Today’s word is… Bluff

Mike Caro is the ‘Mad Genius’ of Poker
You should take pride in playing poker profitably. Take pride in making good calls. Take pride in having discipline. Take pride in bringing good manners to the table. The list of things you can be proud of in poker can be very long.

But sometimes being proud of bluffing […]

Book Reviews: Tales from the Tiltboys and How to Win No Limit Hold’em Tournaments

Tales From the Tiltboys (right) and How to Win No Limit Hold’em Tournaments (left)
How to Win No Limit Hold’em Tournaments
by Don Vines & Tom McEvoy
367 pp, $29.95

Tales From the Tiltboys by Kim Scheinberg
207 pp, $19.95

Don Vines and Tom McEvoy have written a timely, cut-to-the-chase work titled How to Win No Limit Hold’em Tournaments, while Kim […]

Small Stakes Tournaments

PART 1: NLHE Small Buy-In Tournament Strategy
Over the past year or two I have managed to accumulate quite a few books about all of the insand- outs about no-limit Hold’em, especially tournament strategy. I’d love to tell you a favorite storyof mine…it’s about the last tournament I played in where I was slinging around my […]

Arrested Development

Donald Woods Jr.
I certainly concede that I do not know everything. In fact, that is a relief as I would be too busy in a twenty-four hour day to do anything else. However-I am sure you knew there would be a however-I am fairly certain some people must have been put here on earth to […]

Flying Poker Players

Byron Liggett
Poker players fly. And nowadays, like everybody, they spend a lot of time in and around airports. They’ve become leisure centers. Nobody runs through airports anymore; if you did, you’d be shot.

Airports have become a place for a lot of things besides airplanes — fast foodemporiums, exquisite restaurants, chic clothing shops, bars, bookstores, and […]

The Devil?s Way

Jennifer Matiran
Once upon a time, there were three demons. Satan asked them all “what will you do to bring people to me, to the dark side?” The first demon responded, “I will tell them that there is no such thing as God.” Satan said “no, no, people will not believe that.” The second demon said […]

United States of Poker: Wisconsin

United States of Poker
Growth in popularity of the game of poker has coincided with and aided the game’s spreading across the country. It seems everywhere you look, people are playing or talking about poker, and it seems for now there’s no stopping the unprecedented growth. Many states are becoming destinations for poker players of all […]