Poker

I've been writing about poker since 1988. It's a funny story how I got started...

One day I drove by the Commerce Casino in bucolic Commerce, California. Traffic was snarled, so thought I might go in and kill some time. I went in, plunked down my $20 and took a seat in the game.

Needless to say, they went through me like a freight train through the wind.

Needless to say, I was hooked.

Keenly aware that all good addicts need a means to support their jones, I immediately contacted Card Player Magazine and made the following pitch:

"Look, I know nothing about poker, but I'm keen to learn, and while I'm learning, I'd like to write about it for (and get paid by) your fine magazine. Kind of a 'rake's progress' for poker."

Well, they took the bait, and I've been writing about poker ever since.

By now my body of poker writing runs to more than three million words, including five books --

KILLER POKER: STRATEGY AND TACTICS FOR WINNING POKER PLAY

KILLER POKER ONLINE: CRUSHING THE INTERNET GAME

THE KILLER POKER HOLD'EM HANDBOOK: A WORKBOOK FOR WINNERS

KILLER POKER ONLINE/2: ADVANCED STRATEGIES FOR CRUSHING THE INTERNET GAME

KILLER POKER NO LIMIT!

KILLER POKER SHORTHANDED (with Tony Guerrera)

POKER NIGHT: WINNING AT HOME, IN CASINOS, AND BEYOND

-- all of which you can order from the send money page.

Submitted for your poker-reading pleasure...

An excerpt from KILLER POKER.