It’s Main Event (ME) time already! The ME is the pinnacle of poker, and thousands of players are flocking to the Rio. Many an amateur player’s bucket list gets a check mark this time of year. The proliferation of amateurs plopping down 10k, many of whom have little chance to go deep, is what makes […]
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The WSOP Grinds On
The big thing that happened in the past week, that not a lot of people care about because it doesn’t involve a big name, is that a man named James Moore won the 65-and-older Super Seniors event for the second straight year, beating 1,719 players this year and 1,475 last year. Unreal achievement! Maybe the […]
WSOP Week One
In the past, the first week of the WSOP had been crazy. There were tons of players with lots of money and the cash games and tournaments were packed. This year seems quiet in comparison. The cash-game area isn’t nearly as busy as I expected. Tournament participation is down 10% or more over last year. As […]
It’s WSOP Season
In the words of Bruce Buffer, “It’s time!!” Already? The greatest unfairness of aging is that time passes more quickly, or at least it sure seems to. Seems like yesterday I was getting out of my chair for the final time as I got KO’d from the 2016 Main Event, just short of the money. […]
Poker Players and Golf Gambling, Part 1
As much as I like poker, my favorite gambling game is golf. The combination of physical skill, the ability to perform under pressure, and understanding of the gambling aspect and negotiating skills, not to mention getting out of the poker room and being outdoors in beautiful settings, playing a fascinating game, make it a natural […]
The Cheating Game
I learned many things about the game of poker from Jim McManus’ excellent history of the game, Cowboys Full. One thing that surprised me was that, in the early days of poker in America, cheating was so rampant that poker was widely known as the “cheating game.” On Mississippi riverboats and throughout the Old West, […]
Was She Talking Like a Woman or Talking Like a ...
Using stereotypes to say “women are this way and men are that way” in today’s political climate is a formula guaranteed to generate multiple negative comments. Rightfully so. There is very little interesting where you can say that every female (or every male) is a certain way. There are always exceptions. With that said, there […]
Mean Streets
I had dinner the other night with some guys who have been around Vegas poker for a long time. Naturally, there were lots of stories. One thing we agree on is that there were a lot more “characters” when the players were from the “road gambler” era than there are now. I’ve always held a […]
Why Did You Print the Wrong Information?
I received an email from a player who told me that he found an error in Dream Card. I was definitely interested. If I verified that it was an error, I would send the information along to the folks at IGT (who manufacture the game), videopoker.com (who invented the game), and the player community. Whether […]
Twenty-First Annual Blackjack Ball
Recently, at some mysterious location in greater Las Vegas, almost 100 of the world’s best blackjack players and other gaming professionals, along with dates for some of the guests, met for the Twenty-First Annual Blackjack Ball. I’m always grateful that host Max Rubin allows one video poker pro to attend, and this year Bonnie was […]
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