George Epstein
If you see Leo C., tell the big guy that this column is dedicated to him. His comment to me was the inspiration. Seven-card stud once was the top choice of poker players. During the last ten years, Texas hold’em has far surpassed it as the preference of most players. Until three years ago, […]
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Susie Isaacs
In the last issue we met Michael Hochman and Annie Adlin, two career poker folks who along with Matthew Kaphan are in the process of making a dream come true. TV people have been trying their hand at poker shows for a number of years and now these terrific poker people are trying their […]
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I. Nelson Rose
Jeffrey Trauman has made history. As best I can tell, he is the first, and only, person who has actually been charged and convicted of online gambling. From the email Jeff sent me, I know that all he wanted was to be left alone.
(For the record: A gambler in another state wrote me […]
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Diane McHaffie
The latest lesson Mike has taught me is easy to apply to limit poker games. Here’s the concept behind it. You can focus on a poker decision in two primary ways.
Conservative approach. Approach 1: Begin with the assumption that you should check or fold every hand and then gather evidence to the contrary. Only […]
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Poker Cop: ‘N’ is for Needle
I come to in the back of an ambulance, tied down to a stretcher. A paramedic, his back turned, is filling a hypodermic needle. I ask, “Am I going to live?”
The Ugly Man, holding the needle, turns around and says, “No. You’re going to die!” I struggle with my […]
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