Zeller nabs River Card title in Southern California
Joseph Zeller of San Diego took home $12K and the trophy for the River Card Quest for the Cup mega tournament Jan. 31. He navigated his way through nearly 400 players across four days. The event had a...
View ArticleLeong beats tough field in Borgata Poker Open in A.C.
The World Poker Tour Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event ran Jan. 31-Feb. 5, attracting 1,171 of the best poker players to Atlantic City for the $3,500 buy-in in hopes of taking home the trophy and a...
View ArticlePhilachack wins WSOPC in Oklahoma
The triangle that runs from the Dallas/Fort Worth area to Tulsa to Oklahoma City is recognized for its concentration of strong players. Andy “Doc” Philachack of Garland, Texas, is the most recent...
View ArticleJewell shines at HPT in East Chicago
Steve Jewell from Dyersville, Iowa, won the Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Ameristar East Chicago, earning $212K after surviving 670 entries, a HPT record field for Chicagoland. Some notables in...
View ArticlePalm Beach Kennel Club to award Ante Up Poker Cruise packages
Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., will be awarding 20 Ante Up Poker Cruise packages over four nights in March.The player with the highest hand for each half-hour starting at 10 p.m. and...
View ArticleYou should learn to play position
In a class I taught, Texas Hold’em Poker 101, Hold’em for Beginners, we met for three consecutive Wednesdays, two hours at a time. On the blackboard behind me in large letters I wrote: Position In...
View ArticleLearning limit poker is key to no-limit
New players, having only seen the riches won at no-limit hold’em on TV, want to play those games online and live immediately.However, players who start by playing limit poker, which is found in only a...
View ArticleFast keeps pace, wins WPT L.A. Poker Classic
After six days of no-limit hold’em, Dietrich Fast emerged atop a field of 515 of the world’s best players to take home his first WPT title by winning the L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino in...
View ArticleChoctaw poker series runs April 7-24 in Oklahoma
The Choctaw Poker Series in Durant, Okla., runs April 7-24 and is a diversified series with $565-$1,080 buy-ins with $50K-$100K guarantees. Look for games such as limit hold’em, HORSE, Omaha/8 and PLO....
View ArticleWSOPC stops at Harrah’s Cherokee in N.C. April 14-25
The World Series of Poker Circuit makes its annual stop at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on April 14-25 and there are some unique offerings this time around. One thing that sticks out is the...
View ArticleMaryland Live poker room is doubling down
Starting this month at Maryland Live, most weekly tournament guarantees will double, meaning there will be more than $600K in guarantees per week. The poker room now offers points for playing. For...
View ArticleCasinos moving ashore in Chicagoland
Moving forward from last year’s state law allowing operation of land-based casinos, Tropicana Evansville became the first to get Indiana approval to move off the riverboat to an onshore casino. The new...
View ArticleManage your anger and tilt at the poker table
Anger is often seen as the primary reason for going on tilt. There obviously are others: losing, embarrassment, stupidity.However, anger is the one I am dealing with in these columns lately, because...
View ArticleAnte Up Most Popular Dealer contest returns
Ante Up’s Most Popular Dealer contest has returned and this year it’s much improved, especially the nomination process, which allows just about anyone to nominate a dealer to win our grand prize. One...
View ArticleA great system for pocket pairs at the poker table
Recently, several emails have come from students with queries on how best to play pocket pairs. Let’s explore a few rules of thumb to keep us out of trouble.My quick advice is to recognize we’re...
View ArticleHow to get inside the mind of a newbie
I spent some time teaching the game to some new players recently and there are a few universal challenges they face that I want to share. If you’re new to the game, take a moment of self-reflection to...
View ArticleThe art of bluffing and semibluffing
A bluff is a bet of some nature when you have little or no chance of winning the pot if someone calls. A semibluff is a bet that, if called, you don’t usually hold the best hand but you have a hand...
View ArticleAUPT at Mohegan Sun Event #1 Day 2 chip counts/seat assignments
Twenty-one players will return at noon today to finish out Event #1 of the Ante Up Poker Tournament at Mohegan Sun, an Ante Up Poker Tour series.Event #1 had a $600 buy-in with a $80,000 prize...
View ArticleKachittavong Soukha wins Event #1 of Ante Up Poker Tour at Mohegan Sun
Kachittavong Soukha of Rhode Island has won Event #1 of the Ante Up Poker Tournament at Mohegan Sun, an Ante Up Poker Tour series.Soukha and Mike Nye of Massachusetts each earned $17,941 in the $600...
View ArticleAUPT at Mohegan Sun Event #3 Day 2 chip counts/seat assignments
Bhavin Mistay is the chipleader with 336,000 when Day 2 of Event #3 of the Ante Up Poker Tournament at Mohegan Sun resumes at noon today.The $230 buy-in tournament featured three flights over Monday...
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