• Tournament Poker for Advanced Players

  For years, a common complaint among poker players has been the lack of many good books on tournaments. Although several books have come on the market, most of them are either flawed or incomplete. Thus, it should come as great news to aspiring …continued

• Some Unorthodox Plays

  by Jim Brier

  There are a few situations in hold'em where a highly unusual and perhaps unnatural play is required to get optimum results. Although these situations do not come up very often, it is worth discussing some of them. Many of them are driven by a …continued

• Slim and None - Better

  by Vince Burgio

  While at the Reno Hilton in January, I had the pleasure of spending some time with the renowned ambassador of poker, Amarillo Slim Preston. I have known Slim for several years, and on many occasions have talked (actually, mostly listened) to him. Slim …continued

• An Offbeat Hand

  by Michael Cappelletti

  After an untimely exit from a no-limit hold'em tournament, I was seeking consolation and further enlightenment in a $5-$10 Omaha high-low game with a kill. In late position, with five players already in the pot, I pick up K 5 4 2. Is this a good …continued

• No-Limit Hold'em

  by Bob Ciaffone

  I see lots of myths and half-truths floating around when it comes to no-limit hold'em strategy. Let's discuss some of them. Many players of no-limit hold'em, perhaps most of them, are interested in the game from the perspective of …continued

• Vegas Pro Wins Prestigious 2002 L.A. Poker Classic Best All-Around Player Award

  Although he got off to a slow start in the L.A. Poker Classic XI, Daniel Negreanu picked up steam midway through the tournament - ultimately winning two events, placing second in a third, and cashing an additional four times - to accrue 174 points and …continued

• Getting Good Money In

  by Roy Cooke

  It was the kind of game I like, lots of preflop callers and very little betting or raising, preflop or otherwise. The fact that there were lots of callers gave me the chance to play lots of volume hands preflop. They increased in value in this kind of …continued

• East Meets West - Taming the Dragon

  by Cover Story

  When walking into just about any California cardroom at any time, you cannot fail to notice that there is more action in one section of the room than others. There, you hear loud cheers, yelling, and pounding of dice cups. It is where you see several …continued

• Spread-Limit Hold'em

  by Diego Cordovez

  Pot-limit and no-limit games have always been popular but generally short-lived. Players are attracted by the fun of having a multitude of strategic options combined with big pots featuring lots of drama, but the speed with which experienced players …continued

• Beat My 6-4

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  In my last column I suggested that if you play cards long enough, you'll see every possible situation. I mentioned splitting pots with wheels. I have also had 6-4 hands beaten. And I even won a jackpot once. Before Palo Alto's Cameo Club, the …continued

• Exposed Four of a Kind - Check or Bet?

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. Grab a seat and get comfortable. All I can offer you is half of this hero sandwich I picked up on the way home. While I was having a discussion with a poker friend, an interesting problem came up. He described a hand in which he held …continued

• The Felt is Like the Diamond … of Baseball

  by Greg Dinkin

  Imagine that you are a Major League all-star. You bat fifth and play right field. Over the course of any game that lasts between three and four hours, think about how many chances you will have to make a "play." Between your number of …continued

• 'The Seniors' at Palace Station

  by Oklahoma Johnny Hale

  The new home of "The Seniors" World Championship of Poker is Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. More than 10 years ago, I began one of my lifelong dreams - I have to be careful what I dream, because God loves me - and my dreams …continued

• Don't You Understand How Unlucky You Were?

  by Phil Hellmuth

  Have you ever tried to teach your significant other how to play poker? I have, and it was a pretty frustrating experience for my wife! But what could I do? If you're going to date and marry a world champion of poker, you'd better at least have …continued

• World Series of Poker Championship Player Groupings

  by Jeff Shulman

  In the past, Card Player has published odds on various players winning the championship event of the World Series of Poker. This year, instead of placing odds on the players, they were grouped according to the likelihood of their winning the …continued

• Tying Up Loose Ends

  by Linda Johnson

  From time to time, we all need to have what I call a "miscellaneous topics" theme that addresses lots of different subjects. In this column, I will try to update you on many activities involving the poker industry. World Poker Players …continued

• Learning to Play With the Bishop

  by Warren Karp

  Earlier this year in the Jan. 18, 2002, issue ("A Tale of Two … "), I wrote about Carlos and Jay, and the two different roads they took to learn, play, and win at the game of poker. Carlos took the route of going to the casino many …continued

• Luck vs. Skill in Poker and Baseball

  by Daniel Kimberg

  Is poker gambling? Is Pluto a planet? Was Babe Ruth the greatest slugger of all time? Arguments like these rage all the time, and they'll never be resolved - not because we're missing the key piece of information that would reveal the truth, …continued

• Another Million-Dollar Month

  by Tom McEvoy

  My latest stops on the tournament trail were Costa Rica, home for a few days, and then off to the Card Player Cruises trip to Mexico to compete in the PartyPoker Million tournament. As usual, the red carpet was rolled out for all of the players in …continued

• Rabbit on the Menu

  by Brian Mulholland

  Not long ago, I was playing seven-card stud and found myself in the following situation: Starting with 10 J Q, I picked up the 9 on fourth street, and since the cards I needed to complete my straight remained live, so did my commitment to that draw. …continued

• Dave Newman and the Three-Year Bluff

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I can still remember the first time I played live-action pot-limit hold'em as if it were yesterday. I think I was about 17 years old, and was playing regularly at a private club called Check N' Raise. I played $10-$20 hold'em exclusively, …continued

• More Tournament Rules

  by Mike O Malley

  A few issues ago, my column detailed the first three of 14 rules that have been adopted by the Tournament Directors Association (TDA). Rule No. 3 relates to side pots: Each side pot will be split as a separate pot. They will not be mixed together …continued

• California Legalizes Internet Gambling

  by I. Nelson Rose

  California Gov. Gray Davis recently authorized what may be the second largest expansion of legal gambling in the history of the United States. At the same time, he brought legal Internet gambling to a significant percentage of the country's …continued

• Casey Kastle - Man on a Mission

  by Mike Sexton

  Casey Kastle - 42, from Chicago - is a very good poker player. He's also the man who spearheaded the efforts to make poker tournaments nonsmoking. (Many people thought he had a better chance of climbing Mount Everest without gloves.) Kastle …continued

• Wally Wants a Story

  All great writers (and, modesty aside, I feel compelled to include myself in this grouping) have had the experience of seeing a work in progress diverge and take a path quite different from that originally envisioned. For example, literary scholars …continued

• Reality: What a Concept!

  by Chuck Sippl

  The new baseball season is under way. So, it's time for all amateur handicappers to remind themselves that it's what's happening on the field of play that should be the first and foremost input in your handicapping mix. What the baseball …continued

• Jim 'Cincinnati Kid' Lester Takes Off Big-Time on the Tournament Trail

  by Dana Smith

  Although he isn't the new kid on the block in high-stakes side games - he's been playing high-limit poker since he was a teenager - 42-year-old Jim Lester is a newcomer on the tournament circuit, where he has achieved amazing success in his …continued

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