The Beats that Sting

Susie Isaacs
As I read Peter Costa’s column in the October 17 issue, for a moment I thought that he and Phil Hellmuth may be on to something to (again) change our poker world forever. The subject was bad beats in online poker. He eluded first jokingly to solutions (which all sounded great to me!) and […]

The Word from the EPT

Tony Kendall
The European Poker Tour (EPT), the nearest we have to the wonderful WPT, has now had 3 events in Season 2.

We reported on the season opener in Barcelona previously - suffice to say, the less said about that, the better.

The second event was at The Vic, & there was minimal American interest. Sadly, it […]

Three Trumps on the Table

Richard Burke
LindaMae sashayed into my local poker room on a Wednesday afternoon in late summer, signed up for a few games, sat next to me and asked if I had figured out the answer to her question. I had. LindaMae was curious about a hand she played last week. In a ten-handed $4-8 Hold’Em game, […]

Today’s word is… ‘Amount’

Mike Caro is the ‘Mad Genius’ of Poker
“You gave them the ass whooping they rightfully deserved!” That was the sentiment of one player who cornered me at Foxwoods yesterday. He was responding to my last column. But, wait! I wasn’t trying to “whoop” those poker authorities who argue that limit poker is more complex and […]