• Two Black Aces

  by Roy Cooke

  It's less about the cards you hold than the way you play them. I have often said that the cards break even, but the chips don't. That said, it's always nice to start with aces. The game is really more one of people than of cards. And while …continued

• A Q&A Session on Contract Play

  by Barry Mulholland

  The following Q & A session is an edited version of an exchange that took place between myself (A) and a reader (Q) with whom I shared my last column prior to its publication. I present it here as a follow-up because it touches on issues most …continued

• The World's Biggest Poker Game

  by Barry Shulman

  Ever since it opened its doors, Bellagio in Las Vegas has hosted the biggest poker game in the world. Oftentimes it has been "built around" an affable gentleman from Texas, Andy Beal, who flies to Las Vegas and tackles one player at a time. …continued

• Starting a Poker Website

  by Bob Ciaffone

  There are now more than 200 poker sites on the Internet, with no end in sight to the poker boom. Are you curious about what is involved in starting a poker website? Many interesting ingredients are discussed in this column, such as how much money is …continued

• Didn't Your Mama Raise You Better?

  by Jan Fisher

  My mailbox has certainly been full this week. I have gotten all sorts of interesting questions and comments about poker situations. I am starting to think the game of poker might really take off, what do you think? Poker rooms are full all the time, …continued

• Bite the Wax Tadpole

  by Lou Krieger

  Something really caught my attention on the Internet the other day, an article all about cross-cultural faux pas that pop up in advertising, particularly when copy is written in one language and translated into another without regard for how idioms …continued

• Hold'em Blind Offense

  by Michael Cappelletti

  After playing for about two and a half hours in a late-night online no-limit hold'em tournament, there were about 100 players remaining from the more than 600 who had started. We had reached the "cruising stage," where most hands …continued

• The Highest Bidder

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  An old and obsolete name for hold'em, Curly idly reflected, was Hold Me Darling. It didn't really have much to do with anything, except that they were playing hold'em. Curly didn't get to play much draw poker and lowball, his road …continued

• A Level Playing Field

  by Mike Sexton

  Tournament poker has grown substantially and been accepted nationwide since the debut of the World Poker Tour. Protecting the integrity of the game is vital to continuing that growth and acceptance. Everyone who enters a tournament should have an …continued

• Doing the Math With Trip Ducks

  by Phil Hellmuth

  What a turnout there was for The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker no-limit hold'em championship (a World Poker Tour event). A total of 667 players vied for the first-place prize money of $1.2 million, which is fantastic for a $5,000 buy-in …continued

• A Lesson in Respect

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I've made up a large antipasto salad and a loaf of garlic bread. Rip off some and dig in. I've been telling you for years that part of your poker arsenal should be respect for your opponents. I think it's even one of …continued

• Cops Rob the Blind at the Horseshoe

  by Tom McEvoy

  Yes, folks, the cops got to play robbers in a heavy battle for the blinds in three poker tournaments during the recent weeklong International Police & Fire Games in Las Vegas. More than 3,900 policemen and firemen from all over the United States - …continued

• Ignoring the Indicators

  by Vince Burgio

  The Legends of Poker tournament recently concluded, and not without some success for me. Unfortunately, I can't go into the specifics of my success. You see, several years ago when I first started writing columns for Card Player, my wife, who does …continued

• The One-Card Button

  by Mike O Malley

  In a previous column, I mentioned a conversation I had with Chris Ferguson, in which Chris stated to me, "Show me the guy who everyone thinks is the luckiest person in poker, and I will show you the best poker player." I stated that I …continued

• World Poker Tour Championship 2004

  by Daniel Negreanu

  Normally when I write columns about my tournament experiences, I try to keep them in chronological order. This column, then, was supposed to be published before the World Series of Poker, but it was a tough one to handle, so I put it off. Going into …continued

• Ask a Player

  by Linda Johnson

  In my last column, I presented a scenario from a tournament and asked a few tournament directors for their opinions on the correct ruling. In this column, here is an actual situation that took place as detailed by Tournament Director Warren Karp. …continued

• Mysteries of Bet Sizing

  by Daniel Kimberg

  When playing big-bet poker, especially no-limit hold'em in a tournament setting, appropriate bet sizing is a critical variable that solid players use to their advantage, while weaker players use it to beat a faster path to the buffet line. …continued

• Dear Diary

  I have never been very good at keeping records. At tax time, the best I can do is dump any vaguely pertinent papers I have collected onto my accountant's desk and let him figure things out. Rather than try to balance my checkbook, I simply take …continued

• A Hard Day at the Office

  by Rolf Slotboom

  In the first column I ever wrote in a poker magazine ("About Pot-Limit Play and Table Image"), I provided a short game plan, some sort of optimum strategy with which to approach most pot-limit Omaha games. I recommended playing tight, but …continued

• When Should You Quit?

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  Virtually all of us have asked ourselves that question when playing, and we often regret staying too long. Leaving too early is a much less serious problem. We may wonder, "Should I have stayed?" But we don't worry about it because we …continued

• Mike Sexton: Poker's Premier Ambassador

  by Allyn Jaffrey Shulman

  A gentleman, a consummate professional, and a star in his own right, Mike Sexton is one of the poker industry's finest ambassadors. Many years prior to the success of the World Poker Tour, Sexton was talking about corporate America's …continued

• Big-Little: What is It? Why Should We Avoid It?

  by Andrew Shykofsky

  Whenever I see players turn over hands that I call "Big-Little," I am tempted to say a prayer for them. These are some of the worst trap hands to get involved with at the middle limits. I am speaking of hands such as K-2, Q-4, A-8, and you …continued

• Thunder Strikes! - Part II

  by Thomas Keller

  Falling asleep can be a challenge after an ordinary day, but getting to sleep the night before a final table can be almost impossible! My mind was jellified after the previous 16-hour marathon day of poker, but at the same time, I had a lot of …continued

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