Player Profile: Ted Forrest

Ted Forrest
It was a genuine eyeopener Ted Forrest remembers, discovering there were people who - get this now - actually made a living playing poker.

This was before he hit Las Vegas for the first time, maybe 16 years ago, back before he joined the fraternity of people who support themselves, and quite nicely, thank you, […]

Profit

Tom ‘Time’ Leonard
Since profit is the main motivating force for most serious poker players, today let’s discuss where that profit comes from. It’s obvious that it needs to come from your opponents. Forgetting for a moment the rake, poker is a zero sum game. What you win is what your opponents lose. We’ve all heard […]

Cash and Burn

John Vorhaus
In the natural ebb and flow of tournament poker, you routinely see a tightening of play as people get within shouting distance of the money. Those with short stacks cast nervous eyes about, looking for other short stacks and measuring the distance of approaching blinds. “Can I make it?” players wonder. “Can I make […]