• 'Flop Coming' - High Flops

  by Michael Cappelletti

  There are many situations in poker when it is correct to "bet on the come" (bet on a hand that must draw favorably in order to have value). Sometimes, a draw may have enough potential value to justify a bet. For example, when playing Omaha …continued

• World Poker Tour Draws a Full House at The Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker

  by World Poker Tour

  What a difference a year makes. One year ago, when the World Poker Tour arrived at The Bicycle Casino to film the Legends of Poker tournament, a quiet buzz hummed throughout the casino as players pondered what was behind the big black curtains erected …continued

• Borgata, Taj, Laurene, and Bellagio

  by Jeff Shulman

  A total of 235 players entered the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em championship at Borgata in Atlantic City recently. You have to admit that it is great to have a chance to win about a half million dollars with a $5,000 buy-in. A few years ago, …continued

• Now You Can Play Free Poker at CardPlayer.com and Win a $25K Seat in the WPT Bellagio event

  by Barry Shulman

  I am delighted to announce that CardPlayer.com now offers you yet another online feature to enhance your poker-playing pleasure: a place where you can play without having to pay. Now you have a lovely site to go to that offers play money games, in …continued

• Professional Poker Player

  by Linda Johnson

  At one of our recent Wednesday Poker Discussion Group meetings, the topic came up of how "professional poker player" should be defined. A few days later, I read a post on RGP that asked for the definition of a professional poker player. …continued

• There Ain't No Mulligans!

  by Roy Cooke

  So, there I was on the 18th tee, with my friend and fellow Card Player columnist Barry Tanenbaum, having the round of my life. I carefully teed up the ball just so, took several practice swings until I felt smooth, then aligned my stance precisely to …continued

• Bad Beats and Big Slick

  by Tom McEvoy

  There are bad-beat stories, and then there are Big Slick stories - and sometimes they are one and the same. A player recently e-mailed me this Big Slick story: "I was playing in a fairly tight $15-$30 hold'em game, and before the flop, a …continued

• The World Poker Tour - Season Two

  by Mike Sexton

  I was recently playing in a tournament at The Bicycle Casino, and players were talking about the "wow" impact the World Poker Tour has had in bringing exposure and new players to poker. One of them said, "Poker is hotter today than …continued

• Trying to Win the Bike

  by Phil Hellmuth

  While playing in The Bicycle Casino's $5,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) no-limit hold'em championship event of the Legends of Poker tournament recently, the following hand came up on the second day. I made it to the second day of the …continued

• Learn ... or Lose

  by Daniel Negreanu

  At the beginning of 2003, I made a conscious decision to play fewer tournaments and get back to playing more live-action poker. Playing the tournament circuit is fun and all, but the travel does get tiresome, and frankly, it simply doesn't pay as …continued

• Be Careful What You Wish For

  by Andrew N.S. Glazer

  Many times when playing hold'em, we start off with what might be termed "speculative hands." These are hands that in most cases aren't already strong enough to win without improvement. Realistically, any hand except A-A, K-K, and Q-Q …continued

• How Tiger Woods Help Your Poker Game

  by Brian Mulholland

  One of the most interesting things in life is the way that insights and lessons gleaned from one activity can be transcribed and applied to others. While watching this year's PGA Championship, I was struck by the valuable poker lessons to be …continued

• Vote for Big Denny

  by Max Shapiro

  "Potholes, nuttin' but potholes in dis damn place." Following what Big Denny is saying can be difficult at times, so I asked him to elaborate. "Dere's potholes all over da street in front of my joint, Maxey. Da farmers been …continued

• It's a New Era

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  Poker has entered a new and extremely exciting era. Over the past year or so, the World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker have been seen by millions of TV viewers, and Chris Moneymaker has become a folk hero. An unprecedented number of new players …continued

• There are No Academy Awards at the Poker Table, so Move Along!

  by Jan Fisher

  How many of you have watched the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel? OK, hands down. I knew it would be most of you. How many of you have played more poker since the show began or have started to play tournaments and/or no-limit games? Aha, I …continued

• Showdown at the Sands: The Million Dollar Deal Poker Tournament

  by Cover Story

  At the Sands Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, things are heating up for what promises to be one of the finest poker events of the year. Showdown at the Sands: The Million Dollar Deal Poker Tournament will bring a whole new world of …continued

• Thoughts on Omaha Eight-or-Better - Part II<br>By Mark Tenner and Lou Krieger

  by Lou Krieger

  Authors' note: This column is based on material that will appear in slightly different form in our upcoming book on Omaha eight-or-better, to be published this fall. Runner-runner: Dream Street or Nightmare Alley Runner-runner is a parlay of sorts …continued

• Let the Game Come to You

  by Chuck Sippl

  Now that we've concluded the first month of the 2003 football season, I want to offer a little solace and some advice for those of you who might have gotten off to a bad start in your football wagers. If you've had success in football betting …continued

• Extreme Draws in Lowball

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  Sometimes you have to make a desperation play in lowball that involves a draw - or standing pat - with negative expectation. You may have several choices, all of them bad, and your best - or only - decision is to choose the one that is the least bad. …continued

• One of the Crowd

  by Vince Burgio

  I was watching a program on television recently in which they were discussing the many quotes that have been attributed to Yogi Berra. One that particularly interested me had to do with his reply when someone asked him about a restaurant where he and …continued

• Time to Empty the Mailbag

  by Yolanda Smulik-Roche Roche

  Question: I have entered a football contest in Las Vegas (buy four entries, get one free; the total cost is $100). If I win, do I have to pay taxes on the money I win? All the information I can find states that taxes must be paid in the following …continued

• The Fouled Deck - Or is It?

  by Mike O Malley

  Earlier this year I wrote a column about what happens when a deck has too few or too many cards. I always had been under the impression that the only rule in use for such instances read as follows: "Any hand dealt with an improper deck (one with …continued

• Guilty of Gambling Online

  by I. Nelson Rose

  Jeffrey Trauman has made history. As best I can tell, he is the first, and only, person who has actually been charged and convicted of online gambling. From the e-mail Jeff sent me, I know that all he wanted was to be left alone. (For the record: A …continued

• How Many Preflop Callers Should You Expect?

  by Daniel Kimberg

  In my last column, I wrote about some simple simulations I ran to answer some questions about the distribution of hold'em hands when it's folded to you on the button. I couldn't resist playing with the simulation code a bit more, so I …continued

• The Table-Stakes Rule

  by Bob Ciaffone

  Despite the fact there is variance among cardrooms for many poker laws, I have never found a cardroom that did not use the table-stakes rule. "Only chips or cash on the table plays in the game" is half the rule. The other half is, …continued

• A Bankroll-Building System

  by Rolf Slotboom

  I recently read a statement by someone that if you buy a poker book for $20 or $30 and get only one good idea out of it - that is, you find only one thing that might potentially help you, whereas everything else will not improve your game in any way - …continued

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