Caesars Palace Resort Las Vegas, Nevada
Caesars Palace opened for business in 1966 and instantly established the benchmark for Las Vegas luxury resorts. Jay Sarno, an original Vegas entrepreneur borrowed $10 million from the Teamster’s pension fund and set about constructing his vision of a resort so spectacular it would like visiting the home of a […]
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Richard Burke
I signed up for a few games at our local poker room and then waited for a spot to open. Fred saw me, asked to be dealt out, and hustled over to my chair. He had found an on-line ICM calculator on a website and used it for Sit & Go tournaments, […]
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George Epstein
The War in Iraq and the Game of Poker The world news is replete with stories about the terrible state of affairs in the Middle East, especially in Iraq, and the growing danger of terrorism around the world, largely related to the war in Iraq. Thinking about it, I found myself asking the question:
How […]
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Jan Fisher
Thanks to all of you who answered my question about the four-card flop in my last column. I received comments and suggestions from many readers as well as cardroom executives around the area. Most notably, Mike Shaffer, a lead supervisor at the Rio in Las Vegas, loved the idea of the scramble and reflop […]
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Lou Krieger
While winning poker requires aggression, and betting and raising are the keys to aggressive play at the poker table, successful players always have a wide variety of tools at their disposal. Relying solely on hyper aggressive play can lead to money lost unnecessarily, but tempering a tendency to lean too heavily on betting and […]
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John Vorhaus
As we grow in the game of poker, it’s useful not to expect too much too soon. One way to curb expectation appropriately is to think of ourselves as serving an apprenticeship. There are a few reasons for this.
&Bull; It keeps us rooted in reality. An apprentice knows that he’s in the learning phase […]
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Poker Face 2- 25th Anniversary Edition by Ulvis Alberts Published by the Author, 2007 ISBN: 9984764656 351 pp, hardbound, $274
In more than 25 years of reading, reviewing and selling books, I am most impressed with one that is not only a stand-apart work of history, but is also an art in itself. The book is […]
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Oklahoma Johnny Hale
My daughter “Oklahoma Sarah” Hale won my OK-J Eightieth Birthday Poker Party Tournament at the Venetian last week. OK Sarah defeated some really good and well known poker players!
I said to her, “Honey, write it up in your next column!” She said, “No dad, people will think I brag.” I reminded her that […]
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2007 WSOP Critique
Although Harrah’s Entertainment owns them both, the WSOP tournament and the WSOP Lifestyle Show are run by two different entities. This editorial is directed at the management of the Lifestyle Show. Two and three years ago, Poker Player Newspaper took a booth at this show.
We gave away free newspapers but accomplished little else […]
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Barbara Connors
As most of us know, the most common prerequisite to make the next round of poker a kill pot is for the same player to win two pots in a row. Other triggers for a kill could be a player winning a large pot that meets or exceeds a specified amount-10 times the big […]
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