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The Squeeze Play

For the most part, poker tournaments are quite straight forward and a simply “ABC strategy” will be more than enough to make it to the money on a regular basis. However, you plan on making it to the final table of a WSOP 2011 tournament, and the top three places in particular where the majority [...]

Youth Poker: College Age Kids Play, and Now it’s Being Taught in Some High Schools

A friend named Abe sent me a story in the Washington Post that caught my attention and will hopefully catch yours as well. It’s about poker clubs IN HIGH SCHOOLS. Revolutionary concept? I dunno, but I can say that the closest thing I ever came to gambling in school was a behind the school craps [...]

Phish Fans Running a Cool Poker Tournament in Atlantic City (And You Can All Join in…for a Good Cause)

I think this is really cool. Mainly, because it involves one of my favorite bands, Phish. They run something called the Mockingbird Foundation and that group is organizing a Phamily Poker Classic, a no limit Texas Hold em tournament in Atlantic City. It will take place in the Tropicana’s poker room on the afternoons of [...]

A Casino Poker Primer: A Guide for Beginners

I play so much poker online that I sometimes forget that there are people out there who want to play but don’t really understand all the options…save for going to their closest brick and mortar casino. So…for them, I dedicate this posting. And for the experienced players, I’ll get back to sifting through world reports [...]

WSOP Rolls into Council Bluffs, Iowa

You know how I HATE to run pure press releases on this page. I much prefer commenting on events, players, in the world of poker. But we are talking about the WSOP tour here, folks. The 6th stop of the WSOP Circuit begins this week when a 24-event schedule of poker tournaments rolls into Council [...]

NBC’s Poker After Dark Show Scheduling Up in the Air; Will it be Moved to 2:35 a.m.?

Due to some reshuffling at NBC, that network’s late night poker show, Poker After Dark, could find itself airing even later than it does now or not airing at all. Are you addicted to the NBC TV show Poker After Dark, like I am? The show…for those who don’t know…airs after Carson Daly’s late, late [...]

What the hell? Denmark to Tax Online Poker Players?

Denmark, home of the reigning World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Peter Eastgate, is famous for having one of the heaviest and most complicated tax codes in Europe. Check this out: Eastgate, who won $9.1 million at the WSOP Championship event last November was taxed at a 45 percent rate for his first $4 [...]

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