August-2005

August 2005 is the month the column started talking to winners instead of about them. It opens with Chris Moneymaker going through his betting strategy, carries a Legends of Poker piece on Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, and gets to Phil Ivey and the young professionals who were then arriving faster than the game could name them.

The instructional run through the middle of the month is the most practical sequence in the 2005 archive: starting hands, playing a tournament rather than a cash game, aggression used deliberately, tells and how to spot them, and the tight player who gives nothing away and wins quietly. Omaha against Hold 'Em appears here for the first time, as does speed poker, which was then a novelty rather than a format.

Two entries sit outside that run and are worth the detour. Using the chat feature is a period document — chat was where online poker's manners were being invented — and Your Poker Rights is the column doing what a newspaper column is for, explaining to a reader with a complaint what he could actually do about it.

Daily Poker Column from August 2005

This is the archive for the ALL THE ACES poker column
appearing in The Daily Star newspaper in August 2005:

1. Tips From A WSOP Winner
   
   Monday-August-1-2005: All The Aces daily poker column: TIPS FROM A WSOP WINNER. Chris Moneymaker spills the beans on his poker betting strategy secrets...
2. Card School Questions And Answers
   
   Tuesday-August-2-2005: All The Aces daily poker column: CARD SCHOOL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The Card School answers your questions on how to improve your online poker game.
3. Irish Win CelebPoker Classic
   
   Wednesday-August-3-2005: All The Aces daily poker column: IRISH WIN CELEBPOKER CLASSIC. Irish celebrity businessman, Alan Smurfit, scoops top prize at £125,000 poker tournament. Plus, what's a leak?
4. Omaha versus Texas Hold Em
   
   Thursday-August-4-2005: All The Aces daily poker column: OMAHA POKER VERSUS TEXAS HOLD EM. What's the attraction of Omaha poker?
5. Speed Poker
   
   Friday-August-5-2005: SPEED POKER. Improving the game with speed poker and rushing roulette.
6. Using Poker Chat Feature
   
   Saturday-August-6-2005: USING THE POKER CHAT FEATURE. To chat or not to chat when playing poker online... 3 things to consider. Playing poker online can get a bit lonely so it’s nice to be able to ‘talk’ with the other players using the poker chat feature.
7. Simple Tips From Poker Legends
   
   Sunday-August-7-2005: SIMPLE TIPS FROM POKER LEGENDS. Poker Champs share their top poker tips. One of the things I like about poker and poker people is their willingness to share what they've learned, freely giving out advice to newcomers who may well turn up at tournaments a year or so later and trounce them with their own advice...
8. Playing in a poker tournament
   
   Wednesday-August-10-2005: HOW DO I PLAY IN A POKER TOURNAMENT? Playing in poker tournaments made easy... winning poker strategies for the different types of tournaments.
9. Starting hands
   
   Friday-August-12-2005: STARTING HANDS. When are starting hands worth a bet? Plus play money tables, and another great moment in poker... Leonardo da Caprio versus Doyle Brunson
10. Legends of Poker: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
    
    Saturday-August-13-2005: LEGENDS OF POKER: CHRIS "JESUS" FERGUSON. We explore Chris Ferguson's ability to work miracles with poker cards. Plus, what is a Shootout, Coffee-Housing and Drawing Dead?
11. Weird Moments in Poker
    
    Monday-August-15-2005: WEIRD MOMENTS IN POKER. Strane plays at the poker table...
12. Employing Aggression in Poker
    
    Tuesday-August-16-2005: EMPLOYING AGGRESSION IN POKER. When to play aggressive poker...
13. Poker Strategy Posts
    
    Wednesday-August-17-2005: POKER STRATEGY POSTS. Why strategy posts on poker forums can be a goldmine of useful tips... despite all the hostility!
14. Peeking At Cards
    
    Thursday-August-18-2005: PEEKING AT CARDS. Why peeking at your cards is a classic newbie poker tell...
15. Black Jack
    
    Friday-August-19-2005: BLACK JACK. Why You Poker Newbies Also Love Black Jack...Texas hold’em and Omaha are certainly the games of choice on dailystarpoker.com but I’m getting a lot of questions from newcomers to the site who are pressing the casino button and introducing themselves to the fast and furious fun of blackjack.
16. Phil Ivey
    
    Saturday-August-20-2005: PHIL IVEY. Poker Legend Phil Ivey and his "no strategy" poker strategy! We’ve mentioned Phil Ivey in the column on previous occasions but as this young man is widely regarded as the most dangerous man in world poker maybe it’s time to take a closer look and see what we can learn.
17. The Young Guns of Poker
    
    Monday-August-22-2005: THE YOUNG GUNS OF POKER. Young trail blazers of online poker boom are recongized with their own poker tournament. Plus, charity poker events and showing your hole cards discussed.
18. Advanced and Slang Poker Terms
    
    Friday-August-26-2005: ADVANCED AND SLANG POKER TERMS. Keeping up with the latest slang poker terms, lingo and advanced poker player jargon.
19. Tells and how to spot them
    
    Saturday-August-27-2005: TELLS AND HOW TO SPOT THEM. The underhand secrets of spotting poker tells. Plus, what is meant by "reverse implied odds"?
20. The Tight Poker Player
    
    Monday-August-29-2005: THE TIGHT POKER PLAYER. How to play winning poker against a tight player. Plus, what's the essential difference between online poker play and a poker tournament?
21. No Cash No Problem
    
    Tuesday-August-30-2005: NO CASH! NO PROBLEM! Amarillo Slim's Winning Poker Adventures! Some of the stories surrounding Amarillo Slim make it very clear why he is known the world over as Mr Poker....
22. Your Poker Rights
    
    Wednesday-August-31-2005: YOUR POKER RIGHTS. Why you should defend yourself at all times against drunks, old people and pot splashers!