Archive for November, 2005

Colorado Poker Laws Up For Interpretation

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

LaunchPoker.com:

As reported by the Colorado Springs Gazette: “The Colorado attorney general says poker games played in bars and restaurants statewide are illegal, but 4th Judicial District Attorney John Newsome, like other district attorneys, doesn’t plan a massive crackdown on poker nights.
“State gaming authorities allow Newsome that latitude. They say enforcement of Colorado’s gambling laws is […]

FSN Goes Down Under for Aussie Millions Poker Tournament

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Fox Sports Net (FSN) will broadcast the 2006 Aussie Millions, the main event of the Crown Australian Poker Championships. FSN is filming and producing the championship tournament at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, dividing the five-day tournament into a 10-part series. FSN’s forthcoming broadcast of the Aussie Millions is thanks to a newfound partnership between […]

Empire Poker to Sue PartyGaming

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Casinos.ch:
Empire Online, the former ’skin’ of Party Poker, has decided to take legal action against Party’s
parent company, PartyGaming.
According to a recent report from Ruetuers, Empire Online is preparing legal action
because of the breakdown of recent negotiations for PartyGaming’s acquisition of Empire
Online.
According to Empire’s head of mergers and acquisitions, Andrew Burnett, Empire is
posturing itself […]

World Poker Tour operator may be sold

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

MSNBC reports that Casino developer Lakes Entertainment Inc. of Minnetonka said Wednesday that it is considering selling all or part of its majority stake in World Poker Tour operator WPT Enterprises Inc. to raise cash.
In a prepared statement released late Wednesday, Lakes said it needs $10 million in financing by Dec. 31 and another $10 […]

Team Bodog’s Kido Pham Wins WSOP Circuit Championship Las Vegas

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

“Team Bodog player Thang “Kido” Pham has won the WSOP Circuit Championship Las Vegas at the Bally’s Paris Las Vegas Casino, winning $453,456 and a gold-and-diamond championship ring.
One of the most well respected up-and-coming players, Kido joined Team Bodog for this event through his friend, fellow Dallas-based and Bodog-sponsored pro David Williams.”
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Clay Poker Chips: Free Cleaning Tips

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

It’s traded hand to hand, shuffled from one side of the table to the next, and tossed back into the pot time and time again. It sees a lot of action, and represents everything that you bring to the table. Of course you’ve guessed it; I’m referring to the darling of the table, the poker […]

Poker Betting Types

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Omaha Holdem
Very similar to Texas Holdem, Omaha is a game in which each player receives 4 cards and 5 community cards are placed on the table. Omaha is a poker betting game that gives the player a higher chance to hit better hands and thus, increase the amount of bets players will make. This poker […]

Be Observant - A Poker Player’s Foundation

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

The number one important thing in poker besides skill boils down to how focused you as a player are at the table and the level of your concentration. You could have superior psychological skills then anyone else at the table and yet they are rendered useless if you are not paying attention.
Top reasons you will […]

How YOU Can Classify Online Poker Players

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Classifying other players in your games requires a system of note taking that can quickly inform you of the type of opponents that you are facing. In online poker, note taking is quite easy so that you can classify a player and use that information at a later time.
There are two areas of classification that […]

Four Tips for Online Poker - Tells, Changing Gears, Preflop Raising, and Short-Handed Play

Monday, November 21st, 2005

Tip One: Mix Up Your Play: Once you have mastered the fundamentals of a particular game (for the purpose of this article we’ll use No Limit Texas Hold’em) it’s very easy to lapse into predictable play. This is particularly true when playing online. While live casinos are literally designed to keep people involved and stimulated, […]