Broadening Your Mind

Ashley Adams
I’d like to use this column to urge all poker players to read more. Reading opens up your mind to the thinking of other people-broadening your mind by broadening the experiences you can understand and consider. Whether it’s poker strategy, fiction, or just life experience that you’re reading about, you’re entering a world you […]

Book Review: Limit Hold’em:Winning Short-Handed Strategies

Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies by Terry Borer and Lawrence Mak with Barry Tanenbaum D&B Publishing 2007 366 pp, $24.95
Online poker has introduced many new developments to this beloved game.

One of these is the advent of intentionally short-handed tables. Despite the popularity of these games, few books have been devoted to examining the special […]

The ICM, Part 8

Richard Burke
in the last issue of Poker Player newspaper, we showed tactics for tournament play derived from the Independent Chip Model. In this issue, we present more tactics, and counter-measures for small, medium, and large stacks.

Suppose you’re in the stage of a tournament, I told Fred, where half the remaining players will make the […]

Online Poker Perspective: An Absolute Mess, Part 5

Jennifer Newell
As has been detailed in the first four parts of this series, the Absolute Poker superuser cheating scandal has been in the news since September 2007. Though the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which holds the gaming license of Absolute Poker, had initiated an investigation, a final report was due from the auditors, Gaming Associates, in […]

The Absolute Poker cheating scandal

Jennifer Newell
The Absolute Poker cheating scandal was front-page news when it came to light in September 2007. Cheating was alleged by numerous online poker players, an investigation was launched that found nothing, and when the poker community cried foul, an official audit was initiated.
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which has an ownership stake in the Absolute […]

The World Trade Organization Issues a Decision

Lou Krieger
The World Trade Organization Issues a Decision
On December 21 a World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitration panel ruled that Antigua is entitled to $21 million a year from the United States. This is a far cry from the $3.4 billion that Antigua sought in its claim against the US regarding online gaming.
The WTO?s ruling took […]

The ICM, Part 7

Richard Burke
From past columns, we now have enough insight into the Independent Chip Model to outline correct tactics for playing a short-stack in tournaments. In the next issue of Poker Player, we?ll present counter-measures and other tactics for players with medium and large stacks.

We turn first to a poker truism drawn from centuries of […]

Online Poker Perspective: An Absolute Mess, Part 4

Jennifer Newell
The Absolute Poker cheating scandal was front-page news when it came to light in September 2007. Cheating was alleged by numerous online poker players, an investigation was launched that found nothing, and when the poker community cried foul, an official audit was initiated.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, which has an ownership stake in the Absolute […]

Disappointing WTO Decision in Antigua vs. US Online Gaming Case

Lou Krieger
The World Trade Organization Issues a Decision
On December 21 a World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitration panel ruled that Antigua is entitled to $21 million a year from the United States. This is a far cry from the $3.4 billion that Antigua sought in its claim against the US regarding online gaming.

The WTO?s ruling took […]

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