July 3, 2008
Poker Discipline: Knowing When to Stop
Poker Discipline: Knowing When to Stop
Poker is very challenging, exciting and is thus addictive. Novices get drawn into its clutches and they find it hard to get out. They want to make poker their source of income. What could be more ideal than playing your fill of poker while earning money to pay the bills? Ironically though, when you can’t control your urges to play poker, you will never make a successful career out of it.
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June 26, 2008
Customizing Your Poker Chips
Customizing Your Poker Chips
If you are very serious in your game of poker, you will find that even the choice of your poker chips is a necessity and you will want to use the poker chips that are of great quality. One way that poker players do to show their love for the poker game is to own an impressive set of poker chips to use in their games. It is important though to know that you can buy them individually or just simply buy one set. Customizing the poker chips to their taste is also a great way of showing off. When customizing the poker chips, the serious poker players can use a variety of materials like plastic, ceramic and acrylic. For beginners and novices to the game, they usually use neophyte.
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June 11, 2008
Know Thy Enemy
Know Thy Enemy
Professional poker players can be considered accurate judges of character especially in the poker arena. They can read you in a single glance and know how you will play the game by just playing with you or observing you for a few minutes. Reading other people is so important to playing poker that it is a must-have for those aspiring to be professional players. Your ability or inability to read your opponents will decide if you are going to win or lose a lot of money in the long run.
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May 27, 2008
Home-Style Poker versus Pro Poker: What Works
Home-Style Poker versus Pro Poker: What Works
If you have been very good at playing poker with your buddies at home, this does not guarantee that you will be very good when you play with the pros in a casino. Home-style poker and pro poker have significant differences and a different strategy is called for in each type.
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May 19, 2008
The Challenging Game of Omaha Poker
The Challenging Game of Omaha Poker
The poker game has evolved into a lot of other different varieties. Among them are the Seven Card Stud, the Caribbean Stud, and the more popular Texas Holdem. Now, there are a lot of ways to learn and master the game of poker. Their new and different strategies and techniques in beating your opponents are as fascinating and challenging as the oldest version of poker. The most popular poker game though that has been created is the Omaha Poker. It even has an edge over Texas Holdem that it gained a lot of popularity with the poker players, but still, it came from the Texas Holdem poker game itself and is only a variation of it. The Omaha Poker is so popular that it is being played not only in the traditional casinos but online in the Internet as well.
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May 2, 2008
Security Features to Look For in Online Poker Gaming Sites
Security Features to Look For in Online Poker Gaming Sites
There is and there will always be a stigma of insecurity to online transactions and online gaming. In this day and age however, it would be self-defeating to let this stigma stop you from enjoying online poker the way millions of other users do. What you can do is eliminate or at least minimize the risks by choosing an online poker gaming site that has a demonstrable capacity to protect your information’s privacy. The following are security features that you should look for in an online poker site.
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April 25, 2008
Turning Poker into a Full-time Occupation
Turning Poker into a Full-time Occupation
If you are good at it, you can turn poker into a full-time career. The fact that more and more people are joining the professional poker circuit means that playing poker can be a viable source of income for the person who has the right combination of luck, strategy and diligence. If you are considering turning to poker for your source of livelihood, here are a few tips to help you succeed.
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April 3, 2008
Poker Bluffing Tips
Poker Bluffing Tips
Bluffing is one of the twists in the game of poker. This brings in a certain element to poker that counterbalances the rules of probability when it comes to the cards dealt to the players. As bluffing is a human factor in the game, one must not depend on this tactic, especially in important gamed, unless the player has mastered it. Of course bluffing is a game played against the probability of the other players recognizing your bluff for what it is, but with a little insight and some tips, you just might find a way to integrate bluffing into your game.
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March 19, 2008
Tips for Winning in Poker Games
Tips for Winning in Poker Games
Poker is a fun game to play, but with the right strategies and the right table, not only can you win a much higher pot of money but develop a greater skill.
