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Boyd Fricke gives us all something to think about:
When you grow up in open spaces, you always wonder what is on the other side of the hill. -- Boyd Fricke

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The best players in baseball will work hard to get 3 or 4 hits out of ten. Those who have high batting averages are the players who make the least mistakes. The same is true in poker. Good players make fewer mistakes both with good hands as well as with bad cards (pitches).

If you make a lot of mistakes in a poker game, chances are that you will leave with fewer chips than you had when you started. It's safe to say that the player who makes fewer mistakes will have more chips at the end of the game. Knowing about areas of mistakes and avoiding them will definitely improve your game.

Ashley Adams explains... Why Play in Charity Poker Events?

I find my inspiration for poker articles comes in the most interesting places these days. I was attending my weekly class in Jewish Studies. The teacher focused it on a quote by the ancient Jewish sage, Rabbi Hillel.

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? If not now, when?"

I don't know about you, but the logic that I used to apply to certain situations in poker - has gone out the window. Having played a few of the events here at the Bellagio - I must confess to being confused by some of the play. Did I say confused? Make that totally dumbfounded!

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In his third final table appearance, North Carolina poker player Don Mullis wins Lake Tahoe's WSOPC limit hold'em championship

I've gone to see The Dealer, "If anyone," I tell Jenny as she drives there in her old wreck, "knows about this 'House Of Cards,' it'll be him." And I'm right. He does know, and that I've even asked terrifies him. The Dealer grabs me and yells, "Have you been . . . invited?"

"What? . . . Invited where?

. . . Let go! . . ."

"Don't accept!" he yells,

shaking me, "Whatever you do, don't . . ."

I try to pull him off me, ask, "What is the House Of Cards?"

He takes a deep breath, begins, "The House Of Cards is . . ."

In Omaha you need two of the same suit in your hand to make a flush. If you have three or four of the same suit you cannot use the additional cards to make a flush. You must use two and only two cards from your hand. Does it hurt your chances of making a flush if you have more than two of a suit? Is it worse to have four of the same suit?

"Grabs" are distilled pieces of poker wisdom that keep us on the straight and narrow or remind us about what's really important in this game. It's been a while since we've spent some time with grabs, so let's spend some time with some right now. PEOPLE SEE WHAT THEY SHOW. An inveterate blindstealer is more apt to put you on a steal than on a real hand, because that's where he'd be if he were you. Put yourself in your enemies' shoes, and then use their suppositions against them.

Las Vegas heats up. The Mirage Poker Showdown (a World Poker Tour Event) begins May 2 and the Championship Event will be held May 23-27. Next door at sister-casino, TI (Treasure Island) celebrates Cinco De Mayo, The 5th Of May, commemorating the victory of the Mexicans over the French army at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. Each year, Cinco de Mayo is widely celebrated throughout Mexico and in many cities in the United States. In Las Vegas, Isla Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar at TI is joining in the celebration. From 4:00 p.m.