Poker Articles

February 2007 - Posts

• I Already Know How to Play

  
  

  I spent some time recently teaching Cub Scouts to play chess. Of course, first thing I heard from these 7- to 10-year-olds was “I already know how to play chess.” Yet, once we got past the piece names and how they move, it wasn’t pretty. They showed little... Read More... Posted Feb 09 2007, 02:13 AM by grapsfan with No Comments

• A Magical Mind

  
  

  “Puuurrrrrggghhh,” grunts a child in a 6th grade music class. He sits on his knees, bending over at the waist almost to the point of bumping his head—which flares from side to side—on the carpeted floor. When he has finished, he sits up again. His teacher... Read More... Posted Feb 08 2007, 10:11 PM by rakinem with No Comments

• Hacked?

  
  

  Recently I have seen a lot of threads on this site about a player's accounts being “hacked,” and while I sympathize, I wonder how much of it they could have prevented in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, I in no way condone stealing from others... Read More... Posted Feb 08 2007, 11:49 AM by tybme with No Comments

• Steam Control

  
  

  Over the past few years, I’ve noticed that one of the major problems plaguing good players and keeping them from reaching the next level is coping with the all of the bad beats. To this day, I still have trouble dealing with those particular days where... Read More... Posted Feb 07 2007, 03:47 AM by Squirrely1 with No Comments

• Steve Wong -- Portrait of a Winner

  
  

  Steve and I first met online at Pokerstars in early 2003 when we were both deep in the Sunday $200 NLHE tourney. Unlike the mega fields and million dollar guarantees of today, there were only about 600 entrants, and they paid the top 63. With less than... Read More... Posted Feb 02 2007, 10:39 AM by seal with No Comments