The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs released a discussion draft of a bill on Internet gaming Thursday detailing what tribes would like to see in online poker legislation.
Committee chairman Sen. Dan Akaka announced The Tribal Online Gaming Act…
According to Bloomberg, Ira Rubin, one of the 11 men indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on Black Friday, was recently sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to forfeit $5 million.
Last January, Rubin pleaded guilty to conspiracy…
Justin Young is a former mechanical engineer for the military turned poker pro from Moorhead City, N.C. In 2008, he made the televised final table of the $15K WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic, finishing runner-up for $936,760. Today, he has almost $3 million in live career earnings. Our Mike Owens caught up … Continue reading On the Button: Poker pro Justin Young
Ben Franklin once said, “(T)here are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond and to know one’s self. Of those three, I think the last one is the most difficult, especially when it comes to poker. Before we examine yourself, let’s try a different angle first to illustrate the problem. Since it’s often easier to … Continue reading How well do you know yourself at the poker table?
A psychology colleague of mine, when asked the question, “How are you?” would often answer: “Great, today my defenses woke up before my demons … today.” I always thought that was a profound response. There are demons in every aspect of our lives, including poker. What are your demons of poker? Ego, pride, hubris, anxiety, … Continue reading Cast out poker demons in your head
There’s such a profound difference in cash games vs. tournament play with top pair-top kicker. In tournaments, after the flop, betting top-top on a mixed board (three suits and few draws) is a relatively easy play. Cash-game play is much more difficult. Don’t get me wrong; top-top is still a betting hand, but this hand … Continue reading A look at playing top pair, top kicker
This hand came up in a $1K World Series of Poker event I recently played. I raised to 400 at 100-200-25 from middle position with and an old, unknown, fairly loose guy called in the small blind. We both had around 9K chips to start the hand. The flop came . He checked, I bet … Continue reading Learn to listen to their stories at the poker table
I’m writing this article in my hotel at Vdara in City Center the night before Day 1A of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio. This will be short and sweet. My fate is sealed. I already won. I put myself in a position to have it all. I’m playing the main … Continue reading Poker’s moment of truth: the WSOP main event
At the end of June, Delaware became the second state to authorize online poker, which has left many Ante Up readers wondering if the dominoes are finally beginning to fall to create a national online gambling network. In short, the answer is no, but with the November election looming large for those interested in online … Continue reading Don’t get too excited about online poker just yet
Six-digit tournament scores were once a dream in Central Florida, but have now become a regular occurrence in the bay area. Seminole Hard Rock Tampa
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