• Poker on TV and Another Tour Coming

  by Jeff Shulman

  OK, I admit it. I go to our website daily and read Daniel Negreanu's blog. He always talks about poker, but more importantly, what he watches on television. So, if he can do it, why can't I? My wife was gone last week, which means that I sat …continued

• CP The Inside Straight

  by CP The Inside Straight Authors

  On the Cheap: Getting Into the World Series of Poker for a Nickel Satellites Are Running Around-the-Clock at Several Online Poker Sites BY BOB PAJICH Harrah's is making plans to accommodate 8,000 players at this year's World Series of Poker …continued

• Playing Small Pots Correctly

  by Roy Cooke

  Sometimes poker gets mighty exciting. Players are ramming and jamming, the pots are huge, and emotions and tempers are flying. It's the stuff of which poker stories and memories are made. At other times things are not quite so fired up, few pots …continued

• Survival of the Fittest

  by Barry Mulholland

  The other day, while browsing through the gaming section at the neighborhood bookstore, I noticed on the shelf, wedged between the dozens of poker titles, a copy of The Origin of Species. How it got there is anyone's guess, but for just a moment I …continued

• 2006 Oklahoma State Championship

  by Bob Ciaffone

  Main entrance of the Cherokee Casino Resort in Tulsa, Oklahoma In February, I flew to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a weekend of fun at the Cherokee Casino Resort. The main attraction was the $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament in the Oklahoma State …continued

• 'It's Chinatown'

  by Chuck Sippl

  The title of this column is the final sentence of Chinatown, a favorite movie of mine, and of many, many others. In fact, Robert Towne, the screenwiter, won the Academy Award that year (1974) for best original screenplay. The movie starred Jack …continued

• Give Max Some Credit

  by Max Shapiro

  For the past couple of weeks, I've been searching every gambling magazine I could find, along with the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Money magazine, and even The National Enquirer. But for some unfathomable …continued

• I Drove 800 Miles to Play One Hand of Poker: L.A. Poker Classic Media Tournament

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Commerce Casino and the World Poker Tour jointly sponsored a media tournament for the purpose of publicizing the L.A. Poker Classic to the general public. The winner of the media tournament was to get a coveted seat in the WPT Invitational, along with …continued

• Thanks for the Memories

  by Mike Sexton

  I've been a featured columnist in Card Player since 1996, and have written well over 200 columns. All good things come to an end, so this column will be my last regular column in Card Player. It has truly been an honor for me to have been a part …continued

• A Happy Outcome at Camp Hellmuth

  by Phil Hellmuth

  With three players left in the Camp Hellmuth finale, which played out onstage in front of 200 people, under the lights, with the hands being shown on a big screen and me announcing them to the audience, Gordon Higgins, from Kansas City, was getting …continued

• If I Had Only Known

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I've had several requests to repeat a favorite repast - fried Spam on warm sourdough bread, heavy on the butter. (I won't tell your doctor.) Dig in. For the millions of players who are new to poker, I will, from time to time, …continued

• A Bad Read Leads to a Bad Fold

  by Tom McEvoy

  Michael e-mailed me recently about a hand he hasn't been able to get out of his mind since playing it. He began by detailing the scenario: "I was sitting in a $100 buy-in no-limit hold'em game at Commerce Casino that had $2-$3 blinds. I …continued

• When a Hand Is Not a Hand

  by Mike O Malley

  When the dealer deals a hand of poker in a tournament, does it always count? During the 2005 World Series of Poker main event, on two occasions, hands were dealt during the break. Once, it happened at my table and benefited me. The other time, it …continued

• The L.A. Poker Classic

  by Daniel Negreanu

  Fresh off a win in Tunica, I was feeling pumped up and ready to attack the monster prize pool at the next World Poker Tour stop at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. I got in a day early to attend the inaugural Card Player/Bodog Player of the Year …continued

• Just When You Think Poker Can't Get Any Zanier …

  by Linda Johnson

  Entrance of snow castle in Kemi, Finland. In past columns, I have written about some of the goofiest things I have heard in poker, such as the guy who made a million-dollar bet that he could drive X number of players to a certain website. If he won …continued

• Calling All-In Bets With J-J

  by Daniel Kimberg

  Last year at around this time, I wrote a column about when to play Q-J. The general idea was that if every now and then you pick a trouble hand and try to learn as much as possible about it, eventually you'll find the decisions involving that hand …continued

• Planning Your Personal Development - Part VI, Making Your Plan

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  My previous columns recommended thoroughly analyzing your goals, assets, and liabilities. Those analyses were certainly not easy, but they should have clarified your conception of yourself and your potential: You now should know where you want to go …continued

• I Can't Spell It, but I Think I Like It

  by Mark Gregorich

  A new poker game has invaded Las Vegas. It's actually not a new game at all, as it's been played in home games for years, particularly in the South. Depending on where you play, the game may be spelled differently, as well. In Vegas, it is …continued

• Limit Versus No-Limit Strategic Differences - Part II: Before the Flop

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  Your strategy before the flop is fundamentally different in limit and no-limit hold'em cash games. We will examine two key aspects: • Hand Selection • Raising Hand Selection: In limit hold'em, hand selection is critically important. …continued

• Poker Hands From the Thunder Squadron

  by Thomas Keller

  In the next few columns, I am going to be discussing some of the more interesting hands that have been posted by Thunder Squadron members in my new poker forums at http://www.thunderkeller.com/. Some of these hands were played pretty well, while …continued

• No-Limit Hold'em Hand Analysis - Part II

  by Matt Matros

  In my last column, I began a blow-by-blow analysis of a no-limit hold'em hand that I played against fellow professional Brian Haveson at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. To recap, Brian opened for a raise from the cutoff seat and I called from the …continued

• Back On the Road Again

  by Joe Sebok

  Poker is exploding. I don't think I have to tell you that. Every time I think it has hit a plateau and can't get any bigger, it does, unbelievably. Lost in the shuffle a little bit, though, has been the actual players, or at least our sanity! …continued

• Weighing the Evidence

  by Byron Jacobs

  Many decisions in hold'em are - for players with even just moderate experience - rather straightforward. For example, you are the preflop raiser and are lucky enough to receive a favorable flop. So, you bet. There's nothing much to think about …continued

• World Poker Tour Invitational: Barry Greenstein Proves He's a Star Among Stars

  by Scott Huff

  Lights … camera … poker. Day OneFor the fourth straight year, the World Poker Tour brought together Hollywood celebrities and poker pros for its WPT Invitational at Commerce Casino. Part of the L.A. Poker Classic, the three-day $200,000 …continued

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