• The Voice of Poker

  by Roy Cooke

  You have to be impressed by FullTiltPoker.com. These folks have assembled some of poker's biggest winners and most recognizable faces (as well as some of the best computer people in poker) and put them to work on an Internet poker site and a …continued

• The Worst Bet in Gambling

  by Bob Ciaffone

  What is the worst bet in gambling? I have made it many times in my poker career, although never intentionally. Most of you readers have made it, as well. It happens more often than it should. The worst bet in gambling is when you pay off if you lose …continued

• Dealing With the Recency Factor in the NFL

  by Chuck Sippl

  One of the greatest tendencies of inexperienced sports bettors is to overreact to a football team's most recent game. This can be a very dangerous habit, especially when dealing with the very competitive NFL. Grizzled veterans of wagering on pro …continued

• Isolation and Hand-for-Hand: Sounds Like Combat to Me!

  by Jan Fisher

  It is hard to accept the fact that poker is still growing. Having been in the industry since '77, I never would have thought it would be more than 20 years later that poker's huge surge in growth would finally come. When I started out, there …continued

• So, You Wanna Be a Poker Pro - Part I

  by Lou Krieger

  With the incredible interest in all things poker-related on television, it's no surprise that big-time tournament players are getting recognition similar to what's accorded professional athletes. Even Hollywood stars like James Woods, Mimi …continued

• The Bare Essentials of Poker - Part I

  by Max Shapiro

  While poker has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two years, in January it will really be taking off. And by "taking off," I mean clothes as well as poker. That's when the first of three National Lampoon's Strip Poker productions …continued

• International Poker

  by Michael Cappelletti

  While going to law school, I joined an organization called World Peace Through World Law, which primarily lobbied for an international code of laws that would apply to all countries. Many of us also promulgated having a world government (a real …continued

• Mistakes in Online Draw: Playing Come Hands

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Back in California's old Gardena days, maybe 25 years ago, when cardrooms spread only draw and lowball, a player new to the cardroom sat down in the empty seat of a draw game. "Do they draw to straights and flushes here?" The grizzled …continued

• The Poker Corner

  by Mike Sexton

  The World Poker Tour has set a high standard when it comes to poker shows. Recently, the Travel Channel aired a pilot program called The Poker Corner. It's a poker-analysis show that's designed to enlighten and educate the public about poker. …continued

• World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars.com Sets New Record: Norwegian Edgar Skjervold Becomes Third-Annual WCOOP Champion

  by Nolan Dalla

  When you think of the world's biggest poker events, well-known tournaments like the World Series of Poker, World Poker Open, and L.A. Poker Classic immediately come to mind. Now, based on the numbers, add the World Championship of Online Poker …continued

• Carlos Takes the Pot Odds

  by Phil Hellmuth

  OK, I admit it, I skipped the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour no-limit hold'em tournament at Bellagio, and a slot on Primetime Live (the ABC TV program), to attend, of all things, a baseball game. Now, bear in mind that my brand-new book Bad Beats …continued

• More on 'Good-Win' Stories

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I have a delicious mess for us today: footlong chili-cheese dogs. Good thing you wore a red shirt. At one of our meetings here in the dark corner of your poker mind, I related for your glee and merriment a "good-win" story. …continued

• The Anatomy of a Poker Tournament - Part I

  by Tom McEvoy

  This column is my attempt to guide you through the thought processes of a professional poker player when he's playing a major tournament. That player is me, and the event is the $2,600 buy-in no-limit hold'em contest at Bellagio's Festa al …continued

• Championship Poker at the Plaza - Final Table

  by Daniel Negreanu

  On day two of this tournament, we played for a very long time, all the way from 36 players down to the final six. When we were sevenhanded, it seemed like it was never going to end. "Here comes Paris all over again," I was thinking. In …continued

• Hedging is for Tourists - Or is It?

  by Greg Dinkin

  Let's pretend you made a friendly wager on the Yankees to win the American League Championship Series against the Red Sox. With the line at +143, you bet $35 to win $50. When the series went to 3-0 and you had the clutch El Duque on the mound …continued

• Folding Your Way Into the Money

  by Lee H. Jones

  "They also serve, who only stand and wait." If you ever watch the beginning of a no-limit hold'em sit-and-go tournament, it's like watching bumper cars being driven by 12-year-old boys. Players are going all in as if they're …continued

• They Don't Know Chip

  by Steve Zolotow

  At recent tournaments, a lot of my devoted readers have demanded to know why I haven't been writing Card Player columns lately (thanks to both of you). The answer is that I'm lazy and I have been very busy. No one disputes the former, but they …continued

• Behaving in the Poker Room

  by Linda Johnson

  I have been playing in poker rooms for 30 years, and have been writing about poker for the past 11 years. One platform I have continuously advocated in my writings is stopping obnoxious behavior in the poker room. The standards for what is and is not …continued

• How Far-Reaching the Shock Wave

  by Warren Karp

  When I first started writing this column, my main purpose was to educate new players so they wouldn't be intimidated when walking into a casino. Self-serving in some ways, I wanted to make certain there would be plenty of people at the poker …continued

• Handicapping

  by Rolf Slotboom

  Recently, there's been quite a bit of discussion as to what constitutes a "good" player. Is a good player someone who challenges the very best, and knows how to beat them? Or, is a good player someone who tries to find the game that …continued

• Controlling False Hope in No-Limit Hold'em

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  Your bet in no-limit hold'em does more than just put some chips in the pot. It also sends a message to your opponents. As we shall see in this column, sometimes you send a message of hope. You want to think through what message you are sending, …continued

• The Free Look

  by Matt Lessinger

  Three hours into a recent no-limit hold'em tournament, an interesting hand came up. With about $6,000 in chips and the blinds at $300-$600, I was in the small blind, and everyone folded around to me. I looked down at my cards, and the first card I …continued

• Show Me the Money!

  by Robert Varkonyi

  Why isn't there a World Series of Bridge on TV? Show me the money! Why isn't there a World Series of Gin on TV? Show me the money! How about checkers, chess, backgammon, Scrabble, and all the other games people play? Show me the money! People …continued

• Betting on the End With A-K and No Help

  by Andrew Shykofsky

  As an observant student of the game, you likely see one of the two following last-round betting situations happen very frequently: 1. A player dealt A-K who raised preflop and has bet out on the flop and on the turn now finds himself heads up and …continued

• The Art of Winning - A Conversation With Phil Ivey

  by Christy Devine

  One of the most feared men in poker wants to show me his backyard. He's trying to turn the lights on with his giant remote, but nothing is working. The lights go off in the house, then the stereo comes on, but he can't figure out how to turn …continued

• Don't Try This at Home

  by Thomas Keller

  I would like to discuss a hand I played many, many months ago during the second day of the $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em championship event at this year's L.A. Poker Classic. This hand was actually discussed by Jeff Shulman in his Card …continued

• The Third-Time Charm - Part I

  by Lee Munzer

  Festa al Lago III, a series of 11 no-limit Texas hold'em tournaments, was held at the venue where the wildly popular World Poker Tour (WPT) began, Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The championship event, the seventh leg of season …continued

• How it All Began

  by Scott Fischman

  I am honored to have the opportunity to write for Card Player and join the rest of the magazine's fabulous staff. In this my introductory column, I would like to tell you a little about myself and my background. In future columns, I want to reveal …continued

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