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Barry Hearn: Making Things Happen

I might as well be Moses on the mountaintop. I’m standing in a vestibule in Kent, looking out at the cold, wet countryside, and, with an English wind whipping through the door, it’s a far-from-comfortable place to have an easy conversation. But there’s not one chance in a million that I’ll move an inch, because […]

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

It’s very hard to win at poker. Not only do you have to beat your opponents, you have to beat yourself, as well. It’s no use being a fabulous winner when the deck hits you in the face, you also need to be able to control your losing streaks. When Lady Luck abandons you, as […]

Mad Marty’s Wild Card

Martyn is Trying … Very Trying
I left school with my cycling proficiency badge and an elementary certificate in swimming. In the final year, my last report card commented, “Martyn will not be allowed to stay on for further education. He is one of those pupils who knows everything and cannot be taught anything.” I chose […]

Paddy’s Corner

What Do You Think You Have?
In 2000, a Frenchman, called GDG, traveled to Las Vegas for his first World Series of Poker. GDG was a guy with many talents, but with a question mark over his application. I waited with great interest to see how he performed against the world’s best, because I felt that, […]

Scandinavian Poker Success: In Search of an Explanation

You will have noticed by now that Scandinavians are rather good at poker. Players like Martin de Knijff (Sweden), Gus Hansen (Denmark), and Juha Helppi (Finland) are regular winners of big-money tournaments in Europe and the United States, but they represent just the advance guard of a growing army of young Nordic poker champions.
“The number […]

Tikay’s Table Tales

You Boys Fancy a Bracelet?
May saw the final flurry of activity on the European poker circuit before the big boys flew off to Vegas, chasing that elusive bracelet. It’s an odd world that sees macho, egotistical gamblers busting a gut for a bracelet. Ask any of them to wear a bracelet in any other circumstance […]

Rob Hollink: Professional Gambler, Family Man-and European Poker Champion

Early in my poker-playing career, when I had finally worked my way up to the higher-limit games, a new player suddenly entered the fray. He was a smart man, that was clear, and a winning player - but he also was someone who was willing to give quite a bit of action. This player could […]

Pacific Poker Fights for Justice

There was a time when playing poker on the Internet seemed a bit of a double gamble. If it wasn’t enough
risking your hard-earned funds on an inside straight draw with two cards to come, there was also a perceived gamble about poker site integrity. The fact that some online poker sites are based in offshore […]

Men Nuyen Vs. Phil Helmuth

Welcome to televised poker in a new and exciting format. Throughout the month of May, NBC is broadcasting the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. This was a $20,000 buy-in event featuring heads-up matches between the world’s best poker players. The format was unique: Players competed in an NCAA-like tournament (”losers go home”) that yielded a “Sweet […]

Travels With the Camel 2

Over the years, I have stumbled upon numerous ways to make myself disliked. I have an annoying habit of opening my mouth when it would probably have been more prudent to keep it shut. But, a couple of times this year, I’ve discovered a new way of making myself unpopular. I performed quite well in […]

The Dream of a Lifetime

Winning the last hand at the 36th World Series of Poker (WSOP) championship promises to be an enormous high and possibly a greater life changer than firing a 66 in the final round to snag the Masters by one stroke, quarterbacking a team to a fourth-quarter winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, or capturing the […]

The Birth and Growth of the World Series of Poker

History tells us that in 1970, Johnny Moss was voted the winner after the first World Series of Poker (WSOP) concluded. A panel of his peers elected him champion. They were: Crandall Addington, Doyle Brunson, Carl Cannon, Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston Jr., Walter “Puggy” Pearson, and Brian “Sailor” Roberts. Johnny once explained that the vote […]

The European Poker Tour: Season Two

Herbert O. Yardley, author of The Education of a Poker Player, wrote a brief outline of poker etiquette that included the command, “No griping.” This wonderfully expressive word - gripe - is of American derivation, and its meaning hardly needs explaining to anyone who has spent more than 10 minutes in the company of professional […]

Travels With the Camel

Outside the Shark Tank, Looking In …
I’ve been playing poker pretty much every day for 15 years, until two months ago, when I was forced to take a break. What was the reason? I am delighted to announce the birth of my first child, Jake, who arrived on Sept. 30 to terrorise your big blinds.
It […]

Heads Up!

Heads-up play is an art form. As with all stages of a poker tournament, varying your play and psychology are crucial aspects. I speak a lot about not playing your cards, psychology, misrepresentation, the concept of likelihood, and varying your play. When you get shorthanded and heads up, you must be reading your opponents very […]

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