June 14th, 2005
Avoid losing chips to tilt
As a poker player, tilt is your greatest enemy. Nothing can destroy many hours of hard work more quickly than steaming off chips when your emotions get the best of you. Luckily, tilt is also one of the things you can control. Finding creative and consistent methods of combating tilt can […]
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June 14th, 2005
Sunset Station
A gaming wonderland that promises “Everything Under the Sun, Sunset Station is one of the most popular attractions off the Las Vegas Strip. Located in Henderson, the always-thriving enterprise offers everything from movies to bowling to some of the hottest poker games around.
Voted “Best Locals Hotel & Casino by the Las Vegas Review-Journal Readers […]
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June 14th, 2005
Phil Shaw
The worldwide poker boom has had very particular consequences in Europe where there are at least a dozen poker hotspots on the tournament schedule (see www.pokerineurope.com), and last month brought things to a head when two behemoths faced off — the Concord Card Casino in Vienna with the Austrian Masters from the 7th — […]
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June 13th, 2005
Richard Burke
Fred scooped a $194 pot. Not the biggest pot on that Friday afternoon in late winter at a $4-8 Hold’Em table in my local card room, but Fred was pleased that his theory worked! Fred explained that he had played small cards because there were so many callers pre-Flop that the big cards were […]
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June 13th, 2005
Ashley Adams
I was reading some back issues of this great newspaper. I find that when I get my copy in the mail I often don’t read it thoroughly - just looking for some of my favorite authors, upcoming tournaments, the Hustler ad, and then my article. But I just check to make sure it’s there; […]
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June 13th, 2005
H. Scot Krause
Combining your poker play with a stop at almost any Harrah’s Total Rewards club booth across the US could possibly make you a million dollar winner later this summer. At the very least, you won’t be thirsty and you can catch a free flick! “Winning Will Find You” is the new Harrah’s nationwide […]
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June 13th, 2005
John Vorhaus
There’s a time and a place for everything. Usually when you’re playing poker, it’s easy to figure out what the proper time and place are: If you’re sitting in a cardroom or a home game, and there are chips and cards in front of you, that’s the right time and the right place to […]
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June 13th, 2005
Poker Cop
“Give me your invitation to the House of Cards! screams the Ugly Man. “Give it to me or die!”
“I don’t have an Invitation. . . .”
The Ugly Man howls. He floors the taxi’s accelerator and jumps out. We speed straight down the alleyfor the brick wall. Jenny screams. The wall comes closer . . […]
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June 13th, 2005
Greg ‘Fossilman’ Raymer
Greg Raymer had been back at work a few days when he took the only logical course available to a man who had just experienced a $5 million payday.
The 39-year-old Connecticut patent attorney told colleagues they would have to get along without him and quit his job.
Winning the 35th annual World Series of […]
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June 11th, 2005
‘Oklahoma’ Johnny Hale
Playing by the Rules In this column I am going to try to write a little bit about one of the things that I think is wrong with poker and the way the rules of poker are not always in the best interest of the game of poker. But first let me tell […]
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