Patient Boredom

Jim McKenna, PhD.
Most poker players will say that they would rather be lucky than good. However, the professionals know that luck is short term and in the long run, poker skills will win. In the long haul, a player must have the discipline to either play or fold and at the right times.

Skillsthat are on […]

The Good, The Bad, and the Funny at the WSOP

Susie Isaacs
As I write this, the WSOP is in full swing. It isn’t over so I can’t write about the latest millionaires and multimillionaires who won their riches in the 2005 WSOP main event because our publisher gave us a very early deadline for this issue so he could go to Vegas and witness the […]

Today’s word is… Formula

Mike Caro, the ‘Mad Genius’ of Poker
Let’s move on to secrets about calling in poker. I’m frustrated, though. How come? It’s because two weeks ago I told you about a flaw in most tournaments that make it impractical to play your best game. I provided a solution. Well, guess what? The World Series of Poker […]

Tunica, MS the South’s Casino Capital

Donna Blevins
Less than an hour south of Memphis, Tunica is known as the South’s Casino Capital and has everything for t-he serious and recreational gaming enthusiasts. With five of the nine casinos offering poker, there is a game and limit for nearly every poker player. With prearranged reservations, most of the casinos offer free limousine […]

United States of Poker: South Dakota

United States of Poker
As we have seen in past articles, many of the northern states in the U.S. play host to various forms of poker all the way from the Great Lakes west to the Pacific, and among these states which has offered poker for several years is South Dakota.

Poker, along with blackjack and slot […]

This and That from the Halls of the 2005 WSOP

Wendeen Eolis
[Editor’s Note: This story is an adaptation of interviews and material that are part of Ms. Eolis’ forthcoming book, Power Poker Dame By Wendeen H. Eolis]

Having rolled over 1200 plus players on day one at the 2005 finale of the World Series of Poker, I was one of the estimated 1850 remaining contestants in […]

Perks and Picks

H. Scot Krause
Santa Ana Star Casino in New Mexico offers six tables of live poker action open daily. Besides an end of the month tournament, they offer several good daily and weekly tournaments such as the Sunday Poker Tournaments, held every Sunday beginning at 5:00 p.m. Play 2 hours anytime between noon and 5:00 p.m. […]

Entertainment Report - George Carlin

Len Butcher
I got an e-mail the other day asking me if George Carlin was worth going to see, as the writer had heard he’s “not that funny anymore, just angry.” My answer was, “Yes, he is worth seeing, just as he was 40, 30, 20, 10 years ago. He still is very funny, and yes, […]

Debbie Burkhead Interviews Frank Meoni, Place Station Cardroom Manager

Frank Meoni
Frank Meoni was born in 1951 in Yonkers, New York. At the tender age of 16 Frank’s father retired and moved the family to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, After Frank graduated high school he enrolled in a junior college and after his first year he tested for several fire departments. He was hired by Hialeah […]

Motivation

Jennifer Matiran
How dramatically we can change our results is largely a function of imagination. In 1960, it was a technological impossibility for man to travel into outer space. Within ten years, however, the first man stepped out onto the surface of the moon. The miraculous process of converting the dream into reality began when one […]