Archive for November, 2007Nov 30 2007 Avoiding Small Man SyndromeWhen somebody is sitting in the small blind spot at the poker table, it would seem the need to overcompensate for the word “small” occasionally forces them to behave in an aggressive manner that is out of place considering their current position at the table. More: continued here Nov 30 2007 PokercizeIn yesterday’s editorial we talked about how dramatic an effect a holiday regiment of poker and feasting can have on one’s posterior, and subsequently their love life. Well this idea seems to have gotten an enthusiastic “hear hear!” from Annie Duke, who in a recent interview talked about the need for nutrition and exercise as an appropriate way to approach a profession where the most grueling physical test one faces is if their right cheek falls asleep before the flop when you are sitting in the big blind. More: continued here Nov 30 2007 Tilting Your OpponentsGoing on tilt is the worst thing you can possibly do when playing poker. You will lose if you go on tilt, unless you quickly pull yourself out of that position. The opposite is equally true. If you can get your opponents to go on tilt, you will win unless they can take control of their playing and slow down. More: continued here Nov 30 2007 WPT Season 6 - Out Comes the Red PlaqueWhen the WPT takes itself to Paris to play the Grand Prix de Paris, held at the world famous Aviation Club, the hosts are always happy to comment on the differences between poker as they normally see it, and poker how the French - and many Europeans - play it. More: continued here Nov 30 2007 The Poker Academy: Learn to Win at Poker featuring Mike Reid and Jakki DeggThis Universal Pictures, UK DVD was released in 2005 and has since received mixed reviews. “Learn to Win” sways greatly from the typical step-by-step, “demonstration with narration” type instructional poker DVD’s that many of us are accustomed to. “Learn to Win” actually plays out in the form of a short film in which Lee Jackson - banned from the world’s classiest casinos - creates his own poker academy. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Pole Position for Monaco Grand Final: $50,000 EPT Freeroll on Course from PokerListings.com and Titan Poker (PRWeb)PokerListings.com players have until Dec. 31 to qualify for a $50,000 EPT freeroll at Titan Poker, with buy-ins plus expenses to any three European Poker Tour events - from Dortmund, Germany to the lucrative Grand Final in Monte Carlo - on the line for the winner. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SGFsZi1Ib3JyLVpldGEtSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8= More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Celebpoker Announce They Are Giving Away More Free Sponsored Seats to Major Live Televised Poker Tournaments (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)Finding fame and fortune playing online poker has just got easier, as Celebpoker announced today they are to extend the Team CelebPoker promotion and offer additional free sponsored seats to major televised poker events through the world. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Court to rule on poker machines (Bendigo Advertiser)THE Supreme Court has reserved its decision on whether an injection of poker machines into the central Victorian town of Romsey goes ahead. The Macedon Ranges Shire has fought the Romsey Hotel’s decision to install 30 electronic gaming machines. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 American Legion to host cash poker tournament (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)A cash poker tournament will be today at the Iowa City American Legion, 3016 Muscatine Ave. Signup will start at 6 p.m. Tournament will start at 7 p.m. There will be a $20 buy-in with a $200 cash winner. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 The World Poker Store Inc. Hosts Loudi, China Government Delegation in Saint Paul, Minnesota (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)The World Poker Store, a Nevada corporation with corporate offices in St. Paul, MN, welcomes a delegation of government and tourism officials from Loudi, China to St. Paul this week. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Poker revenues off to a ‘great start’ in West Virginia (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)West Virginia’s racetracks are cashing in on poker. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Boyfriend’s online gambling makes her a ‘poker widow’ (The Standard-Times)Dear Annie: I have been dating “Jesse” for six years. We recently moved in together. Within the last year he has started playing poker, both online and with his friends. Sometimes the games at our place last until 6 a.m. The online gambling is the real… More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Celebpoker Announce They Are Giving Away More Free Sponsored Seats to Major Live Televised Poker Tournaments (PRWeb)Finding fame and fortune playing online poker has just got easier, as Celebpoker announced today they are to extend the Team CelebPoker promotion and offer additional free sponsored seats to major televised poker events through the world. (PRWeb Nov 27, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1NYWduLVRoaXItSG9yci1UaGlyLVplcm8= More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Wairarapa poker king plays his cards right (Wairarapa Times-Age)A Wairarapa poker player beat out over 100 rivals after six hours of cards to win a regional tournament in Palmerston North on Sunday. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Play poker to help some Rockets groups (Port Clinton News Herald)From Friday, Dec. 7, through Sunday, Dec. 9, the Oak Harbor Music and Cheerleading Boosters will host a charity poker festival. The event will be held at the American Legion Hall Post 114, 221 Park St., Oak Harbor. Four No Limit Texas Hold ‘em tournaments will be held during the three-day event. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Titan Poker Offers Leaderboard HotspotsOn the way to winning a seat at the online poker room Titan Poker’s Tournament Titan, online poker players can find their way to some cash and prizes. The $1 million sit and go event, which has 20 seats but only 19 filled, will play on December 8th, after the 20th person is decided by the leading player on the leader board. The top ten point leaders will all win cash and prizes, and special hotspots on the board will offer prizes to other players, giving everyone a shot at winning something for their efforts.Related Articles:December online poker tourney promises $1 millionTitan Poker offers $3 shot at ECOOP seats… More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Joe Hachem Final Tables at APPT MacauWhile one World Series of Poker champion wasn’t able to come to the first ever live, legal poker tournament in China, another nearly won it. Jerry Yang, the current WSOP champ, was denied Visa access to China (thanks to his status as a political refuge) but Joe Hachem, the 2005 WSOP champ, had no similar problems. Joe finished in 8th place at the Asia-Pacific Poker Tour Macau… More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Online Poker Room Hit with €4.3 Million Claim by Swedish GovernmentThe battle for poker supremacy continues in Sweden as the country’s tax authority, Skatteverket, makes a claim of €4.3 million against the first online poker sites in Sweden. Multipoker.com was hit with the SEK40 million claim because, according to the Swedish National Economic Crimes Bureau Skatteverket, Multipoker.com’s offices in the British Virgin Islands were only a front. Some of their shareholders were arrested in May in relation to this… More: continued here Nov 28 2007 Interview with Kimberly LansingIt isn’t often that a talented and beautiful entertainment reporter crosses one’s path. When this happened to the WPT, they did what came naturally: they hired Kimberly Lansing to do interviews. Kimberly is a very busy young lady, considering there are many entertainment and news outlets that she lends her considerable talent to, but she took a little time to talk to LaunchPoker. More: continued here Nov 28 2007 We Three KingsLet us say that your hole cards include a King of Hearts and King of Clubs. This is a good start. It gets better if one of the two remaining Kings shows up on the flop. This obviously gives you three Kings and puts you in the driver’s seat for this hand. So what do you do? More: continued here |
