Taking freedom away is not what America is all about. Poker is an intrinsic part of America’s soul. Poker is an American game. Poker was a vital part of the American frontier. [...]
I love America. And I love to play poker. It is my version of the American dream. I have a simple message to [...]
Categories: Gambling Legislation
Isildur could easily have over $10 million now on Full Tilt if he had better game selection and if he didn’t play six, seven, or eight games at the same time against Phil Ivey and Durrrr. He’s a great player, but you need everything; you need money management.
Patrik Antonius – 02/2010 – in CardPlayer
Categories: Players on other players
Tagged: Antonius, Dwan, high stakes, Ivey, money
Online play always seemed to be a little bit out of my comfort zone. Online seems to be more about the statistics and math side of poker (which is a big part of the game but something I usually consider without really having to think about it). And with online gamers it is “positive ev” [...]
Categories: Online Poker
One reason that poor players are prone to making mistakes at the poker table is that many decisions in poker require assumptions or thought processes that are vastly different to those we require in our everyday life. In fact, many of the attitudes required to play good poker actually go against our instincts.
Ian Taylor & [...]
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: bad players, Hilger, instinct, mind, Taylor
Poker players can agree on nothing. So the fact they do agree on Phil Ivey is a rare circumstance. Phil Ivey has a sixth sense like all good poker players do, but he has like a sixth-and-half sense. He has the ability to read situations better than the next person. In poker it’s hard to [...]
Categories: Players on other players
Tagged: Chad, good players, Ivey
In the end, being a woman is definitely to my advantage at the poker table. I can take advantage of the underestimation and stereotypes that will be attributed to me simply due to my gender.
Vanessa Rousso – 03/2009
Categories: Poker Players
Tagged: Rousso, stereotype, woman
Perhaps the current trend of many chess professionals taking up the more lucrative pastime of poker is not a wholly negative one. It may not be too late for humans to relearn how to take risks in order to innovate and thereby maintain the advanced lifestyles we enjoy. And if it takes a poker-playing supercomputer [...]
Categories: Poker in General
Virtually every poker situation can be broken down to a simple mathematical formula. If there is $600 in a pot and you bet $600, you’ll be getting even money on your proposition. That means, in the long run, you’d have to win that pot half the time to make it a profitable play. When you [...]
Categories: Poker Strategy
Tagged: control, good players, Negreanu
The average poker player plays the game because it’s usually enjoyable, interesting, and highly social. The vast majority of players, even those who attend the WSOP, are not professionals. They know upon arrival, they’re the underdogs. That said, I believe what makes playing in the WSOP special is the fierce competition, the potential for fame [...]
Categories: Poker in General
I think emotional control is a very common hinderance to poker players, it really amazes me how often otherwise great players allow themselves to lose far more than they should because they have a desire to keep playing to get unstuck.
Brian Hastings – 12/2009 – in CardRunners Blog
Categories: Poker Strategy