Thursday, March 30, 2006
we love poker - poker odds
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The odds of poker are simply based upon probability. Luckily, for those of you who aren’t maths professors, there are various ways of calculating the probability of you winning. There are three different methods of prediction that vary in complexity and ease of use. These are: Probability Tables, Semi Interactive Guides and Fully Interactive Guides. The details of these three different methods are shown below:
The odds of poker are simply based upon probability. Luckily, for those of you who aren’t maths professors, there are various ways of calculating the probability of you winning. There are three different methods of prediction that vary in complexity and ease of use. These are: Probability Tables, Semi Interactive Guides and Fully Interactive Guides. The details of these three different methods are shown below:
Probability Tables:
A probability table is simply a table that contains the odds for different card rankings to come up in any game. The table is not interactive so you can’t enter your cards or the community cards into it. Probability tables are therefore best used as a guide to read through before commencing in a poker game or possibly printed out. The odds below are calculated on receiving seven cards and choosing the best five. Please look at the Hand Rankings section if you are unfamiliar with the hands described.
Hands | Number Of Possibilities | Probability | Odds Against | Odds Against |
Royal Flush | 4,324 | 0.00003 | 30,939 | 649,739 |
Straight Flush | 37,260 | 0.00028 | 3,590 | 72,192 |
Four Of A Kind | 224,848 | 0.00168 | 594 | 4,164 |
Full House | 3,473,184 | 0.02596 | 38 | 693 |
Flush | 4,047,644 | 0.03025 | 32 | 508 |
Straight | 6,180,020 | 0.04619 | 21 | 254 |
Three Of A Kind | 6,461,620 | 0.04830 | 20 | 46 |
Two Pairs | 31,433,400 | 0.023496 | 3.3 | 20 |
One Pair | 58,627,800 | 0.43823 | 1.3 | 2.4 |
High Card | 23,294,460 | 0.17412 | 4.7 | 1 |
For example, the odds of getting a Royal Flush are 30,939:1 or to put it another way, 1 chance in 30,939 games.
Semi Interactive Guides:
As you can see above, probability tables are limited in their usefulness. The next level up is to use a semi interactive guide. These guides allow you to enter your cards and those of your opponents. The program will then generate the probability of you winning or loosing the game based on these cards. The better guides also allow you to enter the community cards as they are dealt so you can see how the odds vary. There is one obvious and gaping hole with these types of programmes and that is that you need to know what cards your opponents are holding!!
However, they are very useful in allowing you to enter various card combinations so you can see how the odds vary through out the game. There are lots of different guides out there that vary in usefulness and complexity. We haven’t included any links to them as we think that they are of limited appeal as a fully interactive guide is much better.
Fully Interactive Guides
Fully interactive guides are programmes that look at your cards in real time and give you the expected odds of winning based on your hand, the community cards and the predicted cards of your opponents. These programmes are significantly better than both the probability tables and semi interactive guides because they don’t require you to enter card details and they give realtime odds. To use these programmes, you simply download the software onto your computer and then run it when you are playing poker online. This software is perfectly legal to use and works in most poker rooms giving you a real advantage over other players. Some of the more advanced software programmes even give you advice on how to play which is good for beginners. One of the better programmes is Texas Calculatem, please click on the link below to access this site. The site gives you an overview of the programme including screen shots and a programme synopsis.
we love poker - hints and tips
Poker hints and tips from www.welovepoker.co.uk
If you’re just new to poker and have only just learnt the rules of poker it is definitely worth reading through the hints and tips before you take your first steps into the game. If you’ve been playing for a while and things just don’t seem to be going your way then the hints and tips will also help you to win more hands and dramatically increase your enjoyment of this wonderful game. These hints are mainly aimed at Texas Holdem’ but work just as well with other poker game types.
