The Best Poker Movies Ever Made
One of the great appeals of poker to a mass audience is the drama inherent in the game itself. Millions of dollars can change on the turn of a card. An unknown...
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How Poker Has Changed
Poker has changed more rapidly over the past few years than it has in the entirety of the game’s history. Seven years ago, just before the beginnings of a poker boom that...
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Being a Staked Poker Player
It may come as a surprise to you, but a large number of tournament poker players - the pros that you see every week on television, not the amateurs who take a...
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Women in Poker: A “Honey-Maker” Effect?
When the “Moneymaker effect” took hold of the poker world in 2003, it brought many new players into the game. Youngsters who were playing “Magic: The Gathering” switched to poker and saw...
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Young Guns of Tournament Poker
“The Kids Are Alright” or “Teenage Wasteland”? In 1989, Phil Hellmuth set the record for the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the age of twenty-four. His...
Happy Holidays and Poker Resolutions
Hi, poker players. I’m Lou Krieger and this is my first article for Pokerology. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m the author of 11 books about poker, and you...
WSOP Main Event 2009: The Aftermath
In the last forty years, the World Series of Poker has grown from a group of Texas road gamblers voting on the “second-best” player in the world, to an event of over...
WSOP November Nine 2009: Ivey vs Moon
(Why a Phil Ivey Win Would Be Good for the Game – and Why a Darvin Moon Win Would Be a Disaster) It’s that time again, poker fans! The hype and hysteria...
5 Reasons to Make Poker Legal
I live in Boston, Massachusetts. Poker is officially illegal here – as it is in much of the United States. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) seeks to prohibit us from...
Gamblers Anonymous for the Poker Obsessive
I was obsessed with poker a while back – even more than I am right now. I had a game at my house just about every other Sunday. I played in someone...
US Government is Wrong About Online Poker
As the United States prepares to celebrate Independence Day, I have to start out on a personal note and say that I am proud to be an American. My late grandfather and...
Women in Poker – Battle of the Sexes
It comes as no surprise that the number of women playing poker continues to rise. When I first started playing poker for a living it was normal for me to be one...
Health Tips and Advice for Lazy Poker Players
We all know that eating right and exercising helps you maintain good health. But what if, like me, you have resigned to the fact that you are not going to go to...
