by David Chicotsky

  When reading a title like, “Controlling Your Variance,” it’s easy to assume this article covers minimizing variance.

 The dreaded variance has scared many hopeful tournament players. Without a doubt, there are times when minimizing your variance is the best possible option, but in certain situations, it’s more optimal to increase variance.

by Tom “Time” Leonard

Today I’d like to delve into how one can make additional money by the way a no-limit hold’em player handles drawing hands. Many players are somewhat tentative with draws. They prefer to just check-call their opponents, hoping to complete their draw before getting feisty. That is certainly one way to play a draw, but let’s explore some advantages that come with being more aggressive. When you raise with a drawing hand on the flop, you gain a read on your opponents by their reactions.

by Mike Caro The MAD GENIUS of Poker 

Never let a good suffix go to waste. This is the third consecutive column in which we revisit concepts I presented years ago, examining them in new ways.

 Previously, the accompanying key words were Modern and Review. Today, it’s Reviewing. As you can see, I’ve simply added “ing.” Suffix magic.

 So let’s get started. Today’s review continues my series of self-interviews.

 Question 1: What hold ’em hands can you play profitably from early positions?

by David Valley

I was driving back to L.A. from Palm Springs with my fiancée, Kim, to get started on establishing our new quarters. Both Kim and I own condos which we will put up for sale while we start looking for a larger one suited to our living together. We want to find one in or near Marina del Rey so we can be close to Hobby and Sue’s yacht home. We were still on the I-10 heading west when Sue said, “We’ve kicked around some ideas about when we should get married, but you didn’t have a lot to say, Joe.

 What do you think?”

By Barbara Rogers

 The race to open first was neck and neck between Horseshoe Cleveland and Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio. Horseshoe Cleveland was first with the green light, although Hollywood Toledo will be following close behind with an expected opening in a couple of weeks.

 May 14 will see the first of thousands of players expected to rush through the doors at Horseshoe Cleveland. Expectations are very high, with projections of five million customers annually. The $350 million casino will showcase a World Series of Poker room with thirty tables. While playing in this spacious poker room, you will no doubt notice a very tall, six foot five inch gentleman, poker room manager Jeremy Smith, guiding the activities with a quiet confidence.

By Barbara Rogers

Where can you play poker, and then walk outside your room for fresh air, a beautiful view of a horse racing track? The answer is crystal clear; it’s Dover Downs Hotel & Casino.

Under the blue skies of Dover, Delaware, home of Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, a four-diamond casino and hotel, you will find The Crown Royal Poker Room. This beautiful casino is bursting with activity seven days a week.

by Debbie Burkhead

 I just returned from the ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place as Cantor Gaming and Palms Casino Resort unveiled their revolutionary race and sports book. The 9,840 square foot space is now complete, after a three month, multimillion dollar refurbishment.

Joseph Wertz worked his way through a field of 198 players who each ponied up $1,500 + $100 to capture the Parx Spring Showdown main event. The nearly 200-strong field generated a prize pool of $288,090, and Wertz’s victory came with a payday of $65,588. In winning, Wertz dispatched a stellar field with a number of well-known pros entered.

 Marvin Siegel took home $45,469 for finishing second, after Wertz dispatched him in heads-up play.

PARX CASINO AND RACING
WPT SPRING SHOWDOWN
EVENT 9 4/29/12
NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
MAIN EVENT
BUY-IN $1,500 + $100
PLAYERS 198
PRIZE POOL $288,090