Arena Of Poker

The online poker room’s June Japan Cup qualifying tournaments have yielded a surprising result. Women have won two of the tournaments and have qualified for seats in the finale.

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Online poker player loses Texas Hold’em hand with quad Aces, hitting the highest Bad Beat Jackpot ever at Absolute Poker and winning over $160,000 in cash.

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The online poker room’s June Japan Cup qualifying tournaments have yielded a surprising result. Women have won two of the tournaments and have qualified for seats in the finale. (PRWeb Jul 13, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/RmFsdS1TcXVhLVpldGEtUGlnZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=

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Online poker player loses Texas Hold’em hand with quad Aces, hitting the highest Bad Beat Jackpot ever at Absolute Poker and winning over $160,000 in cash. (PRWeb Jul 13, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/TWFnbi1DcmFzLVpldGEtUGlnZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=

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HE THOUGHT he was playing his cards right but Shannon Noll found himself in a showdown yesterday after becoming the new face of Australian poker.

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Todd Crosswell sat across from the two remaining players at his table during the World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em showdown in Las Vegas Saturday, tired from 16 hours of almost non-stop poker.

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PORTAGE — The bright lights of the midway were visible at Nativity of Our Savior parish in Portage Thursday night. The 42nd parish festival kicked off with a Texas Hold ‘Em Poker tournament.

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Sony Online is readying its own poker game for the PlayStation Network due to release this summer. We take a look.

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Whether or not poker is a sport, it is entertainment.Perfect for ESPN.”I think it’s a sport and an entertainment,” said Scott Hanley, ESPN’s senior director of programming. “That’s what we do. It’s our name: the entertainment and sports programming network. That’s how we try to show it.

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LAS VEGAS — Bust by bust, the crowd of poker players eyeing the $8.25 million jackpot inched closer Thursday to the lucky group guaranteed to walk away winners at the 2007 World Series of Poker main event.

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Online poker room VC Poker has joined the growing crowd of online poker rooms offering an opportunity to attend the first World Series of Poker Europe, being held this September in London. Running from September 6th to the 16th in London Clubs International casinos, initial estimates of the prize pool put it at £7,000,000. VC Poker players will have a chance to win a prize package to the £10,000 No Limit Texas Holdem Championship of the WSOPE, which will start on September 10th and run for six days…

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The North West of the US has had a love/hate relationship with poker, but at the recently held Marion County Fair it was all love for Texas Holdem. Held at the Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem the first ever poker tournament was held, along with a few other firsts including a grill-off, a car show and a flyball tournament. The Texas Holdem No Limit Championship ran three days and was hosted by Salem Poker Stars…

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The action will continue on the Ladies Poker Association’s LPA Pro Tour at the Commerce Casino’s Ladies Dream Weekend. This weekend is the second event of the LPA tour, where players will earn points in the LPA Ladies Poker Ranking System. An instructional seminar will be available for those women just getting into the game, and wine tasting and gourmet food will be available for all players…

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We are now to the point in the Main Event where everyone eliminated gets a paycheck for their efforts. Tobey Maguire of Spiderman fame and Sully Erna of the band Godsmack are surprisingly still in the hunt for poker’s most prestigious trophy.

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“Jesus” Ferguson has often proved he can do some remarkable things with a deck of cards, including using them to cut up vegetables for his salad, but a dealer took things a bit farther than even Mr. Ferguson’s rather prodigious abilities could handle.

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The Australian Poker League (APL) has a new “face”, that of Australian Idol singer Shannon Noll. The APL, which runs free games around Australia, insists that players be 18 years old and no money changes hands, yet a problem gambling expert has come out against Noll’s decision to support the APL, saying his face could draw in adolescent fans to the world of poker. Dr…

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Doyle Brunson has to be one of the most respected card players in the world. Texas Dolly has ten World Series of Poker bracelets to his name and decades of play. The great thing about poker, however, is even the best in the world can get outplayed once in a while.

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Today, July 13th, is Day 4 of the 38th annual World Series of Poker Event 55, the main event. All players are in the money now and on the hunt for the final table. Players fall into two general categories - those that want to win, and those that want to move up the pay ladder. Apparently, among those who want to win is a man whose nickname is The Great Dane, and for a very good reason.

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Knowing and understanding expected value is the key to betting the proper amount for every hand you get. It is a core skill of Holdem. One that if you don’t get it, you won’t win.

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Winning poker is not just about having a toolbox of great strategies and tactics at your disposal. It’s not just about being able to call and sell a bluff. It’s not just about common sense, either. All of these need to work together in concert for you to be successful. Bringing all this together requires constant evaluation.

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