He Said, She Said, Vol. 5: Ivey vs. Jackson

The Locale: Heads-up in Monte Carlo for a million dollars, featuring Phil Ivey vs. Paul Jackson. The Blinds: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante. Chip counts: Jackson, roughly one million; Ivey, roughly four million…

Online Poker Weekend: ‘SNo0oWMAN’ Tops ‘roosterbill’ in Stars Sunday Million Duel

The big story of Sunday’s major online tourneys was a long heads-up duel to determine the winner of the Stars Sunday Million. ‘roosterbill’ and ‘SNo0oWMAN’ began their battle after the exit of third-place finisher ‘batoelrob’…

Sexton’s Corner, Vol. 29: A Tribute to Chip Reese

Two days after Chip Reese won the WSOP’s first-ever $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006, I was in traffic at a red light at Flamingo and the Strip. As I looked up at the biggest electronic video billboard in Vegas, in front of Bally’s…

Antiguan Minister Rejects WIPO Official’s Opinion in Online Gambling Flap

A debate triggered by comments made by the director of the Copyright Law Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization at least temporarily raised the question of whether Antigua and Barbuda would be able to collect on its annual…

Poker Room Review: Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT

Mohegan Sun has poker for the first time in over four years. But there still is no Mohegan Sun poker room. Mohegan Sun used to have a great poker room, but that room closed on Labor Day, 2004, with the announced reason that there wasn’t…

German Online Gambling Ban Assailed by European Union

It should come as no surprise that the European Union is not pleased with Germany’s newly enacted ban on online gambling. The news service Reuters has reported that the EU has decided to take legal action against Germany…

Stud Poker Strategy: Improve and Fold

Seven-card stud is a complicated game, significantly more so than hold’em. Successful stud and hold’em players both must attend to the betting actions of their opponents to figure out their likely holdings. Stud and hold’em players…