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You know what luck is? Luck is believing you're lucky...to hold front position in this rat-race you've got to believe you're lucky.

-- Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named Desire

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Columns for Friday, May 9, 2008


Playing Poker

Daniel Negreanu
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Changing your playing style will be to your advantage
-- Aug. 8, 2007

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Midwest Gaming

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Pong is the first slot machine in which a physical skill counts
-- Sep. 13, 2007

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By the Book

Howard Schwartz,
the gambler's librarian

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Two new books offer handy poker advice for a variety of situations
-- Oct. 1, 2007

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Kenn Christopher of the ORC Retires
-- May. 7, 2008

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Pressing your luck: This was an expression your mother might have used when you were misbehaving in front of company. Mom had no idea that it was a gambling metaphor. "Pressing" means to increase a bet. Pressing one’s luck means taking the original bet plus winnings and risking it all once again–going for broke, raising the stakes, putting it all on the line…

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