Don’t think you're a "Natural"Poker, unlike most other casino based games such as roulette is not simply a game of chance, it is a game with comparatively simple rules but it requires a significant amount of maths, psychology, body language skills, self control and performance under pressure, amongst other things. Luckily, the maths is dealt with later under poker odds and body language is barely relevant in online poker rooms. However, by thinking that you are a "natural player" is that you may rest on your laurels and not try to improve. There will always be a better player than you out there, however, there will also be many more players who should be worse than you if you hone your skills. Poker has been around for a long time which has allowed many players to perfect their poker skills and luckily write various books on the subject. Some of these books are better than others but the better ones will allow you to study the game at your leisure and learn various techniques to help you. It can also be a good idea to watch the professionals on the various TV channels that are now covering the game. By studying other players and talking to them, you can not only make friends but perfect your skills and therefore win more games and money.
Maintain control of your emotionsIf you watch any professional poker player, they will display little if any emotion. It cannot be over emphasised that you must take control of your emotions if you wish to be a successful player. Unfortunately, playing poker mixes chance, ego and money all together in one pot! These factors are more than likely to create stress in any player. However, with care, you can control the stress of the game and turn playing poker into an enjoyable pastime. You know in advance that the game will be stressful so you can prepare yourself by detaching yourself from the game. Don’t be tempted to play outside your “comfort zone” (too high stakes which is covered in the next section) as this will only increase your stress. Inevitably you will loose the odd hand. This is a fact of life so learn to live with it and don’t try to make up from a bad hand by over betting on the next. This will allow you to regain your composure more quickly and take advantage of any other player’s over confidence. Also, don’t act too quickly, when you have an important decision to make, take a breath and pause. This will allow you to evaluate how the betting has gone and what cards you opponents may have. Taking your time will also allow you to keep your focus and hence ensure that you win in the long run.
Only play the hands you think you can winIt is all too easy to play every hand you are dealt. This is definitely not the thing to do. If you watch professional players on the TV then they will fold significantly more hands than they play. It is much better to only play the “Premium” hands. This is especially true when you are playing against eight or ten other players. Quite simply, if you start the play with poor cards hoping to gain a better hand on the flop, at least one of the other players will have a better hand than you as the community cards work for then as well as you. It costs you money each time you continue betting after the flop and have to fold on the river card as you still haven’t got the cards you wanted. Remember that by bluffing your way to the river, you can fool all of the players some of the time and some of the players all of the time but not all of the players all of the time. At an eight player table, you should focus on only playing hands like:
Pocket pairs (two cards of the same value e.g. two Jacks or two 9’s)
Two face cards (King – Queen or Queen –Jack)
Hands that can make both a straight and a flush (9-10, 6-7 of the same suit)
Don’t play hands like Ace – 8 (off suite), King – 2, Queen - 3, and 9 - 6. Simply fold them pre-flop. The main reason that most people play too many hands is because they want some action. They are just too impetuous to sit and wait until they get good cards. However, if you want to be a winner and not a loser (which is hopefully why you are reading this!!) you must learn the art of patience. In fact, if you're playing good poker, you may often fold many hands before you actually play one. This may at first appear boring but ultimately, you will be laughing all the way to the bank. Remember your playing positionOne of the most common mistakes made by players is to play their hand without considering their position at the table. In Texas Holdem poker, the importance of your playing position cannot be over emphasised. Quite simply, a good position at the poker table is a late position. This means that you get to see how the other players have acted before you have to commit to a move. This allows you to make a decision on how you wish to play by looking at the other players’ behaviour and betting. The best position is the dealer (known as “the button”) as this is the last position that has to act in the round. If, for example, you are sat to the immediate left of the big blind (this is known as “under the gun”) then you are the first player that has the option of playing or folding a hand. Therefore, you should play fewer hands as you have no idea what cards the other players may have. The later starting position that you have, then the more starting hands that you can play and the more aggressively you can play them. You are also more likely to be able to pull off a bluff from a later starting position too.Play the right stakesIt can be generally said that the better players