Poker Articles
- Badugi Poker
This article talks about Badugi Poker - I’m sure you’ve all seen the “Badugi Coming Soon” in the PokerStars Lobby. I learned that Badugi actually has different hand rankings than normal poker, which is something that threw me for a loop when I tried playing at a home game the other day.
If you read a [...]
Oct 14, 2008 | Permalink
- KGC outs UB cheater and no one seems to care
Recently I met with the new management at UB and I openly wondered why they have not just thrown the cheater under the bus. After all it makes sense that they stand to benefit greatly from doing so.
That of course has not been the desired result at this point. What I think is becoming clear [...]
Sep 30, 2008 | Permalink
- The Collapse of AIG and Poker
With the recent $85 BILLION (with a B folks!) dollar tax bailout of insurance giant AIG, one has to wonder why the citizens of the US are being forced to bankroll a degenerate poker player like their CEO. If you’re wondering where the parallel is consider this: Some of the bets they were making on [...]
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- Gary Wise Article on Joe Hachem for ESPN
Even if Joe can be a douche at the tables his story is quite good and he is undeniably a great player. I enjoyed this article a lot.
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- Bryan Micon gets rolled for 12k
Amazing details of the event.
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- Blair Rodman sucks out
Blair is very likely the best poker writer I have ever read. Yet another great story from Blair.
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- Never teach poker to someone you live with…
Variance is a fickle mistress but as Dave Woods finds out you have to take the rough with the smooth - even if that does involve doing the washing-up.
They say you’ve got to be careful what you wish for and now I know why. A few months back I embarked on a big campaign to [...]
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- “RainKhan” makes playing 40 tables look easy
Hevad Khan is now famous for his crazy antics at the 2007 WSOP. He picked up almost a million and a deal with Pokerstars in Vegas this summer. Before all that though he played as many as 40 tables at the same time, which allowed him to see all types of situations. He is no [...]
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- A Bluffer’s Guide to Bluffing
Bluffing is an essential part of poker playing and it is a recognised fact that a poker strategy without bluffing is doomed to failure.
However, although it is important to get the feel for any tournament or any table you are playing on and to assess the merits of other players, there are certain situations when [...]
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink
- We may get legal online gambling after all
This Antigua thing has been brewing for some time and a lot of people thought it was a long shot. I am skeptical mostly because what they are really trying to get legal is sports betting. But at least we have an iron in the fire.
Sep 24, 2008 | Permalink