January 7th, 2008
I. Nelson Rose
Last October, Congress passed the unworkable Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which I call Prohibition 2.0. It required federal regulators to write regulations requiring money transferors, including banks, credit card companies and e-wallets, to identify and block funds for illegal Internet gambling. Faced with an impossible task, the regulators punted: They issued proposed […]
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January 7th, 2008
Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire
You have probably already read Super System by Doyle Brunson-the book poker players like to call “The Bible.” I’m sure you’ve also read the followup titled Super System 2, along with the Theory of Poker by David Sklansky and anything written by Dan Harrington. I always recommend those books to novice players […]
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January 7th, 2008
Shark Maker: a Joe and Hobby Poker Fiction
I came aboard Hobby’s yacht, Lazybuns. “Hi, Joe,” Hobby said. “Say hello to Julie.”
Julie’s a regular at L.A. casinos; I gave her a cheek kiss.
“She’s developing a new off-shore internet poker site.”
“Really, that’s a huge project.”
Julie began, “We’ve got the structure in place. It’ll be more user-friendly with […]
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January 7th, 2008
Oklahoma Johnny Hale
Carol, today I want to give a tip of the hat to a poker player and well-known daredevil Evel Knievel, who has played his last poker hand, made his last jump in this life, and put his name on the waiting list to play a few hands of poker in the big game […]
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January 7th, 2008
Russ Fox
In big-bet poker, a key decision is when to set and execute a trap against your opponent. This past weekend I was almost trapped in a hand; but my opponent waited too long to execute her trap and found herself trapped instead.
Linda was under-the-gun with [9c]-[7c] ina $2-$5 blinds no-limit game. The game has […]
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January 7th, 2008
Russ Fox
In big-bet poker, a key decision is when to set and execute a trap against your opponent. This past weekend I was almost trapped in a hand; but my opponent waited too long to execute her trap and found herself trapped instead.
Linda was under-the-gun with [9c]-[7c] in a $2-$5 blinds no-limit game. The game […]
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January 7th, 2008
Russ Fox
In big-bet poker, a key decision is when to set and execute a trap against your opponent. This past weekend I was almost trapped in a hand; but my opponent waited too long to execute her trap and found herself trapped instead.
Linda was under-the-gun with [9c]-[7c] in a $2-$5 blinds no-limit game. The game […]
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January 7th, 2008
Russ Fox
In big-bet poker, a key decision is when to set and execute a trap against your opponent. This past weekend I was almost trapped in a hand; but my opponent waited too long to execute her trap and found herself trapped instead.
Linda was under-the-gun with [9c]-[7c] in a $2-$5 blinds no-limit game. The game […]
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January 7th, 2008
Russ Fox
In big-bet poker, a key decision is when to set and execute a trap against your opponent. This past weekend I was almost trapped in a hand; but my opponent waited too long to execute her trap and found herself trapped instead.
Linda was under-the-gun with [9c]-[7c] in a $2-$5 blinds no-limit game. The game […]
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January 7th, 2008
Lou Krieger
With an extended playing zone you can’t take too much for granted, and a hand like top-pair, topkicker can be very vulnerable simply because any card that doesn’t directly help you might help another player. The playing zone’s width goes directly to a hand selection and playing strategy.
In a loose, passive, an ace on […]
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