• Laying Down a Hand in a Big Pot

  by Roy Cooke

  With the recent growth of poker, the cardroom at Bellagio has been rammin' and jammin' these days. On weekends, I have to go in early to get a seat. The state of poker is as good as I have ever seen it. The only time I think it was close to …continued

• Two Aces Face Off Against a Baby Straight Draw By Tom McEvoy With T.J. Cloutier

  by Tom McEvoy

  My writing partner T.J. Cloutier is usually on the road when he receives e-mail questions from fans, but correspondent Fritz caught him at home at just the right time to get a personal response to his question about the play of a key hand in a …continued

• The World Poker Tour Championship

  by Mike Sexton

  The 2004 World Poker Tour Championship event at Bellagio in Las Vegas was the culmination of a record-breaking $35 million World Poker Tour season (as compared to $10 million in season one). With more than $8.3 million in prize money and a whopping …continued

• Phil's Big Bluff

  by Phil Hellmuth

  The $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship is number two on my list of tournaments that I want to win. Only the coveted $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker championship event is above this tournament in my book. Thus, when this event began …continued

• World Poker Tour Caribbean Adventure - Part III

  by Daniel Negreanu

  With just 45 players remaining, my stack of $108,300 was good for fourth overall. As long as I didn't do anything too stupid, I felt like I just might crack the ice and make a WPT final table. With five tables left, there were several familiar …continued

• Three Big Mistakes Made by Tournament Novices

  by Andrew N.S. Glazer

  Thanks in no small part to what television has meant for poker in the last year, tournaments have never been as popular as they are now. The prize pools have grown so large that even many good money players who used to shun tournaments, fearing that …continued

• Technically Not Slot Machines

  by I. Nelson Rose

  The most important developments in the world of gaming devices are not the way the new machines look. Design is important, but it means nothing if you cannot legally operate the game. Corporate mergers and announcements over the last year - …continued

• First Impressions - Part I: General Principles

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  Our first impressions of people and situations affect everything we think or do. Once we label a person, his cards, or anything else, that label affects the information we look for and the way we process it. If subsequent information agrees with that …continued

• Splashing and Pushing - Two Sides of the Same Chip

  by Brian Mulholland

  I recently received an e-mail from Howard P., who wrote: "I've noticed that you and your brother often make disapproving comments about passing chips at the table. I never thought about it much because it didn't happen where I played, but …continued

• Miscellaneous, but Important

  by Steve Zolotow

  I often read things about poker and think I could spend all of my time playing the devil's advocate and taking the other side of every issue, or explaining why every recommended play isn't really as clear as the author asserts. Anyway, here …continued

• More Questions and Answers

  by Yolanda Smulik-Roche Roche

  During the four weeks preceding the tax deadline of April 15, we received more than twice as many questions than during any other four-week period since we started this column. If you do not mind, we would like some feedback from you. Do you want to …continued

• It is a Popularity Contest

  by Vince Burgio

  A few weeks ago I had the honor and pleasure of hosting a tournament at the Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, Oregon. I had two co-hosts, a rising star in the tournament world, Clonie Gowan, and former World Series of Poker Champion Tom …continued

• Dream Come True for Martin de Knijff

  by Allyn Jaffrey Shulman

  Martin de Knijff of Stockholm, Sweden, recently captured the World Poker Tour Championship title at Bellagio in Las Vegas, taking home the first-place prize money of $2,728,356. Thank goodness, the Swedish government takes the position that poker is a …continued

• Card Sense in Online Draw

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  I had been on hold for 15 minutes with the tech support department of a large computer security software company, because my firewall and virus detection software were acting up, and the repetition every two minutes of a message that never changed, …continued

• On the Starting Line in Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better - Part III

  by Lou Krieger

  This is the third and final installment in my discussion of 7-stud/8 starting hands, aimed at giving new players some direction, along with a set of standards that will make them feel comfortable in the game. High and Two-Way Hands The best starting …continued

• Effective Ante-Stealing: Getting a Bang for Your Buck

  by Ashley Adams

  Ante stealing is an essential part of any but the lowest-stakes seven-card stud game. It's not useful if your opponents are too bad or inexperienced to fold to a raise on third street. But at medium limits, if you're playing in a game in which …continued

• The Biggest Little City

  by Bob Ciaffone

  Reno has nicknamed itself "The Biggest Little City in the World." In March, tournaments in this big small town were the Bridge Winter Nationals (there are four major national bridge tournaments every year) and the World Poker Challenge. Both …continued

• Be Nice

  by Mike O Malley

  My mother once told me, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Not too long ago, I walked into Bellagio to play some poker. I usually don't play poker in Las Vegas because there just isn't the …continued

• Two Sets to Love - No Valentines

  by Warren Karp

  A week after Valentine's Day, the big day at Commerce Casino finally arrived - the World Poker Tour championship event of the L.A. Poker Classic - and I was pumped. On the heels of winning a seat in the previous night's supersatellite, I was …continued

• My Love-Hate Affair With Poker, or, Life Lessons Learned by an Average Poker Player but an Expert on Living

  by Jan Fisher

  Author's note: Joanie Destino (what a great name for a writer) was kind enough to share more of her thoughts in this column. The last two columns she wrote for me stirred up some debate about the great game of seven-card stud. Here, she writes …continued

• The Low-Risk Bluff

  by Michael Cappelletti

  In big-league contract bridge, there are three 10-day national championship tournaments each year. This year, the American Contract Bridge League national championships were held at the Reno Hilton in March. Quite conveniently for me, there was also a …continued

• OK Johnny Goes Online

  by Max Shapiro

  Well, I see that Oklahoma Johnny Hale has started his very own online poker site for seniors. It is called SeniorPoker.com, and I wish him luck. Now, it's true that I have poked fun at him from time to time in the past, but this time I'd like …continued

• Decline of Starting Pitching in the Equation

  by Chuck Sippl

  I am surprised that, in today's game, so many baseball handicappers still place such a great emphasis on the starting pitcher. Yes, it's true that the starting pitcher should be a prime consideration before wagering on a baseball game. But, …continued

• PokerBot World Series 2004

  by Daniel Kimberg

  This summer, the sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling will take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While you might think this would be of limited interest to poker players, this year's conference will also host the PokerBot World …continued

• World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational - Part II

  by Linda Johnson

  Prior to the Invitational, I decided to take notes throughout the tournament and write about my play. In this and subsequent columns, I will write a "Play a Tournament With Me" type of column that will detail the hands I played, my thoughts, …continued

• The Trouble With Maniacs

  by Rolf Slotboom

  A while ago, I wrote a column called, "The Best Seat Versus a Maniac." I explained the trouble you can get into because of highly aggressive players, even - and especially - if you're in the position that quite a few people think is …continued

• Novice Players Brighten Poker Lexicon

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I've fired up my new crockpot and cooked up a vat of vegetable soup - low fat, low salt, light spices, high flavor. Start slurping. I was browsing through the glossary of a poker book several weeks ago. It was interesting reading, …continued

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