One factor of poker that many amateur poker players tend to under appreciate is the ability to manage the size of the pot and keep their bets suitable to the pot. Players understand intuitively that you don’t bet a thousand chips into a hundred chip pot, but fail to apply the basic principle here consistently to their poker game, the principle of making bets that give you the best chance of maximizing your profits and minimizing your losses.
In poker, [...]
As more and more players drop out of a poker game you will have to be more aggressive as the average quality of starting hands goes down. The trick to short-handed play is to balance aggression and caution, so that you do not throw chips away for no purpose. If you are a short stack, you will be wanting to be patient while looking for a suitable all-in hand. If you have a decently-sized stack you will [...]
Jennifer Harman is known for being an animal lover and her work to help raise money for needy animals. This Sunday, March 16, at 9:00 p.m. (EDT), There will be a $5 + $5 tournament which will give half of the money to the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The Nevada SPCA helps educate pet owners on humane treatment, refers owners to low cost pet services and run a no-kill [...]
Huck Seed has a proven track record in heads-up play. He has cashed in all four years of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, earning his second third-place finish this year when Chris Ferguson won the event. Huck had also come in third place at the first annual Canadian Open Poker Championship Heads-Up Main Event two years ago. He has always been close, but like Chris Ferguson, just couldn’t seem to win [...]
Concerned with the effects it is having upon European companies, the European Commission has begun a probe into United States regulations that prevent European gambling companies from providing their services to the American consumers, most notably the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, whose restrictions on online gambling have caused many European companies to withdraw from the American market.
The RGA lists as members thirty different companies with connections to online gambling, with severalbig names such [...]
Poker Stars has founded the Latin America Poker Tour, a poker tour which will feature stops all across Central and South America. The LAPT will begin its inaugural run with three tournaments, one in Brazil, one in Costa Rica, and one in Uruguay. LAPT Rio de Janeiro will take place from May 3rd-May 5th, LAPT San Jose will take place from May 22nd-May 24th, and LAPT Punta del Este will take place [...]
Last week at the first preliminary event of the World Series of Poker Circuit Event in Atlantic City, a rare incident occurred when the chip leader of the final table, Lesley S. Thornburg, was disqualified from the competition because of the rude behavior he exhibited, despite receiving several warnings from tournament officials.
Thornburg had received two warnings for his bad behavior, when he, according to WSOP Media Director, Nolan Dalla, engaged in “a ceaseless display [...]
Jonathan Little was a Full Tilt Poker Pro until he violated the Full Tilt Poker terms of use by allowing other people to play on his account. This is a severe violation of Full Tilt Poker rules and the decision was made to drop Little from the site.
Jonathan Little made his name as an online pro and gained mainstream recognition after his victory at the 2007 World Poker Tour Mirage Poker Championship. [...]
Being able to correctly analyze your opponent’s actions is a necessary skill for any poker player. Correct analysis will help you maximize your wins and minimize your losses, which is a fundamental goal of poker. Some things you must be able to do is realize when you are ahead, realize when you are behind, and realize when you have a chance to make your opponent fold a lesser hand.
I will give you an example of a recent hand [...]
On February 22nd, a high stakes poker game was in progress at the Wild Quail Golf and Country Club in Wyoming, Delaware, a small town southwest of the state capital in Dover, when three armed men burst into the club, their faces disguised by pillowcases. The men then robbed the game’s participants of their cell phones, credit cards, and approximately $10,000 in cash. Two men were slightly injuries during the robbery.
One [...]
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