Playing loose is a term in poker that denotes the strategy of frequently chasing hands. A loose poker player can be one of two things: a maniac who plays a lot of hands and aggressively raises bets in the hope of scaring other players into folding, or a calling station who in poker lingo is a player who frequently calls without taking opponents’ hands into consideration. Following are some reasons why playing loose poker can hurt you. Read the rest of this entry »

In his latest video for Reason.tv, Drew Carey goes all in to report how Dallas cops carried out a paramilitary-style raid on a poker game at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1837, which has now been forced to close its doors.   

From the name of the game, it is pretty obvious that this poker variant is Chinese in origins. In particular, pai gow poker is the card game version of Chinese Dominoes. Pai gow poker currently continues to rise in popularity. Read the rest of this entry »

Chip Reese died on December 4, 2007, at his Las Vegas home. Some source state that Reese died in his sleep from the effects of pneumonia, while friends of Chip, including Barry Greenstein and Doyle Brunson, speculate that his death might have been related to an earlier gastric bypass which caused a blood clot. Read the rest of this entry »