Arena Of Poker

The first ever virtual reality poker room online is going strong according to a recent press release. Online poker room PKR.com has experienced fast growth and is expected to hit 1.5 million registered users at some point in February of 2008. This is great news for the room, which has reached an average of 10,000 players logged on at the same time during peak hours, numbers that put it on par with many of the popular poker room giants that have been online a lot longer than PKR…

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Online poker room Mansion Poker has had a few big announcements recently. They started with the announcement that American actress Shannon Elizabeth – who has proven to be no poker slouch – would be joining their team during the Aussie Millions. To follow up Mansion Poker has announced a brand new loyalty rewards shop where Mansion Poker players can turn in loyalty points for prizes…

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There are a number of worthy charities out there. There are also many unworthy ones along with others that are the darlings of the same politically correct circles that think dodgeball is bad for the self esteem and personal growth of grade school students. So when trying to choose between the good, the bad, and the downright ugly in regards to where a charitable fund raiser should put their money, a phialthropic organization can either include intense research into the equation, or simply decide to give money to everyone.

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The Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada was the setting for a fictitious poker tournament called The Grand which was the focal point of a poker movie of the same name. In the film six comedians play poker players at the final table of a major event, something which could come true now that the Golden Nugget has launched a poker tournament with a similar name. Perhaps inspired by the “mockumentary” the casino will host the event with poker stars rather than Hollywood stars…

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Sometimes the strategy of the game of poker goes beyond the Xs and Os of the game, and the tactical plotting about how to get somebody who probably has a full house to fold their cards in the face of your muscular pair of 2s.

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Double deuces is like a double edged sword. On one side, you have yourself a pair, and that’s always decent. On the other side, you have the worst pair possible, and pairs aren’t really strong hands to win with. Getting double deuces almost feels like an insult. Couldn’t it have been fours at least, or threes? The question is: can you win with double deuces? The answer is: yes, you can and no, it’s not likely.

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It was Poker After Dark, the NBC late night poker show that each week had a special theme. This time all six players were among the only 12 living that had five or more WSOP bracelets, and only three players were left at the table.

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Pub poker is not a new idea. As long as there has been poker, people have been playing it in pubs, and the idea of organizing these games into a league has been around for a while. Online poker isn’t new anymore, either. What is new is a live pub poker league moving online, and that is just what The Nuts Poker League has done.

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