• The Changing Look of Poker on TV

  by Barry Shulman

  Poker has become so popular on television that diverse networks such as FOXSports, the Travel Channel, the Game Show Network, ESPN, Bravo, UPN, and NBC currently have poker tournaments. In most instances, those programs are among their most widely …continued

• Busted by the Cops

  by Bob Ciaffone

  I have never been either busted or robbed when playing poker. Considering the enormous number of times I have played poker in a situation in which I was potentially exposed to such threats, my luck has been incredible. But, I have had lots of close …continued

• More Tidbits

  by Jan Fisher

  A few months ago I had the honor and pleasure of being invited to the introduction of a new breed of poker art at a local gallery in Downtown Las Vegas. Card Player photographer Larry Grossman has been taking photos at the World Series of Poker for 15 …continued

• Ty, Ty, the Computer Guy

  by Max Shapiro

  I have never been very comfortable with computers. In my heyday as an award-winning journalist, I would write my newspaper stories by banging away on a manual typewriter, then making corrections with a pencil, all the while dealing with deadline …continued

• Cappelletti in Tunica

  by Michael Cappelletti

  While attending a large annual bridge tournament in Tunica, Mississippi, I chose to stay at the Grand Casino Hotel, which has a poker room that hosts daily poker tournaments. Tunica is a little town that has about 10 major casinos "on the …continued

• World Poker Tour Best of Season 3 DVD Collection

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Mike Sexton likes to say "Fasten your seatbelts" during World Poker Tour broadcasts, and that's exactly what you'll need to do when you watch the World Poker Tour Best of Season 3 DVD collection. The collection features eight events …continued

• For Better Poker Results - Create Balance

  by Mike Sexton

  A number of poker players you see on the World Poker Tour "live, breath, eat, and sleep poker 24 hours a day." This is fine up to a point, but to achieve maximum results over the long haul, I believe you need to create balance in your life. …continued

• Playing Poker on the Beach: The UltimateBet.com Poker Classic

  by Phil Hellmuth

  OK, Phil, no more sour grapes! You're in the penthouse suite at the Radisson Resort and Casino in beautiful Aruba. Your books, DVDs, and new "365 tips" calendar (jfturner.com) are flying off the shelves. You have a good amount of fortune …continued

• Flopping Quads

  by Jim Brier

  This was a 10-handed $20-$40 limit hold'em game at The Mirage in Las Vegas. It was a loose game, but on this hand only three players were involved. Since the hand involved actual players, I have changed their names to protect their identities. …continued

• Poker Superstars Invitational II

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I don't normally write about hands that I wasn't involved in, but recently while I was watching the Poker Superstars Invitational II on FSN, there was a hand I saw played between Mike Sexton and Huck Seed that I found rather interesting. …continued

• Eight Deuces in 10 Hands

  by Lee H. Jones

  Well, here we go again: yet another column about probability and how often things happen - which gets me to thinking about a comment that my friend Mark Johnson occasionally makes. Paraphrasing Mark, "If you are a supernatural being, and the only …continued

• Hurricanes? Where?

  by Linda Johnson

  During the week prior to Card Player Cruises' recent poker adventure to the Caribbean, Hurricane Wilma warnings started being sounded. This prompted calls from more than 100 nervous cruisers to inquire if the ship would still be sailing as …continued

• Starting-Hand Selection and Stack Size - Part II

  by Rolf Slotboom

  In Part I of this column, I explained that with a very marginal pot-limit Omaha holding like K-K-8-3 with no suits, it is sometimes correct to see a flop with a medium stack, but not always when playing either a small stack (less than 25 times the big …continued

• Hand Reading

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  Could you play better if your opponents' cards were faceup? That's a silly question, I know, but it serves to point out the value of hand reading. Top professionals' proficiency at hand reading accounts for a large part of their edge over …continued

• Implied Threat vs. Implied Odds

  by Matt Lessinger

  Very few poker writers explicitly discuss the implied threat, but I think it is one of the most crucial bluffing concepts in poker. It's so important that I devoted an entire chapter to it in my Book of Bluffs. Unfortunately, the concept of …continued

• Are You a Winner?

  by Robert Varkonyi

  Joe poker player says to his buddy Al poker player, "How'd you do in Atlantic City?" Al replies, "I won a few bucks." A week later, it's Al's turn to ask Joe, "How was your trip to Vegas? Did you visit any of the …continued

• Staying One Mental Step Ahead of the Competition - Part I

  by Thomas Keller

  I would like to add a little warning to preface this column. Some of the poker concepts presented in this two-part series are undoubtedly among the most advanced that I have ever written. They could be very detrimental to your bankroll if used …continued

• Festa al Lago IV Part II - The Doyle Brunson North American No-Limit Hold'em Poker Championship

  by Lee Munzer

  Set preparations are in progress for the TV taping of the final table. Six Men Endure a Six-Hour StruggleThe Doyle Brunson North American No-Limit Hold'em Poker Championship began with 420 players competing for more than $4 million in prize money …continued

• Time to Devalue Big Slick

  by Dan Abrams

  What's the best starting hand in no-limit hold'em? The quick and popular answer is pocket aces. The next most popular answers are pocket kings, pocket queens and A-K (aka "big slick"). But I think it's time to devalue A-K. You …continued

• Card Player's Holiday Gift Guide

  by BJ Nemeth

  Can it already be December? It feels like the World Series of Poker just ended a few weeks ago. (Perhaps that's because ESPN has just gotten around to airing it not long ago.) Regardless, the winter holidays have snuck up on us again, and it's …continued

• The Free-Card Myth

  by Matt Matros

  Many people assume that if they could only read their opponents perfectly, they'd be poker experts. I've long contended that many players wouldn't be experts even if they played with all the cards faceup. Let's say you're playing …continued

• Gavin Smith: Poker's Modern-Day Samson - Two World Poker Tour Final Tables Down, More to Follow

  by Justin Marchand

  For some athletes, superstition is a part of the game. Michael Jordan used to wear North Carolina shorts under his Bulls uniform for good luck. Wade Boggs would only eat chicken on game day. Similar superstitions carry over to poker. Some players wear …continued

• Ouch!

  by Joe Sebok

  In the $200 no-limit hold'em (one rebuy) event at Larry Flynt's Grand Slam of Poker, I had been playing for about four hours and had been up and down the entire time. With around $3,800 left, I was almost in "all-in mode," where I …continued

• Blame Mel Judah

  by Michael Craig

  Mel Judah I came to Vegas in mid-October to visit my friend Tony Holden, who was in from Great Britain. Tony, the author of the classic 1990 poker book Big Deal, was in town working on the sequel, Bigger Deal. Tony is an excellent poker player, …continued

• The Biggest Mistake in Shorthanded Games

  by Matthew Hilger

  My book, Internet Texas Hold'em, focuses on limit hold'em at a full table of nine or ten players. I learned this game by playing in full ring games, but my real passion is playing in shorthanded games. I don't play nearly as much online as …continued

• 2005 a Very Good Year for Poker Books

  by Tim Peters

  The key word for poker in 2005 is more; more players, online and in cardrooms; more TV coverage of tournaments around the world (who would have believed that the affable Norman Chad could become a celebrity?); and more entrants in the World Series of …continued

• Playing an Invitational Tournament

  by Don Vines

  On my list of recreational activities, video poker comes in a poor third to tournament poker and tennis. Playing poker tournaments revs up my competitive juices and rewards me with extra bread, while hitting tennis balls revs up my otherwise …continued

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