Card Player Celebrates 20 Years By Justin Marchand The first issue of Card Player hit the stands in October 1988, with the express goal of bringing the poker industry a publication that communicated to everyone involved with or interested in poker what was happening, where it was happening, and ...
David Peat, recognized by most only as "Viffer," is a regular player in the big ($50-$100 and $100-$200) no-limit hold'em cash games in Las Vegas. The Ohio native made the move to Las Vegas about five years ago, and he is still playing ...continued
At only 27 years old, Gavin Griffin already holds one of the most impressive collections of poker's most prestigious titles. The former poker dealer won the $3,000 buy-in pot-limit hold'em event at the 2004 World Series of Poker, a win that, ...continued
Mr. Jinx and Miss Lucy, they jumped in the lake. - Bob Dylan According to the PokerStars website, a deck of 52 cards can be shuffled into 80,658,175,170,943,878,571,660,636,856,404,000,000,000,000,000 sequences. Among them we'll find every last ...continued
Glen Chorny won this year's European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, Monaco, which attracted more than 800 players, and he pocketed upward of $3 million. Prior to that, the Canadian player had placed 13th in the 2008 Poker Stars Caribbean ...continued
Senator Introduces Act That Would License Online Poker Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act of 2008 Would License Internet Skill Games By Bob Pajich An act that would establish a legal framework to license and regulate online poker in the ...continued
All of us at Card Player would like to thank our readers, advertisers, and supporters for making our company the leader in poker media for two decades. When I purchased Card Player in 1998, it was very clear to me that poker was poised for a huge ...continued
Eva and Tony Parker asked me to come down to San Antonio to emcee their charity poker tournament for "Eva's Heroes"; check out Evasheroes.com. Since the event was held on Aug. 9 and I figured that I would have three weeks off right ...continued
I just got back from my first trip to China, for the Asian Poker Tour (APT). The tournament was held in Macau, but we stopped off in Hong Kong for a few days to do a little sightseeing. What did we see? Not a whole heck of a lot. I was traveling with ...continued
When a hand is tied and the pot is split, players will often say, "It's like kissing your sister." They mean that a split pot is not very exciting. (I also have heard players say this when they break even for a session. To me, breaking ...continued
When your opponent makes a bet and you call that bet, you are making an investment. And when you make an investment, you are looking to get a return on that investment. The question is: What do you get in return for your call? In deep-stack play, the ...continued
"How should I play suited connectors preflop? Should I call raises with them?" People ask me questions like these all the time. Unfortunately, I can't answer them without context. To provide a good answer, I'd have to ask a few ...continued
An obvious time to run a bluff is when you are last to act and nobody has shown any strength. On the initial betting round, the last person to act is the big blind. When in this position, you should always be alert to the possibility of bluffing with ...continued
One of the most difficult hands to play in pot-limit Omaha is a flopped two pair with no extras. With moderate action, your hand might currently be the best, but when the pots grow big, you are usually in trouble. In that case, you are usually facing: ...continued
We conclude this series by examining the two final errors on the chart below: • Failure to control pot size • Excessive value-betting on the river I want to emphasize that this list does not reflect the only errors that limit players make ...continued
"Poker is all about picking on the weak. It may be weak hands, weak players, or just weak play." ("Shulman Says," Card Player, Oct. 24, 2003) You may dislike that aspect of our game because it seems immoral, and it certainly is not ...continued
A while back, I wrote a column in which I did an archaeological dig, of sorts, into my past poker wisdom, of sorts, and investigated whether those early ideas had stood the test of time. Well, some of you seemed to like that exploration and reached ...continued
As I write this column, PokerStars is hosting the World Championship of Online Poker. To say that this is the biggest Internet tournament of all time and one of the biggest tournaments, period, is an understatement. There are $30 million in ...continued
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