The poker pro they call “Chainsaw” made it look easy, cutting his way through the competition at this year’s World Series of Poker on his way to eight cashes in the 20 tournaments he played.
 

The Terms of the $500 Poker Challenge: Start with $500 and build your poker bankroll over a period of one year into a substantial bankroll. You may only play live games in casinos and poker rooms; no online or home games.
 
In business, location is critical for success, whether it is real estate or a doughnut shop. Playing poker seriously is, or can be, a business. So today’s column is about optimal locations for playing poker.
 

Most poker players know they can’t bluff too much of the time and they can’t hang back and never bluff either.
 
If you bluff too frequently others will quickly become aware of it and call with any hand that stands a chance of winning. They’ll also take shots at you by raising with nothing. They’ll do this because they figure you bluff so much of the time that you frequently don’t have much of a hand when you come out betting and therefore aren’t able to call a raise. When running a bluff and raised, most players accept the fact that they’ve been caught speeding, and fold their hands.
 

Expectation matters in poker. If you’re just guessing, you probably have a poor understanding of what should happen. That often causes confusion, frustration, and the destruction of bankrolls. I’ve seen it happen too many times.
Today’s word is “Expectation,” and this is my self-interview about it.
 

$0.00. It’s a daunting number. No one wants to see those digits staring back at you when you check the balance of your online poker account. Losing all of your bankroll is a troubling experience. Sometimes, going broke is too demoralizing and players give up the game for good. Others have the desire to take another shot online, but for either financial reasons or due to the murky political climate, they are unable to reload.