• 2005 Player of the Year Criteria

  by Jeff Shulman

  Thanks for all of your feedback regarding criteria for the 2005 Player of the Year award. Everything here that is in boldface is new for 2005. Events: A new tournament has to have at least a $750,000 overall prize pool. Tournaments that had at least a …continued

• Daniel Negreanu: 2004 Player of the Year

  by Jeff Shulman

  The Card Player 2004 Player of the Year race came down to the wire again. Daniel Negreanu edged out David Pham and John Juanda, while everyone else finished a great distance behind. Points for the Player of the Year award are based on three criteria: …continued

• Reading Bodies

  by Roy Cooke

  The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, contains the following definitions: body language n. the gestures, postures, and facial expressions by which a person manifests various physical, mental, or emotional states and …continued

• All-In Odds With Slick

  by Bob Ciaffone

  The hold'em hand A-K is often referred to by its nickname, "big slick" (or just "slick"). I have derided the hand, in a column written a long time ago, by calling slick its other nickname, "Walkin' Back to …continued

• Home Dog Opportunities in College Hoops

  by Chuck Sippl

  The early part of the conference season in college basketball can be deceptive for many handicappers and, therefore, potentially profitable for sports bettors with the proper perspective. This can be particularly true when it comes to conference home …continued

• Ever Feel Like You're Not Playing With a Full Deck?

  by Jan Fisher

  The holidays are over and the gifts are put away. It's time to get back to business, I guess! During the winter festivities, I got some very good e-mail inquiries. Of course, regardless of the season, poker games go on and on, like never before. …continued

• What are You Thinking About?

  by Lou Krieger

  If you could open up your opponents' heads, you'd find them thinking about all sorts of things at the poker table: the cocktail waitress sauntering by, a football game on TV, the newspaper that's propped open on the tray beside their seat, …continued

• Raw Power (RP) Hand Ratings

  by Michael Cappelletti

  About 10 years ago, I proposed a method for numerically rating hold'em and Omaha starting hands that I called Hand Power (Card Player, Nov. 17, 1995). Hand Power is a number that's obtained for any given starting hand by pitting it against …continued

• Poker Superstars

  by Mike Sexton

  I recently had the privilege of participating in the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament at the beautiful Casino Morongo in Palm Springs, California. Twenty-four top poker players were invited to play in this elite event. It will be aired on …continued

• Quad Fours for T.J.

  by Phil Hellmuth

  While searching my mind for a hand for this column, I gave up and called poker legend T.J. Cloutier. T.J. and I have been playing no-limit hold'em tournaments together since 1988. During that time, we have played many memorable hands together. I …continued

• You Lose When You Make Too Many Mistakes!

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I picked up some "Homemade Lasagna" at the deli. I didn't ask in whose "home" it was made. The cook there has no sense of humor. Here's a bib and a fork. Dig in while we explore another dark corner of your …continued

• Patience and a Key Hand Pay Off at Bellagio

  by Tom McEvoy

  There I sat with $14,000 at Bellagio's Festa al Lago $2,600 buy-in no-limit hold'em event in the middle of the fifth round, with blinds of $200-$400 and a $25 ante. I had just won a pot and was feeling comfortable when my table broke, sending …continued

• Maximizing Small-Stakes Hold'em Winnings - Part V

  by Jim Brier

  This is the fifth in a series of columns discussing hands in the new book Small Stakes Hold'em, published by Two Plus Two Publishing and authored by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, and Mason Malmuth. The book targets experienced players who are trying …continued

• The Player of the Year Race

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I honestly think one of the reasons I did as well as I did in 2004 was that I didn't play in any tournaments I didn't feel like playing. At the beginning of the year, I decided that I was going to stay in Vegas more and play in the big cash …continued

• Should You Teach Your Kids to Play Poker?

  by Greg Dinkin

  Mr. Hilton wasn't exactly the zaniest teacher I ever had, so when he broke out a deck of cards in my seventh-grade algebra class, I couldn't contain my shock. It was time to teach probability, and rather than stick to his tried-and-true method …continued

• When Top Pair is the Nuts

  by Lee H. Jones

  "It's a thin line … " There is a joke among poker players regarding the answer to any question about the game. We always like to say, "It depends." While this is obviously a cop-out to some degree, there is a great deal …continued

• Play a Tournament With Me - Part III

  by Linda Johnson

  In the last issue, I left off as we went to the dinner break during the inaugural Professional Poker Tour event at Foxwoods Resort Casino. After dinner, we returned to play with $100-$200 blinds and a $25 ante. My chip count was $12,425, but with …continued

• Back to the Future of Poker

  I had never realized the importance of my legacy to the world of poker literature until both the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress began vying for the honor of acquiring and exhibiting my collective works after my death. In fairness to both, I …continued

• Plugging Some Leaks - Part V

  by Rolf Slotboom

  We are now into the fifth part of this 10-part series on plugging leaks. In this series, I analyze (and try to fix) some common mistakes that especially the relatively inexperienced players are likely to make. In this column, I will discuss some …continued

• Raise or Fold Situations

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  One of the most confusing things for me to grasp as a beginning player was the concept of "raise or fold" situations. It seemed to me that if you could raise or fold, then surely calling would be a terrific compromise. I was always a …continued

• Inducing Bluffs

  by Matt Lessinger

  If you have a semistrong hand, you usually don't want to appear weak. Opponents will sense your weakness and become aggressive. They might put you to a tough decision and cause you to lay down the best hand, especially in no-limit hold'em. …continued

• The Little Big Pairs - Jacks and Queens

  by Andrew Shykofsky

  The purpose of this column is to present perspectives on your expectations and approaches when dealt big (but not really big) pocket pairs - specifically, jacks and queens. I have seen these hands played in countless ways, seen sets flopped that were …continued

• Squaring Off With the Young Guns

  by Thomas Keller

  Recently I played in a six-person invitational tournament with some of the most promising young poker players in the world. The other five competitors were fellow Card Player columnist Scott Fischman, David Williams, John D'Agostino, Joe Cassidy, …continued

• Interesting Times at Bellagio - Part II

  by Lee Munzer

  In Part I, we left Bellagio after four days of the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic II championship event. The 376 players who had entered and paid $15,300 (or gained entry through satellites) had been trimmed to six. Noting the relative chip counts …continued

• Click, Click

  by Scott Fischman

  The questions I am most frequently asked are about online poker, so I figured I would share a few tips and strategies for using Internet poker to improve your game and increase your success rate in tournament play. In my opinion, online tournaments …continued

• Poker From a Sports-Betting Angle

  by Martin de Knijff

  It's an honor and great privilege for me to start writing for Card Player. Playing poker is something I have done for as long as I can remember, and it is a great passion of mine. My main focus since graduating from high school in 1991 has been …continued

• Ask Chip and Karina

  by Chip and Karina Jett

  Q: What qualities make up a good tournament poker player? Karina: I think a good tournament player has three main traits. First and foremost is aggressivness. Without agressiveness, a player has little chance of winning. Reading players is also very …continued

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