Category: Featured Stories
Don’t be afraid to go for full value
Jonathan LittleNov 04, 2019
By Jonathan Little The following hand took place early in Day 1 of the $3,500 buy-in Borgata Poker Open WPT main event. I was pleased to find myself at a table that...
Learn the lesson Homer!
By Randall Rapp On a recent trip to San Jose, I was “fortunate” enough to have been there when Bay 101 Casino was holding satellites to the Main Event of the Bay 101...
Most common questions for a prop
Vincent OlmosSep 20, 2019
By Vincent Olmos Salutations poker fans, donks, crushers, noobs, and abiding degens! Over the last five years as a prop in Northern California, I’ve received many...
Playing Slowly
Jonathan LittleSep 20, 2019
By Jonathan Little I am frequently amazed at how slowly some poker players play. Assuming you are a winning poker player, you make some amount of equity per hand you are...
Poker & Pop Culture
Raymond T. AkersJul 23, 2019
Book Review By Raymond T. Akers When I first saw the title of the book “Poker & Pop Culture” (D&B Poker), for some reason I immediately had a vision of...
Risk management and you
Vincent OlmosJul 23, 2019
Life in the Streets By Vincent Olmos After years of waiting, we finally made it to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida, to play “Deal or No Deal” with none other...
Play good, run good
Bill PattyJul 23, 2019
Prop Tales By Bill Patty I three-bet with K-K preflop from middle position and it is capped by the original raiser who is under the gun. We go to the flop five-handed....
A horse is a horse (of course, of course)
By Randall Rapp A few days before the running of the Kentucky Derby, I had an interesting conversation with a guy planning a party for the big race. They were planning...
Satellites running for Turlock’s Anniversary Main Event
Raymond T. AkersMay 24, 2019
By Raymond T. Akers The 15th Anniversary Championship Tournament Series is coming to Turlock Poker Room & Casino June 6 to 16. The nine-event series includes seven...
“Out, damn’d spot! Out I say!”
Vincent OlmosMay 24, 2019
Life in the Streets By Vincent Olmos “To thine own self be true.” Act 1, Scene 3 of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” contains solid advice for every poker player. In...