SearchArchives for: March 2007EPT Day 2 Recap â“ Back in Black31st March 2007 Day 2 of the EPT Grand Finale at the Bay Casino in Monte Carlo started out with 340 players and by the end of the day only 85 players remained in the Salle des Etoiles tournament room. Irelands Andy Black emerged as the chipleader...This article is court… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WTO Issues Ruling Against U.S. in Antigua Gaming Dispute31st March 2007 In a long-awaited move, the World Trade Organization [WTO] has issued its compliance panel report on the matter of the complaint brought by the tiny nation of Antigua and Barbuda in its complaint against the United States...This article is courtesy of Po… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em EPT Grande Finale - Day 1b Recap â“ Chads In Charge30th March 2007 Theres a red Ferrari parked out in front of the luxurious Salle des Etoiles room at the Monte Carlo Bay Casino, which has been there for the last three days. I have no idea who it belongs too. Regardless, its a constant reminder...This article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Poker Shrink, Vol 34 - The Yerkes-Dodson Law of Arousal30th March 2007 Arousal. See, now I have your attention. The Yerkes-Dodson psychological theorem states that an organisms performance can be improved if that organism is aroused in some manner. Yes, this concept was first explained during experiments....This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Two New $12,000 Team PokerNews WSOP Freerolls at Bodog Poker30th March 2007 Our Team PokerNews WSOP promotion just keeps getting bigger and better, with two new $12,000 WSOP 2007 Freerolls at Bodog Poker. Keep reading to find out how you can go to this years World Series of Poker for free!This article is courtesy of Poker News |… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WPT - World Poker Challenge - Reno - Day 125th March 2007 First day of action today in this $5,000 NLHE World Poker Tour event ...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsJamie Gold and Bodog part company | Its Jerry Chan, Not Johnny -- Jerry Chan Wins WSOP-C Event #2 | Annie Duke: Phys… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Room Review: Mandalay Bay25th March 2007 Lets just start this review off with a resounding two thumbs up for the Mandalay Bay poker room. This is a great room, well run and just full of action. In the interest of full disclosure, I have recently played Mandalay Bay...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Fun Home Poker Game Rules - Passover Poker25th March 2007 I play sporadically with a group of older guys â“ mostly in their late 50s and 60s. Theyve been playing together since the 1970s. In this game they are just as they were then â“ children of the 60s...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em European Commission Issues Reasoned Options Against EU Nations24th March 2007 Protectionist measures and restrictions against online gambling by European Union countries continue to be challenged by that organization. The European Commission has just issued reasoned options against at least...This article is courtesy of Poker New… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Aussie Nicholas Suter Wins $12,000 PartyPoker WSOP Freeroll24th March 2007 Nicholas Suter recently won the first $12,000 Team PokerNews WSOP Freeroll at PartyPoker. There are still three WSOP Freerolls at PartyPoker, and plenty of chances for you to join Nicholas and Team PokerNews at the 2007 WSOP for free!This article is cour… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Poker Shrink, Vol 33 - Accommodation and Assimilation23rd March 2007 I want to be very precise today with the psychological concepts of accommodation and assimilation. These are similar terms that refer to learning and adjustment. These are very similar concepts, but not the same concept...This article is courtesy of Poke… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Size Matters â“ WSOP Increases Starting Stacks Across All Events23rd March 2007 One bit of news from last weeks World Series of Poker media teleconference emerged with a bit of a twist: The WSOP will be doubling the starting chip stacks for all 55 events listed on the current schedule....This article is courtesy of Poker News | poke… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Psychology: Wisdom22nd March 2007 There is no definitive "correct" way to play poker.
Read a dozen different instructional poker books, and you are likely to find as many differing ideas on how to play those questionable hands. Poker guidance from Doyle Brunson is markedly different fro… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Killer Poker: Big Luck22nd March 2007 Recently I came into an event at the Los Angeles Poker Classic determined to start out slow and easy... "take the temperature of the table," as I described it to myself. Yeah, that was my plan, but Im such a pumpkin that within fifteen minutes I had drai… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker by the Stars: A Joe and Hobby Fiction22nd March 2007 I had just gotten back from a three-day business trip to San Francisco. I stopped to see Hobby at his yacht, Lazybuns. Since it was late in the afternoon, maybe we could do dinner.
