Phil Shaw
The 2005 World Cup of Poker
The PokerStars World Cup of Poker, a free to qualify competition among national teams of poker players was completed recently with 40 different countries putting forward five strong teams selected through two Tournament Leader Board picks, two heads-up qualifiers, and one player nominated by PokerStars after consulting with the […]
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Sam Mudaro is the Omaha Guru
Last time we analyzed connectors and the effect of how they were suited. Today we will take a look at two pair. Two pair may be non-suited, double suited or single suited. As you will see later the effect of how they are suited is minimal.
The 4 suits and 13 […]
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James McKenna, Ph.D.
Knowledge about psychological needs can help your game of poker. Besides food, there are three psychological needs that all of us yearn to fulfill. I refer to these as the “S-Hungers.” That stands for the hungers for Stimulation, Structure, and Strokes (Recognition).
Stimulation. All gamblers are in search of some excitement. Yet, some players […]
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H. Scot Krause
The Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino is the first casino in The Bahamas to announce the introduction of daily live poker play. Baha Mar Development Corp, the hotel group that recently took over ownership and management of the Wyndham, along with the Radisson Cable Beach Resort & Golf Club and Nassau […]
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Len Butcher
Lots to talk about this week, so let’s get to it. Went to see Danny Gans a few weeks ago at The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Haven’t seen him since he opened at the resort some five years ago. Place was packed, as it always is, and within five minutes he […]
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Donna Blevis
This issue I fully intended on completing my review of Mississippi cardroom until I stumbled onto a journal entry I wrote in 1990. I’d like to share this very personal piece with you. “It was 1961-1962. Time for the 6th grade. Time for 12-year-old Donna to go from the two-room school house in the […]
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George Marlowe’s Artwork
In the last issue of Poker Player, we followed George Marlowe’s life from getting kicked out of half a dozen schools for playing poker to a career of a successful professional poker player, to his entrance into the “real world” and a “real” career during his years as “Super Dad” and the birth […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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