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From Richard at Just Poker Talk Today ESPN announced the events that they plan for their coverage of the 2007 World Series of Poker. For this year’s coverage, there are two noteworthy changes....

Matt Matros blogs about his playing plans For the next few months, I'm going to be playing online poker pretty regularly. I'll be doing this in a lead-up to the World Series of Poker, where I'll be spending about three or four weeks this summer. After that I might reevaluate things, but for now, game on....

Ed Miller talks about no limit strategy No-limit decisions revolve around pot size. More to the point, they revolve around the balance of risk versus reward. How much risk you you should take depends on what the reward is. For instance, you’d probably never run across a major highway to pick up a dollar bill lying on the other side. But you just might decide to chance it if it was a brick of hundreds. You’re naturally willing to take bigger risks for bigger rewards.... Note: I've been using my blog to comment on some of his recent no limit blog entries and I'll be commenting on this one also.

You’ll often read statements like, “Limit poker is a mathematical game and no limit poker is a psychological game”. Or “Limit poker is about the cards and no limit poker is about the people”. Those kinds of statements are pretty much nonsense, made by people who don’t understand mathematics or psychology. Decision Theory is a branch is a branch of both mathematics and psychology which is applicable to poker of all forms, whether it’s limit or no limit. The differences between the two betting structures are much smaller than many think. There are differences, but those differences just aren’t that profound. I talk about how mathematics informs winning poker strategy on my Math and Poker blog. I talk about some of the subtleties of no limit on my Playing No Limit Poker blog.

Daniel Negreanu talks about thinking about the money when faced with a large bet. Ferguson on opening raises Chris Ferguson suggests that you should size your opening bet according to the strength of your position, not the high card strength of your hand. Good article, well worth reading. Ashley Adams talks about sizing raises in no-limit hold'em Phil Gordon talks about opening bets in nolimit hold'em

Gary Carson is the author of The Complete Book of Hold'Em Poker and The Complete Book of Casino Poker He's currently working on Playing No Limit Poker: A Strategic Approach to No Limit Hold'Em

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