• Pet Peeves

  by Vince Burgio

  OK, stop. Before you read any further, let me warn you right now that this is possibly the most boring column I have ever written. However, if I don't get these gripes about dealers off my chest, I'm going to burst! There are three points I …continued

• How Good is ABC in Pot-Limit?

  by Michael Cappelletti

  Hands containing an A-2-3 ("ABC") are among the best in loose limit Omaha high-low games. My definition of loose is an average of more than five players seeing the flop. But how good are ABCs in tight pot-limit games? Early in a pot-limit …continued

• Gunpoint Gambling

  by Bob Ciaffone

  A sad fact about gambling is that it sometimes puts you in a situation where someone points a gun at you. Speaking personally, I have had a lifelong lucky streak so far in avoiding such a scenario. For as much gambling as I have done, this makes me a …continued

• Summertime Blues

  by Roy Cooke

  It gets a little hot here in Vegas during the summer. Temperatures sometimes soar close to 120 degrees. So, when summer hits, I awaken as early as 5 a.m. to play golf comfortably in the pleasant Las Vegas mornings. After all, it rarely gets to 110 …continued

• California Grand Casino - A Rich and Colorful History

  by Cover Story

  From gold fever, gunfights, and cattle drives to card playing and bordellos, California's rich history and America's Western heritage can be found at the California Grand Casino in Pacheco, California (next to Concord). It all started back in …continued

• Who Are You?

  by Greg Dinkin

  I was playing $150-$300 hold'em recently, and was fortunate enough to have a guy to my right who flashed his cards as he carelessly picked them up and tried to figure out what he had. And this was no act - the guy was absolutely clueless. Ethical …continued

• My Strangest 'Deal' Question

  by Andrew N.S. Glazer

  I just returned from the opening evening of The Bicycle Casino's monthlong Legends of Poker tournament, which featured a media/casino charity tag-team event. The Bike went all out with decorations that showed off some of the quality improvements …continued

• 'Scotty Warbucks' Wins

  by Phil Hellmuth

  The Hustler Casino's championship event proved to be quite a ride for Levi Rothman, Charlie Shoten, and me. With a starting stack of $10,000 and a fantastic structure (the same one the World Series of Poker had, except the blinds went up on the …continued

• Hustler Casino's Grand Slam of Poker, and Bellagio Changes

  by Jeff Shulman

  I was very busy last month and didn't have the chance to see Larry Flynt get roasted at Hustler Casino. From what I heard, it was hilarious. I did, however, have the opportunity to fly to L.A. for the championship event. I arrived at the casino a …continued

• Robert Varkonyi: Poker's 2002 World Champion - Part I

  by Linda Johnson

  In addition to the $2 million Robert Varkonyi won for beating 630 opponents in the 2002 World Series of Poker championship event, he also won an all-expense-paid trip for two to Costa Rica for the Linda Johnson Celebrity Challenge. It was there that I …continued

• Stack Sizes and Those Pesky Queens and Jacks in No-Limit Hold'em

  by Tom McEvoy

  I got an E-mail earlier this year from my old table tennis comrade Jack Howard, a former runner-up in the U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships and the over-40 singles champion of the United States. Jack sent me questions after reading Tournament …continued

• Playing 'Not to Lose' is No Way to Win

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I recently read a column in Card Player written by Warren Karp. In it, he explains that when playing tournament poker, you should think in terms of "dollar for dollar." When faced with a bet of $20,000 in a tournament, you should consider …continued

• San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino Celebrating 16th Anniversary

  San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino boasts one of California's busiest poker rooms. San Manuel is a neighborhood entertainment destination in the San Bernardino foothills, and the closest Indian casino south of Los Angeles. Due to overwhelming …continued

• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee - Part II

  by Mike Sexton

  Do you consider yourself a winning poker player? If so, you should be on the plus side of the ledger after 10 sessions of play. Basically, this means you should win six sessions out of 10, assuming your sessions last about eight hours apiece. …continued

• Big Denny Learns Zen Poker

  by Max Shapiro

  Everyone has regrets. One of my greatest occurred when I was doing daily tournament write-ups for The Bicycle Casino. In one event, Mel Judah was heads up with Stan Goldstein. Frustrated by a series of last-card drawouts, Judah threw the cards in with …continued

• Mindset for Football 2002

  by Chuck Sippl

  I have written several times on these pages that in sports betting, in order to "play" a good game, you first have to "think" a good game. And there is never a better time to "get your mind right" than at the start of the …continued

• Limit Hold'em - Part I

  by Rolf Slotboom

  In this series of columns, I will discuss a few starting hands in limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, and limit Omaha (high), and the conditions under which these starting hands may, or may not, be profitable. This column deals with limit hold'em, …continued

• You Just Called With That?

  by Grant Strauss

  Recently, I was involved in a very interesting seven-card stud hand. The end result was that I had kings full and was check-raised on the river by a board that was A-4-J-8 rainbow, and I merely called. As you might guess, it turned out that I had the …continued

• Three-Flushes - Quality and Nonquality

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I got some fresh pears. Let's nibble while we talk poker. Quality, nonquality - what's the difference? Answer: overcards. In my seven-card stud lessons for the low and medium limits, I lean hard on my students when talking …continued

• Trying to Get Them to Break in Lowball

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Previously I discussed how I sometimes get players to break their hands in lowball, thus changing my expectation from negative to positive. Breaking a hand in lowball means discarding one or more cards from an otherwise pat hand and drawing to a …continued

• Benny Binion and the National Finals Rodeo

  by Byron 'Cowboy' Wolford

  I competed in the very first National Finals Rodeo in 1959 in Dallas. Chuck Connors, star of The Rifleman TV show, was the celebrity star that year. After its run in Dallas, the NFR was moved to Los Angeles (1962-64) and then to Oklahoma City, where …continued

• Stack Size is Important

  by Rick Young

  The way you play a poker tournament should vary according to your stack size and the particular stage of the tournament in which you happen to be playing. The size of your stack of chips can be classified in three categories: small, medium, and large. …continued

• I Did it Again

  by Adam Schoenfeld

  I did it again. I embarrassed myself in the main event at the Hustler Casino. Man, this sucks. After starting the second day with a very healthy but not huge chip position, $44,400, I steadily built my stack up to almost $90,000. I did it mainly by …continued

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