Poker Chip Tricks

If you can’t play like a pro, at least learn to shuffle your chips like one. The downside…it takes about as long to learn to shuffle well as it does to play well, at least for me it did. Poker Chip Tricks website can help you learn how.

Lt. Colonel John Memory: Bush is a Lousy Poker Player

Isn’t it interesting how poker analogies are appropriate in so many areas of life. One of the books I have enjoyed recently is “Tournament Poker and the Art of War”, which applies the brilliant, ancient military strategies of Sun-Tzu to the game of poker: Ancient war strategies and Poker

Here at Pokerhomey.com, I also recently linked to an article in which a retired fund manager from Bermuda listed some reasons why free-market libertarian minded thinkers should embrace the game of poker: Free market economy and Poker

Well, now we have Lt. Colonel John Memory laying into President George W. Bush for playing a miserable game of “poker” in Iraq and Afghanistan. You may judge for yourself how well Bush has played the “game”, but the Light Colonel does a good job of employing the poker analogy to the ongoing struggle. Life and death…and Poker

Postscript – May 18, 2006

I found out last night that another young man from our community here was just killed in Iraq. I was one of his little league coaches years ago. As a youngster on our team, he was a delightful, sweet kid. He went on to be a fine kicker on the West Monroe HS football team. He was the third young man from West Monroe High School to die in Iraq. His name was Lee Deal.

For all the Freedom Loving Libertarian Poker Players

Lew Rockwell is a well known Libertarian (at least he’s well known among Libertarians) with a website that is just as well known, LewRockwell.com. Even if you are not a Libertarian, you really should check out his site, because you will find articles there which, if nothing else, will challenge your brain well beyond anything you will read in the newspaper on a given day.

This article, The Merits of Poker, just appeared on his website, written by a successful (retired) fund manager and resident of Bermuda. The article does a good job of espousing six reasons why poker should appeal to those who believe in a free market economy. It’s really a good article, for you “thinking” poker players out there.

Lessons from Tom McEvoy, Anyone?

There are alot worse ways to spend $200 than getting an hour of poker instruction from Tom McEvoy. In fact, $200 an hour is not alot more than some other poker coaches charge, except they aren’t World Champions, like McEvoy.

This article from Casino City Times will give you an idea of the various types of lessons which Tom McEvoy offers. It is interesting that McEvoy believes he often is the greatest benefactor from these lessons, since he often learns from his students, even as he is teaching them. We like his attitude, demonstrated by his admission that he is always seeking to learn more about the game of poker, even to the point of picking up tips from his students.