Like most, I started playing poker with friends. We gathered around the table every Monday night, broke out our cheap plastic chips, and started passing coin around the table. It was a lot of fun. Poker is a social game. If you are an internet player, you might not have a good grasp on that, [...]
Can anybody give me a reason why home poker tournaments that take a small rake are considered illegal across the country? To this day, I have not heard a good one. I can only chalk it up to complete ignorance on the part of lawmakers across the country, but how can that many lawmakers be [...]
Some random poker thoughts on “I Put You All-In” and Finding the Perfect Playing Card: The “I Put You All-In” Phrase How did the phrase, “I put you all-in” get started? This has to be, without a doubt, one of the dumbest poker trends I’ve seen in a long time. How can anybody put me [...]
Recently, I’ve had many poker players tell me that the method tournament directors use to color-up chips is almost completely inconsequential. The basic argument goes something like this: with a proper blind schedule, the value of the small chips is negligible. Therefore, instead of taking the extra time to follow the color-up rules, I’m just [...]
I received the following email from a reader recently. I thought I’d share it and my answer with everybody as it is a common issue that arises from time to time. The reader wrote (with slight editing): This happened in a home tournament: Two players limped and the player in the big blind checked. The [...]
So, is anybody tired of playing in or hosting the same freeze-out or re-buy tournament week after week? Anybody looking for a change of pace and a different tournament structure? Well, I have a couple suggestions for you. Obviously, beyond any shadow of a doubt, no matter what variation of poker you’re playing, the most [...]
