And the names are – Phil Ivey who has won the WSOP an astonishing eight times and is the currently leader in poker winnings. Daniel Negreanu a four-time WSOP winner currently known for his interesting vocabulary choices. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson a five time winner of the WSOP winner known for his long hair Jesus look. Jennifer [...]
Titan poker is giving online poker players a chance to seek and destroy members of Team Titan in a series of bounty hunt tournaments in the poker room. The pros of Team Titan are lead by Sorel Mizzi and include Joel Benzinou, Yann Brosolo, Florian Desgouttes, Jonas Klausen, Marvin Rettenmaier, and Sam Trickett. So those [...]
Confidence at the poker table is a good thing. But it can have its dangers. Especially when a poker playing dude finds himself being chatted up by a beautiful babe. Guys, you know the phrase “she’s only after you for your money” well, a certain poker pro found that saying can be true, quite literally. [...]
Remember the World Series of poker last month? Remember how it took place in Las Vegas? Remember that we didn’t hear any reports of poker players getting up and dancing on the tables? Why Not? Why do I have to get my table dancing news from the Baccarat players? High stakes baccarat of all things. [...]
What goes with poker better than a big frosty mug of beer? Well, maybe a big pile of chips. Make that two piles of chips. Potato Chips in a bowl to munch on and poker chips on the table to play with. Poker, beer, chips, sounds like a plan to me. It also sounded like [...]
Thinking of sitting down at the poker table with a group of buddies? Well, if you live in North Carolina, you might want to think again. North Carolina is one of those states that won’t allow gambling, even social gambling, in any form. (A fair number of states south of the Mason Dixon line have [...]
Despite the European Union and the supposed promise of unified gambling laws throughout Europe, every country has been off pursuing its own specific gambling legislation. And without much opposition. In Holland, the Dutch Ministry of Justice had a committee review the country’s online gambling laws and report back. The report supports the legalization of online [...]
The Cereus Poker Network which runs the well known poker rooms Absolute Poker and UB.com (Ultimate Bet) has been acquired by Blanca Games, Inc. Blanca Games is led by e-gaming entrepreneur Stuart Gordon who wants to “leverage” the existing strengths of the Cereus Poker Network. Leverage is corporate speak for use or take advantage of. [...]
The Commerce Casino in Commerce, California, is the largest poker casino in the world. The real world that is. The one occupied by concrete buildings and where you have to drive to go to a casino. The Commerce Casino has a hotel and dining and entertainment as well as poker games and poker tournaments. They’re [...]
Since this is a poker tutor blog, I think I’ll explain the term Bubble first. In a poker game, players win or lose the chips in front of the on the table. And generally, you can stand up and leave the table at any point. So you really can quit when you’re ahead. But in [...]