Top Tournament Earners in 2018
Although the poker boom may have leveled out, there’s still a lot of action and prize money sloshing around. Here is the list of top tournament winners in 2018: …
Pot Limit Omaha
Apparently, Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) is currently the hot game on the pro circuit. For me, there is enough of a challenge determining good hands in Omaha without the overlay…
Luck and Selective Memory
To paraphrase Phil Helmuth’s famous quote, “If luck wasn’t involved, I would win every time.” To unwrap it a bit, probability theory’s law of large numbers tells us that when…
2019 Resolutions
2018 was a good poker year for me. Interestingly, my tournament play was more profitable than cash games. Musing over the results, the reason appeared to be related to playing…
Of Course You’ll Get Rivered
Poker is a game of math. The first thing to remember is if you play too many mediocre hands to fifth street, you will get your comeuppance. Back to the…
Tells: Real or Imagined?
Poker pros believe that most players exhibit unintentional physical clues at the table. They also watch for consistent betting patterns. Poker pro, Dan Harrington, sets his watch to change his…
A Trip Down Memory Lane
I started playing poker in high school in St. Louis in the 1950s. Back then, we played serious games and frivolous ones. In the first category: 5 card draw, plus…
Tips From “The Mad Genius of Poker,” Mike Caro
In Doyle Brunson’s Super System 2, Mike Caro, poker theorist and statistician, writes a chapter providing tips and commentaries. I’ve taken the liberty to cull and rephrase six of my…
Gambling Reads for Holiday Gifts
Super System 2, by Doyle Brunson, is a follow-up to his wildly popular first book. Along with Texas Dolly’s thoughts, top poker pros each write a chapter on their favorite…
Five Easy Poker Self Examinations
Every couple of months it’s a good idea to look back at your recent poker play to analyze your game. Here are a few boxes to tick off: Are you…