"Hey Hobby, what have you been doing?" I said as I helloed him from shor… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Sportingbet Pays $400K to Louisiana Parish, Dicks Case Dismissed22nd March 2007 One of the outstanding cases against offshore Internet gambling concerns is outstanding no more. SportingBet PLC, whose non-executive chairman, Peter Dicks, was temporarily detained in New York on a Louisiana arrest warrant...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em New Remote Gaming Duty Casts Doubt on UK/Online Gambling Marriage22nd March 2007 Dreams that the United Kingdom would become the standard bearer for the online-gambling industry were dashed yesterday when UK Finance Minister (James) Gordon Brown announced a new Remote Gaming Duty (tax) of 15%...This article is courtesy of Poker News… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em NETeller Announces Agreement to Create Plan for U.S. Funds Distribution22nd March 2007 NETeller Plc announced this morning that it signed an agreement yesterday with the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO), allowing the firm to create, within 75 days, a plan for repatriating...This article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em No Folders in Legislative Game21st March 2007 Since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, politics and poker have become inextricably intertwined, far beyond the imagination of legendary New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, in the 1959 Broadway musical.
Fiorellos so… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Declining Aggression21st March 2007 If you took a poll of poker players and asked them whether they thought online poker or the brick-and-mortar variety was more aggressive, Id venture to say that most respondents would come down on the side of online poker being the more aggressive of the… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Be Well21st March 2007 It is not a good idea to play poker when you feel physically ill. A body off balance is a mind off balance too. Its hard enough to be patient when healthy and strong and doubly difficult to do this when youre not up to par.
Let me tell you from first ha… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Czech Republic Latest Hotspot in War Between Governments and Gambling21st March 2007 The battle between governments and private companies offering gambling services continues to be a flashpoint for legal action and customer access. European sources have now reported that the Czech Republic could soon begin...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em New TDA Rules in Play at Bay 10121st March 2007 The first major tournament to use the newly updated Tournament Directors Association Rules was the WPT Shooting Star at Bay 101 in San Jose, California. Moments after the Ted Forrest was crowned the 2007 Shooting Star Champion....This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Temperature Rises, Blogging Falls...21st March 2007 I get so damn busy that my life is writers block.Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsHere and Now: "WSOP Europe" | Weekend Online Wrap Up (Nov 18-19) | First Duplicate Poker Event Ever Held in Oklahoma more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Record Turn-out in Iowa for HPT Poker Tournament - Jason Fish wins $82,54520th March 2007 Tama, IOWA - At its first appearance in Iowa March 14 - 18 at the Meskwaki Bingo Casino/Hotel, the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) tournament attracted a record field of nearly 800 entries. The final Championship event saw 206 players competing for $297,804 i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Greg Fossilman Raymers Stars Account Hacked; Funds Rescued20th March 2007 One enterprising but not-deep-thinking poker hacker learned a lesson on Sunday: The account of a high-profile poker player might have money in it, but messing with the account is very likely to be noticed.....This article is courtesy of Poker News | poke… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Harrahs and Bluff Magazine Pursue WSOP Rights20th March 2007 On Monday, Harrahs issued a press release announcing the execution of a non-binding letter of intent with Bluff Magazine relative to the formation of a digital publishing alliance for all WSOP branded events...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Iowa Man Wins $1 Million Mansion Poker Dome Grand Final19th March 2007 On May 28th, 2006 Rhowena Colclough won the very first Mansion Poker Dome quarterfinal match, and the race to the one million dollar Grand Final was underway. Since then, over 200 competitors have played in the most sophisticated TV poker facility....Th… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Online Poker Weekend: skattman Wins War of Attrition in Full Tilt Tourney19th March 2007 A longer than usually night for the major Sunday events cam to an end in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, following a final table in the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee that lasted nearly three hours. skattman took down the triumph in the event...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Here And Now: Shooting A Star19th March 2007 In Liu Of Victory Comes DefeatRead more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker News$10 Million Dollar Buy In Poker Tournament | Fossilman Challenge II Set For Baltimore | Five Star World Poker Classic Starting Day 2 more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Fun Home Poker Game Rules - Seven Card No Peek18th March 2007 The game gentlemen, if I can call you that â“ and scoundrels if I cant â“ the game is seven card no peek. Since few of you have played this devious variation of 7-card stud I will explain it to you....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.c… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Perks and Picks: its all sevens on 777 (07/07/07)18th March 2007 "The Year of Luck" is here and to celebrate, Casino Arizona has kicked off its biggest promotion of the millennium. The grand prize drawing for a BMW 7-series with $77,777 cash in the trunk will be held July 7, 2007 at 7:07 p.m.
