I caution my students and those who follow my advice to be aware of how they present themselves at the poker table. Good ethics and proper decorum not only enhance the public image of poker but your profit, too.

Today, let's continue this series of columns in which I get to interview myself, asking and answering my own questions. If you're ready, I'm going to focus on how you should present yourself at the poker table... read more

The $50,000 buy-in H-O-R-S-E World Championship (Event #45) attracted 148 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $7,104,000. The top 16 finishers collected prize money. H.O... read more

The $1,500 buy-in Limit Hold’em Shootout championship (Event #53) attracted 823 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $1,123,395. The top 90 finishers collected prize money.

This is the final event on the schedule before the WSOP Main Event.

On this day, the WSOP set a new record... read more

The good news is that Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota just announced that it will host the first annual Twin Cities Poker Open, a $1,500 buyin + $120 entry fee no-limit hold'em tournament, on Sunday, August 10th. Players can either buy their way into the finals, or earn their way in through one of the qualifying heats taking place on Wednesday August 6 through Saturday August 9. The top 20 percent of each qualifying heat-$300 buy-in + $40 entry fee-will earn a nontransferable seat into the finals with no additional entry fee. One-table satellites for both the heats and the finals will begin on August 4... read more

Do you play poker on the internet? Yeah, I thought so. Do you pull your personal playing statistics to review them on a regular basis?

Yeah, I didn't think so. Do you ever look at your playing stats and attempt to evaluate them? Jeez, I hope so and if you don't maybe you should start. It's a free service the poker sites offer, and something that isn't available to you in your live playing sessions... read more

I recently listened to an interview with a young pitcher in Major League Baseball. The interviewer inquired why he was having so much more success in his second year on the mound versus his results in his first year. After a moment of reflection, the player commented, “My first year, my goal was to pitch well enough to avoid getting sent back to the minor leagues. This year I am pitching with the goal to get outs and win... read more

Practical Poker Math-Basic Odds & Probabilities for Hold'em & Omaha by Pat Dittmar ECW Press (2008) ISBN: 1-55022-833-1 231 pp, $29.95

He's not necessarily a media star, doesn't highfi ve his fans in the TV gallery, and he isn't a household name mentioned in the same breath as the big tournament title holders-but Pat Dittmar is a poker pro. A true journeyman, he has been playing and succeeding for 20 years, because he understands the mathematics of the game.

In his book, Dittmar answers many questions and fi lls in a lot of gaps about poker mathematics, starting with basic calculations (including combinations, permutations, and factorials) and covering it all for both hold'em and Omaha/8... read more