Mike Caro is the ‘Mad Genius’ of Poker
Let’s continue this series of columns in which I get to both ask the questions and answer them. By doing it this way, you’ll be happy, because I’m fully prepared to respond. And I’ll be happy, because nobody will embarrass me with off-topic questions about boxersor briefs. By […]
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Barbara Connors
Any time you bet or raise in this game, your hand has two ways of winning the pot. You can have the best at the showdown or your opponent might fold. If he does, you take the pot right there. That’s called fold equity.
It’s one reason why aggression is such a key factor to […]
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Recently, I have been telling you that the real currency of playing poker is risking.
That’s still true. However, as the song says, you also have to know when to fold ‘em. There’s something to be said about laying down hands when the odds are against you. Sure, good players seem to do this well. However, […]
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Jonathan Raab
In 1995 Patrick Marber’s play Dealer’s Choice opened in London to critical acclaim. Among the cast in the original production was Ross Boatman, a British TV actor who is now a professional poker player and a member of the famous Hendon Mob, who are sponsored by Full Tilt Poker.
Since its mid-nineties debut, the play […]
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George Epstein
At the California Poker Players Conference (CPPC), held on October 20 - 21 at Hollywood Park Casino, Inglewood, California, I gave a talk entitled Poker is NOT Gambling-Ask Mark Twain.
As part of my talk, I discussed two different definitions of the word “gambling.” What exactly is it? Personally, I like Stan Sludikoff’s definition: “Gambling […]
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Jan Fisher
Recently I had to make a decision purely based on what I felt was right. It fell within a gray area, but in my mind, it was a no-brainer. Two issues were at hand. They were both about accommodating players with special needs.
Sometimes it may seem as though special circumstances exist. That’s because not […]
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Kill Everyone by Lee Nelson, Tyson Streib, and Kim Lee Huntington Press, 2007 ISBN: 0-929712-47-1 34
In 2005, the book Kill Phil caused quite a stir in the poker community. It advocated a “push or fold” nolimit hold’em tournament strategy that, while sounding simplistic, is remarkably effective. In late 2007 a new volume appeared from most […]
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Annie Duke
A Three-Part Series on Poker, Politics, and People Annie Duke is a woman of strong and wide-ranging opinions on a wide variety of subjects, and one of the best all-around poker players in the world. She’s also been very active in the fight to overturn the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and even […]
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