Big Tony was the local mafia capo in charge of the neighborhood. His distant cousin Carlo Gambino was the “boss of bosses”, running the whole show. And every Saturday Big Tony would pull up at the corner gas station where all the neighborhood kids used to hang out.
His car was a big black sedan and it used to dominate the forecourt when he pulled in to fill up. But the weekly ritual was about far more than just putting gas in the tank. All the local kids would compete for the honor of washing the windows, cleaning the mirrors and pumping the gas. The right to service Big Tony’s car was highly sought after and it wasn’t just for the honor. Uncle Tone would always tip the kid who serviced the car with a 50 dollar bill. Continue Reading »
Continuing our drive through the poker community, we are always looking for resources and information that can help the poker player get an advantage. One website we really enjoy and see a lot of potential in is called PokerBRB.com. It is a European site devoted to building that poker bankroll, for free! The BRB in their name is defined as Bankroll Roll Builder. Continue Reading »
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The New York in which I arrived in 1970 was a city held together by organized crime and gambling. I landed as an eight-year-old immigrant who knew three words of English and began my poker education almost as soon as I stepped off the plane.
Moving into a Queens’ tenement with my parents and sisters, it was soon clear we’d left behind Athenian suburbia for a neighborhood controlled by the mob, but powered by gambling. The streets were given structure and safety by the mafia, but their lifeblood was the steady stream of bets and
wagers. The local bookmakers took small-stakes bets on the weekly “numbers”, our equivalent of the state lottery, and added to the vig they earned on that by lending money at rates and availability no bank could match. Continue Reading »
I’m not about to get into advanced Omaha strategy concepts in this article, I just want to analyze a few basic aspects of the game, but some of what I’m about to discuss might benefit advanced players as well.
Omaha Hi-Lo is the most popular Omaha version (although it is played Hi only too, and in PL variations) so all considerations below will be about Omaha Hi-Lo.
An Omaha showdown hand consists of three cards off the board and two from the player’s pocket. Players cannot use one card from their pocket and four off the board or any other combination but the above said one. They may use the same or different hands for their Highs and Lows but they always have to stick to the “two from the pocket tree off the board” rule. Continue Reading »
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