As every seasoned poker player knows, every decision in poker - be it raise, call or fold - is a function not only of the cards you hold, but the players you are facing in the pot. How about when a player runs out of chips in the middle of a hand? Well, at this point, he is considered to be all-in, and such a pot is said to be a dead pot. This is a factor that should seriously affect your betting decisions...

Nearly everyone who has read anything at all about limit hold'em knows that proper play is 'tight-aggressive' play. The tight part isn't that hard, though it can be frustrating and boring - you just fold a lot. Some people think that only playing a third of their hands is tight, but it's pretty easy to correct them, just by showing what hands they shouldn't be seeing the flop with.

In this column I am going to try to write a little bit about one of the things that I think is wrong with poker, and the way the rules of poker are not always in the best interest of the game of poker.

But first let me tell you what I think is the worst thing that has happen to the United States of America since the revolutionary war...

So, you want to learn to play poker? Wait, you say you know how to play poker? Excellent. I’m glad you already know, because I’m a bad teacher for this particular game. The reason I’m sitting here talking to you today is because many people want to go from playing poker to making money playing poker. Today, I hope to start you down that path.

If you're new to the game of poker, or just feel like you don't have a good grasp of bluffing in Hold'em, then this is a great place for you to start your education. Improving your bluffing is important to improve your poker, and today Jarrid helps you take that step.

In No-Limit Hold 'em, it can be difficult to know what the right play is on the river when you're out of position with a marginal hand. In my experience, if you think your hand is good enough to call with, you should consider betting the river if you don't think your opponent will try to bluff.

When I started playing poker, I would get so excited when I flopped a big hand that I forgot my main goal: Win as many chips as possible. When I had marginal hands, I would think hard about what my opponent had and whether I could beat it. But when I had a big hand, I just wanted to get all my chips in the middle.

If you've read a few of my tournament series columns in the past, you know that I often get sidetracked from the actual play of the hands and discuss things that don't really pertain to poker. Well, in this series, I'm simply going to cut to the chase and get to the meat of the hands, since there were so many interesting hands I'd like to share with you.

I never get tired of saying it: If you're the first to enter the pot in a No-Limit Hold 'em game, never call. If you aren't prepared to raise, throw your hand away. You always want to make your opponents' decisions as difficult as possible. In choosing the size of your raise, you want to give the big blind a tough decision between calling or folding if the rest of the table folds around to him.

Today we take our hand scenarios to a whole new level. He examines and gives feedback on two different hands at the same table, giving insight beyond anything we have previously provided. Exclusive strategy for "Beating Poker: Volume 1" owners.

Accomplishments: Brad Daugherty won the WSOP main event in 1991. If that wasn't impressive enough, he took home the first $1,000,000.00 prize.

Shana Hiatt, the WPT hostess for Seasons 1 through 3, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against her former employer, World Poker Tour Enterprises, claiming that their recent interference in her hiring for two NBC poker shows has caused 'intentional interference with economic advantage'.

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The Times Online reports that two chief executives of BWin have been arrested for allegedly violating gaming laws. This marks another strike against online gaming...

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Much of the conference schedule of the IGCE (International Gaming Conference & Expo), to be held on November 5-7 of this year, will focus on the continuing legal issues the internet gaming community faces.

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The 5th Annual World Championship of Online Poker kicks off this weekend with a new event, RAZZ. Pokerstars boasts, "The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is the largest poker tournament series held online. In 2005, PokerStars hosted 15 events and guaranteed $8,000,000. This year, the 5th annual WCOOP will boast 18 events and guarantee an overall prize pool of $10,000,000!"

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The grass roots organization, which eclipsed the 100,000-member mark earlier this summer, sent an e-mail to members asking Internet poker players to call their Senators and voice their opinion on H.R. 4411, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

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