• Poker Will Continue to Boom

  by Adam Schoenfeld

  Jeff is incredibly lazy, so he asked me to write his publisher's message for this issue. I guess sitting around collecting money is tiring for him. Anyway, I agreed, so here it is … People are constantly telling me that poker has peaked. I …continued

• CP The Inside Straight

  by CP The Inside Straight Authors

  Family Matters: Poker Life After Katrina As the City Slowly Comes Back, So Does Poker BY BOB PAJICH While walking through the French Quarter one night in May, the only signs I saw that a major hurricane had barged through there less than a year ago …continued

• World Poker Tour Championship

  by Phil Hellmuth

  I tried something new on day one of the $25,000 buy-in World Poker Tour Championship event at Bellagio in Las Vegas. Rather than sleep in, I went to the MGM Grand at 11 a.m. to film the finale of Bravo's Top Chef. For a few hours, I was an …continued

• Duel With T.J. Cloutier at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

  by Daniel Negreanu

  So far, everything was going pretty smoothly, as I was able to get past both Evelyn Ng and Greg Raymer on my way to my third-round matchup with T.J. Cloutier. My confidence was at an all-time high, and I felt great about my chances going toe-to-toe …continued

• River Play - Part II

  by Thomas Keller

  Part I of this series discussed the fact that too many players go to showdown with less than premium hands in unfavorable situations. But most players don't realize how bad it is to play the opposite way, as well. In this column, my friend Ray, …continued

• A Game to Write Home About

  by Roy Cooke

  It was the kind of game you write home to mother about - as in, "Mom, please send more money!" My $30-$60 limit hold'em game at Wynn Las Vegas was full of action. Several passive novice players played almost every hand. The aggressive …continued

• A Peek Into Bobby's Room

  by Marco Traniello

  Phil Ivey Jennifer Harman Before I met my wife, Jennifer Harman - one of the top poker players in the world - I knew little to nothing about poker. I was fascinated by the game and spent countless hours watching Jennifer play in the "big …continued

• Should You Be Loose or Tight?

  by Steve Zolotow

  I always tell developing players that if they want to be good, they must learn to play tight. But, if they want to be great, they must learn to play loose. Let's look at both styles and see why this is true. In cash games, especially those with …continued

• When Kings Meet Conquerors at Bellagio

  by TJ Cloutier

  The final two tables of the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament at the Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic were moved onto the stage at the front of the Fontana Lounge so that the spectators could get a fishbowl view of the action. I knew …continued

• The World Trade Organization

  by Allyn Jaffrey Shulman

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. Established on Jan. 1, 1995, with a membership of approximately 150 countries, accounting for more than 97 percent of …continued

• Middle Pair

  by Byron Jacobs

  In this column, I am going to concentrate on the following scenario: You are in one of the blinds - it doesn't matter which one. One or more players limp in before the action gets to you, with no raising taking place. You will either complete the …continued

• A-K Against John Juanda

  by Matt Matros

  Should I move all in with my Strategies & Analysis A-K suited? A few months ago, I wrote a column about a hand I lost to the excellent tournament professional Chris Bell. A few issues later, I wrote a column about a hand I won against the …continued

• Talking at the Table

  by Linda Johnson

  I recently received a letter from Ray Parasic of Arrowsic Island, Maine, asking about table talk: Dear Linda: In a recent viewing of a World Poker Tour event, I was dismayed at all of the "table talk" that occurred during play at the final …continued

• 'As Seen on TV'

  by Mike O Malley

  No, this is not an infomercial. Although televised poker has brought poker to a level never thought imaginable, it also has changed the way the game is viewed when it comes to its rules. Millions of people are walking into poker rooms around the world …continued

• Capitalized Punishment

  by Barry Mulholland

  "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action … " - Hamlet Several months ago, I was playing in a tournament in which the following two incidents occurred. On the very first hand, a player at my table looked down at his cards …continued

• Online Pot-Limit Draw Questions: Part II

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Reader David Young sent me an e-mail with questions about pot-limit draw. I responded to the first half of his questions in the last issue. Here are the rest: Do you play straight draws the same way as flush draws? If I was going to call with a flush …continued

• So Sorry

  by Daniel Kimberg

  I recently busted someone out of a small tournament on a bad beat. It was nothing you can really blame me for, as I was forced (so I felt) to commit my chips with A-10, and my opponent with A-Q flopped a queen, only to see me draw two perfect cards …continued

• Should You Switch to No-Limit Hold'em? Part II - The Critical Psychological Traits

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  In Part I, I said, … "being a good limit player does not guarantee that you will play no-limit (NL) equally well." It requires different skills, psychological traits, and mental abilities. You can read Part I at …continued

• Paddy's Corner

  by Padraig Parkinson

  John Duthie Mirrors and Things I'm not sure whether poker mirrors life or life mirrors poker, but I do know that you can learn about one by studying the other. Try this on for size. The Duthie family, of John Duthie, fame decided a couple of years …continued

• Some Guidelines for Betting the Bases

  by Chuck Sippl

  I have written on these pages before that baseball, while often overlooked by many sports bettors, is one of my favorite sports. A combination of the drudgery of the daily action, the many statistics, and the somewhat hard-to-understand betting system …continued

• A Memorable Tournament

  by Bob Ciaffone

  In April, I took a trip to the Southwest, catching a "doubleheader" of the kind that suits me. First, I went for a few days to the Spring National Bridge Championships, which were in Dallas this year. Then, I took a trip by car with a couple …continued

• A Strange Sequence

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  A recent hand I played combined several of the qualities that make cash-game limit hold'em so interesting. It combined tells, reads, and decision-making, and was a bit humorous, as well. The first unusual thing about this particular $30-$60 game …continued

• Pita, Pita, the Dealer Eater

  by Max Shapiro

  I am fairly tolerant of dealers - except for, of course, the ones who chew gum, talk too much, point at me and impatiently tap the table when it's my turn to act, watch the basketball game on television instead of the table, and give me dirty …continued

• If I Were a Weak Player, Would I Realize That Fact?

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. There's nothing exotic in the feed bag today: triple-decker turkey and ham club sandwiches on rye with enough onion rings to feed a small army. Start feeding your face. We'll begin today with a question. Stop moaning, it …continued

• The Big One at Bellagio

  by Mark Gregorich

  I recently had the privilege of playing in the World Poker Tour Championship event at Bellagio. With a buy-in of $25,000, it's one of the biggest events of the poker year. This year's event featured a mammoth field of 605 players, 100 of whom …continued

• World Poker Tour Championship - Season Four, Part II: Records and Riches

  by Lee Munzer

  In Part I (available at CardPlayer.com), I highlighted the preliminary action at the recently concluded World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. Since the players left the starting gate in two flights, each of the six survivors competed for five days. …continued

• Fossilman - A Rare Ethological Find Part II: Focused, Forthright, and Flourishing

  by Lee Munzer

  Lee Munzer: When we last spoke, we were trying to assist inexperienced players. Can you help fine-tune their no-limit hand-reading skills, or is it simply a matter of focusing on players and studying them at every opportunity? Greg Raymer: Well, it …continued

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