• Congrats to the Europeans!

  by Rolf Slotboom

  For those of us who are used to the regular 300- or 400-player fields at European tournaments, it is truly amazing to see that almost 8,800 players are willing to put up $10,000 to play a little poker. After this absolutely massive main event at the …continued

• Industry News

  by Roy Brindley

  America to Avenge 2005 Defeat? Matchroom Sport has announced the USA Versus Europe Cup - last year sponsored by FullTilt, staged at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, and won the Tony G led "Team World" (on that occasion, it was USA Versus The …continued

• Irish News

  by Roy Brindley

  STRIP POKER John Young of Slough, London, was recently declared the world's first strip-poker champion in a world-record-breaking tournament in London. John saw off 194 other hopefuls at the Paddy Power World Strip Poker Championship in …continued

• French Tales From Las Vegas

  by Benjamin Gallen

  It's 3 p.m. at the Rio, Sunday, Aug. 6. I am sure the sun is shining, but I have not seen a single ray in more than two days. There are 100 players left in the "big one." Shellshocked, I am trying to pull my notes together for this Card …continued

• German News

  by Michael Keiner

  Katja Thater is the new star of the German poker scene. Despite a lot of criticism from some German tournament players, I selected Katja to play on our team at the Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff. She did a great job there, finishing second in her heat …continued

• 'A Drop in the Ocean'

  by Jennifer Mason

  All eyes in the UK face west during the World Series of Poker. Burgeoning home-grown tournament scene or not, the bright lights of Las Vegas hold an undeniable fascination for the poker players (and generally gambling-curious) of the British Isles. …continued

• Cheese Heads

  by Anthon-Pieter Wink

  Coverage of the World Series of Poker has spread all over the world. And poker has gone through a dramatic growth in popularity in the Netherlands. Add those two factors together and it's not surprising that last summer, the WSOP was the subject …continued

• Life and TV Times of a Poker Producer

  by Roy Brindley

  It is widely believed that poker, both as a sport and as an industry, is currently somewhere between embryonic and infantile. Clearly, it is short of maturing to that crescendo of a point where it will slip sharply, quickly, and shamelessly into the …continued

• European Poker Tour Season Three

  by Conrad Brunner

  Season three of the European Poker Tour kicks off in a few days in Barcelona. The buy-ins for all EPT tournaments have gone up from €4,000 to €5,000, but otherwise the tour should have a reassuringly familiar shape, with all of the venues of …continued

• Today's No-Limit Hold'em World

  by David Downing

  My last column was a bit of a love letter to the poker youth of today. It is very clear that they have had a tremendous impact on the game and have revolutionised it in every sense. Unless you actually played in pre-boom conditions, you would find it …continued

• Flopping A Set - Part IV

  by Rob Hollink

  In this four-part series, I am discussing a tournament situation in which you flop a big hand. I explain what to do when you flop trips, having called a preflop raise from the big blind - taking into account lots of possible actions your opponent …continued

• Paddy's Corner

  by Padraig Parkinson

  There's nothing quite like that feeling of anticipation you feel when you wake up on the morning of the first day of the main event of the World Series of Poker. In the not too distant past, you knew you were facing an exciting day's poker …continued

• Ladies Night Out

  by Lucy Rokach

  It's nice to see both Grosvenor and Stanley's beginning to cater to the 50 percent of the population that's been largely ignored and bypassed during the current poker explosion. Of course, I am not referring to the weaker sex, but to that …continued

• Ace Speaks Hold'em: No-Limit Versus Limit - An In-Depth Analysis Part XI: Play on the Later Streets; the Depth of the Money

  by Rolf Slotboom

  The money in no-limit hold'em cash games is usually a bit deeper than in tournaments, especially in brick-and-mortar casinos (as opposed to online). Of course, there are exceptions, like large buy-in tournaments in which the structure will allow …continued

• What a Party!

  by 'Mad Marty' Wilson

  What a party that was; the drinks were all loaded, and so were the dolls. I narrowed my eyes and poured a stiff Manhattan. Well, with my pupils contracted from glaring at repeatedly unfavourable tournament flops and rivers, and with a glass of …continued

• Jamie Gold Captures 2006 World Series Championship: New Champ Outlasts 8,772 Players and Takes Home Record $12 Million

  by Lee Munzer

  For 46 smoldering Las Vegas days and desert-cooled nights, the world of poker took over sin city and the numbers screamed, "Look at us, we're on fire!" The 37th-annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), conducted in the Amazon ballroom of …continued

• A Wonderful Time Was Had in Nawleans

  by Phil Hellmuth

  Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) jumped off the stage in New Orleans to dispense high-fives among the audience members. Savage, you see, was playing heads-up poker on CPS (Celebrity Poker Showdown) on Bravo, and felt he needed an energy boost. After …continued

• My Clash With Dutch Boyd at the World Series of Poker

  by Daniel Negreanu

  I came into the 2006 World Series of Poker with high hopes of winning a bracelet, and things looked good early on, as I found myself deep into the $2,500 buy-in shorthanded no-limit hold'em event. Down to the final eight players, I was sitting on …continued

• The Other Main Event: Inside the 2006 World Series of Poker's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event

  by Alex Henriquez

  Chip Reese admires his prize money and bracelet after winning the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. The Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino can hold more than 200 poker tables, and, at any given time, houses enough players and dealers to …continued

• Making an Extra Bet

  by Roy Cooke

  It was early in my $40-$80 limit hold'em session at the new Venetian cardroom, where they play the game at a ninehanded table. One of the great things about the Venetian poker room is that it is located with entrances off both the casino pit and …continued

• Your Stack and the Time Clock

  by Matthew Hilger

  An interesting scenario arose for me in the $1,500 pot-limit hold'em event at the World Series of Poker. I took down 14th place and a $21,000 payday, but I won't bore you with how the ladies (pocket queens) let me down a couple of times toward …continued

• A Practical Example of Implied Odds

  by Barry Tanenbaum

  How good is your crystal ball? Can you see into the future? If you can't, you are going to have to make some good guesses as to what the future holds in order to make the best decisions at the poker table. No, I am not talking about sensing …continued

• The Inside Straight

  by CP The Inside Straight Authors

  World Series of Poker Action Continues to Build Bigger and Better Than Ever By Tim Peters By the time this issue of Card Player goes to press, the main event of the 2006 World Series of Poker will be under way, and the field will certainly be the …continued

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