• Congress Scares Me

  by Barry Shulman

  I'm probably not the only one who tends to have positions on bills just from reading a one-sentence summary. Sen. Goodlatte's Internet gambling prohibition bill was no exception. Of course, I am against it. Only because I am involved in the …continued

• CP The Inside Straight

  by CP The Inside Straight Authors

  Mizrachi Grinds His Way to Player of the Year Lead But Last Year's Race Showed That It's Never Over Until the Very EndBY BOB PAJICH With the year only a little more than a quarter gone, the Card Player 2006 Player of the Year (POY) race has …continued

• World Poker Challenge Attracts Record Turnout

  by Jay Newnum

  World Poker Challenge Champion Mike Simon and the WPT crew What a difference a year makes. Last year at the World Poker Challenge, 361 players entered the $5,000 main event. In 2006, it was a much different story. Tournament officials were swarmed …continued

• Poker Expansion Fallacies

  by Bob Ciaffone

  As poker popularity spreads like wildfire throughout our country, the subject of legalizing public cardrooms arises repeatedly. Could a legal brick-and-mortar place to play our favorite game come to your state, maybe even your city? The main arguments …continued

• Position, Heal Thyself

  by Brian Mulholland

  My recent column on the evils of soft-playing produced a greater volume of response than any topic I've addressed during six years of writing for this magazine. And although I'd anticipated that the majority of responses would be positive, I …continued

• Think Lower and Lower

  by Chuck Sippl

  The 2006 NBA playoffs are in their early stages. And since they're the only men's hoops action going, they're certain to draw their usual heavy action in Nevada and offshore sportsbooks. Game-by-game and series-by-series analysis is …continued

• Alabama Eddie

  by Max Shapiro

  I was taking a break from my usual Omaha eight-or-better game when a stranger walked up to me and extended his hand. "How ya doin', Max? Lemme introduce mahself. I'm Alabama Eddie, the famous poker player. Ya heard of me, of course." …continued

• Shooting Star Taping

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  The final-table players, left to right: Ravi Udayakumar, Fabrice Soulier, Nam Le, Danny Smith, David Williams, and Chad Brown San Jose's Bay 101 is near me, so I was pleased to be invited to view the taping of the final table of the Shooting Star …continued

• Jennifer Harman and the Big Game

  by Phil Hellmuth

  In October and November, I began making forays into the "big game" at Bellagio, a high-stakes affair seemingly always in progress. In the first four of these sessions, I won almost $500,000, without a single loss. Then, in December, I played …continued

• Don't Play When You're Sick, Dummy!

  by Tom McEvoy

  I recently flew to Reno to play in the $5,100 buy-in World Poker Tour event at the Reno Hilton's World Poker Challenge. I wasn't feeling well, as I had a sore throat and chest congestion, but I was determined to give the tournament a shot. It …continued

• No Lotus for Me!

  by Roy Cooke

  On April 2, the Venetian, a high-end world-class resort on the Las Vegas Strip, opened an exceptionally luxurious 39-table poker room with a bang, throwing an extravagant party with the "Who's Who of Poker" in attendance, followed by a …continued

• Head-Scratching Hands

  by Mike O Malley

  It's not very often that I write about my poker-playing experiences, as I tend to concentrate on rules and decisions and leave the playing to the better players! Every once in a while, I run across an interesting hand, session, or tournament that …continued

• Evelyn's Boo-Boo in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I was very excited about the second-annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC, especially after seeing what a marvelous job they did covering the first one. The night before the start of the tournament, there was a party to reveal the …continued

• A Winner Never Quits?

  by Linda Johnson

  At a recent meeting of our Wednesday Poker Discussion Group, a topic came up about what factors you should weigh to decide when to quit if you have booked a big win in a no-limit hold'em game. I found the topic to be very interesting, but had to …continued

• Should You Switch to No-Limit Hold'em?

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  It is certainly the hottest game around, and many players have made the switch from limit hold'em. Some are winning much more money than ever, while others are unwilling to try it, or have played a few times and given up. This series will discuss …continued

• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and Cruise Ships, Too)

  by Mark Gregorich

  Mike Sexton (left) and Mark Tenner (right) with Brian Saltus Award winner Linda Johnson The month of March began for me with a trip to San Jose, California, for the Bay 101 Shooting Star World Poker Tour event. If you aren't familiar with it, this …continued

• Limit Versus No-Limit Strategic Differences - Part IV: On the Turn

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  In many ways, the turn is the "moment of truth" in both limit and no-limit hold'em cash games. In limit, the bets now double. In no-limit, the pot is often large enough that serious and often stack-threatening money is now being …continued

• Grand Opening of the Venetian Poker Room

  by Thomas Keller

  Venetian Poker Room Recently, I was one of the many pro poker players who attended the grand opening of the brand-new Venetian poker room, and I must say, the Venetian sure went all out with this room! It is lavishly furnished with comfortable, roomy …continued

• Paddy's Corner

  by Padraig Parkinson

  Teams and Broken DreamsTeam poker is cool right now. It's fun, both for the players and the TV viewers. I have a TV. If I turn it on and see six stiffs I barely know playing, or nine stiffs I definitely don't know playing a final table, I turn …continued

• Ante Up!

  by Matt Matros

  Pot-limit hold'em and no-limit hold'em are very similar games. When I'm playing no-limit hold'em with deep stacks, I very rarely make a bet that would be disallowed in pot-limit hold'em. In a way, pot-limit forces bad players to …continued

• Random Ramblings II: Cracking Open the Inbox Again

  by Joe Sebok

  I'm back, with another look inside the weird, and sometimes wacky, world that exists in my inbox. I'm guessing that a few of you have asked these same questions to yourself. Bob: How would you recommend that a person begin a career as a …continued

• Looking for Clues

  by Byron Jacobs

  A great many games players whose main field of expertise is chess are now making all or part of their living from poker. Switching to poker is a fairly natural move for chess players, especially since the rewards in chess - for all except the very top …continued

• PartyPoker Million V: 22-Year-Old Mike Schneider Becomes Youngest PartyPoker Million Champion Ever

  by Scott Huff

  A bird's-eye view of the final table On Sunday, March 12, Holland America's MS Westerdam pulled up its gangplank and set sail on a Caribbean cruise for the PartyPoker Million V. Old men in leisure suits playing shuffleboard, ping-pong, and …continued

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