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Anyone who has ever seen George Carlin's standup comedy act is probably familiar with his bit about every driver's reaction to other drivers around him. If the car ahead of him is driving too slow for his liking, Mr. Carlin opines that the first driver

February 6th marked the return of a popular series of tournaments held on Full Tilt Poker called the Full Tilt Online Poker Series VII (FTOPS). The event att

Usually, it pays to be a bully at the poker table. Especially in the big-bet games, where you can use the sheer size of your bets and your stack to steamroll

Recently I was honored to be part of two hugely important, star-studded events in the Los Angeles area. The first was the charity event The Fallen Heroes Mem

Gardena, California was once billed as the poker capital of the world. It was a fitting title, because within the boundaries of this otherwise quiet Los Ange

I write about fixed-limit stud – primarily $20/40 and $10/20. These are the games I tend to play and enjoy. However, as I've realized from recent emails from readers I've received both here and on my radio show, there is also...

There are many varieties of poker at your disposal, not just hold'em. It can prove profitable for you to become knowledgeable about some of them.

In 7-card stud you are dealt three cards, two down and one up. If playing $2-$4, you'll hav

In 1990, I wrote a book about people (including myself) who were raised in what I called "crisis oriented families." These are families that substitute negati

The shootings and rescue of a couple on a sailboat that drug runners had been trying to seize when their motor launch failed had unnerved us. I had taken out

Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2008) - Former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group

Las Vegas, NV, March 31, 2008-WPA's new Chairman Wendeen Eolis is taking bold steps to further WPA's evolving mission-to promote poker as a sport by advocatin

The Bay 101 Casino's $9,600 + $400 World Poker Tour Shooting Star Tournament featured $5,000 bounties on the heads of 50 poker players, including such notabl

[Press RElease]March 31, 2008 (London, UK) The Asian Poker Tour has announced its 2008 calendar with four events set to capture the imagination of the poker world and to make the Tour bigger and better than ever.

The Tour will kick off

For far more than 200 years, the federal government has let the states decide what their public policy toward gambling will be. If Utah wants complete prohib

Most online players accused or found guilty of cheating are uncovered by an investigation of some sort. But Josh Field, better known as "JJProdigy" in the on

23-year old Ketul Nathwani has won the third leg of the 2008 Grosvenot UK Poker Tour after a quick fire conclusion to the four-day £1,000 tournament,

Hi, this is OK-Sarah. I've had a lot of long poker training sessions with my dad, OK-Johnny. Here's a sample of one of our talks! Dad started off with, "I wi

My last article discussed commonly used methods to calculate tournament deals, Chip Proportional Modeling (CPM), and covered how CPM tends to be biased towar

A stud player often has to decide whether to draw a card or fold to a bet. This decision is especially important on fifth street when the bets double. I had an interesting hand in a $10/20 stud game at Foxwoods where I had...

[Press Release]Black Hawk, Colo., March 27, 2008 - One of the most prestigious poker tours in the nation, the Heartland Poker Tour, is returning to the Golden Gates Casino Poker Parlour beginning Friday, March 28 and culminating with the final table on