Poker players enjoying renewed respect
NEW YORK (AP) - Doyle Brunson can remember when being a professional poker player meant being an embarrassment.The 72-year-old Texan recalls old friends crossing to the other side of the street when they saw him coming, and pulling out of the finals of a televised high-stakes tournament in 1972 because he didn't want to shame his family by advertising what he did for a living.All of which made Brunson's situation on Friday night that much more interesting. With his trademark cowboy hat and...
Stay Safe Playing Underground Poker
I have been a member of the underground poker community for quite a few years. When you attend as many games as I have, you start recognizing faces and building friendships. You also start building a false sense of security, and forget that you're attending an event that typically lures in the degenerates of the world.It's an absolute necessity to take precautionary steps before jumping into the world of underground poker.It shouldn't come as a surprise that many underground poker environments...
Players learn when to fold 'em from pros at poker camp
Las Vegas -- "Poker Brat" Phil Hellmuth Jr. held a pair of nines, the same hole cards he had when he became the youngest World Series of Poker main event champion ever in 1989, at age 24.This time, though, Hellmuth wasn't facing an all-in bet from two-time defending champion Johnny Chan, but from Jim Gerran, a 38-year-old mortgage broker from San Francisco.And this time, Hellmuth lost.It was a case of fantasy meeting reality meeting fantasy for Gerran, one of more than 150 participants...
Tournament Poker: A Team Sport?
Recently, a buddy told me he had bumped into David Singer, a professional tournament poker player whose family was vacationing on the same Cape Cod beach. The entire time they were on the beach, David was practicing his card memory skills by having a family member flash three cards for him to memorize.It made me think about things I might be able to do at home to improve my game while waiting for the next opportunity to test my skills against live competition at a tournament in Atlantic City...
Women find a fun place to play poker online
ELIZABETH KURZ is a 28-year-old interior designer with a steady boyfriend. Shirley Carnett is a 64-year-old grandmother who answers phones for her husband's chimney sweeping service. Jenny Kleid is a 35-year-old stay-at-home mom who drives her kids to soccer practice in a hulking white Ford Expedition.Spanning a demographic spectrum that would make a marketer's head spin, these women, unbelievably, have something in common. That something is online poker, and due to a prevalance of low-stakes...
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