The Surly Poker Gnome

The highlights of the annual blogger trip to Vegas were a victory in the Last Longer Challenge, a 10th-place finish in the tourney, showing ...

If you're up against an opponent who 3-bets too frequently preflop, it stands to reason that you could profitably 4-bet shove against hi...

I need to find a way to play as well as I used to. I don't know how to do this except to do it. It starts with becoming more disciplined...

I didn't win much money in 2009. I made a little bit, but only a little. It was my worst year of poker in terms of profits since my rook...

After settling in to Vegas, I had a free day on Friday. First, I hit the Neon Boneyard in downtown. It was cool to see all the old signs tha...

I arrived at the Imperial Palace on Thursday morning, but I didn't make it to the check-in counter for a little while longer. The Hooker...

To Poker Gnome, You may have been luckier on this day, but it likely won't last. To help you be as lucky as me, I offer the essential gu...

I'm going to mix it up a little on this four-day trip to Vegas for the annual blogger gathering. Most importantly, I'm not going to ...

Let's start with a few statements that reflect majority opinion: 1. No one likes shortstackers except shortstackers themselves. 2. Short...

The relevance of Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" to poker has been discussed at length , and I want to add my experience. ...

Because poker is such a long-run game, the best players are able to continue making accurate folds even when it seems like it's impossib...

With the winter blogger gathering coming up in Las Vegas the weekend of Dec. 11, I became motivated to get back to posting. The main reasons...

Run it twice pays off after we got it all-in preflop. Scoop!

I made a big mistake in this hand when I flopped a flush draw and overcards. I didn't stop to think about the hand and just spewed my mo...

States including Hawaii, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Ohio now prohibit deductions of gambling losses on state income taxes. These laws co...

As Full Tilt's "Run it Twice" feature becomes available at a wider variety of stakes, I'm finding it to be a valuable tool...

In this hand, the results would have been the same whether I got it all in on the flop or on the turn. But by waiting until the turn, I get ...

It's easy to forget the hands we fold that save us a lot of money simply because we never played them. Money saved spends just as well a...

I don't show bluffs often, but I'll do so when there's a good chance it could pay off later. In this game, the time was right. F...