• Some Thoughts on Limit Vs. No-Limit Poker

  by Roy Cooke

  I'm principally a limit player. Yeah, I have dabbled in big-bet poker, no-limit and pot-limit, but my poker career started in Washington state, where the laws limited the bet sizes, thereby prohibiting no-limit games. (When I discuss no-limit, I …continued

• Riding High With a Pocketful of Nines at the Wildhorse

  by Tom McEvoy

  I enjoyed one of the best tournament rides of my poker life recently during the Spring Poker Roundup at the Wildhorse Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umitilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon. Fellow Card …continued

• The Biggest Party in Poker

  by Mike Sexton

  What do you have with a ship filled with poker players who are playing in a tournament for nearly $4 million in prize money? Yes, you do have lots of bad-beat stories, but what you really have is the PartyPoker.com Million - "The Biggest Party in …continued

• Buried at Sea

  by Phil Hellmuth

  On a recent cruise for a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, the action was fast and furious in the side games. Of course, there was a lot of dancing and drinking - especially of Dom Perignon - in the top-floor "Crows Nest" dance club. Boy, I …continued

• World Poker Tour Caribbean Adventure - Part I

  by Daniel Negreanu

  My next stop on the World Poker Tour would see us aboard the beautiful Voyager of the Seas, by Royal Caribbean. Easily the most beautiful cruise ship I've ever seen, it had everything; there was just so much to do. Of course, the ship was so big …continued

• A Surprising Quiz Answer

  by Andrew N.S. Glazer

  Ever since my little rush of playing lots of one-table satellites yielded some good rewards in larger tournaments, I've kept playing them, and had a very interesting hand come up the other day. This is neither a "bad beat" nor a …continued

• Chasing Dreams: Player Goals and Expectations at the World Series of Poker

  by Nolan Dalla

  When the famous catchphrase "Shuffle up and deal" is pronounced at the Horseshoe in Downtown Las Vegas later this month, the dreams of every poker player come alive. Every player who enters the World Series of Poker shares the ultimate goal …continued

• The Future of Poker

  by Michael Cappelletti

  Poker is booming. Poker TV ratings are way up and climbing. Poker playing on the Internet has more than doubled in less than a year. Casinos everywhere are adding tables to their poker rooms. We know that many more people in the hinterlands are …continued

• Poker Spring Cleaning

  by Daniel Kimberg

  I've always resisted the urge to make poker-related New Year's resolutions. Why suddenly start playing well in January? Why not, say, April? Well, if you're like me and you'd like a second chance this year to turn over a new poker …continued

• Don't Miss the First Round of the Playoffs

  by Chuck Sippl

  In sports betting, as in poker, one of the first things each person must determine is his own attitude. That is to say, you must decide whether you are "playing" to win, or merely "playing" to play. If you're betting just …continued

• Playing Exposed Pairs on Fourth Street

  by Ashley Adams

  I've played a lot of seven-card stud over the years in what I consider to be medium-limit games of $5-$10 to $20-$40 against intermediate players. They're not beginners, and they're better than the typical regulars who frequent the …continued

• Erick Lindgren<br>A Young Superstar

  by Allyn Jaffrey Shulman

  When he awoke on the cruise ship, Erick Lindgren was slow to remember the events of the previous day. Then, he looked on the nightstand, shook his head, and started laughing and mumbling to himself. There on the nightstand was a $22,000 bar tab from …continued

• Mutiny on My Bounty

  by Max Shapiro

  Poker players everywhere used to adore me because my columns brought so much joy and happiness into their lives. When they saw me, their eyes would light up. "Max," they would gush, "you're the greatest. Your last column made me …continued

• Live With the World Poker Tour: The Final Table

  by Michael Wiesenberg

  In my last column I described the first two days of the final event of San Jose's Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament, a stop on the World Poker Tour. The final day of play started at 2 p.m. Well before noon, hundreds of fans were patiently waiting …continued

• A Whale of a Good Time

  by Jan Fisher

  I can't believe it, but a year of my life spent working on the PartyPoker.com Million III has come and gone. This event far exceeded our wildest expectations in more ways than I can count. PartyPoker.com and Card Player Cruises not only chartered …continued

• To the Editor:

  by Reader's Forum

  To the Editor: I would like to congratulate Card Player magazine for taking a proactive stance on responsible gaming. While most players are able to gamble recreationally, a certain percentage nationwide suffers from a serious mental health disorder. …continued

• Tilt - Part IV: Coping With It

  by Alan Schoonmaker

  Sooner or later, it happens to almost everybody. You find yourself on tilt. It really doesn't matter why or when it happens; the important issue is that you're responding to your emotions, not your intellect. If you recognize when you're …continued

• Traps - Texas, Omaha, and New England Style

  by Barry Mulholland

  I have a friend who used to tease one of his buddies over his loose style of play. We'll call one Ben and the other Jerry. An impatient type, Jerry liked to limp in preflop with weak hands regardless of position, and when sitting to Ben's …continued

• News From the IRS

  by Yolanda Smulik-Roche Roche

  The IRS provides a dozen or so articles ever month for practitioners to use in their newsletters to their clients. However, anyone can read these articles on the IRS web site. We thought you might like to see what these articles are like, so we …continued

• Poker on the Mind

  by Mike O Malley

  Some people's minds are like information filters, taking in the good stuff and removing the garbage. My mind is more of a junkyard, retaining useless information, which would explain why I know that Doyle Brunson won both of his World Series of …continued

• On the Starting Line in Seven-Card Stud Eight-or-Better - Part I

  by Lou Krieger

  Introduction Seven-card stud eight-or-better, which we'll call 7-stud/8 for simplicity's sake, is a game that's rapidly growing in popularity as a cash game and a tournament staple. Because players are trying to make low hands as well as …continued

• Moneymaker's Real Name Is …

  by Warren Karp

  In the electronic age, the growth of anything can usually be measured by its exposure - and, surely, poker on television is everywhere. In examining the explosion of poker, there are many things to which one can point; of course, the two biggest would …continued

• No-Limit Hold'em Tournament in Tunica

  by Bob Ciaffone

  As I mentioned in my last column about the World Poker Open in Tunica, I was able to realize a nice result, getting to the final table. Let me give you a blow-by-blow narration. In the $500 buy-in no-limit hold'em tournament, the number of …continued

• Odds and Ends

  by Linda Johnson

  Today is a good time to clean off my desk and throw away all the little scraps of paper I have been saving of things to write about when I do one of my odds and ends columns. Here goes … World Poker Tour Tapings … Season two has begun …continued

• Checking and Calling - and a Disguised Picture

  by Roy West

  Hi. Come on in. I've ordered baked ziti with ricotta cheese. We'll be too stuffed to play poker, but never too full to lie around and discuss our beloved game. A fellow recently wrote to me from a small town on the Ohio River, saying a …continued

• Did You Know That …

  by Rolf Slotboom

  A few years ago I wrote a column in another publication entitled "Did You Know, That … (Part I)". As the title suggests, I provided an extensive list of tips, views, opinions, and even truths about poker, using the old "Did You …continued

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