"7/7/07 only happens onc… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Entertainment Report: Joe Piscopo18th March 2007 There are a lot of funny guys around and one of the funniest is an alumni of Saturday Night Live whos brought his brand of humor to the Las Vegas Hilton for an indeterminate run in the resorts Shimmer Cabaret. His name is Joe Piscopo and he had them roll… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em New Millennium Poker: Smart Tables from PokerTek Inc.,18th March 2007 Poker History is being made at the Folsom Lake Bowl, Sports Bar & Casino, in Folsom CA, adjacent to Sacramento. Its the first card room to completely convert to fully-automatic, computer- conducted poker tables. No dealers. Hal runs the game. Traditional… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Power Poker: A State Of Mind18th March 2007 Ive always been a believer in attitude. If a man thinks hell win at poker, then hes more likely to prevail. Confidence wont make you any luckier, but it can make you play better. Assuming you have enough skill to win, confidence will keep you from turnin… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Casinos Casinos On Cruse Ships, Why Not On Airplanes?18th March 2007 Ryanair wants to install games like video poker on its planes. It believes gambling can bring in so much money that it will eventually be able to let everyone fly for free.
Ryanair is already operating its own lottery system, with scratchers. Tickets ar… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Room Review: Commerce Casino, Los Angeles18th March 2007 If you have never been in a California card room then the first experience of the Commerce Casino might just overwhelm you. If there is one word that describes the Commerce that word would be - Huge! Is the Commerce bigger than, say Foxwoods?....This art… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Indiana Poker Bust Nets Fellow Police Officer17th March 2007 According to reports in the Indianapolis Star, a poker club in Indianapolis was raided after a year-long investigation, catching one of their own in the act along the way....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.comLife in a post-UIGEA world… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Poker Shrink, Vol 32 - Luck or Variance? Magic or Math?16th March 2007 Just how much luck is there is poker? I have stood with some of the biggest names in poker and heard them toss out numbers like 50% or 10%. More complicated answers often sound like 90% short term but only 5% long term....This article is courtesy of Pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Players Seek Summary Judgment in WPTE Lawsuit16th March 2007 Back in July of 2006 seven professional poker players filed an antitrust lawsuit against the World Poker Tour. Recently, the players (Annie Duke, Andy Bloch, Joe Hachem, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon, and Greg Raymer)...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em World Poker Tour - Bay 101 Shooting Star - Day 316th March 2007 Playing down from 36 to the final table 6 today ...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsFrom Small Stakes to Big Books: Interview with Sklansky Co-Author Ed Miller | Brian McCann has been eliminated from the LA Classic | Jon… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Officials Hold Teleconference About 2007 Event15th March 2007 On Wednesday, March 14, Harrahs Entertainment and the World Series of Poker held a teleconference with various national media to provide "a rare opportunity to have all your questions about the 38th Annual World Series of Poker....This article is courtes… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Danny Yousefzadeh Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Gold Ring and $488,82815th March 2007 Atlantic City, NJ (March 14, 2007) - Theres a classic poker scene from the 1966 movie "The Cincinnati Kid" where tough guy Edward G. Robinson gets into a skirmish and wins a big pot. While dragging a huge pile of cash and chips, hes criticized by an adv… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em An Epic Week... Stardust Implosion, Lake Days, and Skydiving15th March 2007 Oh yeah. I did play some poker.Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsL.A. Poker Classic - Day 5 Recap: The Final Six | Canadian Poker Championship Final | Dr. Pauly From The Aussie Millions - Final Table Time! more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Fledgling Consumer Group Mulls Action Against NETeller15th March 2007 The lengthy and continuing NETeller saga continues to occupy the minds of online poker players, with developments from the major parties involved dominating the news since January. One group, however, hasnt had much of an official voice...This article i… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Final Table: WSOP-C Caesars Atlantic City Championship No Limit Holdem Final14th March 2007 2006-2007 World Series of Poker Circuit
Caesars Atlantic City
Event #8
Championship Final
No-Limit Holdem
Buy-In: $4,900 + 250
Number of Entries: 314
Total Prize Money: $1,538,600
The Final Table:
Seat 1: Rick Austin
Hometown: Lansdale, PA
Chi… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Texas State Legislature Considers Poker Legalization and Regulation14th March 2007 Among the ironies most signifying the state of American political affairs regarding poker is the fact that the namesake of pokers most popular version, Texas Holdem, is a place where only in rare instancesThis article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernew… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Texas State Legislature Mulls Poker Legalization and Regulation14th March 2007 Among the ironies most signifying the state of American political affairs regarding poker is the fact that the namesake of pokers most popular version, Texas Holdem, is a place where only in rare instancesThis article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernew… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em World Poker Tour Enterprises Narrows 4th Quarter Loss14th March 2007 World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) announced its 2006 fourth quarter and annual earnings on Monday, yielding few surprises. For the fourth quarter of 2006, WPTE reported a net loss of $1.1 million...