Texas Hold'em Articles
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Online Poker Rooms
Although poker is the most popular and best known card game
of North America its popularity has spread world wide and is in sync with
the world wide online casino gambling craze of the past decade. (April
30,2007) |
When
to Play Online Poker vs. Land Based Poker
Online Poker is very
convenient for the beginning player because the rules are built into the
gaming program and it allows the player to learn without any fear of
breaking the rules, or learning incorrectly. (April
11,2007) |
A Poker Face when playing poker
online?
In the case of online poker with other humans, it is still possible to use
psychology. You just have to learn how to read the game. Internet casinos
present a whole new series of challenges to the seasoned poker player, but
over time you can learn how to adapt and win. (April
11,2007) |
Variations of
Online Poker
Since the advent of the online casino industry just over a
decade ago, people are now exposed to a wide variety of
poker games that before were unheard of.
(April 11,2007) |
Record Turnout For Poker Stars
Birthday
Last weekend
Poker Stars celebrated one year of its regular weekend
tournament with a generous $500 000 addition to the standard weekend Sunday
Million guaranteed prizepool. (Mar. 12, 2007) |
Pokerstars Astonished By Anniversary Tourney Success
Manager Lee Jones told Rolling Good Times:
"I didn't think we'd hit 10 000 -
eight or nine thousand maybe, but then again, I've been
underestimating the size of fields for the last three to
four years." (Mar 21,2007) |
Bad Beats in Poker Are GOOD
Thing
Most players get really upset when this happens to them. You
say to yourself, or the player that just gave you that bad beat, "How can
you call with that hand" or "why were you even playing that?" In actuality,
you should be glad that player made the decision that he did.
(Feb 22,2007) |
Sit'N'Go Poker
A Sit N Go is generally a game where you can
sit down at any time of day and enter in a tourney, then
leave with your winnings and re-enter another one if you
wish, almost immediately. They literally run non-stop at any
poker site online. (Feb 22,2007) |
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Online Poker and
the Wire Act
So you think just because you play online poker and you're a
US citizen, you'll be excluded because of the Wire Act? Well, sit tight
because many have said that online poker doesn't have anything to do with
this act and that US players are getting banned for no reason whatsoever.
(Feb 22,2007) |
Poker Stars
Poker Stars is continuing to service players
from all over the world, including the USA, and many are
happy to hear the news! With a first deposit bonus of 100%
up to $50 and articulate, sharp looking graphics and
precision software, many are taking the time to download
Poker Stars and are very happy they did. |
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Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker is one of the premier poker sites online and
many have said the graphics are so clearly articulate; they’re actually easy
on the eyes for extended play. There’s no question that a heart is a heart
and a $700 pot doesn’t look like a $100 pot. |
Poker Online
Many players that had once gone into a land
based casino to play their favorite game of poker are now
turning to their computers instead. Online poker is one of
the fastest growing games online and because of the World
Series of Poker, it’s vastly becoming addictive. |
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New Poker Room
Tell Poker is a new poker room run on the Microgaming
platform and has vastly becoming very popular with poker enthusiasts
worldwide. Currently as I’m writing this, there are over 8,000 players
online and although the website could use a little bit more creativity, this
doesn’t stop the avid poker players from taking a peek at what’s inside. |
Goods Impounded for
Richard Lee of the WSOP
There have been reports in the San Antonio
press that local police searched a home owned by Richard
Lee, winner of nearly $3 million this year at the World
Series of Poker, for evidence of an extensive illegal
Internet gambling operation. |
Card Crusade
They are probably the only poker room offering a free $5 no
deposit bonus. Most poker rooms offer you free money after you have placed a
certain number of raked hands. |
What is a Poker
Hand?
In most game variations, including Texas
Hold'Em, the highest possible hand is the prestigious Royal
Flush |
