James L. Hartigan

2 months ago | poker.org | Ralph Mittman |Alexandra Loveless |Brad Willis |James L. Hartigan

Unlimited re-buys are horrible for the game. Especially horrible for the non-pro players. Unlimited re-buys allow "poker teams" to simply continually re-buy in hopes of obtaining a huge stack to get to the final table and the big payouts. It is simply un-beatable to play against a person, or team of people, who will continue to re-buy. If I wanted to skew the results to favor full time players. I would implement unlimited re-buys. Rec Players are now just there to fund the large prize pools

2 months ago | poker.org | Alexandra Loveless |Brad Willis |James L. Hartigan |Adam Hampton

Jan 26, 2025 | poker.org | Adam Hampton |James L. Hartigan |Brad Willis |Sarah Herring

You may sometimes see a player go almost all-in -- perhaps at a final table of a tournament -- but leave a chip or two behind. The strategic reason for this is that, if there’s a big pay-jump coming with the next elimination, the player who is almost all-in has the chance to fold if players behind them shove their entire stacks. Jim Reid of our Player Advisory Board wrote a great two-part article on this very topic.

Nov 18, 2024 | poker.org | Chris Land |James L. Hartigan |Brad Willis |Joey Ingram

Obviously, there's been some great coverage of the WSOP Main Event over the years. The easy answer is the 2003 coverage where the world watched an amateur from Tennessee turn the poker world upside down, but as obvious an answer as that might be, it's not my favorite year of coverage. For me, 2005 was the year. I had been into poker heavily for about a year after first playing in my freshman year of college in 2004.

Oct 3, 2024 | poker.org | Joey Ingram |Lee Jones |Adam Hampton |James L. Hartigan

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