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.co… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Phil Hellmuth Brings you Poker on Your iPod13th March 2007 With his record of 10 World Series of Poker bracelets in Hold Em on his long list of poker feats, few people can argue that Phil Hellmuth Jr. is one of the most skilled and accomplished players to ever play the game....This article is courtesy of Poker N… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Online Poker Weekend: Zeddor Takes Stars Sunday Million (and a Half)12th March 2007 Happy birthday, Sunday Million! Stars celebrated the first anniversary of the Internets largest weekly tournament in style, adding an extra $500,000 to this events standard guarantee. The players responded...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Todays Word is... Half12th March 2007 Before we jump into todays pool of plentiful poker profit, heres an announcement. In either my next column or the one after, Ill declare the winners of Decembers "Finish My Lecture Contest." I expect to finish grading all the entries by next week.
If yo… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Wynn Poker Classic Crowns Champion - Zackery Hyman12th March 2007 A final table loaded with pokers elite. 2004 WSOP phenom Scott Fischman-seat #5, multiple wins in major tournaments define the talents of Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi-seat #4, really big game regular Chau Giang-seat #8, WSOP Main Event final table reg… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Online Legends: Gobboboy12th March 2007 Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke from Champaign, Illinois has been playing poker for about two years and dropped out of school to play full time. He recently made a name for himself after he cashed in two major events inside of eight days. The 19-year old interne… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Greed12th March 2007 Greed is an ugly thing. Avarice is a virtue not a vice. Two aphorisms that seem diametrically opposed. So which is right? My favorite treatise on the subject of greed comes from the movie Wall Street when Gordon Gekko, the Wall Street legend speaks at Te… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em PokerNews Columnist Dennis Waterman Makes Poker Dome Final12th March 2007 For the last nine months, over 200 players worked their way through the Mansion Poker Dome, all in search of the $1,000,000 first prize. The final table is now set, and last night PokerNews.com columnist Dennis Waterman won the final seat...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Emergence of Sky TV Highlights Differences in U.K., U.S. Poker Attitudes12th March 2007 While U.S. players are concerned with holding on to as much of the existing online poker structure as they can, U.K. poker aficionados are enjoying changes and technological advancements that continue to expand...This article is courtesy of Poker News |… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Fun Home Poker Game Rules - Black Mariah11th March 2007 I played in a home poker game a while back that liked to end with a variation of poker that was guaranteed to generate a lot of action. Such a game was Black Mariah....This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.comSpencer Gauthier - Director of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Room Review: The Orleans, Las Vegas11th March 2007 The Orleans is the poker room in Las Vegas you either love or hate. There are simply no players I can find that dont have a strong opinion on this room. I have now played the Orleans room six times in the past month....This article is courtesy of Poker N… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Opinion - Whats Happening With Our Friends to the North?11th March 2007 Recently, things have been beginning to feel very familiar as I look to the North, and see whats going on with our Canadian friends, and online poker. From my perspective, Canada has always seemed to have a good attitude....This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker News - Harrahs WSOP, the TDA, Chinas Crackdown and a Daughter Lost09th March 2007 HARRAHS ANNOUNCES WORLD SERIES OF POKER EUROPE
In a continuing effort to make the WSOP a more global event, Harrahs recently announced the first ever World Series of Poker Europe. The nearly two-week long series will be hosted in three different locatio… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Pokerstars.com EPT Dortmund09th March 2007 Day 1 - Flight 2. All top players in action!Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsThe WPT LA Poker Classic | Ultimate Poker Challenge: Rest in Peace | The Poker Shrink, Vol 28 - The Fundamental Attribution Error more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Poker Shrink - Vol 31 - Absolute Threshold and Signal Detection Theory09th March 2007 Absolute threshold is a very specific psychological and sensory term. Absolute threshold refers to the smallest intensity of a stimulus that has to be present for the stimulus to be detected. The most common example of this involves sensitivity to heat..… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em "RaiseMyNutss" Wins First Full Tilt Poker WSOP Freeroll09th March 2007 Brian de Bruijn aka "RaiseMyNutss" became the second member of Team PokerNews WSOP when he won the first of eight $12,000 Team PokerNews WSOP Freerolls at Full Tilt Poker.This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews.com2007 Gold Strike World Poker… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Academy Announces Ladies Poker Camp08th March 2007 Instead of sending the kids off to camp again this summer, maybe it should be your turn. No, you wont learn to pitch a tent or start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. At the World Series of Poker CampThis article is courtesy of Poker News | poker… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Heartland Poker Tour Brings Big Action to Deadwood08th March 2007 Deadwood, SD -- The Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) made its first appearance March 1-4 in Americas most legendary poker town, Deadwood South Dakota, at the Lucky Nugget Card Club.
