Diane McHaffie
The excitement of playing poker doesn’t encourage players to fold their hands. No, they’re hoping to play, and if they think they have a reason to call, they will. It doesn’t need to be a good reason, either. Sometimes, just the excitement itself will do. Calling gives players the chance to gain the proceeds […]
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Wendeen Eolis
Two decades ago, industrious poker players, Yours Truly among them, wore the covers off WSOP two-time grand champion Doyle Brunson’s Super System and poet laureate Al Alvarez’ Biggest Game in Town. Super System was quickly revered as the definitive poker text book, and Al Alvarez’ riveting narrative about the players and the action at […]
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Ashley Adams
This is a dangerous article. I’m going to deal with ethnic stereotyping. If you’re not up to it just look at the nice ads and turn the page. It was 10:00 AM Saturday morning. Foxwoods was very crowded… There were four $20/40 tables going, but no seats available. So I watched while I waited […]
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Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson
The first thing you notice about former World Series of Poker Champ Chris “Jesus” Ferguson is the “look,” even before you hear a shortened account of his poker table successes.
But wait a moment . . . let’s get the name thing straight first. Actually, it’s DR. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, More on that later.
Yes, […]
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George Epstein
In poker it is legal to steal. If you can steal two or three pots during the course of a session, that may well be the margin of victory for you. “Making your move” is a super strategy to help you win the pot without holding the best hand. Like other bluffing strategies, there […]
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Sam Mudaro, ‘The Omaha Guru’
If you play Omaha H/L 8 or better in live games in a brick and mortar casino you have inevitably heard someone say “You need to play 4 cards working together.” Just what does that mean? Does it even make sense? Should you play any 4 cards working together? Four […]
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Jim Delorto, Director of Poker at Binion’s
Jim Delorto was raised in Chicago, Illinois and left in 1978 for Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Jim was hired by Del Webb to deal poker at Park Tahoe and within six months he was promoted to shift manager. In 1981 he was transferred to Reno to workat the Sahara as […]
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Dr. Scott Aigner, MD
Have you ever seen a good player go on total tilt? A once well-respected opponent who plays incredibly bad for more than just several hands or even for a session? You have? If you believe that it is possible then maybe you need to reassess your definition of a good player. Good […]
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Richard Burke
Hakim has a rosy disposition, a ready smile, and jes’ loves to play Omaha/8. Omaha/8 players are typically an optimistic lot, but Hakim’s optimism gets him into trouble because he sees riches in nearly every hand. While waiting for a seat in our local card room on a Tuesday afternoon in late winter, Hakim […]
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Phil Shaw
A new event, the World Poker Masters 2005, will be staged at the Casino Castell Peralada in Northern Spain later this year, with a few novel twists, leading the organizers to bill it “the first poker TV show for the players themselves”. For one it will be limited by invitation to the top fifty […]
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