In a recent column, I covered deep-stack play in tournaments. This week, let’s look at how to play a healthy stack in live games.
Tag: short
Daniel Negreanu on Poker: Kamikaze All-In Plays
When watching poker tournaments on television, you’ll invariably see a hand where a player makes a re-raise for all of his chips with an absolutely terrible hand. The commentators will marvel about how great a play it was, but I promise you this: Kamikaze all-in plays with garbage hands will […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2007
While waiting for the formal release of the of National Petroleum Council’s report on the prospects for world oil and gas production, it seems like a good time to review the general peak oil situation prior to what many believe may be difficult times later this year.
Now a National Figure, Pennington Joins Burgeoning Fairfax Skate Scene
Now 22, Parker Pennington knows the time is at hand to define his competitive skating career. He placed a strong fourth in the men’s short program at the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash., but a shaky free skate dropped him to seventh in the final results. After […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: Connecting the Dots
In the months after 9/11 there was much discussion about the American government’s failure to “connect the dots.” Hints and clues that Al Qaida was about to launch airborne suicide attacks inside the US abounded but nobody put the bits and pieces together into a convincing warning.
Mason High Qualifies More Swimmers for State Meet
Last Tuesday the George Mason High School swim team participated in a dual meet versus Bull-Run District opponent Strasburg High School and Massanutten Military Academy. The Mustangs overpowered their opponents en route to victories for both the boys and the girls squads.
Steenberg Gathers Steam
On the eve of his 18th birthday, figure skater Tommy Steenberg of Annandale is feeling focused and confident. Already this skating season he’s won two events on the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix circuit, in Romania and Czech Republic. At the latter event, he managed to remain calm […]
