Poker Tips and Strategy - Page 6

We've all been there. You take your seat at the poker table, eager to play, excited to test your wits and skills against the other players, hoping to rake in

My good friend Brad called me about a business matter but our talk quickly turned to poker. 'I was playing in a $1-$2 blind no-limit game,' Brad began. 'I wo

Almost everyone has a favorite something, whether it's food, colors, celebrities, vacation spot, sport, or even a poker tell. Mike Caro professes not to have

Stud games are often referred to as "old man" games, since it seems that the average age of any random player at a stud cash game table is about 60. The younger generation of poker players all prefer to play action games such...

While the Lazybuns crew was doing final readiness work for the big cruise, Hobby and I enjoyed a bon voyage party at our cruise chef's ex-restaurant. The New Siciliana is operated by Patsy's son Dominic. The place is absolutely devoid of the old-style

Get Ready for No-limit Action at the Fitz. The Second Annual Stacks & Racks Poker Tournament is scheduled to begin at noon on Sunday, October 12 at the Fitzg

Previous to this clip, I've been in some hands with "villain" and developed some quick, specific reads. He likes to call us very light, he knows we're recording, and he knows I can play like a monkey. I took advantage of that by...

There are certain gifts that opponents bring to your table. These gifts are not earned on your part; but are there if you take advantage of them. Of course, o

This is the second in a two-part series about deciding which hands to play in a no-limit hold 'em game. In part 1, we emphasized that no-limit hold 'em is a g

The eighth annual Fall Poker Classic began at Canterbury Park October 10 and will run through October 23. This year's Fall Poker Classic offers 17 individual poker tournaments during the event's 14-day run, along with more than $1 million in prize mone

Commerce Casino's California State Poker Championship began on September 2 and ran through September 21-a total of 18 events-and Yevgeney Podolsky took the $

The 2008 Borgata Poker Open-World Poker Tour Championship event drew a field of 516 players, including Player-of-the-Year candidates John Phan and Eric Seidel

You know the rules. This is a series of columns in which I get to ask and then answer my own questions. Today I've decided against a central theme and instea

[Editor's Note: With the November election right around the corner, Poker Player Newspaper asked journalist Amy Calistri to look at Barack Obama's and John M

Last week we took a quick look at one of the earliest decisions a player has to make in a game that everyone loves to hate -- razz. This week we're continuing the lowball theme by looking at two other lowball games that have...

I had a very pleasant surprise yesterday when I walked into the Isle at Pompano Casino poker room in Pompano, FL. It's a magnificent room, located on the seco

T he priest was playing cards with the man propped up in the hospital bed. The man took the discard from the pile and declared, 'Gin!'

'You wouldn't be manipulating the cards on me would you, Frank?' the priest asked as he mucked his car

Mohegan Sun Poker Director Bruce Dixon says it was just one of those things, him being at the right place at the right time to discover a life changing opportunity.

He was wandering through one of the Atlantic City casinos shortly after

We begin today with 1,336 remaining starting hands that comprise 1,279 profitable hands-those averaging a net win of a dollar or more-43 that are marginally

Razz -- the game that poker players love to hate. Razz is a game so universally reviled that once upon a time in some areas, H.O.R.S.E. mixed games were transformed into S.H.O.E. solely for the purpose of eliminating razz from...