The Final Table championship event was filmed just steps away from the very… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Its Jerry Chan, Not Johnny -- Jerry Chan Wins WSOP-C Event #208th March 2007 Atlantic City, NJ (March 7, 2007) - The majesty of poker is that almost any player can be king for a day. There are days when everything just seems to go right. The good cards come. The flops bear gifts. Every decision seems to be correct. Some play… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Spencer Gauthier - Director of Poker Operations for the Seneca Casinos08th March 2007 DIRECTOR OF POKER OPERATIONS FOR THE SENECA CASINOS
Spencer Gauthier began his career in gaming in 1992 as a dealer at the Menominee Casino in Wisconsin. Since then he has worked in various casinos in Wisconsin, California and New York before rising to… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Spring Poker Tournament Kevin Crawford beats Hans Tuna Lund for the Championship08th March 2007 Reno, NV - Kevin Crawford captured the 2007 "Spring Poker Tournament" Championship event Sunday at the Peppermill. For his victory, Crawford received the Champions handsome gold bracelet and $53,205 for first place.
The $1,060 buy-in Championship even… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Overcoming Deceptive Opponents08th March 2007 Do you find yourself regularly going to the same casinos and playing against the same opponents?
Among those players are there any that you dread playing against because theyre unpredictable and too aggressive? Do they raise too frequently, usually when… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Reality-TV Format Marks Season Two of Calvin Ayres Wild Card Poker08th March 2007 Its poker with a twist. "Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker," the promotional poker programming effort from Bodog, is returning for its second season. This time, however, the program is trying something new...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pokernews… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Here and Now: "WSOP Europe"08th March 2007 WSOP Europe! Even the name sings.Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsPeter Feldman Wins 1st Place | World Poker Open, down to 18 | Poker Room Boom in the UK more » Categories: Texas Hold'em The Other Games of Poker: Pot-Limit Draw High07th March 2007 While playing on Poker Stars a few weeks back, I wait-listed myself for what I thought was my usual 2-7 triple draw game. It was only when a seat finally came open for me that I noticed my mistakeâ“ Id clicked the wrong tab...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em New York State prison guard tops field of 1,106 players and wins first WSOP-C Event07th March 2007 Atlantic City, NJ (March 6, 2007) - Winning a poker tournament is never easy. The task is even more challenging when there are over a thousand competitors, all with the same desire to win. Then, there are the emotional challenges - such as losing big p… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em "Kassike" Wins EPT Dortmund Global Freeroll07th March 2007 Kairit Leobold hails from the tiny nation of Estonia, but finds herself heading to compete in the EPT event at Dortmund this weekend after beating players from all over the world to win the recent PokerProForAYear Global Freeroll at Pacific Poker.This ar… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Tran Rockets Into Early Season POY Lead07th March 2007 February may be the shortest month of the year, but it was packed with plenty of poker tournaments that completely changed the Poker Player of the Year race. There were not just one but two tournaments for the World Series of Poker...This article is cou… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em EU Court Ruling Strikes Blow Against State-Run Online Gambling07th March 2007 The European Court of Justice, the legal arm of the European Union, handed down a decision today that bolsters the rights of online poker and gambling sites to market their products and services throughout the whole of EU member nations...This article is… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational06th March 2007 $100,000 would go to the winner of this poker tournament...