Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Monica Reeves
Monica Reeves Monica Reeves, from Oakville, Ontario, is a former model-turned-gambler who began her career in 2005 under the tutelage of expert poker player Jim Worth. After 9 months, she began playing professionally. She went on to win the fourth preliminary tournament in the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, as well as finishing second in the ladies event. Reeves is one of the endorsed pros on the Ultimate Blackjack Tour. Monica’s total live winnings from live tournaments in 2008 were roughly $40 000.
The Wiz
The Wiz Brian Zembic (a.k.a. ‘the Wiz’), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba is known as a magician and high-stakes gambler specializing in backgammon and blackjack. While the Wiz really does have remarkable and daring skills in these professional games, he is better known as a man who is willing to take on any bet, at any odds.