Book Review: All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker

All In: The (Almost) Entirely True Story of the World Series of Poker by Jonathan Grotenstein 2005ISBN: 0-312-34835-5 304pp, $24.95
Tournament poker is huge these days, and no event has more cache, more prestige, or more history than the World Series of Poker. Since 1970, the entire world poker calendar has revolved around the WSOP. […]

World War II was a Great Training Ground for… poker!

Oklahoma Johnny Hale
When I was 17, (yes, it was a very good year) I could play poker in the card barns in San Diego, California-But I could not take a drink. I was old enough to die for my country and to play poker with my uniform on-but I could not go in a bar […]

Idle Hands ? Devil’s Playground

John Vorhaus
I finished writing a book today. Killer Poker Online/2. You can expect to see it in your bookstore within the year, and I hope to heck that it won’t have been horrendously overtaken by events by then. Meantime, I’ve got a few spare minutes on my hands, and while any time during the last […]

Poker Gab

James McKenna, Ph.D.
Some players have more of the “gift of gab” than others do. However, when you start believing what players say about themselves and their hands at the table, you probably shouldn’t be playing poker. Small talk at the table is a rich source of “tells.” Some players only bad-mouth themselves when they have […]