Poker Articles

March 2009 - Posts

• Positively Fifth Street Revisited

  
  

  Jim McManus’s 2003 book Positively Fifth Street , his story of making the final table of the 2000 WSOP Main Event, is one of the forgotten drivers of the poker boom. As we were watching an unknown accountant win the WSOP from a satellite victory, a New... Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 05:34 PM by grapsfan with 5 Comments

• Interview with Ryan "gutshtallin" Welch

  
  

  Ryan gutshtallin Welch is a professional poker player based out of Tennessee who has had a great 2009 so far. With wins in the PokerStars Nightly $65K, $50K, runner up finishes in the $85k, Cake Sunday $50k, the Full Tilt Poker $1k Monday, and third place... Read More... Posted Mar 14 2009, 09:04 AM by dgillis with 18 Comments

• Underdog's 1800x180 SNG Excursion

  
  

  The 180-person Sit-n-Go is one of the most popular formats in online poker. It was only a little over three years ago that they were introduced at the $20+2 level, and some of you may remember my 180x180 SNG Challenge article back then. In a thread about... Read More... Posted Mar 11 2009, 08:43 PM by Underdog34 with 45 Comments

• Badugi! Badugi! Badugi!

  
  

  First, a quiz. Is Badugi : a) the latest member of Wu-Tang Clan, selected via an Internet raffle to replace the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard , aka Dirt McGirt, aka Big Baby Jesus ? b) a lowball variant becoming very popular in mixed-game rotations? c) a virus... Read More... Posted Mar 10 2009, 12:15 PM by grapsfan with 4 Comments

• Poker Science

  
  

  I spent a weekend not too long ago camping with a group of Cub Scouts, teaching them about the Scientific Method and various physical properties in-between long bouts of sledding, quinzees & hot chocolate. We did Bernoulli’s Principle of flow pressure... Read More... Posted Mar 09 2009, 06:30 PM by grapsfan with 4 Comments

• Poker and Mental Toughness

  
  

  In many ways, humans are just a blank slate ready and willing to be set into motion. Often times, I reflect on the books I’ve read, the people I’ve met, the thousands of tournaments I’ve played, as well as the many other experiences I’ve encountered throughout... Read More... Posted Mar 08 2009, 08:13 AM by The Maven with 5 Comments