Arena Of Poker

The man they call the “greatest darts player of all time” says he can’t play darts at this level forever, and so has his eye on becoming a poker champ. Phil Taylor, who is well known for his prowess at tossing darts, shocked the poker community by coming in second at the 888.com Pacific Poker Open a few years back, padding his bank account with £179,000. Now 47, Taylor has expressed interest in playing in the main event of the World Series of Poker, the $10k main event considered by many to be the true test of poker power.Related Articles:Lady boxer beats poker playersAPPT victor takes $1 million…

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Twas the night before Christmas, with my face in the bowlie,This is what happens when you mix shame with your stoli.I started the tourney and played with such flairThat I knew before long I would be a millionaire.

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When the situation regarding online poker in the United States came to a head and the UIGEA was passed, some lawmakers felt pleased. Others felt like an injustice had been done, and set out to legalize online poker. One such lawmaker, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) put out proposed legislation to make skill based games like poker and chess legal to play online when money is involved, and just recently picked up his 21st co-sponsor for the bill…

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When Imper1um won the Tournament Titan, it sort of gave the impression that he was a master at the game of poker - and so he is. He does, however, have a bit of a handicap; he doesn’t play poker by the numbers. Canadian player Sorel Mizzi has come out to say that he doesn’t even know how to figure pot odds, a basic math problem that many poker players also have…

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Though nobody is getting killed at the poker table (at least not physically), trying to beat the maniac by becoming just like him is clearly not the way to go. Much like the police, you must use your head. There are some facts you must face when one or more maniacs are at your table.

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We all feel pity. Well, unless we’re sociopaths, in which case we just pretend to feel pity. But normal people all feel pity. It’s a natural human condition. We don’t like seeing each other get hurt or suffer a loss. We don’t want to see such things happen. We naturally want everyone to succeed.

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When you play poker for days on end, and each day is a slog through hours of grinding out the game, it can get pretty exhausting. If you make it to a final table you usually get pumped up, but then it can get tiring again, causing you to loose focus. Two men who did not have this problem were Jani Sointula and Christian Grundtvig.

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The Ladbrokes Poker Million at Ladbrokes is a very popular event in Europe that pits players from the site against one another in a live setting, something they may not be used to.

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The name is pretty accurate – the Caribbean Poker Adventure plays in the Caribbean, it is a poker tournament, and as anyone who has spent a week in the Caribbean can tell you, it is always an adventure. This year a little something special happened, as the Caribbean became part of Europe - or at least, part of the European Poker Tour.

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