Doyle Brunson Handed Lifetime Card
The Epic Poker League – which is getting ready for its third tournament of its third season – has handed Doyle Brunson a lifetime player card after he was recognised as a legend of the game. Those studying online poker now note how this means that he is eligible for every single Epic Poker League tournament, …
Sam Trickett Wins Big Poker Event
Continuing to make a name for himself in the world of poker, Sam Trickett – who has only recently turned pro – won the Partouche Poker Tour this week, winning $1,365,680 in the process. Even those focusing on Kong Slots Game Online will be interested to note that the 25-year-old is now top of the UK’s …
The Perils Of Watching The Pros
These days poker is everywhere. Poker players are revered nearly as highly as sports stars. You can watch poker on television 24/7 and follow your favourite players. Ivey, Negreanu, Hansen, Brunson, Hellmuth. These guys are loved and respected by poker players all over the world. But is watching them play actually damaging to your own …
Ladbrokes Irish Poker Festival Seats
Ladbrokes Poker has announced that they are guaranteeting 15 free seats to the upcoming 2011 Irish Poker Festival worth an expected $550 each. These seats are in none other than the greatly anticipated main event final qualification tournament that will be held on September 22nd, 2011. The Irish Poker Festival is among the top poker events …
Three Card Poker
The most commonly found online poker game is currently Texas Hold ‘em. This hasn’t always been the case as it used to be Five Card Stud. The game of poker is constantly evolving and developed different formats at all times. It is great to broaden your horizon into new styles of poker games. One such example …
Bluffing Frequency
Poker is not played in your hand but in your head. All anyone knows on the table is their own cards, which makes it difficult to have absolute confidence in the hands you’re holding. There is no controlling the cards but there is definitely a way to exert your influence on your fellow players: bluffing. Having …
Online Poker Tells
Poker is not a single player game; to be successful you can’t think only about yourself and what you are doing. Reading your opponents is a vital part to winning the pot. What is their body language? Do they have any tells? Are they just getting through the hand to get to the next deal? …
Poker Amateurs To Beat The Best
One of the fascinating attractions of poker is the everyday man can pit themselves against the world’s best players and come out on top. When you enter tournaments online you don’t exactly know who you are coming up against, reputations count for nothing. The closer you get to the higher stake games, or tournaments holding prestigious …
Irish Poker Open 2011
The financial newspapers would have you believe that the Irish don’t have two Euro’s to rub together. Whilst a few of Ireland’s property developers maybe down to their last Champagne Mojito, Ireland’s Poker players are looking forward to the big money game in Dublin. Why not join them in Europe’s longest running Texas Hold’em tournament? The Irish …
Blind Stealing In Poker
Two major differences between cash games and poker tournaments are that in a poker tournament the blinds gradually increase where in cash games they do not and you cannot reload your stack at any point in a tournament (unless of course it is a rebuy). These two characteristics of tournament poker mean that you must …