I always see pictures of players at the chess board with the typical Chess faces: blank and emotionless. You’ve heard the term “Poker Face” I’m sure, where the players try to wash all emotion from their palette and look as much like members of Tony Soprano’s crew as possible, but Chess Face is just about [...]

On this day in 2003 ChessandPoker.com was launched. Four years later, we’re still pushing forward and stronger than ever! I’m working hard to roll out our new design this weekend which I think looks very, very cool. And I’m ready for the relaunch, I’ve been working on this thing for months! This year we’re going [...]

Somewhere along the way in the vaunted hallowed halls of online poker chat the oft-typed observation “nh” (nice hand) has taken on an alternate meaning: nice suckout. Let’s say you’ve got your opponent all in drawing virtually dead, such as AA vs 66 with a rainbow board of A72. When the turn and river both [...]

I like to watch the Rocky movies to get myself pumped up for…oh wait, that’s Daniel Negreanu. I listen to the sound of my own voice talking smack whenever we engage in family gaming, WOOT! The wifey and I often find ourselves embattled in the dark art of hand-held Yahtzee, that some demon spawn invented [...]

I decided to make an abrupt end to my work week today (it’s good to be the King) and am starting off my mini-four-day vacation where I anticipate not getting any projects done around the house (or anywhere else for that matter), opting instead to stare blankly at my computer screen while an endless array [...]