Rebuilding Mississippi Gulf Coast by Donna Blevins filed under Card Rooms on 2006-01-23 [Originally appeared in the January 23, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
Donna Blevins
Mississippi: 1990 - Legislature approves dockside gaming. Over the years, Mississippi’s economy and infrastructure benefited immensely as the gambling tax revenues flowed into state and local coffers. By 2005, the coast […]
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Poker Publications Proliferate by Byron Liggett filed under Editorial on 2006-01-23 [Originally appeared in the January 23, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
Byron Liggett
Despite the preponderance of poker publications to suddenly appear in 2005, POKER PLAYER Newspaper has clearly become the choice of American poker players coast-to-coast. Here’s why - First published in more than a […]
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Poker Vs. People Positions by Jim McKenna filed under Psychology on 2006-01-23 [Originally appeared in the April 19, 2004 issue of Poker Player]
James McKenna, Ph.D.
Position usually refers to when a player acts (early or late). Acting after everyone else has its advantages. There’s also the psychological position a player takes with others in the game. […]
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Poker in Canada: Eastern Canada by Steve Horton filed under Card Rooms on 2006-01-20 [Originally appeared in the January 9, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
Poker in Canada: Eastern Canada
Last time, we learned that Canada residents don’t have to pay a tax on winnings. The other interesting thing about gambling up north is that the minimum […]
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Barry Goldwater Conservative Player by Byron Liggett filed under Profiles on 2006-01-20 [Originally appeared in the January 9, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
Senator Barry Goldwater
Senator Barry Goldwater, of Arizona, is considered the patriarch of the modern Republican Right, whose most successful disciples include Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. Bush, and George W. Bush.
Throughout the Vietnam […]
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Book Review: World Poker Tour: Making the Final Table by Nick Christenson filed under Product Reviews on 2006-01-20 [Originally appeared in the January 9, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
World Poker Tour: Making the Final Tableby Erick Lindgren and Matt MatrosHarper Collins, 2005 ISBN: 0-06-076306-X 191pp, $15.95
Erick Lindgren has emerged as one of the stars of […]
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Card Room Round-Up: The Sahara Hotel & Casino by Joseph Smith filed under Card Rooms on 2006-01-19 [Originally appeared in the January 9, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
Sahara Casino in Las Vegas, NV
The Sahara Hotel & Casino
2535 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Telephone: 702.791.2027
Reservations toll free: 888.969.2121
Sahara Website
The Sahara Hotel and Casino on the […]
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The Best Parents Possible Metaphysical Poker and Life by Charlie Shoten filed under Philosophy on 2006-01-19 [Originally appeared in the January 9, 2006 issue of Poker Player]
Should my kid become a professional poker player?
IMAGINE LOVING PARENTS who hold no judgments, resentments, anger, jealousy, frustration, depression, resignations, expectations, etc.; whose memories, thoughts, ideas and beliefs that […]
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Small Stakes Tournaments: Final Table Strategy
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of a final table I was watching recently. There was one player absolutely running over the table-with his mouth. He was one of those off-the-wall guys who kept talking, talking, talking. Did he have bad poker etiquette?
Probably. Yelling weird phrases like “Snee-snoresnee- snore!” […]
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John Vorhaus
So this guy Paul writes to me with grave doubts about his game. He’s a low limit player of modest experience, and he thinks he’s playing well, but he keeps getting his ass kicked in the fish pond that is low limit internet poker. Per Paul: I wait patiently to get my money in […]
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