Donald Woods Jr.
Where’s the diversionary, obligatory, basketball game on television that compliments the poker atmosphere in May? I’m speaking of the beloved Los Angeles Lakers team that usually occupies a significant portion of T.V. screens in the casino throughout the playoff season. Surely, the playoff games on the casino floor were in full effect, judging […]
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Audie Murphy
Audie Murphy Combat Soldier, Movie Star, Gambler
Audie Murphy became the most decorated combat soldier in American history before he was old enough to vote. By the end of World War II, he was a legend.
The seventh of ten children, Audie was born in Hunt County, Texas, in 1924. His family, sharecroppers, were considered […]
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John Vorhaus
Most poker players stumble blindly through their hands, lurching from decision to decision without much thought to the way the hand will play out. This is not the way to think of poker, especially no-limit hold’em, where each hand is an evolving combat, and where those who think ahead enjoy a material advantage over […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Diane McHaffie
I had a friend who started a beauty shop in a small town. Unfortunately for her, there weren’t any places available near the main traffic, around other businesses. She had to set up business on a side street, a little off the main path. Therefore, there weren’t enough people driving by to discover her […]
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Tom ‘Time’ Leonard
To date we’ve examined several common leaks that plague many a player’s game. We’ve then attempted to set a goal to eradicate the leak to become better, more focused players. Traits that will lead to enhanced bottom-line performance. Let’s talk about drawing hands this time out. The vast majority of intermediate players know […]
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John Vorhaus
You’d have to have spent the last few years or so in a coma not to notice how phenomenally popular poker has become. The World Poker Tour is rating its ass off. Punters are dumping mortgage payments into online games much larger than they’d ever dare to play live. The article you’re reading now, […]
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Wendeen Eolis
[Editor’s Note: This feature is an adaptation of material that is part of Ms. Eolis’ book in progress, Power Poker Dame.]
As the Harrah’s 2005 World Series of Poker launches, Ken Lambert, longtime card room manager at the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi (a Harrah’s property) is at the helm- overseeing what are sure to […]
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Lake Elsinore’s Casino Manager: Pat Wilmes
Pat Wilmes is a native Californian, born and raised in Orange County. After graduation from La Quinta High School Pat started his own Appliance Sales and Service business. In the early 80’s, at the age of 21, he began playing poker in theGardena area. Pat had some friends in the […]
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