play at higher stakes and hence, more skill is required at the higher stakes tables. However, unless you have money to burn don’t try and play the higher stakes too soon as you are more than likely to loose more money than you make as you will be outplayed by the other players. One of the easiest ways to find out which stakes to play at is to determine how many games you are playing per hour and record what your profit per hour is. For example, you find that you are winning 3 out of 5 games on a £5 stake and only 1 out of 5 games at a £10 stake then in the long run you will win more money on the £5 table. However, if you find that you are winning 4 or 5 out of 5 games at a £5 stake then it may be time to try the next level up. However, if you start loosing then don’t be afraid to drop down the stakes or try a different poker room for a while. You can keep repeating this process over and over as you should be continually improving your game. This should allow you to move up into the bigger games and more money whilst lowering your risk.Focus on your opponentsIt is important to remember that in all forms of poker, you are playing against your opponents not against the cards themselves. What cards are dealt is purely a matter of chance. It is how you choose to play them that determines how much money you win or loose. You will find that only a few plays will get to the river card with all players still in. The art of the game is to ascertain the betting patterns and habits (these are called “tells”) of your opponents and exploiting them to your advantage. This will all you to determine the strength of your opponents and then either fold you own cards if you have a bad hand or forcing your opponents to fold theirs. The only time that you should be tuning your cards over at the end of the game is when you have generated a massive pot ready for your Royal flush to take the winnings! Maintain an air of unpredictabilityIn the same way that you are studying you the other players every move, they will also be studying yours. This means that to disguise your playing habits you must not be too predictable. It is no good having the best cards if every other player then folds as you won’t make much money from the pot. This is easier said than done, but for example you could try betting odd amounts, make the same bet for a pair as you would for a Jack and 10 of the same suite. The aim is to throw the other players off your scent or lay false trails so that the other players won’t know whether you are holding a pair of Aces or 2 – 3 off suite. Know when to quitThis is probably the biggest (or certainly the most costly) mistake that players can make. Know when it is time to stand up and walk away from the table. This could be when you have made a nice tidy sum or conversely just lost it! If you are on a winning streak then by all means keep playing but if you’re not careful it can be easy to loose if you think that you can do no wrong and end up placing silly bets. Likewise, if you start to loose money don’t be tempted to gamble more to try and make up for your losses. It’s much better to pull out of the game for a bit, recuperate and then play again. This will allow you to regain your concentration and composure and significantly increases your chances of a comeback. It obviously goes without saying that you should play poker with a clear head and not when you’ve had a skin-full or a blazing argument with your partner.Know your oddsAs we’ve mentioned previously, a large part of playing poker successfully is based on mathematics: - specifically probability. Don’t worry though you don’t need to be a maths professor to understand probability. Luckily, there are various probability calculators out there that will do this for you. These range from the simple (probability tables), through semi interactive guides (you enter your cards, the community cards etc) and the fully interactive (software that you install that follows your game and gives you real-time odds). We have dedicated a separate area of the website to this subject: Poker Odds. This should allow you to understand the odds of you winning a hand quickly and alter your betting accordingly.
Unfortunately, people aren’t born knowing how to play poker. It is a game that must be learnt, this can be done the hard way by bitter experience or the easy way by learning through others mistakes. In order to capitalise on the experience of others, you can watch the various TV channels showing poker and pick up a few tips from the pros. Alternatively, you can read the various books that have been written by poker pros. We have teamed up with Amazon.com to offer you some of the books that we think may be of use to you. Please look in the poker shop to see what books are available. Also, we will be constantly updating the hints and tips section so that you can learn for free! If you have any tips that you would like to share then please email us here at help@welovepoker.co.uk and we’ll put them on the site.
Hints and tips from www.welovepoker.co.uk We LOVE Poker
If you’re just new to poker and have only just learnt the rules of poker it is definitely worth reading through the hints and tips before you take your first steps into the game. If you’ve been playing for a while and things just don’t seem to be going your way then the hints and tips will also help you to win more hands and dramatically increase your enjoyment of this wonderful game. These hints are mainly aimed at Texas Holdem’ but work just as well with other poker game types.
