Donald Woods Jr.
Here it is again, summertime promises. Namely, summertime promises because during the warm summer months there is too much to choose from to do. Additionally, with the weather here in Southern California-so nice during summer-it is the envy of many locations that lack the creative resources to compete. Just jump on any freeway […]
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George Epstein
Reading Nick Christenson’s review of the new DVD, Texas Hold’em: The Winning Strategy with Mike Caro (Poker Player, June 13, 2005), caused me to contemplate that question. Since I have been teaching poker classes at a senior citizens center for three semesters, I now have a basis for addressing that question. By the way, […]
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Phil Shaw
There may be a $25,000 heads up challenge in Vegas for the elite, or the lure of another rematch between Andy Beal and “The Firm”. But the World Heads Up Championship, a ?2,000 no limit hold’em affair sponsored this year by PartyPoker. com, takes place in Barcelona (and formerly Vienna) as all European circuit […]
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Byron Liggett
This 4th of July be proud you’re an American Poker Player. After all, we invented the game. Poker is more American than baseball or apple pie. Poker developed with the new nation and is a part of our heritage and culture. As such, it reflects much of the American character and personality.
The Colonies were […]
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Ashley Adams
You remember the old gangster movies- where the lead mug would threaten to throw the hero into the river with cement shoes? As a kid, in love with these old flicks, I used to imagine what that would be like - sinking fast in a body of water with “concrete galoshes”. It’s the feeling […]
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John Wayne
When John Wayne died June 11th, 1979, the Tokyo newspaper headline proclaimed, “Mr. America passes on”. Ronald Reagan said of his friend, “He gave the whole world the image of what an American should be.”
From a B-movie actor, he grew to become an American legend and cultural icon. In his movies and in his […]
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‘Oklahoma Johnny’ Hale
I wrote a column the other day about how to win when you are playing poker, and I gave you folks a couple of winning poker tips.
Tip No. 1: Observe and study the poker game that you are planning to play that day.
Tip No. 2: Rate the poker players that you will be […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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