• Top Poker Pros, Hollywood Stars Invest in Card Player

  by Barry Shulman

  Exciting things are happening at Card Player these days. We're growing by leaps and bounds. Now, each month, our combined circulation is more than 500,000 magazines. We recently began publishing Card Player College. Card Player Europe is getting …continued

• World Championship 2005

  by Bob Ciaffone

  The huge payoffs in the World Series of Poker championship event, in which thousands of people participate - each paying $10,000 to enter - make it hard for any professional poker player to resist. This year, one of my friends offered to put up the …continued

• Your Dual Goal for the Start of the Football Season

  by Chuck Sippl

  It goes without saying that you want to win. But, in order to accomplish that this football season, you are going to have to resolve to do two things. First, you must study the teams well enough so that you can pick more winners than losers. If you …continued

• Inside Suggestions from One Who Has Been There

  by Jan Fisher

  My last few columns were spent making suggestions to players on ways that they could improve playing conditions in an already wonderful arena. Even if it ain't broke, sometimes it is good to try to stay a step ahead and make things better. There …continued

• Big Demi - Part II

  by Max Shapiro

  In Part I of this saga, I described how I found a way to get back at Big Denny for all the grief he had caused me over the years. I told him he could make a lot of easy money by dressing up like a woman and playing in a big ladies tournament. …continued

• Pot-Limit Blind Defense

  by Michael Cappelletti

  At the final table of an online pot-limit Omaha high-low tournament, with six players remaining, I picked up 7-3-3-2 with two diamonds in my $1,000 big blind. It was folded around to the button, a very aggressive player who had about $12,000 in chips, …continued

• Great Poker Movie Quotes

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Many great poker movies have been released over the years, containing many memorable quotes. What some consider the best poker movie of all time, The Cincinnati Kid, contains several that you might want to casually drop at your next playing session. …continued

• Playing Poker for a Living

  by Mike Sexton

  Playing poker for a living looks exciting and glamorous, and seems like a dream job. With the fame and fortune that goes along with winning televised poker tournaments, more and more players dream about becoming a professional player. Here's a …continued

• The Finals: Chris Ferguson Vs. Phil Hellmuth - Part III

  by Phil Hellmuth

  In my last two columns, I discussed the finals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, which pitted Chris Ferguson against me. In Part I, I related the beat that had me literally falling on the floor, Chris hitting a four-outer, and in Part II, …continued

• Socrates Taught Me to Keep Asking Questions

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I had planned on having the Scandinavian delicacy lutefisk today. Fortunately, my head cleared in time to abandon that plan. (If you must know what it is, ask the nearest Norwegian.) Meanwhile, dig into that pot of chicken stew and …continued

• Another $500,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Challenge

  by Daniel Negreanu

  Just as a disappointing World Series of Poker was coming to a close for me, I was approached by Tony Bloom, a high-stakes gambler from Europe, to play a $500,000 match in pot-limit Omaha. I'd recently won a challenge match in pot-limit Omaha …continued

• Releasing Quality Hands in Tournaments

  by Tom McEvoy

  In the early stages of a no-limit hold'em tournament, it is often quite correct to fold certain hands that are considered strong starting hands. The reason is that the ratio of starting chips to the initial blinds makes stealing the blinds often …continued

• A Well-Played $15-$30 Hold'em Hand

  by Jim Brier

  I was playing in a $15-$30 hold'em game at Wynn Las Vegas while waiting for the $40-$80 game to start when the following hand came up. Since the hands involved actual players, I have changed their names to protect their identities. The game was …continued

• The Best Poker Player in the World Is ....

  by Greg Dinkin

  If I were going to write a column declaring the best poker player in the world, one would think that I would wait until the end of December when Card Player finalized its Player of the Year standings. But nothing that happens in the next four months, …continued

• Calling on the River with the Nuts

  by Lee H. Jones

  "Come on, come on" There's nothing like seeing a card drop to the felt (be it real fuzzy padded stuff or just green electrons) that gives you the stone-cold nuts. Many of us playing brick-and-mortar poker have to practice not grinning …continued

• Poker, Poker, and More Poker

  by Linda Johnson

  Someone recently told me that he reads my column because he never knows what I am going to write about; it could be anything from TDA rules, to "Play a Tournament With Me," to poker cruises. Keeping this in mind, here is another …continued

• A Few Omaha Simulations - Part 1

  by Rolf Slotboom

  Professional poker players work hard to maintain - or increase - their edge in the game. There are hardly any serious professionals who don't use any kind of computer software to improve their game. I have used Wilson Software for hold'em and …continued

• Ten Common and Costly Hold'em Errors - Part IV

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  This column concludes the discussion of my list of "Ten Common and Costly Limit Hold'em Errors." The box below summarizes them. This column will focus on two errors on the river. BARRY T'S 10 COMMON AND COSTLY HOLD'EM ERRORS …continued

• An Unbelievable Winning Hold'em Hand

  by Matt Lessinger

  There must be something in the air. A couple of months back, I was involved in the strangest stud hand I've ever played, and I discussed it in one of my columns ("A Bizarre Stud Hand" - Vol. 18/No. 14). Then, only weeks later, I …continued

• The Queen of Diamonds

  by Robert Varkonyi

  Several weeks ago I pulled my World Series of Poker bracelet out of the vault for our annual pilgrimage to the WSOP main event. After three years of procrastination, I finally took it to my jeweler Scott to have it properly fitted. He removed five …continued

• The War Room

  by Thomas Keller

  Columnist's note: I am taking a break from writing in this issue to give my good friend Oliver Nejad the opportunity to be a guest columnist. I'm sure you'll enjoy his column. While there are probably a good number of readers saying, …continued

• Almost There with Success and Failure

  by Scott Fischman

  Note: I have been extremely fortunate to meet and play with some of the best poker players in the world. For this issue, I decided to ask my friend Darrell Dicken (aka Gigabet) to share some of his knowledge as my "guest columnist." I really …continued

• It's Time to Make it Clean!

  by Martin de Knijff

  I have never been afraid of stating my opinion. The subject of this column is one that will likely upset some readers. I would call it the cancer of today's poker would and the ultimate threat to the continued growth of our game. This issue has to …continued

• Game Theory and Poker: An Introduction

  by Matt Matros

  In previous columns, I introduced some basic terms used by the math weenies of the poker world. These terms included equity, pot odds, probability, range of hands, combinations, and outs. I hope by now that you know what these things mean. In this …continued

• Can Someone Give Me a Hand Over Here

  by Joe Sebok

  Occasionally, I will write a column with a couple of hand examples. I believe they are the absolute best way to learn the game. You have to follow the rules, though; don't just read ahead to see what happened. Answer the questions and decide how …continued

• Vegas Meets Hollywood at the Phat Farm Stuff Casino Weekend Poker Tournament

  by Richard Belsky

  The hip-hop remix of "Y-M-C-A" at the Baby Phat Fashion Show As I took my seat across the table from Shannon Elizabeth, I thought to myself, "Do not get busted out of this tournament while she is sitting across from you." That …continued

• Ted Forrest: The Education of a Suicide King

  by Michael Craig

  Earlier this year, I wrote a book about poker, "The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time." That book and this article share a focus on Ted Forrest and the title Suicide King. The …continued

• Bluffing in the World Series of Poker Main Event - Part I

  by Matthew Hilger

  One of the great things I love about the World Series of Poker main event is the big stacks you get to play in relation to the blinds. When starting out with $10,000 in chips, you can find spots to make plays that would be difficult to make in other …continued

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