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‘Never’ Giving Up Not ‘Always’ a Perfect Idea

“Never” and “always” are two of my least favorite words in the English language, especially when it comes to analyzing almost anything about poker.
Poker is such a situational game that employing almost any sort of absolute rule is usually a bad idea. I suppose I could live with “never cheat your opponents” or “always try […]

$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em: Clash of the Titans

My thanks to those in the poker world who offered words of sympathy and support while I was away during my family crisis. Funerals have a way of putting bad beats back into perspective. When I got back to Las Vegas, I was operating with almost no sleep, was on emotional fumes, and was wondering […]

The World Series of Poker $10,000, No-Limit Hold’em Championship: The Six Million Dollar Man

When the pride of Madrid, Spain, 29-year-old Carlos Mortensen, got heads up with 54-year-old American Dewey Tomko at 6:50 p.m. on Friday, May 18, at the end of the 2001 World Series of Poker no-limit hold’em championship, I knew I’d soon be seeing stories that played off Mortensen’s roots by saying that the final man-to-man […]

The Character of a Hand

I have started working on a book about limit hold’em. My co-author in this work is Jim Brier, who has been my poker student and now is a Card Player columnist and a Vegas-based professional player. Much of the book will use example hands, most of which are Jim’s, taken from actual play, that we […]

Small-Tournament Roundup

There is something present in every poker tournament that causes you to lose. The more of it you have, the more apt you are to lose. What is this illusive element? Its name is fear. How do you define fear? Zig Ziglar, one of the best motivational speakers in the country, says, “Fear is False […]

‘High-Pair-Plus-Low’ Hands

The 2001 spring National Bridge Tournament (national bridge tournaments are held three times a year) was held recently at the Kansas City Crown Plaza, one of the all-around nicest sites for a big convention.
After the evening sessions, hundreds of bridge players descended upon the half-dozen or more “riverboat casinos” (big boats that never leave their […]

Single-Suited Flops

Whenever the board flops all of one suit and you do not have a card in that suit, you are severely handicapped. You will find that if you play on, you are frequently drawing dead, and if another card of that suit appears, your hand will be instantly dead. When lacking a card in the […]

Greetings

I couldn’t believe it when I saw an ad in a magazine from a greeting card company promoting something called “Friendship Day.” Send a card to a friend, the ad urged. Tell him what a good friend he is and how happy you are to be his friend.
Good grief, Charlie Brown, why can’t these card […]

Bellagio and The Mirage Now Nonsmoking

Well, you’ve just gotta hand it to MGM Mirage … within days of each other, both Bellagio and The Mirage announced that their poker rooms were going nonsmoking. I’m not sure if the effects felt will be immediate, but rest assured that within a short while (and I’m talking months, not years), any number of […]

The Rest of the Story

I recently wrote two columns on the induction of Stu Ungar into the Poker Hall of Fame. One story involved longtime poker pro, Al J. Ethier. In the story, Al J. was portrayed as a “rock.” Ungar, on the other hand, was known for playing a lot of hands and constantly raising the pot.
In case […]

Movin’ On Up

One of the most important skills in becoming a great professional poker player is money management. In fact, money management is in some ways much more important than talent. I have seen many a good poker player go broke because of poor money management skills: playing too high for their bankroll, playing in the pit, […]

The Spokesman

Card casinos do not always reflect reality in their advertising. For some reason, they like to use glamour photos that look as if they were posed in Monte Carlo (the Monte Carlo in France, not Vegas). The men are handsome and debonair, wear tuxedos, and look like they belong in GQ magazine. The women are […]

Nevada Attorney General Finds Free Internet Gambling is Still Gambling

Nevada Attorney General Finds Free Internet Gambling is Still Gambling
Nevada is the only state in the United States, and probably the only government in the world, to conclude that players are making wagers - when they are not making wagers.
Everyone knows what gambling is. Judges and lawyers may use words such as prize, chance, and […]

Group Wagering - or How Not to Get Left Liable for the Taxes

Let us consider this scenario: You and nine of your poker-playing buddies from the weekly game back home decide to put up $260 each and play a “satellite,” with the winner getting to buy in to the $2,500 Omaha high-low split event at the World Series of Poker. Of course, you win, and you’re off […]

Look Out, Vegas, Here I Come!

I can still remember my first trip to Las Vegas as if it were yesterday. I imagine it’s something I’ll never forget. I’d just turned 21 and was going to show those Vegas rocks what I was made of - so I thought!
Back in Toronto I had the game all figured out, and nothing could […]

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