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WSOP Updates – Jamie Gold Wins it All

Just seven hands into heads-up play, the thirteen-plus hour final table crowned a champion in Jamie Gold and a runner-up in Paul Wasicka. Gold was at or near the chip lead ever since day 3 and sported a huge chip lead of over 7:1 on runner-up Paul Wasicka when heads-up play began.
The monumental hand came […]

WSOP Final Update – How’d He Do That?

So how did Jamie Gold do it? How did he beat the biggest field ever for a live poker tournament at an astounding 8,773 players, knocking out 7 of the last 8 players on his own, including 2005 WSOP player of the year Allen Cunningham?
To even a casual observer watching the action on Thursday night, […]

2006 WSOP Wrapup: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

After spending most of the summer at this year’s World Series of Poker (how many days was it? I lost count somewhere around thirty!), it is obvious that it was the greatest series of poker tournaments in the history of the game. From the start of satellite action on June 25th to the crowning of […]

How Present Will the WSOP Final Nine be on the Poker Tournament Circuit?

Over the last few years, one thing I always find interesting in the world of the nouveau riche WSOP final table participants is how much of their winnings they choose to “reinvest” into the world of tournament poker. Each year, we see a couple of the final table players out on the circuit to varying […]

The Price of Fame – WSOP Champ Gold Sued for Half his Winnings

When you win the lottery, or let’s say $12 million in the WSOP, everyone wants a piece of you. Friends, and family you never know you had often ‘appear’ – sometimes to hit you up, sometimes just to be part of the experience. World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Jamie Gold is finding out […]

Interview With WSOP Runner Up Paul Wasicka, Part Two

In part one of my interview with Paul, we discussed his path to get to the WSOP, and how his life has changed since he won $6.1 million dollars for second place in the Main Event of the WSOP. Today, Paul discusses what his future looks like, and why he thinks Jamie Gold doesn’t necessarily […]

WCOOP #6, $215 NL Hold’em w/ Rebuys: Waco’s ‘austinlewis’ Pulls it Out

The fifth annual World Championship of Online Poker, hosted by Poker Stars, continued on Thursday with Event #6, a $200+15 No-Limit Hold’em tournament with re-buys and add-ons available. A huge field was expected and the turnout did not disappoint, as 2,081 entrants were onboard when the cards were dealt. 2,503 re-buys and 1,337 add-ons swelled […]

WCOOP #7, $200+15 Limit Hold’em: Canada’s ‘yaaaflow’ Claims Bracelet

Is limit hold’em the forgotten step-sister of the no-limit game, the dominant poker version of recent years? Don’t tell it to the masses who showed up for Event #7 at Poker Stars’ fifth annual World Championship of Online Poker. This event, with its $200+15 entry fee, was expected to draw a thousand or so entrants, […]

‘Tahoe’ in Fort Lauderdale

After the evening sessions of the seven-day Southeastern Bridge Championships at the Radisson Bahia Mar Hotel in Fort Lauderdale (about 30 miles north of Miami), a large number of bridge players and I found our way over to the Seminole Indian Casino in Hollywood, Florida, about a 15-minute drive from the Radisson.
Although the Indian casinos […]

Fourth-Street Play

In previous columns, we have discussed getting raised on the turn and betting the turn. The next five hands taken from live-action middle-limit play cover some situations in which you are responding to your opponent’s play.
Hand No. 1 ($10-$20 game): You are on the button with the Qspades 9spades. An early-position player and two middle-position […]

Tournament Procedures

As I have reported previously, poker is booming. Since every major tournament this year has had significant increases in attendance from previous years, prize pools have been huge and play has been long and grueling. In my opinion, too much of the play has been early in the tournaments, with not enough later when it […]

Freddy Writes a Book

Fred Gasperian has been a familiar face in poker since … well, probably since Moses parted the Red Sea. You know Fred - he’s the guy who wears that T-shirt with the modest message emblazoned in front: “Bring the Bread to Fred.”
Years ago I played in Freddy’s home game. I wasn’t very popular. He said […]

Old Man With an Earring

When I was growing up, the majority of the professionals in my game were also very young. As I’ve said in past columns, we all became close friends. The live ones were usually older businessmen taking the day off or playing during their lunch breaks, except for one guy we simply called “old man with […]

Heads Up

Last issue, I stated that some heads-up customs in poker clash with certain fundamental principles that define the game. Let me now add that some of these customs are at odds with certain explicit rules of the game, as well. Right now I’m looking at a poker rulebook whose phrasing is quite standard, and I […]

It’s Back

The opening $2,000 limit hold’em event at the World Series of Poker attracted 615 players, a WSOP record, who vied for a first-place award of $441,400.
After playing for 14 hours the first day, the nine finalists returned on the second day for a shot at the big money. There was a big hand early that […]

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