Don’t think you're a "Natural"Poker, unlike most other casino based games such as roulette is not simply a game of chance, it is a game with comparatively simple rules but it requires a significant amount of maths, psychology, body language skills, self control and performance under pressure, amongst other things. Luckily, the maths is dealt with later under poker odds and body language is barely relevant in online poker rooms. However, by thinking that you are a "natural player" is that you may rest on your laurels and not try to improve. There will always be a better player than you out there, however, there will also be many more players who should be worse than you if you hone your skills. Poker has been around for a long time which has allowed many players to perfect their poker skills and luckily write various books on the subject. Some of these books are better than others but the better ones will allow you to study the game at your leisure and learn various techniques to help you. It can also be a good idea to watch the professionals on the various TV channels that are now covering the game. By studying other players and talking to them, you can not only make friends but perfect your skills and therefore win more games and money.
Maintain control of your emotionsIf you watch any professional poker player, they will display little if any emotion. It cannot be over emphasised that you must take control of your emotions if you wish to be a successful player. Unfortunately, playing poker mixes chance, ego and money all together in one pot! These factors are more than likely to create stress in any player. However, with care, you can control the stress of the game and turn playing poker into an enjoyable pastime. You know in advance that the game will be stressful so you can prepare yourself by detaching yourself from the game. Don’t be tempted to play outside your “comfort zone” (too high stakes which is covered in the next section) as this will only increase your stress. Inevitably you will loose the odd hand. This is a fact of life so learn to live with it and don’t try to make up from a bad hand by over betting on the next. This will allow you to regain your composure more quickly and take advantage of any other player’s over confidence. Also, don’t act too quickly, when you have an important decision to make, take a breath and pause. This will allow you to evaluate how the betting has gone and what cards you opponents may have. Taking your time will also allow you to keep your focus and hence ensure that you win in the long run.
Only play the hands you think you can winIt is all too easy to play every hand you are dealt. This is definitely not the thing to do. If you watch professional players on the TV then they will fold significantly more hands than they play. It is much better to only play the “Premium” hands. This is especially true when you are playing against eight or ten other players. Quite simply, if you start the play with poor cards hoping to gain a better hand on the flop, at least one of the other players will have a better hand than you as the community cards work for then as well as you. It costs you money each time you continue betting after the flop and have to fold on the river card as you still haven’t got the cards you wanted. Remember that by bluffing your way to the river, you can fool all of the players some of the time and some of the players all of the time but not all of the players all of the time. At an eight player table, you should focus on only playing hands like:
Pocket pairs (two cards of the same value e.g. two Jacks or two 9’s)
Two face cards (King – Queen or Queen –Jack)
Hands that can make both a straight and a flush (9-10, 6-7 of the same suit)
Don’t play hands like Ace – 8 (off suite), King – 2, Queen - 3, and 9 - 6. Simply fold them pre-flop. The main reason that most people play too many hands is because they want some action. They are just too impetuous to sit and wait until they get good cards. However, if you want to be a winner and not a loser (which is hopefully why you are reading this!!) you must learn the art of patience. In fact, if you're playing good poker, you may often fold many hands before you actually play one. This may at first appear boring but ultimately, you will be laughing all the way to the bank. Remember your playing positionOne of the most common mistakes made by players is to play their hand without considering their position at the table. In Texas Holdem poker, the importance of your playing position cannot be over emphasised. Quite simply, a good position at the poker table is a late position. This means that you get to see how the other players have acted before you have to commit to a move. This allows you to make a decision on how you wish to play by looking at the other players’ behaviour and betting. The best position is the dealer (known as “the button”) as this is the last position that has to act in the round. If, for example, you are sat to the immediate left of the big blind (this is known as “under the gun”) then you are the first player that has the option of playing or folding a hand. Therefore, you should play fewer hands as you have no idea what cards the other players may have. The later starting position