It wasn't a popular thing to be a professional poker player in the '80s.
I've never gambled a dime. Never, in all my years in Vegas.
There is no such thing as 'social gambling.' Either you are there to cut the other bloke's heart out and eat it -- or you're a sucker. If you don't like this choice -- don't gamble.
I've never been to Vegas, but I've gambled all my life.
What you see on a lot of televised poker is highlight-reel poker. That's why I used to like 'Poker After Dark' so much. It used to catch us playing almost every single hand... It is more of a grind than people think.
I have been on TV quite a few times as a poker player.
Not having the online game has made it more difficult. There are a lot of young and upcoming players in poker. But you don't get to see them because TV has sort of been taken away.
One of my favorite poker shows on television is 'Poker After Dark.'
Writing about poker is one of my passions.
ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments.
Hyper-aggressive poker works best in deep-stack tournaments.
The key to online play really is multi-table tournaments.
The most obvious difference between a cash game and a tournament is that in tournament play, once your chips are gone, so are you. In a cash game, you can always dig into your pocket for more money.
The ability to perform basic math calculations is certainly an integral part of playing fundamental poker. But in tournament poker, it's equally important to understand that survival often trumps mathematics in coin flip situations.
To be sure, playing it safe isn't a flashy style of poker. Some even claim that it's too weak and passive. That being said, playing safe poker is still a proven recipe for success in the world's biggest poker tournaments.
I'm just a poker player who does a bit of TV.
I just don't enjoy poker that much.
Before I found out what poker really was I had this picture in my mind of men smoking cigars and having all these chips and like going all macho and crazy. I don't think there's been that much done in the mainstream community to change that perspective.
I used to sports gamble a lot and I was getting killed on that but then I found poker and really enjoyed it. But it was a hobby more than anything else. I played it every day but only on pretty small stakes.
High-stakes gamblers love heart-racing Omaha-type action; normal poker players don't!
I used to make it deep in poker tournaments without ever moving all-in because other players knew that when I raised it up, I had the goods.
