Poker Player Wikizine

Most of what I’m going to discuss is from a recent hand featured in Card Player Magazine (Page 76 of Volume 21, Number 2; dated February 2, 2008) between Ted Kearly and Erick Lindgren .  I felt it showed the perfect examples of how to size bets in accordance with the circumstances.To set the stage at the 2007 World Poker Tour Five-Diamond World Poker Classic, Ted Kearly was in the cutoff seat with 1,059,000 in chips.  Erick Lingren was on the button with 2,479,000 in chips.  With blinds at 15,000/30,000 and a 4,000 ante, Kearly raised to 100,000 chips with Ac 9s.  This was ... Read Full Story

Linda Johnson wrote in a recent CardPlayer magazine article (and since I’m sitting in a hotel room in Williamsburg, VA, I don’t have the article with me) that she has three goals when she sits at a table. They are: To win money, have fun, and ensure other people at the table have fun. Those sound like good goals to me and it got me to thinking; those are pretty basic concepts and I think I learned them in Kindergarten. The first goal, to win money, is really nothing more than “do your best.” Isn’t that something we are taught at an early age. ... Read Full Story

I recently hosted a tournament for the completely inexperienced and players who knew next to the nothing about No Limit Texas Hold’em. I can honestly say, I haven’t laughed that hard in a long, long time. I don’t say that to be mean for I was laughing with them, not at them (more on that later). However, I think the experience may have been as valuable for me as it was for them. By watching these players from their strategies for the very first time, I gained great insights into the logic and motivation of players. We started out with an informal lesson and ... Read Full Story

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) just released it’s list of 64 competitors for the 2008 version of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. One name was conspicuously absent from the original list of 64 players - 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion, Chris Moneymaker ; however, Card Player Magazine reported a recent change to the original roster of invited players, Everyone Loves Raymond ’s Brad Garrett will not compete. Chris Moneymaker will be taking his place. ( http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/10911/nbc-heads-up-poker-championship-players-confirm ) Does this mean NBC believes it does not need Chris Moneymaker to draw fans to its poker products? It’s not too hard to ... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Poker Player Wikizine". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article! Read Full Story