that you have, then the more starting hands that you can play and the more aggressively you can play them. You are also more likely to be able to pull off a bluff from a later starting position too.Play the right stakesIt can be generally said that the better players play at higher stakes and hence, more skill is required at the higher stakes tables. However, unless you have money to burn don’t try and play the higher stakes too soon as you are more than likely to loose more money than you make as you will be outplayed by the other players. One of the easiest ways to find out which stakes to play at is to determine how many games you are playing per hour and record what your profit per hour is. For example, you find that you are winning 3 out of 5 games on a £5 stake and only 1 out of 5 games at a £10 stake then in the long run you will win more money on the £5 table. However, if you find that you are winning 4 or 5 out of 5 games at a £5 stake then it may be time to try the next level up. However, if you start loosing then don’t be afraid to drop down the stakes or try a different poker room for a while. You can keep repeating this process over and over as you should be continually improving your game. This should allow you to move up into the bigger games and more money whilst lowering your risk.Focus on your opponentsIt is important to remember that in all forms of poker, you are playing against your opponents not against the cards themselves. What cards are dealt is purely a matter of chance. It is how you choose to play them that determines how much money you win or loose. You will find that only a few plays will get to the river card with all players still in. The art of the game is to ascertain the betting patterns and habits (these are called “tells”) of your opponents and exploiting them to your advantage. This will all you to determine the strength of your opponents and then either fold you own cards if you have a bad hand or forcing your opponents to fold theirs. The only time that you should be tuning your cards over at the end of the game is when you have generated a massive pot ready for your Royal flush to take the winnings! Maintain an air of unpredictabilityIn the same way that you are studying you the other players every move, they will also be studying yours. This means that to disguise your playing habits you must not be too predictable. It is no good having the best cards if every other player then folds as you won’t make much money from the pot. This is easier said than done, but for example you could try betting odd amounts, make the same bet for a pair as you would for a Jack and 10 of the same suite. The aim is to throw the other players off your scent or lay false trails so that the other players won’t know whether you are holding a pair of Aces or 2 – 3 off suite. Know when to quitThis is probably the biggest (or certainly the most costly) mistake that players can make. Know when it is time to stand up and walk away from the table. This could be when you have made a nice tidy sum or conversely just lost it! If you are on a winning streak then by all means keep playing but if you’re not careful it can be easy to loose if you think that you can do no wrong and end up placing silly bets. Likewise, if you start to loose money don’t be tempted to gamble more to try and make up for your losses. It’s much better to pull out of the game for a bit, recuperate and then play again. This will allow you to regain your concentration and composure and significantly increases your chances of a comeback. It obviously goes without saying that you should play poker with a clear head and not when you’ve had a skin-full or a blazing argument with your partner.Know your oddsAs we’ve mentioned previously, a large part of playing poker successfully is based on mathematics: - specifically probability. Don’t worry though you don’t need to be a maths professor to understand probability. Luckily, there are various probability calculators out there that will do this for you. These range from the simple (probability tables), through semi interactive guides (you enter your cards, the community cards etc) and the fully interactive (software that you install that follows your game and gives you real-time odds). We have dedicated a separate area of the website to this subject: Poker Odds. This should allow you to understand the odds of you winning a hand quickly and alter your betting accordingly.
Unfortunately, people aren’t born knowing how to play poker. It is a game that must be learnt, this can be done the hard way by bitter experience or the easy way by learning through others mistakes. In order to capitalise on the experience of others, you can watch the various TV channels showing poker and pick up a few tips from the pros. Alternatively, you can read the various books that have been written by poker pros. We have teamed up with Amazon.com to offer you some of the books that we think may be of use to you. Please look in the poker shop to see what books are available. Also, we will be constantly updating the hints and tips section so that you can learn for free! If you have any tips that you would like to share then please email us here at help@welovepoker.co.uk and we’ll put them on the site.