The poker game is a fun way to spend your time, and if you are gifted in the game of poker, it can give you an added cash. With the advent of the Internet, the poker game has been made more available to the players. They do not have to go to traditional casinos instead they can log in to poker sites over the Internet and play to their hearts’ content, but winning the game is not only through the players’ ability and skills, it is also playing at the right table with the right opponents.
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March 13, 2008
Poker Trends
Poker Trends
Poker has indeed become very popular in just a short while. In fact, the total number of players all over the world has been estimated to have increased threefold over the past few years and though some people are saying that the popularity of poker is bound to wane some time soon, only a few people are buying it.
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February 22, 2008
Pacific Poker: Is It a Good Choice?
Pacific Poker: Is It a Good Choice?
There is a veritable army of online casinos swarming the internet. It can be hard to pick out the best site where you can indulge your online poker hobby. Check out Pacific Poker. You may find it suitable to your online gaming needs.
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February 11, 2008
Draw Poker Variants
Draw Poker Variants
Draw poker is very popular; it is usually called the beginners’ poker because most people learn playing poker through this poker variant. Draw poker is named such because players have a chance to draw a new set of cards in the course of a game. The following are two draw poker variants.
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January 27, 2008
Online Video Poker
Online Video Poker
The Internet has become a very popular source for anything under the sun. Not only can you find anything you want through the Internet, but you can also gamble through online casinos in the Internet, and more and more people are utilizing the Internet to gamble. Who would not want to gamble in the security of their own home?
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January 17, 2008
All You Need is Just a Little Patience
All You Need is Just a Little Patience
You can have success in online poker tournaments if you have patience. You do not have to go in at once and bet everything or bet BIG when you are playing poker. It is important to understand that when playing poker, it is better if you start small. Patience is also a big virtue when it comes to this kind of game. When I say patience in playing online poker tournaments, I mean that you have to have patience to the point of seeming bored with the game. Winners are those players that have a lot of patience and wait until he has a good hand then going in for the kill. Here are some tips that I can give you if you want to be a big winner in online poke tournaments.
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January 10, 2008
Move Up a Level
Move Up a Level
You can gain profit if you move up a level in online poker games. I know that you are confident in your ability to play poker and have been winning a lot in the $5 level, but have you ever wondered if you are ready to tackle a higher level? Ever felt left behind by other players who have learned their lesson and are confident that they can handle a higher level of online poker game? You do not have to play with newbies all the time. Instead, why not try the higher level of online poker game and earn a lot more than $5 if you are already feeling confident about your poker talent.
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December 17, 2007
Why Playing Loose Poker Can Hurt You
Why Playing Loose Poker Can Hurt You
Playing loose is a term in poker that denotes the strategy of frequently chasing hands. A loose poker player can be one of two things: a maniac who plays a lot of hands and aggressively raises bets in the hope of scaring other players into folding, or a calling station who in poker lingo is a player who frequently calls without taking opponents’ hands into consideration. Following are some reasons why playing loose poker can hurt you.
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December 13, 2007
TEXAS CLOSE’EM: COPS RAID POKER GAMES Reason.tv Video
In his latest video for Reason.tv, Drew Carey goes all in to report how Dallas cops carried out a paramilitary-style raid on a poker game at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1837, which has now been forced to close its doors.
December 11, 2007
How to Play Pai Gow Poker
How to Play Pai Gow Poker
From the name of the game, it is pretty obvious that this poker variant is Chinese in origins. In particular, pai gow poker is the card game version of Chinese Dominoes. Pai gow poker currently continues to rise in popularity.
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December 4, 2007
Chip Reese, R.I.P.
Chip Reese died on December 4, 2007, at his Las Vegas home. Some source state that Reese died in his sleep from the effects of pneumonia, while friends of Chip, including Barry Greenstein and Doyle Brunson, speculate that his death might have been related to an earlier gastric bypass which caused a blood clot.
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November 27, 2007
Some Facts about Online Poker
Some Facts about Online Poker
Online poker is all the rage right now for people who for one reason or another prefer to play poker over the internet. It is as fun and riveting as offline poker games but it is far more convenient. Read on to find more about online poker.
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