Trouble Is Not My Business?

"The debt is uncollectible. It's a gambling debt." - From Raymond Chandler's "Trouble Is My Business" It was a quiet evening, the table had just broken, and most of the players had gone in search of new games. As the dealer sorted the deck and I racked up my chips, we...

Tuesday Dec 26, 2006

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 25

Sometimes You Have to Play Poker Right Away

So, there you are playing Texas hold'em, and on the first hand of your session, you pick up pocket aces. Is life sweet, or what? You throw out a raise, the big blind defends, and two middle-position limpers - one loose, one tight/timid - likewise call. With a rainbow flop of K-10-9, everyone...

Wednesday Oct 25, 2006

published about 1 year ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 21

Good Cop, Bad Cop

One night about 10 years ago, unable to book a room in any of the casinos at which I'd been playing, I stumbled into a fleabag motel that offered the last remaining vacancies in town. Committed to a morning appointment, and desperate for a few hours of sleep, I had no choice but to take a...

Wednesday Aug 30, 2006

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 17

Raising When Behind, to Bet or Not to Bet, and an Unusual Take on 'String Theory'

OK, today let's answer some mail. Gary, from Washington, wrote: "I'm fairly new to poker and play mostly limit hold'em and stud, and I'm also intrigued by Omaha but have yet to give it a try. Forgive me for asking a stupid question, but here it is. In a recent column, you...

Tuesday Jun 13, 2006

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 11

Capitalized Punishment

"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 and casually flicked them away. It was one of...

Tuesday Apr 18, 2006

published over 2 years ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 19, Number 7

Survival of the Fittest

The other day, while browsing through the gaming section at the neighborhood bookstore, I noticed on the shelf, wedged between the dozens of poker titles, a copy of The Origin of Species. How it got there is anyone's guess, but for just a moment I found myself wondering if its placement there...

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