Hints and tips from www.welovepoker.co.uk We LOVE Poker
Friday, March 10, 2006
WE Love Poker - More Poker News
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SilverBirch Inc. Announces the Launch of Poker TrainerTORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2006--SilverBirch Inc., (TSX VENTURE:SVB - News; SilverBirch) announces today that it's wholly owned subsidiary SilverBirch Studios Inc. launched Poker Trainer on two of the major Canadian wireless carriers. The Poker Trainer product is developed by Swedish company, Ongame e-Solutions AB. Ongame's leading brand, PokerRoom.com is one of the world's largest and oldest web sites for poker and casino games. Poker Trainer is easy to play and supports ten-handed, fiv
Bay Area gets dealt a hand in poker crazeThe cards don't lie -- poker has a hold on America. And for a week San Jose was at the center of the poker universe.With an estimated 60 million poker players in the United States, the game has gone from being a fad to part of fabric of American the culture.Top players such as Phil Hellmuth of Palo Alto and Daniel Negreanu have moved out of the shadows and are now identifiable celebrities battling animated cans of Diet Pepsi in TV commercials.Big-box stores such as Bed, Bath & Beyond and Target
State's poker rules no bluffIn the eight months that bars and clubs in Minnesota have been allowed to host Texas Hold 'em tournaments, the game has become bigger than, well, Texas.There are poker games going on just about every night at some tavern or sports grill. There are Web sites that list tournament schedules and track winners. There are new businesses that do nothing but set up and run games.But the boom, spawned by a state law that took effect in July, has not been trouble free. Each month, state regulators receive
Foxwoods chases new poker crowdNEW HAVEN — Foxwoods Resort Casino will dramatically increase the size of what is already one of the nation’s largest poker rooms this month, an expansion that comes even as industry experts say the poker market is slowing.By expanding New England’s only poker room from 76 to 114 tables, Foxwoods will enable more than 1,100 poker players to play at once. But it also allocates more space for a game that, on average, brings in considerably less money than slot machines and other table games.Poker
Trash hands can yield returns if played rightYou might ask why a top-notch player such as Gus Hansen plays cards like 9-2 offsuit in televised tournaments. Any poker book in the world puts a hand like that in the trash category.Hopefully, after you finish reading this column, you'll have a better understanding of the theory behind playing trash hands, from time to time, and when it might be right to do so.The basic principle behind playing a trash hand isn't that you believe your hand has any value at all. It's based on two things: You're
Card Player Chosen as Exclusive Poker Magazine the Heads-Up Poker ChampionshipLAS VEGAS, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Most major sports have their best teams battle it out for ultimate athletic supremacy. But few have the cut-throat competition of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship which faces 64 of poker's top players off against one another March 4th-6th at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV.This year, as the official and exclusive poker magazine sponsor, Card Player magazine and CardPlayer.com, will bring all the up-to-the-minute, behind the scenes action to viewer
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ALL IN Launches New Web site at ALLINMAG.COMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006--ALL IN Media, the publisher of ALL IN magazine, announced the launch of its new Web site allinmag.com today."We've taken the next step in making ALL IN a truly integrated media brand," said Bhu Srinivasan, president of ALL IN Media. "We're very excited to launch allinmag.com with video coverage, Podcasts, the complete issue archives, and my personal favorite, the Blog Monitor where I can scan my must-read poker blogs. We also launched our Daily Freeroll
Short on chips, not on nerveWith three players left in the Camp Hellmuth finale -- which played out onstage in front of 200 people, with the hands being shown on a big screen, and with me announcing the hands to the audience -- Gordon Higgins of Kansas City was getting low on chips. But after what he's been through this past year, it didn't bother him at all.You see, Higgins' girlfriend had given him a Camp Hellmuth ticket as a present, and they planned to turn the two-day camp into a real Vegas vacation by adding two days
Poker room wish list a doable dealThere are five poker rooms within a 20-mile radius of Palm Springs. They are comfortable, staffed with friendly people and do their best to make your poker experience a positive one. That said, as a self-appointed player advocate, here are some things that I'd like to see:All of the rooms offer sit-n-go tournaments that would allow players who prefer tournament play to get their chosen variation around the clock.Every room follow the lead of Spotlight 29 and offer self-serve coffee, soft drinks
