I. Nelson Rose
While the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has devastated internet poker, separate, quiet battles are being fought and won to make poker legal in bars under state laws. The fight over the rights of bars to run Texas hold’em tournaments does have some significant differences with the better known prohibition on alcohol. Legally, […]
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Mike Eikenberry
If you are a poker professional, then making money should be your main goal. But for me and many other amateurs, poker is not solely about winning money. Other benefits are important at the poker table.
First, the development or improvement of a number oftraits and skills can make the amateur more successful in his […]
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The Red Games of Poker, PART 3
For the past few issues I’ve been writing about cheating, which I call the red games of poker.
It’s a controversial subject-so I won’t accuse anyone-or make specific references to any casino, card room, or internet site.
I do think that poker is an honorable game-more honorable than golf, football, horse […]
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Ashley Adams
I know a guy who opened a local restaurant in my section of Boston. The week he opened he took out expensive full-page ads in the major daily papers in the region. He bought television commercials on all the major stations during prime time. He even went so far as to hire a plane […]
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Jan Fisher
Each of us who plays poker has similarly minded friends who live, breathe, and eat poker. We can’t get enough. Same thing with the casino games players, it seems. While I don’t really understand the allure of a craps table, obviously it is a hugely popular pastime. It is the long hours that gamers […]
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Lou Krieger
Choosing Your Starting Hands. Choosing the right starting hands is just as important in no-limit hold’em as it is in a fixed-limit game, but there are significant differences in the kind of hands you should consider playing. The trick is to push every small edge in afixed-limit game, because your profit comes from small, […]
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