• Phil Ivey Wins

  by Jeff Shulman

  Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York, recently hosted the first live television broadcast of a tournament final table in the United States. I was excited when I heard this news, because it was the first time that everyone could see on TV all the …continued

• Playing a Middle Pair

  by Roy Cooke

  One of the toughest limit hold'em hands to play is the middle pair, particularly when an opponent has shown strength and may have a higher overpair, putting you in a precarious position in which you suspect you may need to make a set or better to …continued

• Varying Your Opening Bet Size

  by Bob Ciaffone

  When the amount that can be bet is selected by the player rather than specified by the structure of the game (as is done in fixed-limit poker), it conveys information that is helpful in determining what the bettor is likely to have. In these days of …continued

• The Courage to Fold

  by Brian Mulholland

  "The great virtue in life is the courage that knows how to face facts …" - D.H. Lawrence In a recent column, Rolf Slotboom recounted a poker confrontation with an old foe, breaking down the thought process that went into the playing …continued

• New Head Coaches in the NFL Preseason

  by Chuck Sippl

  For several years, the conventional wisdom in the NFL preseason has been to look hard at teams that have new coaches. The thinking, which does make some sense, goes something like this: Teams have new coaches for a reason. The previous coach was …continued

• Self-Delusions From the Antis

  by I. Nelson Rose

  "The expansion crapped out, went bust and turned up a loser." - Tom Grey, executive director, National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." - Benjamin Disraeli …continued

• Night of a Thousand Stars

  by Jan Fisher

  Recently I was fortunate to be invited to play in a poker tournament at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Called The Hard Rock Hotel Celebrity Pro-Am, it was no regular event, by any means. As you read this, you probably are wondering how …continued

• Jacks

  by Lou Krieger

  When you're playing Texas hold'em, there's no starting hand that'll give you more grief than a pocket pair of jacks. They're a blessing and a curse, and how to play them is not as easy as it might appear at first glance. While …continued

• Cappelletti in Halifax

  by Michael Cappelletti

  I was delighted when I was hired to play on a bridge team up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a beautiful, modern city that had once been the "last bastion of British supremacy in the new world" (see the famous Halifax Citadel). My wife and I had …continued

• Online Tells

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Some say you can't pick up tells online. I do it all the time, and I'm not talking about patterns or situations. I mean honest-to-goodness tells with which other players let me know their holdings. A pattern is the tendency of a player to do …continued

• Happenings in Paris

  by Mike Sexton

  I was in Paris, France, recently for the Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France, which kicked off season three on the World Poker Tour. This event, which includes great tournament and side action combined with a vacation in Paris, draws a …continued

• The Evolution of a Game Illustrated by One Man's Story - Six Years Later

  by Nolan Dalla

  Let's dispose of all the platitudes about poker's explosion, expansion, eruption, and escalation. You really know the game has achieved mainstream acceptance when it's featured on three major television networks and is watched by millions …continued

• Andy Glazer Followed His Dreams

  by Phil Hellmuth

  It is with a heavy heart that I write my first column since the passing of one of my two best friends - Andy Glazer. I am proud of the fact that I have handled myself with the highest honor and integrity over all of my adult life, and Andy and I were …continued

• Some 'Rules' to Help You Rule Your Game

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I sent a couple of neighborhood kids over to the deli for cold cuts. They brought back a basketful - five different kinds of meats, three cheeses, and three breads. They've both eaten and gone over to the park to work it off. The …continued

• Two Facecards Take a Beating on the Button

  by Tom McEvoy

  The Internet can be a great place to practice your tournament skills in small buy-in events in preparation for playing a big buy-in tournament either online or in a brick-and-mortar casino. Since I play lots of online events, my mailbag is filled with …continued

• Going, Going, Gone?

  by Vince Burgio

  I received an e-mail recently from a gentleman by the name of George Fotiadis. I decided to use a small part of it here, because I think he makes a good point, and I don't think it could have been said any more succinctly. Here is that part of the …continued

• Random Thoughts

  by Mike O Malley

  The poker world recently lost one of its own - Andy Glazer. Andy was not only a great writer and poker player, he was also a great man. I was fortunate enough to spend some time with him over the years, and I will miss his unique writing style. I was …continued

• PartyPoker Million III - Part III

  by Daniel Negreanu

  Things were pretty awesome. I was back on a cruise ship, and back at another World Poker Tour final table, giving myself a chance to make up for what went wrong in my last attempt at victory on the WPT. There were some serious obstacles for me, …continued

• Odds and Ends

  by Linda Johnson

  This is what I call an "odds and ends" column, meaning that an assortment of topics will be presented in no particular order. Congratulations … Lou Krieger recently sent me the following e-mail: "I've some happy news to share …continued

• Getting the Most Out of the Turn and River

  by Daniel Kimberg

  I like adding things up. Although more involved math is occasionally required to solve difficult strategic problems in poker, many problems can be addressed just by estimating various probabilities (based on your knowledge of your opponents) and …continued

• Looming Disasters

  I stopped by Big Denny's Barstow Card Casino recently. It's not that I enjoy the big guy's company, but almost every visit provides me with material for a column or two. "Whatcha been up ta lately, Maxey?" he asked me. …continued

• About Limit and Pot-Limit Play - Similarities, Differences, Adjustments

  by Rolf Slotboom

  When I started playing poker for a living, I looked like the average poker student in everything I said and did. I was always reading poker books and magazines (in the casino as well as at home), was constantly thinking about the game or analyzing …continued

• The Lottery Mentality - Part I: Introduction

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  The recent World Series of Poker revealed that some players see poker tournaments almost as lotteries. The world championship event had 2,576 entrants, and some of them had as much chance as a hacker in golf's Masters tournament. We all know that …continued

• Playing the Maniac - Part II: The Rest of the Table

  by Andrew Shykofsky

  In Part I of this column, I discussed the underlying drives of the maniac poker player. To recap briefly, I presented the idea that the maniac is acting as a 2-year-old child would, intent on commanding all of the attention from those at the table and …continued

• Chasing in Midlimit Stud

  by Ashley Adams

  As a child growing up in a busy New York suburb on Long Island, there were always lots of kids around. We played many games - and invented many, as well. My favorite was a variation of "hide-and-seek" that we made up; it was called …continued

• King and Queen of Chips

  by Christy Devine

  "Tell me when you get bored. I could talk about this stuff for hours," he said. Mike Spinetti knows a lot about poker. He can tell you the probability of aces beating kings, how to read people, and where to find the best tournaments in town. …continued

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