Chris Ferguson Finishes Second at National Heads-Up Poker Championship(PRWEB) - Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) March 9, 2006 -- Full Tilt Poker’s Chris Ferguson once again proved why he is considered one of the world’s most skilled poker players, navigating his way through a tough 64-person field to score his second consecutive, second-place finish at the National Heads-Up Poker Championship.Ferguson, who won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2000, bested notables Chip Reese, Josh Arieh, and fellow WSOP Main Event champion and Full Tilt Poker pro, Huckleberry Seed, o
Monte Carlo or bustThis is Europe’s biggest ever poker competition, with the winner picking up over £600,000 – more than enough to buy the Suffolk Punch a new stable.After nine hours of gruelling play yesterday I finished 16th out of the 145 starters. Only 65 survived.Another 145 play their first day today and about 120 of us will join together for Day Two tomorrow.The tour has taken me to London, Austria, Dublin, Copenhagen, Deauville in France and now here in Monte Carlo.And while I have not made the money, my r
Forrest wins National Heads-Up Poker ChampionshipLAS VEGAS (AP) - Ted Forrest won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship early Tuesday, beating an elite field of pros and sending Chris "Jesus" Ferguson to his second defeat at the final table for the second year in a row.Forrest, the winner of five World Series of Poker bracelets who hones his play at cash games in Las Vegas, defeated five professionals in the unique one-on-one, bracket-style event to reach the last table.Then he came from behind in the best-of-three final, besting Ferguson w
The Inside Story of the $20 Million Poker Game at Wynn Las VegasLAS VEGAS, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- In what is considered the largest head-to-head poker game of all time, self-made billionaire banker Andy Beal matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes poker players in the world, including Phil Ivey, Jennifer Harman, Todd Brunson, and Ted Forrest.During the month of February, Beal played many of the world's best poker players in head-to-head games of Texas hold'em, for stakes of $30,000-$60,000 and $50,000-$100,000 at Wynn Las
River Belle Online Poker Will Send One Winner to Every Event at the 2006 WSOPGIBRALTAR, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- At the final table of the No-Limit Texas Hold'em World Series of Poker Main Event, the greatest poker players in the world are at war with each other, giving cold stares and making bluffs, painfully relinquishing chips until only one is left standing, ready to claim a fortune. But fortunes are made at more than one table at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).This summer River Belle Online Poker will send one of its loyal players to compete in any or all of the 45
NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon Enlists Celebrities for Charity Poker(PRWEB) - Grandview, MO (PRWEB) March 7, 2006 -- Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon has teamed with 2003 World Series of Poker Champion Chris Moneymaker for a new series of world-class No-Limit Hold 'em tournaments that will benefit The Jeff Gordon Foundation, the official charity of the 2006 World Series of Poker. Satellite tournaments for the Jeff Gordon Foundation Poker Classic began in November at selected Harrah's properties, with the finals scheduled for March 7-8 at Caesar's Palace in
The similarities between blackjack and pokerIt takes plenty of skill and a healthy dose of "card sense" to compete successfully in a blackjack tournament.Yet, in a paradox, much of the skill required has little or nothing to do with playing the game of blackjack at a high level.In a tournament - where you compete against your fellow entrants rather than the "house," or casino - skills such as managing your chips and sizing your bets properly are of paramount importance. The fundamentals of blackjack are almost incidental.That's the challe
A Quarter Century of Poker - Freddy DeebIn poker, as in most aspects of life, the learning curve is different for every player. Some pick-up the subtle nuances of the game quickly, and there are others (like myself) who find it hard to put the clues together until they hit us square between the eyes like a Kerry Wood fastball. Of course there are also players who after being plunked in the noggin just sit back up and keep playing without realizing their world could be changed with a little study and effort. God bless them.Chip Reese r
Women’s Poker Club Players are Gearing Up for Atlantic City ShowdownMembers of Women’s Poker Club, the largest organized group of women poker players in the world, are sharpening up their poker skills to participate in this Spring’s Atlantic City Showdown to be held March 17 – 19th at the Taj Mahal, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.“This will be an intimate gathering of some of our east coast players, and give them a chance to compete face to face.” Said Women’s Poker Club founder, Maryann Morrison. “Players always tell me how much fun the Showdown events are beca
