SearchArchives for: December 2006The Poker Shrink, Vol. 20 - Leave Your Emotions at the Door or Not!22nd December 2006 Youve heard it said at the table dozens of times; whenever a player goes on tilt you think it - every poker book mentions it: "Leave your emotions at the door of the poker room." Great advice but completely impossible....This article is courtesy of Poker… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Year in Poker: April, 200622nd December 2006 A handful of big spring events kept us entertained in April, but we were also saddened by the passing of a poker pioneer. Legislative and market news seemed to be positive, and new sites and new poker TV-show concepts by the dozenThis article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Coronas & Smiles; Los Angeles, CA22nd December 2006 Its been nice to relax a bit the last couple of days, away from the total insanity that is the professional tournament circuit.Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsPhil Ivey is out | New Plans for 2007 Will Surpass a Spectacu… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Year in Poker: March, 200621st December 2006 By any measure, March of 2006 was a strange month for poker news. Sure, there were the straight-up news stories, such as the kickoff of the National Heads-Up Championship and a triumph by a college student...This article is courtesy of Poker News | poke… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Hachem Wins Five Diamond21st December 2006 Filed under: Professionals, Tournaments, World Poker Tour, No Limit Texas HoldemThe WWdN started around the same time on Tuesday as the final table of the Five Diamond Classic, so I kept PokerWire open in Firefox and sweated Joe Hachem the entire time I… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Backward Lady Butcher21st December 2006 Two centuries ago a gambler developed a money-management system now called The Cancellation System, or La Bouchère. (A merchant banker surnamed Labouchère lived in Amsterdam at the time: perhaps he devised the system.) The system usually wins a small n… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Aussie Millions: The Poker World Gets Ready to go Down Under21st December 2006 Many in the poker world are getting ready to wrap up another stellar year. With the 2006 tournament circuit coming to an end, people are assessing the year they had, and looking forward to getting off to a good start in 2007....This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Year in Poker: February, 200621st December 2006 Februarys poker developments saw the first serious steps toward what the later parts of the year would bring in large scale --- legislative struggles and legal disputes. The month also offered the first of several strange scandals...This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Rick Rossetti Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event20th December 2006 When the championship event of the Harrahs WSOP Circuit tour at Harrahs Atlantic City got down to the final day, Alex Gomez owned 1,051,000 of the 2,370,000 chips in play and looked like a shoo-in. But after a 75-hand heads-up match that saw a number of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Joseph Hachem, 2006 WPT Doyle Brunson North American Poker Classic Champion.20th December 2006 Joseph Hachem is the 2006 WPT Doyle Brunson North America Poker Champion. Hachem defeated Jim Hanna in heads-up play even though he started the face to face session as an underdog trailing Hanna by $1.5 million in chips. The final table included anothe… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Other Games of Poker: 5 Card Draw20th December 2006 Whether it was at your Grandmas kitchen table, in your neighbors smoky, beer-drenched basement, or behind the bleachers at St. Patrick Junior High School, 5 card draw was the first poker game most of us learned to play....This article is courtesy of Poke… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Harrahs Accepts Sweetened Private Equity Buy-Out Offer20th December 2006 Harrahs Entertainment finally announced today that it accepted a buy-out bid by two private equity firms, Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, for a total $27.8 billion...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.comKelly Kim is eliminated… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Special Party Poker Reload Bonus For PokerNews Readers20th December 2006 Online poker took a major hit with the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 as numerous companies were forced out of the U.S. marketplace due to investor and legal concerns....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernew… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Year in Poker: January, 200620th December 2006 The end of the year brings a time for sharing time with friends, reminiscing, a looking back at what life has brought. Over the coming days, Pokernews.com will share a retrospective of 2006 with you...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Self Indulgence19th December 2006 I have no problem with self-indulgence, except when it comes to poker, where the point of the game is to play well, not to feel good. You want examples? Can you stand to stare them in the face?
How about the time you went heads-up against a blind steale… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Casino Arizona Guests Trade Toys for Chips19th December 2006 1,000 toys donated to the children of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community through generosity of poker players.
