I. Nealson Rose
Successful actors, writers and others in the entertainment industry share some advantages with professional gamblers when they play poker. With success often comes self-confidence, or at least the ability to project an image of being a winner, in control. Celebrities are often rich. They can think of poker chips as poker chips, and […]
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Tom ‘Time’ Leonard
As we continue our quest to be the best we can be on the green felt, today let’s discuss what is one of the most egregious errors that players make. The frequency in which I see this mistake being made may well be part of the “New Player Syndrome” that is certainly on […]
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Herbert O. Yardley
In a nation at war with terrorism, intelligence is vital and valued. Today, the U.S. devotes enormous resources of personnel, technology and billions of dollars to collecting information about governments and activities everywhere in the world.
An early pioneer of American intelligence, Herbert O. Yardley was the man who organized the countrys first government […]
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George Epstein
In the January 12, 2004, issue of Poker Player, I commented on a recent column by Oklahoma Johnny Hale in which he had expressed his opinion that “senior poker players are really not playing . . . to win money. They are playing for the fun and/or sociability of the game.” I had disagreed […]
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Diane McHaffie
When I first started out as a student at MCU, learning the basics of poker, Mike had asked me a question that I really hadn’t thought a lot about. I didn’t think it was that significant a point. He wanted to know what I looked for in a seat. How do I go about […]
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