For 46 smoldering Las Vegas days and desert-cooled nights, the world of poker took over sin city and the numbers screamed, "Look at us, we're on fire!" The 37th-annual World Series of Poker (WSOP), conducted in the Amazon ballroom of Harrah's Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, was ...
It was a record year in many ways for the 37th this year's WSOP. The tournament featured the the largest fields in WSOP history, the youngest bracelet ever, two multiple bracelet winners (Bill Chen and Jeff Madsen) and Phil Hellmuth Jr. winning ...continued
It's been a long and not-so-strange year for the players at last year's World Series of Poker main-event final table as far as the tournament trail is concerned. The champion proved he belonged, and most of the others had a year of marginal ...continued
A total of 8,773 players vied for the $12 million first-place prize money in this year's World Series of Poker main event, and an incredible number of those players earned their $10,000 buy-in at online poker sites. With hundreds of online sites ...continued
Here's something that might've been overheard while walking around the halls of the Rio at this year's World Series of Poker main event: "Was that Ron Jeremy? I just saw Lennox Lewis - How can you miss him? - duck into the bathroom. ...continued
After six weeks of nonstop action, the 2006 World Series of Poker is now behind us. The record number of players it attracted and huge prize pools it generated continued to break record after record. First, congratulations to Jamie Gold, the $12 ...continued
Unfolding History: World Series of Poker Events No. 28 through 39 A Veteran Gets His 10th, a Kid Barely Misses By Bob Pajich After nearly two months of poker and more than 40 events, the World Series of Poker has awarded more bracelets than ever ...continued
It's a mad, mad world on Bourbon Street in New Orleans right now! But there's no joking here; there's still an unthinkable measure of destruction in Nawleans, with thousands of destroyed houses and cars still just sort of existing there. ...continued
If you are still unaware of High Stakes Poker, which airs on GSN, you are missing out on the best poker show on television, bar none. The play is very sophisticated, the stacks are deep, and the table talk can be pretty entertaining. I've played ...continued
The Venetian recently sponsored a World Series of Poker celebrity poker tournament; 200 entrants put up $125 apiece to compete for five $10,000 WSOP main-event buy-ins. The Venetian kicked in the extra $25,000 for the WSOP seats, as a way of rewarding ...continued
I recently played a no-limit hold'em World Series of Poker event that had a $1,000 buy-in. There were no big-name players at my table, but several of my opponents were playing a very solid game. A play came up that I will never understand; hence, ...continued
Anyone who has played live poker knows that one of the fundamental rules of poker is that when there is action, the hand counts. For lack of a better definition, there is action whenever two players fold or one player calls or raises. From this point ...continued
In a recent column, I mentioned that I have poker students who call me for lessons every so often. Since then, I've received a fair amount of interest from players who want to hire me as their coach. I'm flattered, but between grinding out the ...continued
If you have recently converted to no-limit hold'em (NL), you must select your games carefully. If you pick well, you can quickly become a winner. If you choose poorly, you will almost certainly become a loser. Game selection is always important. ...continued
OK, today let's answer some mail. Gary, from Washington, wrote: "I'm fairly new to poker and play mostly limit hold'em and stud, and I'm also intrigued by Omaha but have yet to give it a try. Forgive me for asking a stupid ...continued
Is there a modern style of playing poker that is a big improvement upon what we pro players used to do in the past? Maybe there is a realignment in the number of people who play with a certain style, but let's not pretend that the wheel has been ...continued
Hi. Come on in. Today we're having some healthy skinless chicken and a fine white wine. You'll need nourishment, because we're going to have a quiz on low- and medium-limit poker and other poker-related tidbits, designed especially for all ...continued
Like his favorite character from the movie Fight Club, Jeff Madsen has rebelled against popular thought by taking matters into his own hands. Taking after the crazy alter ego of the movie's main character, Tyler Durden, Madsen recently unleashed a ...continued
This is the last in a series of columns comparing limit hold'em to no-limit hold'em. It is aimed at experienced limit players who have decided to make the switch to no-limit. In the first four columns, we covered some of the general ...continued
Over the years I have accumulated a list of peeves and aggravations long enough to make that old curmudgeon Andy Rooney look like Mary Sunshine by comparison. And not all of my annoyances even come from poker. Let me pick a few at random. Take the ...continued
It is a clearly observable trend in poker that players are moving away from full-ring-game limit hold'em. Instead, the action is slowly but surely gravitating toward no-limit hold'em cash games and tournament play. Those players who still ...continued
As promised in my last column on grading the NFL coaches, this time we'll take a look at the AFC. As always when it comes to coaches as a sports-betting factor, my caveat applies. A team's coach can be an edge, but he is not always the ...continued
In my July column, I wrote about the misinterpretation of the "show one, show all" rule. That rule states that if a player shows his hand to one player, the hand can be shown to all players if requested. Lately, some poker rooms and ...continued
"I can't win," said the young lady after the hand was over. She had bet the entire way to the river, which she checked. "I had a small pair and got counterfeited." Neither of her $30-$60 opponents moved. She was first to show. ...continued
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