[MicroBob]

Cardplayer advertised a lot on NBC today in the championship of the PSI. They are really pushing themselves as the 'oldest and best poker magazine in America' (or something like that).
Advertising to a national audience like that just indicates that they will likely want to get more and more beginner-ish.



I read one of the Ask Fishman things.
The reader was confused as to whether his odds of hitting his flush-draw were changed because there is no burn-card online.
He said, "there are 10 players at the table and 3 community cards left, so 29 cards left. Now, do you have 9 of 29 cards that could help you or 9 of 28 cards because of a burn card. I guess what I'm asking is, do you count a burn-card like you would in a live game?"


Yes yes yes. It's a beginner's type column. But it's still embarassingly stupid in a supposedly high quality poker magazine.
It's not much better in the other mags though.

From a Q & A column with Freddy Deeb in Poker Players Magazine:

Q: Do you think dxrinking while playing is bad?
A: Very bad. Drinking is very bad when you are playing.

Q: Is the probability of getting pokcet 2's the same as getting pocket aces?
A: Yes, it's the same thing. A pair is a pair - the odds are the same. (thank god we had an expert like Deeb around to answer this complicated question for us).