Our inaugural WSOP Player’s Guide published in 2018 was such a success that we’ve decided to update it every year until people stop reading it. It was initially intended for Vegas [...]
In this final part of my introductory tournament series, I’m going to break from educational convention and begin by telling you what I’m not going to talk about. I’m not [...]
When we left our tournament in my last article, the bubble had just burst and you had cashed. Congratulations! But this is no time to rest on your laurels. In fact, one can argue that the real [...]
In the previous article in this series I discussed some general principles for early tournament play. Using a characteristic Vegas structure, we left off just as the antes were about to kick in [...]
For the remainder of this series I am going to break down tournaments into three stages. Exactly where these divisions occur is a little fuzzy, but roughly speaking the early, middle, and late [...]
A couple of years ago we published a well-received two-part series aimed at Magic: The Gathering players interested in making the transition to poker. This was motivated, at least in part, by the [...]
As I explained in the first article of this series, my primary goal is to facilitate an easy transition for cash-game players who want to get into tournaments. The bulk of the series will focus [...]
This is the first article in a series aimed at cash game players looking to get into tournaments. Like my $1/$2 series this is designed as entry-level information. For those wanting to take their [...]
I would suggest that the use of the word “opening” in chess and poker is more than a semantic coincidence. In both instances a solid opening sets up later advantage. Many successful chess players [...]
Poker players could learn a lot from casinos. One can make a case that the only reason poker is a profitable game for skilled players is that downswings happen. You may regard them as somewhere [...]
