Is it Ever Right to Fold Kings Preflop in a No Limit Hold’em Tournament?

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 […]

Ohama H/L: A Tournament Hand from a final table

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 […]

A Visit with Kathy Liebert-PART 2

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 […]

Dreaming spires and dreary stereotypes…

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, […]