A ‘Formula’ for Hold’em Starting Hands?Can it be Done?

George Epstein
I have utmost respect for Roy Cooke, the erudite Senior Columnist for Card Player magazine. And I appreciated his comments when we served sidebyside as panelists at the World Poker Players Conference last November at the Bellagio/Las Vegas. Furthermore, I treasured his advice in his column,”Hold’em StartingHand Basics,” in the June 18, 2004 issue […]

El Dorado

Richard Burke
The stranger bought a rack of white chips and settled into the four seat at my $4-8 HoldEm table on that Thursday afternoon in early spring. He introduced himself, “Mike,” he said, “from Odessa.” Mike-from-Odessa played mostly in home games and on the Internet and wanted to try his skills in a brick-and-mortar poker […]