• Roy Cooke Busts Out

  by Roy Cooke

  My good friend from Canada, Grant, called to tell me, "You made the headlines on http://www.pokerwire.com/." "Really?" I said. "Yup - it's a beauty. 'Roy Cooke Busts Out.'" All I could do was laugh. I'm an …continued

• Under Arrest for Gambling

  by Bob Ciaffone

  Two players sit down in their country club recreation room and decide to play a penny-a-point gin rummy game. When the game is over, the loser extracts his wallet and passes a few bills to the other. At that moment, a couple of plainclothes police …continued

• Some Thoughts on the Inner Game, Who is Better Wired for Success at Poker - an Introvert or an Extrovert?

  by Brian Mulholland

  Many different emotions can come into play while playing cards, and dealing with them is a tricky business. Emotions, after all, are a kind of experiential shorthand; they are the instantaneous, directly felt equivalents of the more formal cognitive …continued

• Grading the NFC Coaches - Evaluation of NFL Coaches

  by Chuck Sippl

  In the last issue, we graded this year's AFC coaches. In this issue, it's the NFC's turn. Bear in mind, the usual proviso exists: The coaching superiority factor, in and of itself, is usually not enough to determine the outcome of your …continued

• More Pet Peeves

  by Jan Fisher

  As I began writing my last column regarding some of my pet peeves about players, I thought I'd be able to deal with all of them in one column and then move on to casino personnel. Wrong! I only scratched the surface. And "scratching" …continued

• Big Demi - Part 1

  by Max Shapiro

  The last time I was at the Barstow Card Casino, the place was even more run-down than usual, unbelievable as that sounds. I asked Big Denny about it. "Aw, we been losin' business, Maxey, an' I can't figger out why." Just then, I …continued

• Belong In - A Strategic Raise Leads to Winning A Big Pot

  by Michael Cappelletti

  While playing in a wonderfully loose $10-$20 Omaha high-low (with a kill) side game at the Rio in Las Vegas, I picked up an A-2-4-J with the jack suited. With one caller in front of me, I merely called so as not to inhibit loose callers in back of me. …continued

• What's a Rebuy?

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  It has occurred to us at Card Player that perhaps we are assuming too much knowledge on the part of all of our readers. Most of you know the ins and outs of poker and what all the terminology means. But when we received a letter from a faithful …continued

• The Biggest News in Poker

  by Mike Sexton

  Many think the biggest news in poker this summer was the record-shattering attendance at the 2005 World Series of Poker. Don't believe it. PartyGaming, the company that owns the world's largest online poker room (PartyPoker.com) went public on …continued

• The Finals: Chris Ferguson Vs. Phil Hellmuth - Part II, The National Heads-Up Poker Championship

  by Phil Hellmuth

  In my last column I discussed the bad beat that Chris Ferguson put on me in the finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. I had won match one, and was staring at a victory in match two when Chris and I put all of our money in on a board of 9 …continued

• More Questions and Some Random Hold'em Thoughts

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. Today we're having one of your favorites. I've cooked up a humongous pot of macaroni and cheese, and tossed in slices of pepperoni. I have a few questions left from our discussion of a month ago. If they play long enough, most …continued

• Never Too Old to Win a Gold Bracelet

  by Tom McEvoy

  Omnipresent unlit cigar in his mouth, Paul McKinney is the quintessential old-time poker player. His roots in poker date back to his boyhood days in West Virginia. As a boy, Paul ran errands for the coal miners who played poker on a rickety table not …continued

• Some Misplayed Hands

  by Jim Brier

  During the World Series of Poker I had the opportunity to play in numerous hold'em side games ranging from $15-$30 to $40-$80. The games were full of new players, many of whom had little experience playing limit hold'em. I saw a number of …continued

• Raising in No-Limit Hold'em - The Conclusion

  by Mike O Malley

  In my last column, I asked for your opinion regarding a decision that I had to make in a no-limit hold'em game. The situation involved a player who had intended to bet all of his chips by announcing, "All in." The problem was that the …continued

• Stud Eight-or-Better for $500,000

  by Daniel Negreanu

  In my last column, I shared a couple of hands with you from the challenge matches that I play at Wynn Las Vegas. Barry Greenstein has agreed to play me in every form of poker that I listed for challenge matches: limit hold'em, stud, Omaha …continued

• Poker Odds and Ends

  by Linda Johnson

  Amazing … Our poker world makes me laugh sometimes. I was amused to hear the following announcement made repeatedly to the spectators during the recent World Series of Poker: "Please do not bother the poker players while they are playing …continued

• Is Poker Skill Just Intelligence?

  by Daniel Kimberg

  Not everyone makes a great poker player, but what separates those who do? Mathematical ability? Analytic ability? People skills? Or, is it just plain old intelligence? Is there more to playing good poker than just being smart? The smartest player in …continued

• A Few Misconceptions in Big-Bet Poker

  by Rolf Slotboom

  Sometime ago, I wrote a series of columns titled "A Few Misconceptions in Poker" and also a separate column titled "A Few Misconceptions in Omaha." In this column, I will discuss a few common mistakes in big-bet poker that even …continued

• It's a Great Party. But... Part 1

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  The poker explosion has created an incredible party. We're having fun and winning heavily because so many new players are throwing away their money. I wish the party would go on forever, but all parties end. The supply of new players is certainly …continued

• Bad Beats

  by Mark Gregorich

  One of the perks of being a professional poker player is the opportunity to listen to a wide variety of fascinating anecdotes from the felt. For example, I am always intrigued to hear about how someone's top set just got outrun by a runner-runner …continued

• More New Poker Lingo

  by Thomas Keller

  In my first column on new poker lingo (May 17, 2005, Vol. 18/No. 9), I shared several new terms relating to poker. After the column went to press, I received word that the term "felted," which means to bust a player in a tournament, was …continued

• London Calling

  by Scott Fischman

  With all of the traveling required to play in major tournaments, I consider staying home to be a vacation, so convincing me to go all the way to London was quite a feat. Since there were about four different tournaments going on in the span of a week, …continued

• My Second Time at the Final Table, World Series of Poker Style

  by Joe Sebok

  Reaching the final table and finishing eighth in the $5,000 pot-limit hold'em event at this year's World Series of Poker was definitely the apex of my poker career … for a week. When I wrote my last column chronicling that experience, …continued

• Mike Matusow: More Than a Mouthful

  by Michael Kaplan

  Mike Matusow is a tough guy to miss at the poker table. Suitably nicknamed The Mouth, he's constantly bantering, chattering, joking around, and needling. Sometimes it gets him on TV - as did a famous confrontation he had with Greg Raymer at the …continued

• Online Profiling - Knowing the Playing Styles of Opponents Is Crucial to Winning Online

  by Byron Jacobs

  A key feature of online play is the ability to download and save previous hands. These can then be imported into a database package and analyzed at leisure. These packages do an excellent job of extracting all kinds of information about the way you …continued

• Bodog Salutes Our Troops - A Tribute to American Heroes

  by Scott Huff

  Hawaiian-style entertainment at the Bodog VIP luau On July 22, with the sun shining over the island of Oahu, and the Pacific Ocean lapping rhythmically onto Honolulu's pristine beaches, Hollywood celebrities, poker professionals, team Bodog …continued

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