(Originally posted on RGP, May 2004 ( Read more... )

Tournament poker seems like such a glamorous game. Travel, excitement, television celebrity, chances to win millions of dollars; all of these are a part of poker. The current craze has exaggerated the allure of this, but in some venues, it always existed. Go to a WSOP event and you can feel the energy, the players are pumped, the audience packs in ( Read more... )

Poker today has some similarity to derivatives trading a few decades ago. Both are imperfect information systems. When there is a great disparity in the information known by the participants, a great deal of money is made. That is happening now in poker ( Read more... )

I’ve been an avid poker player for a very long time.
I studied and practiced and thought about the game, and I knew that one day I would be champion of the world.

The first time I played in the WSOP final was a highlight in my poker life. Sitting down at the final tables of that tournament was so very exciting, like the moments right before you ( Read more... )

You're in a poker room ten years from now. Your name just flashed on the board, a seat is open for you. You sit down and try to buy chips from the dealer, but you can't ( Read more... )