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsWSOP Final table finishes All Time 2005 | North American Poker Tour Hires Savage | Poker in Laughlin, Nevada: Part II more » Categories: Texas Hold'em More Truths About Online Poker06th March 2007 Last time we were talking about some things we know to be true about online poker play. Since then, the online poker landscape has suffered yet another tectonic shift with the arrest of two Neteller executives and this reliable cash conduit to online pla… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Gambling History: Denver, CO The First 40 Years were the Wildest06th March 2007 Almost ten years after the fabled California Gold Rush, traces of the precious metal were found at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in 1858, where Cherry Creek meets the South Platte River. It was here that the mining camp that was to become the City of D… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Juha Helppi Wins First Party Poker Premier League Event06th March 2007 Juha Helppi took top honors at Party Pokers first Premier League event filmed last week at Madstone Studios in Kent, UK. Prior to winning the event, Helppi had grossed almost $1.5 million in tournament play...This article is courtesy of Poker News | pok… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Kicking Back & Laying Low; San Francisco, CA06th March 2007 After my little debacle that was the LAPC, I felt the need to just chill out for a bit...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsU.S.-Friendly Online Poker Rooms: Where to Play, How to Pay | Doyles Room: Bay 101 Shooting Stars Q… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Its Official: DAmato Named as PPA Chairman06th March 2007 One of the worst kept secrets in recent poker memory became official on Sunday with the naming of former Senator Alfonse DAmato (R-NY) as the Chairman of the Board for the Poker Players Alliance. DAmato assumes the position formerly held...This article… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Online Poker Weekend: $100K Added Marks Sunday Million Anniversary Warmup05th March 2007 Poker Stars began its celebration of the anniversary of the Stars Sunday Million by dropping a little extra something into the nights prize pool. Or a hundred thousand extra somethings --- dollars, to be more precise.....This article is courtesy of Poke… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em WSOP Circuit @ Caesar’s Atlantic City – Main Event Preview05th March 2007 $4,900 + $250 No Limit Holdem ChampionshipRead more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsThe Magic Life and Tragic Death of Stu Ungar | Final Day at the Pokerstars EPT | Billy Hill on the lead more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Can DAmato Save Online Poker?05th March 2007 Editors Note: This story is part of material that may be incorporated in Ms. Eolis forthcoming book, Power Poker Dame (publication 2008).
PPA confirms today, the accuracy of Poker Players report of February 16th.
After weeks of protestations that Alfonse… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Caesars Atlantic City Hosts Second-Largest Tournament in World Series of Poker Circuit History05th March 2007 Atlantic City, NJ (March 5, 2007) -- Anyone who thinks the poker boom may be slowing down would be strongly advised to look at the numbers from the latest World Series of Poker Circuit event. A whopping 1,106 players entered the $300 buy-in no-limit hol… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Poker Room Review: Sunset Station, Henderson, NV.05th March 2007 Sunset Station is another of the Station casinos that includes: Green Valley Ranch, Red Rock, Boulder Station, Texas Station, a couple of Fiestas and several others. This means that Sunset Station participates in the all property bad beat jackpot...This… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship - Final05th March 2007 Today we find out who the 2007 Heads-Up Poker Champion will be ...Read more....This article is courtesy of PokerPages.com Poker NewsPokerStars Caribbean Adventure Update | Gulf Coast Casinos Coming Back | Deadwood Gold, Gamblers, and Gunslingers more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Random Thought About Poker04th March 2007 Poker games come in a variety of names and types of games. Here, then, are some random thoughts about the lot.
Texas Holdem seems like a simple enough game. Everybody gets two cards down and five common cards are turned up in the center of the table. So… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em Bluffing on the Level04th March 2007 You can always bluff in a poker game. Sometimes youll scarper away with the heist; other times youll be caught red-handed. You can look like a donkey or a genius. It all depends. The cool thing about bluffing is that the cards you have dont matter at all… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em A Surge In The War (Of Intimidation)04th March 2007 The latest news in the United States Department of Justices war against Internet gambling is not good news for online poker players.
Up until 2006, most of the attacks by law enforcement were against sports betting sites. The DOJ has publicly taken the… more » Categories: Texas Hold'em No-Limit Confusion04th March 2007 The difference between limit and no-limit poker can be as broad as a Texas pasture stretching from here to the horizon.
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