Tony Cosentino, Golden Nugget Director of Poker Operations
Tony Cosentino was born in Chicago, Illinois and right after his first year at Northwestern University he was drafted into the Army. He served his tour of duty in Germany and was honorably discharged in November of 1966.
Within a few months of his discharge Tony headed to Las […]
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Donna Blevins
Cherokee Casino - Tulsa. Located off I-44, Cherokee Casino & Resort, “A stay and play environment . . . is the leader of Oklahoma gaming,” according to CEO David Stewart. “We are the first resort destination, the first to offer poker, and the first to host poker tournaments in Oklahoma. All 75 of our […]
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Mike Caro is the ‘Mad Genius of Poker’
While I occasionally talk about overcalling, nothing drives home my teachings about the fundamental peril of that tactic better than an audio lecture I did years ago. It’s one of the lessons you need to master to reach the higher tiers of poker profit.
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Jennifer Matiran
“Do not cast your pearls upon swine,” The wise, wisest of them all said.
“So you wanna be rich and famous.” The famous Mr. Sludikoff playfully said, August, Thursday, I so, so vividly remember. I had been meditating right before I walked into his office. I meditated to relax and because Mr. Sludikoff (over the […]
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Phil Ivey, Event Winner
Phil Ivey wasn’t going to play in Event #27 $5000 Pot Limit Omaha with Rebuys. He was sleeping at the time that the event was scheduled to start. Barry Greenstein noticed he was not registered, so he woke him up with a phone call. Barry knew that Pot Limit Omaha is one […]
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Dr. Scott Aigner
Dan Harrington states that it is probably wrong to fold kings in a normal tournament situation. There are limited opportunities and therefore you cannot try to out guess that one in 24 chance that you are against a pair of aces. He even stated that most of the pros are not savvy enough […]
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Sam Mudaro is the Omaha Guru
Today I will analyze an actual hand that I played at the final table of a limit Omaha High-Low tournament. Let me set the stage for you. I was in the big blind with the blinds at $1,500 and $3,000. There were 9 players left at the table. I was […]
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Susie Isaacs
In the last issue of Poker Player, I began an in-depth interview with Kathy Liebert. After receiving a business finance major from Marist College she worked for Dun and Bradstreet for a year. She made good money for a young woman but she was not happy. Her mother suggested she look for what would […]
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Phil Shaw
Anglo-American relations have hit an all time low in poker terms if Max Shapiro’s recent Card Player columns are anything to go by. These ‘humour’ columns under the title ‘Big Denny Goes to Oxford’ unfold the story of how “the students at Great Britain’s Oxford University, scholastically brilliant but a touch behind the times, […]
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George Epstein
A drawing hand must connect to become a likely winner at the showdown. Examples are four cards to a flush or an open-ended straight. You need just one more card to make your hand. Certainly, there are hands that opponents might catch that will beat your flush or straight, but those are relatively rare. […]
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