19 Sep 06
Top Poker Movies
We take a look at the best poker movies. Grab your popcorn.
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
It's New Orleans and a new kid is in town to beat the notorious Lancey Howard (Edward G. Robinson), the best poker player in the country. With the help of an old friend and card dealer, Eric Stoner (Steve McQueen) manages to get in on the highest stakes game of his life.
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18 Sep 06
Change strategy at final table to win
By Daniel Negreanu, chron.com - Poker books go into great detail discussing the various strategies necessary to get to the final table of a tournament. However, not as much has been written about final table playing strategy.
Here are some tips to help you make it from the final table to the winner's circle:
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18 Sep 06
ND Rep Wants to Legalize Online Poker
launchpoker.com - Online poker organizations looking forawrd to establish their businesses in the state of North Dakota may soon be able to do so. Jim Kasper, the state′s representative, has plans to introduce a bill that, if accepted, will allow online poker in North Dakota.
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18 Sep 06
Norwegian is Euro Poker Tour Champ
online-casinos.com - This weekend saw the conclusion of the third European Poker Tour, with Norwegian Bjorn-Erik Glenne triumphing over a starting field in Barcelona, Spain of 480 poker players, 118 of them qualifying in online tournaments.
Three days and plenty of excitement later, the thirteen players still in the hunt gathered for the final day of play and a crack at the Euro 691 000 top prize.
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18 Sep 06
Real Celebrity Poker
wagerweb.com - I couldn't help but think about which celebrities would be interesting to go heads up against at a card table. Granted, thanks to the huge popularity of poker, we've seen the likes of Ben Affleck, Norm MacDonald, Tobey McGuire and Jennifer Tilly try to parlay their celebrity status into a successful poker career. Yet there are tons of other celebrities that would make for an interesting presence at a table.
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18 Sep 06
Poker Blogs
by Paul McGuire, pokerplayernewspaper.com -- One of the best resources for poker information is to read poker blogs. ...There are poker blogs written by pros, semi-pros, and novices. There are some poker blogs covering cash games, or live tournaments, or even strictly online play. People write blogs for different reasons. Some write about strategy. Others use the pages to vent about bad beats. Some use their blogs to track their progress as poker players. Here are a few of my favorites: ...
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18 Sep 06
Late Night Poker Returns to Ch4 (UK)
uk.pokernews.com - The legendary poker series, which many claimed to help kick-start the poker boom in the UK, is back. ...
Ask any of the current crop of young poker stars how they got started in poker and many will reply with "Well, I started watching this TV show a few [years] ago, Late Night Poker..."
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15 Sep 06
Bwin Co-Heads Held in France
bloomberg.com -- "The two biggest European markets, Germany and France, have moved from a passive attitude on online gaming to a hostile, active attitude,'' said Michael Schatzschneider, a Frankfurt- based analyst at Commerzbank AG.
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15 Sep 06
Sportingbet shares soar
LONDON (Reuters) - Sportingbet's Chairman Peter Dicks quit his job with the online bookmaker on Thursday, within minutes of a New York City court ruling that he could leave the United States, sending its shares up 25 percent.
Dicks left the criminal court after a 10-minute hearing. He was given back his passport and made no comment but is expected to return home soon.
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15 Sep 06
The Incredible Shrinking Poker Tour
uk.pokernews.com -- UK Poker News has, since April - ahead of the first event at the Gutshot Club in London at the time - highlighted The Showdown Poker Tour at every opportunity. ...
Since then, there has been very little in the way of useful information posted on the website; no reports of the events that have taken place nor quotes from players ever seem to appear there. There is sketchy information about the two subsequent postponements ...
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14 Sep 06
Play small pairs cheaply, hope for trips
by Daniel Negreanu, azstarnet.com
Unlike higher pairs, small pairs should not be played in all situations. Several factors determine whether you should enter a pot with a small pair: position, chip count, number of players and cost to play.
In a typical 10-handed game, playing a small pair from early position simply won't show you a profit at the end of the year.
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14 Sep 06
Sportingbet's Value Plummets
cardplayer.com - One of online poker’s biggest parent companies saw big losses on Monday. According to a recent report in the U.K. Guardian, September 11 will go down as another traumatic day in the poker business world, as over £400 million was wiped from the overall value of Sportingbet, owner of Paradise Poker and one of the online world’s biggest gaming companies.
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14 Sep 06
Poker Stars Will Boost Ultimate Blackjack Tour?
pokernews.com - The rise and rise of poker in recent years has resulted in many poker professionals becoming household names, and the UBT (Ultimate Blackjack Tour) and CBS hope to capitalize on that, with the inclusion of poker superstars Johnny Chan and Phil Hellmuth, both World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet winners. They, along with all the other entrants, will be attempting to dethrone the 2005 World Series of Blackjack Champion, Ken Einiger.
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13 Sep 06
Pitfall Hands in Limit Holdem
eog.com -- With weak hands and strong hands, the decisions are simple. But it is the correct decisions on marginal hands that will make you a winner in the long run. There are a number of hands pre-flop that can get you into quite a bit of trouble if you call in the wrong situation. Hands like A-10 offsuit or K-10 suited, even A-K offsuit, by no means a weak or marginal hand, can get you into trouble post-flop. The key is to recognize these trouble situations before they start. This will require you to draw together a lot of information pre-flop to help you make a tough decision. The main thing you need to focus on in this situation is your opponents: their position, style of play, the game texture and any pre-flop raises in front of you.
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13 Sep 06
Hollywood Announces $5 Million Classic
The latest online site to join the vaca-tournament fray, allinmag.com -- HollywoodPoker.com just announced its $5 Million Ongame Poker Classic. Final table contestants receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Barcelona, where they’ll compete at Casino de Barcelona on December 2nd and 3rd for a $1 million grand prize.
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13 Sep 06
Swedish player wins Everest
pokerlistings.com -- Peter Lindstrom, from Sweden, won the first ever Everest Poker European Championship (EPEC) that took place in Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 9. He outlasted a field of 100 players from across Europe to claim the championship title.
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13 Sep 06
Online Poker for Gay Lesbian Community
biz.yahoo.com -- Considering that there are an estimated 200 million American adults that means an estimated 36 million adults played poker during 2005. By contrast, it is estimated that 1 in 10 American adults is gay. That means there is close to 3.6 million gay poker players in the U.S. alone.
"ComeOutPoker is proud to be the first online poker site to provide the GLBT Community a real poker room," said ComeOutPoker.com spokesman Marc Willis.
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12 Sep 06
“Odds Calculator” Gadget for Google Desktop
prweb.com -– Keeping with Poker Academy’s mission to provide new and innovative ways to improve everyone’s Texas Hold’em poker experience and their chances of winning more often, software developer Graham McEvoy authored a new online gadget called “The Poker Calculator” made available for free via the Google Desktop Toolbar.
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12 Sep 06
Poker Player's Alliance In Action Again
online-casinos.com - American gamblers who want to express their frustration and anger at attempts by United States legislators to ban online gambling in general and poker in particular were mustered by the Poker Player's Alliance this week for an innovative and definitely ear-catching protest initiative.
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11 Sep 06
Distributed Poker Allows Sites to Change on the Fly
cardplayer.com -- CryptoLogic Inc, a gaming software company that licenses its products to many poker sites, including William Hill, The Ritz Club London, Littlewoods Gaming, and ukbetting plc, announced it completed a new upgrade of its poker platform.
The company says its new “Distributed Poker” system provides licensees seamless mobility to locate their shared online poker room in markets that offer the best growth opportunities, without any interruption to games or players.
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