Let Me Be Honest -- I'm Cheating
In Denver,Georgiev said he got involved with several honest players, whom he described as "the biggest suckers." He said that he offered to run the game, keep it honest and would win all the money. Despite getting stuck the first night for $25,000, he said, before the night was over he had won $50,000. "I destroyed Denver in 1985. Soon I won so much money that I was barred from my own game...
Players state case for lifting poker ban
WASHINGTON -- Poker is good for you. That's what Internet poker players are telling members of Congress this week as they lobby to exempt poker from an online gambling ban.
"Really, poker is just much closer to chess than it is to the other standard casino games," said Andrew Woods, a student at Harvard Law School who has played poker to help pay for his education...
How To Stay Off Tilt
Online poker players know about (and fear) going on tilt, that sudden state of reckless betting, so let's examine the danger. The best possible way to avoid tilt when playing online poker is to stay aware of signs that indicate that you are starting to slide. Usually by the time you realize youre on tilt, its too late, and youve lost most of your stack. Some of these signs are obvious and some are more subtle. If you fail to recognize these signs, you will never be able to get out of those losing streaks...
Sexton's Corner, Vol. 16: Learn From Disaster
In poker, some players never learn from disaster. In real life, the same is often true. We'll return to poker, but first, I want to share a true story that happened to me in Lake Tahoe, when I was manager of Yellow Cab in North Shore about 15 years ago. I had worked all day, and was relaxing later at night playing in a $10/$20 hold'em game with a half kill, at the Hyatt in Incline Village. I was winning $1,400 and having a great night, until the phone rang...
Barry Greenstein: Fully Available Online Poker to Return
Online poker is finally seeing some encouraging trends. The reopening of Doyle's Room is one positive step in the direction of reversing the UIGEA and, according to a notable pro, could be a foreshadowing of things to come.
Recently, Barry Greenstein and other professional players, in conjunction with the Poker Players Alliance, made the trip down to Congress to lobby for our right to play online poker and returned with great news...
Poker is New Cause for Harvard Law School Prof
Charles Nesson, the Harvard Law School professor who is best known for defending the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers and for helping parents sue chemical companies in the case popularized by film "A Civil Action", has his sites set on a new cause: poker. "I'd like to legitimate poker as an educational instrument," Nesson said in an interview with the Boston Herald. "It's a great way to learn and practice the skills of seeing what things look like from another person's point of view...
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