PART TWO: Tales From the WPT Championship

Peter Costa
It’s day three (my second day in the event) and I started with just 25,800. I obviously need some help from the cards. But not to worry, I get dealt K-K, K-K Q-Q and Q-Q again. Yep! down to just one 10K chip. In the meantime, I am also seeing outdraw after outdraw on […]

What can you do to improve your game?

Dr. Scott Aigner
Are you a beginning or intermediate player who can only play poker on occasion? Do you sometimes struggle with your game or wonder how the better players seem to outplay you or act so much quicker than you do? I did well as an amateur poker player although the experience I have gained […]

Never Give Up!

Jennifer Matiran
When you think at that moment that it is possible-then the magic starts.” -Siegfried

They say, “Nobody can kick you unless you’re already lying on the floor” I was on the floor covered with dust. That saying is without prejudice, meaning my casual acquaintances kicked melike a soccer ball and my loved ones too. It […]

Today’s word is… T.V.

The Mad Genius of Poker: Mike Caro
People are watching poker pros on television playing worse and worse by the minute. We need laws keeping the young and impressionable from viewing this type of poker. Where are the senate subcommittees when we finally need them for something useful? Why isn’t 60 Minutes exposing this? Think of […]

A Poker Celebrity Whoopla in Reno

Susie Isaacs
I have never been a “VIP” gambler, but I recently discovered that it certainly is great to be a VIP poker player. The Peppermill, who has long had a reputation for treating their players, poker as well as pit players, well, tried something new. VIP Invitational golf tournaments, fancy festive parties, slot, blackjack and […]

Book Reviews: Weighing the Odds in Hold’em Poker / Mastering No-Limit Hold’em

Mastering No-Limit Hold’em (left) / Weighing the Odds in Hold’em Poker (right)
Weighing the Odds in Hold’em Poker

by King Yao (350 pages, paperbound, $24.95)

Mastering No-Limit Hold’em

by Russell Fox and Scott Harker (209 pages, paperbound, $24.95)

Eleven years ago, Mike Petriv wrote the wellreceived and still hot-selling Hold’em’s Odds Book. Until now, it was the only in-depth resource […]