Rep. Barney Frank introduced the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007 today that will legalize and regulate online gambling and poker in the US.
“Traditional forms of legalized gambling already exist in nearly every state. By continuing to prohibit Internet gambling in the U.S., the U.S. has left Americans who choose to gamble online without meaningful consumer protections. The proposed legislation would institute practical and enforceable standards to bring transparency to Internet gambling and provide consumers the [...]
Congressman Barney Frank announced that he will introduce a pro-online gambling bill tomorrow (April 26th). If the bill passes, it will lift the previous ban on U.S. online poker.
The current law prevents US banks from processing payments with companies directly associated with online gambling, like Neteller and Firepay. Although many players are uninfected by this and still deposit and withdrawal using newer methods, it puts our hobby into a grey area with the law [...]
Full Tilt Poker just keeps churning out their FTOPS events. They seem to be making a new one every 3 months now. This time they’ll have $4,000,000 in guaranteed prize pools, spread over 10 tournaments.
For us casual tournament players who don’t want to fork up a few thousand in buyins to play these tournaments, Full Tilt has satellites running 24/7. They’re conveniently sorted in the FTOPS category of the tournament [...]
The bicycle casino will no longer be making new episodes of their online show, Live at the Bike. Live at the bike was reality poker at its best; an unscripted and uncasted live cash game that showed everyone’s whole cards. It was the best insight you could get to how players play poker during a standard session.
You can still get old episodes of Live at the Bike from their archives. For $10 you can watch as [...]
Here’s a common situation: You’ve made it to the river but you missed your draw. You’re sure that your opponent has a weak hand and you know that the only way to win is by betting. So in an attempt to scare away your opponent you over bet the pot. But to your surprise, he calls with middle pair!
The reason you’re getting called is because your over bet is very suspicious. Why would you bet so much if you wanted [...]
Usually when people under bet the river it’s because they want to see you call. You can hear the player saying, “Please call! It will only cost you a tiny bit!”, with their small river bets.
Here’s an idea, why not bluff at the pot by throwing in a value bet on the river? You’ll trick your opponents into folding, by making it look like you’re begging for a call. If your value bets are 1/5th of the pot, you’d [...]
The WSOP* made a decision to make it as hard as possible for people to talk about them. Their new trademark guidelines forbid any web-master or publication to directly refer to them. Instead, if you want to talk about them, you need to indirectly refer to them with phrases like, “The $10,000 World Championship of No Limit Texas Holde’em, or The World’s Most Prestigious Poker Tournament.”
Additionally, you’re not aloud to post any of their logos, stylize their tournament name, or [...]
Here’s a starting hand chart that will get you well on your way to beating the shorthanded limit Holdem tables. This chart was developed by a 2+2 player over 3 years ago and has improved over the years with the input of the community.
You’ll notice that there’s a lot of aggression. Short handed Holdem isn’t for the faint hearted check/calling player. You have to get in the game and pump the pot up with a wide selection of hands.
Keep in [...]
Playing loose isn’t easy, but when done right you can make a lot of money this way. Loose players can tilt the table, control the game, and have everyone after them. When you’re making hands, the pots you win will be much larger because of the little respect other players give you.
Here are some tips on how to play loose. The best way to begin loosening up your game is to incorporate these tips gradually, so you can pinpoint which [...]
It’s been a while since pokerstars updated their beta Mac software. I haven’t been holding anything back. Here’s the latest update from the beta support team.
Sorry, we still don’t have a release date, and I don’t know when the next update will be released. Believe me, when we do release it, we won’t keep it a secret!
If you want to show your support for the Mac version or become a beta tester, you can send PokerStars an email [...]
