Gary Thompson
All right, so poker’s booming, and there’s no sign of a slowdown, but how high is up? Are there limits on the World Series of Poker’s potential for growth?
The question was put to new WSOP Director of Operations Gary Thompson, who seemed to roll it around in his mind, finally saying, in so many […]
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Sam Mudaro is the Omaha Guru
Flopping 4 to a flush with a pair on board Today I will venture down a new road. My previous articles have concentrated on starting hands. This will be the first in a series of articles that will address the question “What are my chances if I flop X-X-X while […]
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Tom ‘Time’ Leonard
The Improving Performance series focuses on limit Hold’em and is directed, for the most part, to intermediate players Players who know how to play but may well have collected a few bad habits along the way which prevent them from reaching a higher level of success. These bad habits, or leaks, are not […]
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John Carlisle
Imagine the following circumstances coming true: You started an online tournament just after getting home from work. A couple of hours later you are excitedly sitting at the final table with a big payday possibility. The one problem that you have is time, as your young daughter’s dance recital is scheduled to begin in […]
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Susie Isaacs
Spring has sprung! To me that means perfect weather and Mother’s Day. I am compelled to recall fond memories about my terrific Mom, especially about her dealings with her free-spirited daughter, (me).
I have played poker since I was a child but my Mom didn’t know a thing about that until I was in […]
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Poker RX: A Joe & Hobby fiction
I hit a wall, a figurative wall, that is. I’m a writer on a deadline, but my story’s not coming together. At times like this, it doesn’t pay to press. A little diversion might help. I’ll call Hobby.
“Hi, Joe. What’s up?” “Nothing. What are you doing?”
“I’m going to a […]
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Shuffle Master automatic shuffler at the new MGM poker room
Why is poker so entertaining to us? Part of its appeal is that you are rarely in the same situation twice. Variability. Imagine the number of combinations there are in a shuffled deck of 52 cards [It’s approximately 8?10^67 -Ed.]. Combine that with the number of […]
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United States of Poker
The state of New Jersey, being one of the original colonies which formed the United States, has seen its share of history, and a large part of its history recently has been focused on Absecon Island, which is the site of the resort town of Atlantic City, one of the best-known cities […]
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John Adams
No Founding Father was more responsible for America’s independence and the democratic government that followed than John Adams. His contribution was at least equal to that of Washington or Jefferson.
The second President of the United States descended fromAmerica’s original risk-takers, the Puritans. John Adams’ family arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638, nearly a […]
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Pattern Not Found
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