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High Stakes Poker Season 5 Rumours
I found rumours about the upcoming Season 5 of High Stakes Poker. Get over there!
(I can’t wait — High Stakes Poker still is way the best poker show on tv!)
England has the gayest poker show.
Nuff said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWRb3bErycc
Do I have the Skills to Become a Poker Pro?
The colossal rise in poker over the past several years has drastically changed the professional gambling industry. Before the release, and subsequent rise in popularity, of the movie Rounders and the broadcast of the 2003 World Series of poker (won by Chris Moneymaker, beating poker pro Sam Farha), professional poker players lived in relative […]
Online Poker Laws
I’ve just added a page to the site on which I give my opinion on Online Poker Regulations. Feel free to give me feedback on what I’ve written, as it might contain a factual errors. Lemme know! :)
A little excerpt:
“Little has been resolved with regards to online poker in the 20 months since the President […]
Poker Pauly meets a Cactus
An excellent poker cartoon this week — a poker pauly strip! Enjoy!
Click for full size!
Thanks to pokerpauly.com!
Lost a huge pot after a one-outer
One-outers always hurt. They hurt because they mean you have a strong hand — they hurtbecause the other guy/woman sucked out in the worst possible manner possible in poker — and they hurt because they’re usually part of a big pot.
I had such a painful even tonight and I feel like sharing.
I’m on the button […]
4 Pocket Pairs decide to shove on Pokerstars
I mean justice prevails in this one with the highest pair winning the pot(s), but what the freaking hell were these guys thinking?
Source: 4 Pocket Pairs all-in Pre-flop… at Poker Ustmib.
The pain of No Limit…
Did a 24-hour session yesterday, and ended up winning under $100. It’s quite a frustrating feeling, especially when you know I was up about $1600 after like 22 hours of play.
The last hour was a typical no-limit wreck…. Two sets got all-in called on the turn and beat by flushes, had top two against bottom […]
Sit & Go Madness
Went on a little sit & go madness last week when I entered a $300 buy-in s&g at the local casino. Ten players signed up, all got 200 in chips, and quickly started battling it out.
In the third hand my AT turned into the nuts and got doubled up by a guy holding 9T to […]
Don’t Bluff Bad Players
One of the most basic principles of choosing your spot for a bluff is knowing whether or not the opponent you’re trying to bluff is likely to fold a weak, but made hand — or fold a mediocre draw.
If you KNOW your opponent to make calls on the turn with an inside straight draw, or […]
