Daily news from poker and online poker world http://www.pokernews.com/news/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:04:59 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/i/logo-pn2.gif http://www.pokernews.com/news/ en-us Copyright 2003-2008, PokerNews.com http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/06/inside-the-tour-93-no-go-stud-event.htm Well, I haven't gotten anywhere in playing in the WSOP but some items seem inescapable to the eye. First, the structures are better than one's first impression. What that means, specifically, is that they [the blinds] start out rather... poker/news/Inside the Tour Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:10:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/06/inside-the-tour-92-wsop-tales.htm 'The only way to beat Vegas is to hit and run. That's why I never moved here. If you spend too much time in Sin City it grinds you down, wears you out, and eventually absorbs you, stealing your soul and making you part... poker/news/Inside the Tour Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:04:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/inside-the-tour-91-san-jose-lapt.htm Off to San Jose, Costa Rica I went for the May 22-24, 2008 LAPT (Latin American Poker Tour) event. The second one ever held, it had almost 400 runners and a first prize of $274,103. Victor Ramdin, Daniel Negreanu, Brian Green... poker/news/Inside the Tour Fri, 30 May 2008 16:31:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/05/inside-the-tour-90-caro-mad-genius.htm I should mention a few "institutions" of the game of poker, as this review is not complete without it. First up is Mike Caro. If you are ever going to have a roast, or have your career scrutinized, how can one do better than having... poker/news/Inside the Tour http://www.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic3468/ Fri, 16 May 2008 08:09:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/inside-the-tour-89-wpt-world-championship.htm It's that time of year again… the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Step right up, folks -- anyone with a buy-in of $25,500 can have a seat! In fact, I wish someone else had taken mine. There were 538... poker/news/Inside the Tour Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:38:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/04/inside-the-tour-88-more-bluffing.htm Bluffing. What does it mean? How important is it? Can one be successful without bluffing? Unnnh… well, no. According to Dennis, you have no chance to be a winner in no-limit hold'em without bluffing. When people talk about... poker/news/Inside the Tour Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:43:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/03/inside-tour-87-sit-n-go-strategy-book.htm Continuing our review of various works that I can recommend and think are useful for the professional player brings us to 'Sit'n Go Strategy' by Colin Moshman (Two Plus Two Publishing, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007). Of course, one does not... poker/news/Inside the Tour Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:45:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/03/inside-tour-86-schoonmaker-psychology-poker.htm Psychology. It's a subject none of us give enough importance. Furthermore we don't want to do the work to look at ourselves and see where we fit into poker's panoply of players. For this niche, though, there is one book that... poker/news/Inside the Tour Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:15:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/02/inside-tour-85-lessinger-book-bluffs.htm I have hundreds of poker books in my library and most of them are not very good, in my opinion. I am trying to recommend a few good books to put on your shelves, though, and that has made me re-examine some titles that had gone into... poker/news/Inside the Tour Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:05:00 -0700 http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/02/inside-tour-84-poker-majors-big-slick.htm I was reading through the columns I had missed of "Sexton's Corner" here on Pokernews and came across, from one of Tom's earlier columns, his list of suggested majors. I should also note up front that if the reader has an interest in... poker/news/Inside the Tour Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:43:00 -0700