People talk about the poker boom, but in my opinion what we really have is an Internet poker boom, and to a lesser extent a tournament poker boom fueled by television coverage,
I have a friend who's a world-class contrarian. Let's call him Buck, as in "buck the tide."
As a poker coach, I see my newer students making the same type of mistakes. Here are my candidates for the most common and costly mistakes made by the people who approach me for lessons.
Near the start of each season, it's inevitable that I'll get questions about which teams provide good prospects for wagers on season over/under victory totals.
Startling changes are sweeping the world of legal gambling. Gaming tribes that for decades lived in abject poverty now have new problems: finding ways to diversify their enormous wealth.
It has been a good year - no, a great year! It has been a long one in many ways, and a short one in many others. I didn't realize how fast the year had gone by until our Canadian MIF (Make it Fo) gang came down again for their annual pokerfest.
The one-and-only John Bonetti, as renowned for his explosive behavior as for his tournament successes, was torn to confetti in the spirit of fun during a roast in his honor at the Rio Hotel during the World Series of Poker.
One product of poker's current popularity boom is that many clubs and fraternal organizations are now scheduling poker tournaments - often as fund-raisers or charity events.
Nu, Tsatskeleh," said my Aunt Sophie. "Why do so many online hold'em players wait to the end to wake up?
Billy Baxter, a "man about town" in Las Vegas, is a very successful 63-year-old professional gambler.
