the gist: This is simply one of the best guides to learning pot odds.  Even as a seasoned player there are minor details that every player should review.  This might be the best article written on that subject.

Poker for Dummies from Cardschat

the gist: This is an article written by Daniel Negreanu that appeared in many newspapers.  The article is meant for new players to talk about the etiquette of poker.  It is an interesting read even if you have been playing for a while.

Daniel’s syndicated column-this version on slowplaying friends.

the gist: He won the most money.  Period.

Tom Dwan’s results from pokertablerankings

the gist: Without Guy Laliberte the high stakes games on FTP would not go often.  He literally is the economy and seems to be OK with that.  Some people question whether or not this should be in a blog but I do not think Guy cares one bit.  The amount he has lost is covered by interest he makes in one month.  Apparently he has lost almost 25 million since 2007.

Article from PokerKingBlog

the gist: Phelps is big time into poker playing many live events.  He also is playing a ton online.  I am sure he doesn’t mind having the best poker player in the world on speed dial.

Here are pics from TMZ

the gist: Tom Dwan has a huge lead on the field but one guy that could catch him with a good run would be Phil Galfond (omgclayaiken online).

OmgClayAiken wins 530k, this was one interesting hand

the gist: Phil is playing online rehashing a trip to Cabo.  Some funny bits, it is only about 10 minutes and since there is nothing else to do but play online poker this is worth a listen.

recorded phone conversation from Barry’s vlog with Phil Ivey

the gist: with all the fake player of the year BS being talked about there is one that actually has no debate at all.  Money won online.  So far this year that player (for no limit holdem) is Tom Dwan.

The link below reset as of 2009 Tom is also Hold_emNL on Stars

Link for top 50 according to Table Ratings

the gist: Without a doubt it is the best rap video blog in all of poker.   Always funny and always worth a look.  On a scale of 1 to 10 I think he averages about a 6.  Few people have the nerve to pull this off.

the gist: As the self proclaimed best player at the final table of the WSOP many people believed that David “Chino” Rheem would breeze through the field of Amateurs only to bust out in 7th.  In a story as old as time a little more than a month later brings his redemption.  He had to beat a stacked final table to do so including Amnon Filippi, Steve Sung and Hoyt Corkins.  His biggest foe was Justin Young who has cashed in 4 of the 5 WPT events he has played in.  Justin made it interesting heads up but Chino prevailed.

Cardplayer updates

the gist: If you want a short list of the best young players in poker you do not really have to look much further than the final table of the Five Diamond.  Chino Rheem, Steve Sung and Amnon Filippi all made it while sending home names like Mike Matusow and Clonie Gowen.  The only old guard player to make it (once again) is Hoyt Corkins.  Hoyt is regularly at final tables and is about due for a little acknowledgement (though I doubt he courts it a great deal).

Cardplayer Chip Counts

the gist: It has long been argued that these awards are complete BS and if you look at the past winners it pretty much confirms it (other than the year Daniel won).  John Phan I think will also go down as a noticable exception, he had a phenomenal year taking down two WSOP bracelets and going deep in virtually everything all year long.

These awards go to the players that play all the tournaments, not just the 10k’s and up.

link to Cardplayer article

the gist: The biggest name with chips is Mike Matusow followed closely by Hoyt Corkins and Clonie Gowen.

Chip Counts updated by WPT

the gist:  We have our first 100 million dollar loser from online poker.  That person is Anurag Dikshit.  He admitted guilt that Party Poker was not obeying the law when they were operating in the United States BEFORE the UIGEA was signed. A lot of people are making a lot of assumptions that are wrong when they suggest that this is a move for Party Poker to operate in the U. S. again.  The rumor is that these guys were software developers, they lucked into poker and made a gazillion dollars.  They would rather not feel like criminals as they travel the world so paying this money is better than that feeling.  There is no other agenda for this.

Reuters article

the gist: Clonie is suing Howard and a number of other poker players involved at Full Tilt Poker for 40 million dollars. So when they showed up at the same table of the WPT Doyle Brunson event the whole poker world grabbed their popcorn to see what ugliness would ensue. Sadly none did. Though Clonie is one of the chipleaders.

Chip counts from Poker Pages