Poker Cop
Detective Sweeny has told the newspapers: “The people of this city can rest easy. A ‘Mad Dog Killer’ has been put down.”
I, “The Mad Dog Killer,” put down the paper and quote Mark Twain, “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Reading the story of my own exaggerated death leaves me uneasy. […]
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Tom ‘Time’ Leonard
Continuing on our quest to examine all elements of our game in order to find possible weaknesses to improve upon, let’s discuss egos today. Egos are a curious part of our makeup. They may be inflated, bruised, overactive or any number of other things but we all have them. Do you keep yours […]
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Jennifer Matiran
I fell in love recently. The world’s incredibly beautiful. The colors all around are brighter. I appreciate what I take for granted at times. Such as, how much I love my family and friends, how fortunate I am to be living in this day and age. The awesome possibilities the future may hold, that […]
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Richard Burke
Fred sat next to me at our $4-8 Hold’Em table on a sweltering afternoon in summer. Did I remember when he played 5d-2d in the Small Blind and won a nice pot? I did. (Poker Player, Vol. 8, No. 25, p.14) Fred asked if he could also profitably play suited, 3-gap connectors.
That depends. What […]
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Dr. Scott Aigner
Whether it was to start a new life, a gold rush, or to seek adventure, there have been countless Americans who have moved west over the centuries. At one time travel across America was in a covered wagon. The past thirty years it has been in a U-haul.
Unlike in the 1800’s when […]
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Phil Shaw
The 2005 VC Poker Cup, filmed at Teddington studios from 1st - 6th August , wasn’t short of competition for its ?5,000 buy-in, but as the runners gathered for the three days of preliminary heats it became clear that all the action taking place in London (also including the World Poker Exchange and the […]
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Sam Mudaro the Omaha Guru
Poker is a game of decisions. We are constantly challenged with rendering decisions, most of them while possessing incomplete information in a relatively short period of time. Some of my colleagues would go as far as stating that those who win at poker are those who make the fewest mistakes while […]
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James McKenna, Ph.D.
Last time I discussed the more structured type of bluffer. These are players who like to either dare you or sneak up on you. I also mentioned in Part I, that there are a whole set of players who are not so well planned in their bluffs. They are much looser players who […]
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George Epstein
The “Esther Bluff” - What’s that? Let me explain. . .
A year ago, I introduced you to my then 8-year-old granddaughter, Esther Fayla Epstein, and her almost incredible, innate talent for playing poker. She has an instinctive flair for the game; she’s a natural winner. .
Well, Esther is now 9 years old and is […]
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Borgata Poker Open - WPT Event
I’m currently at the Borgata Casino in lovely Atlantic City, NJ and I’ll be here over the next few days covering the World Poker Tour Borgata Open. Buy-in is $10,000 and players start with $20K in chips. That structure is great for the entrants because it gives them more ammo […]
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