Previous Articles - July

A Bit of Maths: To add-on or not -part 2 by Paul Samuel GI was watching WPT2 on challenge TV when the following hand came up. The chip leader on the button called a raise in the final of the no-limit event with an A3 off-suit. Read more. 07/31/04

Guess Who Guess Who? is a competition introduced on PokerPages for BugsysClub.com where you can win $50 in a Real Money account at BugsysClub. The BugsysClub.com site & contest is endorsed by Mark & Tina Napolitano. Read more. 07/30/04

Hurray! My "Long Run" Is Coming, But Will I Still Be Alive When It Gets Here? by Art Santella If you have read my columns before you know I hate the term "long run." To me it is the human mind trying to rationalize something that seems to be an almost mystical and unknown mathematical probability. Read more... 07/29/04

Andy Glazer Followed his Dreams by Phil Hellmuth It is with a heavy heart that I write my first article since the passing of one of my two best friends-Andy Glazer. It is difficult for me to lose one of only a few people that really knew me. Read more... 07/28/04

Poker Newsletter by PokerPages Read all about the Orleans Open and other tournament news from around the world in our July newsletter. Read more... 07/27/04

4 Calling Raises Too Often on the Turn by Matthew Hilger Calling raises too often on the turn is another common mistake made by many players. One problem with calling raises on the turn is that you often end up calling the river. Read more. 7/26/04

Queen For A Day: A Poker Cop Mystery by Robert Arabella Two high-stakes hold'em players have bet $500,000 that one can, in a week, teach a total novice, a "Poker Virgin," to beat the other in a winner-take-all poker game. Read more. 7/25/04

Sun Tzu's Guide to Poker by Matthew Irish Bad beats got you down? Do you find yourself raising with Q8 offsuit from under the gun? Have you just paid off two obvious straights and a flush with ace high? Stop and ask yourself, "What would Sun Tzu do"? Read more... 07/23/04

New Boat, New Game, Very New Players by Randy Glover Ever have one of those school kid dreams? It's test day, the bell rings and there you are alone in the hallway, dripping with sweat, smelling of fear--because you have no idea where your classroom is. Read more... 07/22/04

Vic Mobster-elli by Dave Cinch When I started writing this column several years ago, I promised that I was going to depict the unforgettable characters that belly up in our beloved poker games, no matter how much jeopardy it might put me in. Read more... 07/21/04

Player Profile - Paul Wolfe By PokerPages Meet Paul Wolfe, a successful poker tournament player who would like to see the rules of poker standardized. Read more... 07/20/04

Andy Glazer: Poker Pundit Ascends to Higher Plain By Wendeen Eolis In the poker world the name Andrew NS Glazer is synonymous with blue ribbon poker writing. Andrew NS Glazer (the S was an addition he created to honor his stepfather and distinguish the appearance of his by-lines) will write no more. Read more... 07/17/04

Bad Boys, Bad Boys. Watcha Gonna Do? By Amy Calistri In the movie Rounders, Matt Damon's character remarks, "Generally, the rule is, the nicer the guy, the poorer the card player." And while the poker tournament circuit today is full of examples to the contrary, it would be hard to dispute it has its fair share of bad boys...and girls. Read more... 07/16/04

Where Experience Counts By Mike Lacey 3 Months into my poker career I decided to enter my first real live tournament. So far my experience has been limited to online play where I have won a few small tournies and am up about $500 since in started. Read more... 07/15/04

Crossword Constructed By Michael Wiesenberg Challenge your poker knowledge with this month's crossword, "More 2004 WSOP Bracelets." Read more... 07/14/04

Funny Stuff? By Vince Burgio The first of these things happened last year at the Orleans Open. It occurred one day during the tournament. While playing I happened to look up at one of the Television sets and noticed that they were showing women's beach volleyball. Read more... 07/12/04

Tagged With a New On-Line Name By Al Spath II received an interesting email the other day from a student at the pokerschoolonline site where I now teach. He had read most of my archived articles @ pokerpages and decided to give me an on-line handle. Read more...

Death of a Gambler By Johnny Hughes I always arrive early at the West Texas gambler's funerals to see who is there, shake everyone's hand, and show my respects. I had known Dorman "Iron Drawers" Shaw for forty-six years, since I was nineteen. Read more...

Playing the blinds part 2 By Rolf Slotboom In part I of this series, I discussed the play of top pair / no kicker in a four-way pot, having defended with K2s against an early position raise. Read more... 07/08/04

All of Me, Why Not Take All of Me? By Max Shapiro The growling voice on the phone unmistakably was Big Denny's. "Hey, Maxey, how's about playin' in our big tournament tonight? No-limit hold'em, an' only a grand fer da buy-in." Read more... 07/07/04

Player Profile: Thithi 'Mimi' Tran Meet one of the top female poker players in the world, Thithi 'Mimi' Tran Read More 07/06/04

World Poker Tour in Paris — Part II by Daniel Negreanu If you read Part I of this trilogy, you'd know that I ended up with $8,550 after the first day of action. Read More

Bellagio casino's World Poker Tour Event - Part 1 by Daniel Rentzer After finishing in second place at the Commerce Casino's World Poker Tour event I won something I did not even know about until Gus Hansen informed me about it. Read More

ARTY'S POKER Q&A by Art Santella Are you bored waiting around for a seat in a bigger game? Do you ever get the feeling that you have to play, and play now, this instant? You know the feeling, you will play "Go Fish", if it is only game with a seat open. Read more...