On Saturday, Dec. 16, poker enthusiasts played for more than just a chance to win cash; they played to give back to the community. E… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em One Hell of a Final Table at the Five Diamond19th December 2006 Filed under: World Poker Tour, No Limit Texas Holdem, Las VegasThe Bellagio is one of the most beautiful casinos in Las Vegas, and its Fontana Room is my favorite place in the world to play poker. They run fantastic tournaments there, and back in the day… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PokerStars Voted Best Online Poker Room19th December 2006 Filed under: Magazines, Online Games, BusinessBLUFF Magazines Readers Choice Awards were just announced, and I was ecstatic to read that PokerStars was voted the Best Online Poker Room.Though Im not the most impartial observer, since pretty much everyone… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em From Small Stakes to Big Books: Interview with Sklansky Co-Author Ed Miller19th December 2006 Ed Miller is long past the point where anyone would label him an aspiring poker writer which is surprising as, not long ago, he was going in an altogether different direction after graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000...This… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Harrahs Reportedly Sold19th December 2006 Filed under: World Series of Poker, BusinessAt LasVegasVegas, flipchippro says that the rumors are true, and Harrahs will be sold to Apollo Management Group for around 17 billion dollars.This is a big deal for several reasons beyond the obvious poker-rel… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Caesars Heads to the Great White North18th December 2006 Casino Windsor, one of Ontario, Canadas premier casinos, will soon be operating under a new name: Caesars Windsor. According to this article, the casino will undergo a $400 million renovation and will bring in top entertainment - something that most Cana… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Mondays at the Hoy Tonight18th December 2006 Filed under: Bloggers, Tournaments, Online Games, No Limit Texas HoldemJust a quick reminder that tonight is the latest installment of Mondays at the Hoy. This is the weekly private tournament that I host on Pokerstars, and it is always a lot of fun for… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Aussie Millions Last Chance Tourneys at FTP18th December 2006 Filed under: Tournaments, Casinos & Card Rooms, Promotions, InternationalFull Tilt Poker is running two Last Chance tournaments this week to qualify for the 2007 Aussie Millions which will be held in January at the Melbourne Crown Casino in Melbourne… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Leatherbound Edition Super System 1&218th December 2006 Filed under: Online Games, PromotionsIf you collect books, specifically poker books, you may be interesting in getting your hands on the leatherbound editions of Super System 1& 2 available at Doyles Room. To get your set you must accumulate 25,000 "… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Warning: A New Scam18th December 2006 Filed under: Online GamesI was watching a friend play a tournament tonight on Full Tilt Poker, and saw the following message: FTPROMO1217 (Observer): ======================================================Dealer: Attention! We are having a poker raffle. T… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Give the Gift of Poker17th December 2006 Filed under: Odds & Ends, Online GamesNot sure what to get your poker-playing spouse/friend/significant other this Christmas? Well, once again Full Tilt Poker has gift certificates available for purchase. I personally think this is a brilliant gift f… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Bad Beat on Cancer Tournament Tonight17th December 2006 Filed under: Professionals, Tournaments, Online Games, CharityIf you are looking for a game of poker this evening, you may want to check out Phil Gordons Bad Beat on Cancer tournament running over at Full Tilt Poker at 9pm EST. The buy-in is $5 for the p… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em High Stakes Poker 3 Airs in January14th December 2006 Link.Game Show Network has informed viewers that its top poker show "High Stakes Poker" will screen on January 15 with some exciting new talent at the table.
High profile regulars such as Doyle Brunson and Barry Greenstein will be making room for newco… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Daniels New Protege13th December 2006 Filed under: Professionals, ContestsDaniel Negreanu & Full Contact Poker have named their second Poker Protege. Taking the crown from the first Protege Brian Fidler is Anthony Mak, a 23-year old player who, according to Daniel Negreanu, is a play mon… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Hayden Christensen the New Poker Brat?13th December 2006 Filed under: Odds & Ends, MoviesOk, I have to admit I may be dating myself here. When I first heard that a Star Wars actor was going to play Phil Hellmuth in an upcoming movie titled "The Madison Kid", my mind ran through the cast of A New Hope. Obvi… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Full Tilt Pokers 12 Days of Christmas13th December 2006 Filed under: Online Games, PromotionsI was reading some websites this morning and it just occured to me that Christmas is only 12 days away. How that happened, I have no idea, but I had better get myself to the mall one of these days soon lest my family… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WPBT Winter Classic Recap, Part I13th December 2006 Filed under: Bloggers, Trip Reports, Las Vegas"At one point I stopped everything and just looked around, trying to take it all in. I wanted to capture that exact moment in my mind, forever knowing that I could look back with crystal clarity and draw upon… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em 2006 Five Diamond World Poker Classic13th December 2006 Filed under: Tournaments, Casinos & Card Rooms, World Poker Tour, No Limit Texas Holdem, Las VegasIn a rather unbelievable run, Justin Bonomo, better known to the online poker world as the controversial "Zee Justin", has made three final tables at th… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WWdN: The Maigrey Invitational13th December 2006 Filed under: Bloggers, TournamentsI had every intention of playing in tonights WWdN tournament, but since I spent the day writing trip reports (yes, they are coming) I somehow managed to fall asleep on my couch before I could register. Thats probably a g… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Return From Vegas, Trip Reports Coming12th December 2006 Filed under: Bloggers, Trip Reports, Las VegasUnless you are: a.) a first time visitor to this (or any other poker-related) site, -or-b.) have been living in a cavethen I am sure you know the World Poker Blogger Tour invaded Las Vegas this past weekend.… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Hot Hand -- Flopping a Set in NLH Cash Game (Part V)12th December 2006 Filed under: Poker for Beginners, Strategy, Online Games, No Limit Texas HoldemIn the conclusion to this five-part post, we will complete the analysis of my $1-$2 no-limit holdem cash hand where I flopped a set of 3s, bet half the pot and got called in t… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em River Play in No Limit Texas Holdem Poker11th December 2006 Dont drown on the river, particularly if your whole chip stack is on the line! Many thanks to our partners at Learn-Texas-Holdem.com for this great article.Play on every street in no limit Texas Holdem poker is important. Some players put a great deal o… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Hot Hand -- Flopping a Set in NLH Cash Game (Part IV)11th December 2006 Filed under: Poker for Beginners, Strategy, Online Games, No Limit Texas HoldemOK so if youve been following along with the first three parts to this post, you know that were playing $1-$2 no-limit holdem cash on full tilt, I flopped a set with pocket 3s… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Short Handed Play in Limit Texas Holdem04th December 2006 Our partners at Learn-Texas-Holdem.com have shared with us some advice on how to play short-handed. In a casino or even online, as the night wears on, your competition will dwindle. To keep tables balanced, poker rooms will often keep the tables six ha… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em |
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