Dani "Ansky" Stern is trying to break the curse that successful cash-game poker players are less recognizable than successful tournament players. Kicking ass at high-stakes cash games is a good start for that plan. Becoming a trainer for the highly respected poker training site…
J.C. Tran has been playing in major poker tournaments for five years, and in that time, he has earned more than $5.7 million. He began 2007 as the points-leader in the Card Player Player of the Year (POY) race, but throughout the year, he slipped down the ranks. He rallied during the Five-Diamond…
Bodog Poker is looking to give free entry into its $100,000-guaranteed tournament to up to 27 Card Player readers. The site is holding exclusive freerolls for Card Player readers - wherein one out of every 20 entrants is guaranteed entry (worth $109) into the site's flagship tournament - to…
On Sunday, Dec. 23, when many people around the world were gearing up for Christmas, Isaac "westmenloAA" Baron was gearing up to take over the coveted top spot of the 2007 Card Player Online Player of the Year (OPOY) leader board. His win in the $200 rebuy tournament on PokerStars that…
Another heavy month of tournament action saw major results come in from the United States, Europe and the Asian Pacific Rim. Annette Obrestad and Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson were two of the biggest names to go very deep in November events…
I visited the Tropicana Casino and Resort during Veteran’s Day weekend of 2007. It was the second stop on a marathon poker-playing trip in Atlantic City when I had planned to walk from casino to casino on the boardwalk, trying out each poker…
October was one of the most diverse months of 2007 when it came to important stories in poker. Major tourneys spanned the globe, a prominent online room made its return to the U.S. market, legislative and legal news made regular…
The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky should be on everyone’s must-read list of poker books. It is a classic, for good reason. Within the book’s pages Sklansky addresses, powerfully and broadly, winning concepts of play including…
News from the poker world in September came primarily from the felt itself. The month brought numerous major events, both online and live, capped by the history-making, inaugural World Series of Poker Europe festivities in London…
I have to fire myself as a ’sweater’, as I was witness to the following hands: Late in the third Day One (500-1000 blinds, with a 100 ante) I was standing behind a table which included Hiroshi Shimamura of Japan and Gary Lenz…
