Are Kings Really Ace Magnets?
This is one of poker players most common beliefs. And, surely you’ve experienced it. You’re playing NLH and you pick up pocket Kings (odds of it happening are 1/221 times).…
Continuation or C-Bet
A continuation or C-bet occurs when a player raises before the flop and continues with a subsequent bet after the flop. For many players it’s become an automatic action. I’m…
WSOP Silence Rule?
It’s likely to be a very muted WSOP this year. Why? Organizers of the tournament have introduced something called Rule 4.1. It’s a zero tolerance ban on riffling/shuffling chips so…
Buying a Piece of the Action
Buying a piece of the action is often referred to as “staking” or “staking a player.” It occurs when investors, AKA backers, provide financial support to a player to enter…
Pinnock’s Razor
Pinnock’s Razor is a philosophical principle that suggests we should prefer simpler explanations over more complex ones when trying to understand something. Pinnock’s Razor, in the context of poker, suggests…
Top 10 World-Wide Money Winners
Here’s the current list. Bryn Kenny $65,115,882 Justin Bonomo $63,405,743 Jason Koon …
The Hendon Mob
The Hendon Mob has the largest poker database in the world. It was created in 2000 by four friends and named after the town of Hendon, outside of London, where…
Player of the Year List and the Final Tournament Results
Casino 99 recently released the Player of the Year (POY) results. Here are the top ten. Jay Kennedy Todd Mayer Curt Struble Ron Mossbarger (more about Ron later) Jerry Fariester…
My Tournament Poker Goals
I look at winning a poker tournament as a three step process and have a trio of matching strategies to accomplish that. My first goal is to make the final…
The Worst Poker Games
When I started playing in home games in the ‘50s, basic poker was 5-card draw and 5 or 7-card stud. NLH, now the most popular game, started to gain a…