From Daniel Negreanu at Chron.com:
The best players in the world rely on small ball poker when playing in No Limit Hold’em tournaments. And though it is the optimal strategy, it’s not meant for players of all skill levels. You must have superior hand-reading and people-reading skills for it to be effective. continue reading...
This is brutal… From the TaxProf blog:
The big winner at this year’s World Series of Poker: the tax man. Russ Fox computes the tax liability of the final nine players on their $32.7 million of winnings as $14.3 million — a 43.7% tax rate: continue reading...
Here’s a nice quick preview of the upcoming 2008 World Series of Poker from GamingAlerts.co.uk:
The WSOP represents the largest and most prestigious land based poker tournament in the world. The final 9 players will be desperate to get their hands on the huge jackpot prize of $9.1 million. continue reading...
