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Dennis Waterman has been playing tournament poker professionally for over two decades. This is Waterman's column about his thoughts and observations from the tournament poker circuit.

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Inside the Tour, Vol. 101: More from New Zealand

October 20, 2008

'Put Charles Darwin, Claude Monet and J.R.R. Tolkein in a room with six bottles of vodka and a party pack of recreational drugs and, combined, they could not come close to the concept of New Zealand. If nature had a design studio... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 100: Reflections from Auckland

October 10, 2008

I got here in time to play day one of an $1,100 event that would otherwise be called the New Zealand championship — but that is likely the name of a tournament held in Christchurch in a much smaller venue. I visited the SkyCity... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 99: Macau Redux

September 10, 2008

Macau seems just like the bustling underseam of any American city. The scramble for placement, real estate, and building is high, with each trying to upscale and out-scale the last. The Venetian was mostly built here and is the third... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 98: Behold Macau

September 03, 2008

China. Well, Macau anyways, an island or three off the coast of China once a Portugese colony (from the 16th century until 1999) and now owned by China, although operating under a 50-year lease with some independence. Visualize a Las Vegas... more

Inside the Poker Tour, Vol. 97: Phillip Hilm, Part One

August 27, 2008

Nearly two years ago at the Copenhagen European Poker Tour event I played at a table where a young man was the media favorite of passers-by. He was filmed and asked questions in several languages, always answering politely... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 96: Punta del Este 2008

August 17, 2008

The landscape is beautiful, the site a delightful choice; if only I spoke Spanish I would be in heaven! Well, I likely wouldn't lose with kings to queens on the river and be writing this story if I was in heaven... more

Inside The Poker Tour, Volume 95 - Here Come the Women

July 30, 2008

So many women taking the stage these days! Some say that it happens because of the internet where one doesn't directly confront other players. That might be true, but on the other hand it can only happen... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 94: Seniors Tournaments

July 17, 2008

There has to be a lot of equity in playing in events where the players are falling asleep at the table, showing cards, and falling out of their wheelchairs. Or so one would think. But I've played well over 30 senior events in poker and have... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 93: No-Go in Stud Event

June 24, 2008

Well, I haven't gotten anywhere in playing in the WSOP but some items seem inescapable to the eye. First, the structures are better than one's first impression. What that means, specifically, is that they [the blinds] start out rather... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 92: WSOP Tales

June 12, 2008

'The only way to beat Vegas is to hit and run. That's why I never moved here. If you spend too much time in Sin City it grinds you down, wears you out, and eventually absorbs you, stealing your soul and making you part... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. #91: The San Jose LAPT

May 30, 2008

Off to San Jose, Costa Rica I went for the May 22-24, 2008 LAPT (Latin American Poker Tour) event. The second one ever held, it had almost 400 runners and a first prize of $274,103. Victor Ramdin, Daniel Negreanu, Brian Green... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 90: Mike Caro, Mad Genius

May 16, 2008

I should mention a few "institutions" of the game of poker, as this review is not complete without it. First up is Mike Caro. If you are ever going to have a roast, or have your career scrutinized, how can one do better than having... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 89: At the WPT World Championship

April 25, 2008

It's that time of year again… the World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Step right up, folks -- anyone with a buy-in of $25,500 can have a seat! In fact, I wish someone else had taken mine. There were 538... more

Inside the Tour, #88: More on Bluffing

April 15, 2008

Bluffing. What does it mean? How important is it? Can one be successful without bluffing? Unnnh… well, no. According to Dennis, you have no chance to be a winner in no-limit hold'em without bluffing. When people talk about... more

Inside the Tour, #86 — Inside 'Sit'n Go Strategy'

March 28, 2008

Continuing our review of various works that I can recommend and think are useful for the professional player brings us to 'Sit'n Go Strategy' by Colin Moshman (Two Plus Two Publishing, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2007). Of course, one does not... more

Inside the Tour, #86 — Inside 'The Psychology of Poker'

March 11, 2008

Psychology. It's a subject none of us give enough importance. Furthermore we don't want to do the work to look at ourselves and see where we fit into poker's panoply of players. For this niche, though, there is one book that... more

Inside the Tour, Vol. 85: Inside 'The Book of Bluffs'

February 25, 2008

I have hundreds of poker books in my library and most of them are not very good, in my opinion. I am trying to recommend a few good books to put on your shelves, though, and that has made me re-examine some titles that had gone into... more

Inside the Tour — 84: Poker Majors and Big Slick

February 05, 2008

I was reading through the columns I had missed of "Sexton's Corner" here on Pokernews and came across, from one of Tom's earlier columns, his list of suggested majors. I should also note up front that if the reader has an interest in... more

Inside the Tour — 83: More from the Full Tilt Strategy Guide

January 25, 2008

We return this week with Part 2 of my review of the 'Full Tilt Strategy Guide, Tournament Edition', edited by Michael Craig. Part 1 of my review can be found here, and in this column we'll look at the part of the book on non-NLHE... more

Inside the Tour — 82: ElkY and the Dragon

January 18, 2008

I just got back from the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. Every time that I go to this event I start out with a prejudice — I really like the Bahamas and all tournaments that might be held there, and it is behind only... more

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