• Someone's in the Kitchen With Denny

  Big Denny, as usual, was in a foul mood. "Look at dis joint," he grumbled, waving his hand at a nearly deserted Barstow Card Casino. "It's as empty as … as … " "As empty as the pan section on a Jewish …continued

• Winning Habits in Hoops

  by Chuck Sippl

  It should come as no surprise that as sports betting has become more available nationwide, sportsbooks have gone out of their way to increase the options in order to entertain, and possibly confuse, the bettor. We have discussed this understandable …continued

• Poker in the Olympics

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. Let's toss some darts while we speak of our beloved game of poker. The Winter Olympics are upon us, in Salt Lake City, and, of course, they're all over the TV. Even the majestic game of poker stands second to these …continued

• Aunt Sophie Calls With Pairs

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  I walked heavily into the coffee shop of the Anaheim Casino, and sat in the booth next to my favorite aunt. "Tsatskeleh!" gasped Aunt Sophie, "vass ist geshayn?" When excited, she sometimes lapses into the Mama-loshn, or …continued

• The Calgary Stampede in '56 With Bill 'n' Ernie

  by Byron 'Cowboy' Wolford

  Daddy had been training a horse named Bill for a year, a sorrel whose daddy lived on the King ranch and whose momma was a mare that my daddy owned. Daddy trained ol' Bill just right, and boy was he a good horse! So, in 1956 I took Bill to the …continued

• Study Your Opponents

  by Rick Young

  When you are playing in poker tournaments, do you really study your opponents? I do not mean just determining who are the loose players and who are the tight players. I mean really studying everything that your opponents do. Some players study their …continued

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