Previous Articles - March

Casino Profile: Harrah's Indiana Poker Room By Bruce Keaton Harrah's Casino is located on the south end of Lake Michigan, in a town called East Chicago, Indiana. Only 20 minutes from downtown Chicago, Harrah's regularly attracts poker players... Read more 03/31/03

Poisonous Poker: A Poker Cop Mystery Series, Part 3 - Suspect By Robert Arabella There have been three poisoning deaths at the Las Vegas Majestic's Poker Room. The Chief of Poker Room Security, Talbot, The Poker Cop, continues the investigation... Read More 03/29/03

The Man in the Thousand Dollar Suit By Nolan Dalla I'm as mad as hell right now, so brace yourselves for a rant. I'm angry about something I witnessed at a poker table recently -- and I'm about to tell you about it... Read More 03/28/03

Split Second Decision By Tommy Angelo How I ended up in Blackbark, Idaho that night is because my kid brother and his wife are in The Casino Business. That's what I always tell people... Read More 03/27/03

Pick of the Month Mark Napolitano gives poker players his April Review of upcoming tournaments. Be sure to consult his 'Pick of the Month' before making any travel plans... Read more 03/26/03

Player Profile Chuck Thompson, a player from Santa Cruz, California and author of The Wall: Where the Fox and the Farmer Play Poker, in Tom McEvoy's original red book, is featured in our newest profile... Read More 03/25/03

8-3 Offsuit is Cool! By Daniel Negreanu OK, maybe 8-3 offsuit isn't exactly "cool," but I think after you read my column, you'll understand what I mean... Read More 03/24/03

Racking Up By Barry Tanenbaum "Raise," said the stranger in the five seat. He was busy racking up his chips. Everyone folded to me, holding Ad5c in the big blind. I had a decision to make... Read More 03/22/03

A Bit of Maths: Playing the Weak Ace By Paul Samuel How many times have you folded your weak Ace (correctly) only to hit the flop and win a virtual pot? Many times if you play poker! As a rule those weak aces are trash. Really!... Read More 03/21/03

Heartbreak By Jason "The Gamblin' Fish" Fischer I was in a cramped little bar section of a Mexican restaurant in the Valley. I had just spent the day assisting in a TV shoot for a syndicated special... Read More 03/20/03

Blood Money By Max Shapiro My sweetie was reading a health magazine article one day. "Maxwell," she said to me, "do you know what the number one cause of death is for men?"... Read more 03/19/03

Player Profile Ryan Hughes, a player from Phoenix, Arizona, is featured in our newest profile... Read More 03/18/03

Marijuana Slim By Dave Cinch He was a case. Just imagine the tightest player you have ever seen in your life, and you'll be about halfway to how tight this guy was. He was so tight he needed a grease job on his elbow to ante up... Read More 03/17/03

Don't Be a One-Hit Wonder By Dr. Mark Burtman Do you remember the song The Night Chicago Died? It was a big hit in 1974 by Paper Lace. I was in 5th grade and I bought the 8-track tape. That was the only big hit they had... Read More 03/15/03

Don't Try to Bluff Foreigners By Vince Burgio In case anyone thinks I'm going to pull a John Rocker and follow my title by saying something bad about foreigners--wrong. I am actually going to be complimentary...Read More 03/14/03

How Would You Play These Hands? By Lou Krieger A reader living in upstate New York who plays at Turning Stone Casino asked me to comment on two hands. One was played in a cash game; the other in a tournament...Read More 03/13/03

About Position By Rolf Slotboom Position is one of the most important, yet one of the least understood aspects in poker. A lot of players don't ever think about their position relative to the button...Read More 03/12/03

Your Government Knows What's Best For You, Right? By Nolan Dalla The two dumbest questions in the English language get asked over a million times daily. You get asked these questions at every airport check-in counter in America... Read More 03/11/03

New Crossword Challenge yourself with this month's crossword, "Home Games," constructed by Michael Wiesenberg. Read more... 03/10/03

Is Poker in Trouble? By Jason Pohl I'd like to take a quick break from strategy in this piece to address the critical articles by Nolan Dalla and Dave Cinch. At their heart, they question the integrity of the game... Read More 03/08/03

Free Play and PokerSchool Online Winners for February Check out our Beta Ring Games, in addition to the 24/7 Single Table Satellites and Multi Table Tournaments... Read More 03/07/03

It Was The Best of Times; It Was...The Best of Times, Part III By North Shore Mike at ESCARGOT The third and final installment of the heart-warming saga of one man's journey into the bowels of the Los Angeles poker world... Read More 03/06/03

Let Me Teach You A Lot About Stud, Draw, Razz, Low Games, And A Lot More... By Mike Caro What was that we just read? "Let me teach you…" and so on and so forth. Weird words, don't you think?... Read more 03/05/03

Player Profile Robert Varkonyi, the reigning 2002 WSOP World Champion, is featured in our newest profile... Read More 03/04/03

Poisonous Poker: A Poker Cop Mystery Series, Part 2 - The Dealer's Story By Robert Arabella There have been three poisoning deaths at the Las Vegas Majestic's Poker Room. The Chief of Poker Room Security, Talbot, The Poker Cop, continues the investigation... Read More 03/01/03