http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker RSS Feed for P-com Spt. Poker en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20091120_Poker_Guy__Brady_picks_apart_a_bluff.html THE KEY to running a successful bluff is making the story believable. So the key to picking off a bluff is figuring out what doesn't make sense, as young pro Matthew Brady did in this hand from the 2009 $25,000-buy-in World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio in Las Vegas. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20091113_Poker_Guy__Unconventional_tactics_serve_Pham_well.html CONVENTIONAL poker strategy suggests raising from early position only with the strongest of hands - say, aces, kings, queens and A-K. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/64255607.html http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20090915_Poker_Guy__She_s_calling_it_a_bad_deal_in_A_C_.html In poker lingo, they're known as "bad beats." And an upstate New York woman has taken a couple recently, in real life as well as at the table. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20090919_Poker_loss_is_a_win_for_cancer-awareness_effort.html ATLANTIC CITY - In the glitzy, high-stakes world of tournament poker, there are some unwritten rules among gamblers. One of them is: Don't enter tournaments where you may not be an appropriate player. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/44368602.html http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20071025_Poker_stars_join_to_take_aim_at_the_House_rules.html WASHINGTON - In a somber Rayburn House Office Building hearing room yesterday, one floor above where Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was testifying about Iran, the discussion was of another threat: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20071012_Poker_Guy___You_cant_just_wait_for_hands_all_day.html AGENT 86 Maxwell Smart might say: "It's the old value-bet-bluff-on-the-river trick." The phrase doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, but in this era of loose-aggressive play, it's a shot that more players are taking. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20071005_Poker_Guy___Approach_pocket_jacks_with_caution.html FEW STARTING hands in no-limit Texas hold 'em seem as dangerous as pocket jacks. They are a big enough pocket pair to get you involved because they are almost a 3 1/2 to 1 favorite over two random cards. But they can turn into trouble because more than half of the flops you'll see will include an overcard. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/poker/20070921_Poker_Guy___Dont_go_wild_on_the_first_day_of_a_tourney.html HARD POKER rule: You can't win a big buy-in tournament on the first day, but you can lose it. That's something to remember when