Category: July/August 2018
“Youth” prevails: Dublin’s Davis tops WSOP Seniors
Arnold WarnerJul 18, 2018
By Arnold Warner On Friday, June 15 Matthew Davis from Dublin was one of the record-setting 5,918 entries in the World Series of Poker’s popular $1,000 Seniors...
Lee gets WSOP Shootout victory
Barbara EnglerJul 18, 2018
By Barbara Engler Millbrae poker pro Preston Lee was the last man standing in the 2018 World Series of Poker Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout held June 19...
Stones offers Moneymaker opportunity
Arnold WarnerJul 18, 2018
By Arnold Warner The story of Chris Moneymaker’s journey from playing an online satellite in Tennessee to busting the poker world wide open 15 years ago has grown from...
Kwong wins Lucky Chances $200K
Raymond T. AkersJul 18, 2018
By Raymond T. Akers Lucky Chances Casino held a $200,000 First Place Guarantee tournament June 22 to 25 as part of a celebration of their 20th anniversary. With 307...
Always be careful what you wish for
NorCal Poker Ambassador By Randall Rapp It really is possible to have too much of a good thing, even playing poker. I look at it this way: We all know it’s possible to...
Quick peeks at 50 top poker players
Raymond T. AkersJul 18, 2018
Book Review By Raymond T. Akers “The Pursuit of Poker Success” (D&B Poker) by Lance Bradley is a compendium of interviews this journalist did with 50 of the top...
Failing to get value with an over pair
Jonathan LittleJul 18, 2018
By Jonathan Little With the World Series of Poker well underway, I would like to share with you a hand I played in a $1,500 buy-in event last year. With blinds of...
Come on in, the water is just fine!
Vincent OlmosJul 18, 2018
Life in the Streets Playing limit Hold’em, Part 1 By Vincent Olmos Limit Hold’em is a heck of a game. It’s amazing how polarized people are between loving and...
Some basics of bankroll management
By Kenny Smith This is a topic that just about every poker player has heard of, and a majority know what it is. They also know it’s something that they should be...
Ins, outs, ups, downs of being a prop
Bill PattyJul 18, 2018
Prop Tales The Prop Life, Part 1 By Bill Patty Nearly nine years ago my friend Randy and I became poker props. We had both been teachers and were looking for something...