Two poker players got into an argument at the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City. Reports suggest that the argument began when a player briefly left his seat at a $1/$2 game in order to restock his money supply. In his absence the seat was given to another player, and an argument ensued between the two.
A fight broke out in the valet area outside of the [...]
Jason Mercier, an American poker player who qualified for th EPT San Remo event through Poker Stars, began the final table in second place, just behind the chip leader, Dario Minieri. Less than three hours later, final table play had ended with Mercier as the victor.
This was one of the quickest final tables ever, with the players not reluctant at all to push their [...]
A bill that would allow Florida poker venues to expand their offerings has hurdled the first step in the long path to becoming law by passing a state senate committee. The bill was sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Steve Geller and is designed to improve the availability of poker in Florida. Any venue that offers poker would be allowed to offer poker [...]
Lee Rousso, the Washington state director of the Poker Players Alliance, a group that is trying its best to preserve the rights of poker players, has announce that he has dropped out of the Washington governor’s race. Rousso is an attorney who announced his candidacy in January, stating that his sole goal was to get rid of Wasington’s law banning online poker, a law which [...]
Norwegian law has placed burdens on people who wish to host poker tournaments where the players are competing for real money, so the Expekt.com Norwegian Poker Championship will now be held at the Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottingham, England. Expekt.com will charter planes to ferry the nearly 500 player from Norway to England for the tournaments. The events [...]
Lee Markholt has has a considerable amount of success at the World Poker Tour, having cashed a total of 14 times before he made his first final table appearance at teh 2008 WPT World Poker Challenge. In addition to being his first final table appearance it would also be his first victory, as he successfully defeated a tough final table that also included David “The [...]
“He’s got a good poker face.” This phrase is heard a lot, and usually refers to a person who is able to make their face look like a stone sculpture, unmoving and emotionless. The person doesn’t give away any information, making it hard to get a read on him. One poker player who is like this is Phil Ivey, who is frequently said to be able to play 7-2 offsuit like it is pocket aces. On the [...]
A type hand that many poker players love is suited connectors. They enjoy being able to make a straight or a flush, as they will have a good chance of raking in a large pot, and suited connectors are the hands best suited to fulfilling the players’ desire to make a straight or a flush. However, many players have a tendency to fall in love with suited connectors, causing them to make bad plays and lose a large [...]