Jennifer Tilly Chooses Poker Over OscarsLAS VEGAS - The transmogrification is complete. Actress-turned-poker-star Jennifer Tilly has become so infatuated with high stakes Texas Hold 'Em, that for the first time in more than a decade, she's skipped the red carpet of the Oscars for the green felt of the poker table."This is the first time in 15 years I haven't attended the Oscar parties or gotten swept up in Oscar fever," Tilly told The Associated Press on Sunday from her suite at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip."I haven't even se
WPT returning with a new lookIt's not on par with Leno replacing Carson, but the World Poker Tour has a new face.Gone is Shana Hiatt, brunette and former Playboy and Maxim model.In is Courtney Friel, blonde and an FHM model."I never met Shana, but I know she was super charming and everyone loves her," Friel said by phone from San Jose, Calif. last week. "I'm getting called the 'New Shana.' Hopefully when the shows start airing, people will recognize me for me."Friel, who has worked for E! and Court TV as well as doing freel
SilverBirch Inc. Announces the Launch of Poker TrainerTORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2006--SilverBirch Inc., (TSX VENTURE:SVB - News; SilverBirch) announces today that it's wholly owned subsidiary SilverBirch Studios Inc. launched Poker Trainer on two of the major Canadian wireless carriers. The Poker Trainer product is developed by Swedish company, Ongame e-Solutions AB. Ongame's leading brand, PokerRoom.com is one of the world's largest and oldest web sites for poker and casino games. Poker Trainer is easy to play and supports ten-handed, fiv
Bay Area gets dealt a hand in poker crazeThe cards don't lie -- poker has a hold on America. And for a week San Jose was at the center of the poker universe.With an estimated 60 million poker players in the United States, the game has gone from being a fad to part of fabric of American the culture.Top players such as Phil Hellmuth of Palo Alto and Daniel Negreanu have moved out of the shadows and are now identifiable celebrities battling animated cans of Diet Pepsi in TV commercials.Big-box stores such as Bed, Bath & Beyond and Target
State's poker rules no bluffIn the eight months that bars and clubs in Minnesota have been allowed to host Texas Hold 'em tournaments, the game has become bigger than, well, Texas.There are poker games going on just about every night at some tavern or sports grill. There are Web sites that list tournament schedules and track winners. There are new businesses that do nothing but set up and run games.But the boom, spawned by a state law that took effect in July, has not been trouble free. Each month, state regulators receive
Foxwoods chases new poker crowdNEW HAVEN — Foxwoods Resort Casino will dramatically increase the size of what is already one of the nation’s largest poker rooms this month, an expansion that comes even as industry experts say the poker market is slowing.By expanding New England’s only poker room from 76 to 114 tables, Foxwoods will enable more than 1,100 poker players to play at once. But it also allocates more space for a game that, on average, brings in considerably less money than slot machines and other table games.Poker
Trash hands can yield returns if played rightYou might ask why a top-notch player such as Gus Hansen plays cards like 9-2 offsuit in televised tournaments. Any poker book in the world puts a hand like that in the trash category.Hopefully, after you finish reading this column, you'll have a better understanding of the theory behind playing trash hands, from time to time, and when it might be right to do so.The basic principle behind playing a trash hand isn't that you believe your hand has any value at all. It's based on two things: You're
Card Player Chosen as Exclusive Poker Magazine the Heads-Up Poker ChampionshipLAS VEGAS, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Most major sports have their best teams battle it out for ultimate athletic supremacy. But few have the cut-throat competition of the 2006 National Heads-Up Poker Championship which faces 64 of poker's top players off against one another March 4th-6th at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV.This year, as the official and exclusive poker magazine sponsor, Card Player magazine and CardPlayer.com, will bring all the up-to-the-minute, behind the scenes action to viewer
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Richard Segal, the current CEO does not wish to live in Gibraltar (where PartyGaming is based) on a permanent basis. The board of directors decided that the CEO must live on the Island. Therefore, by mutual consent, he will leave the company on or before June 1. Segal joined PartyGaming in August of 2004. During his time with the company, PartyGaming increased their revenue to $978 million in 2005. They also completed a successful IPO float in which it joined the FTSE-100 index.
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