Arena Of Poker

To continue a great period in her poker life Scandinavian poker wonder kid Annette Obrestad was recently awarded three accolades, including the Golden Hand. Annette_15, as she is known online, became the youngest World Series of Poker champion last year when she won the first ever European WSOP at the age of 18. She recently was honored at the second annual Scandinavian Poker Awards in Copenhagen, where she was also nominated with the Best Performance of the Year award and the Best Female Player title…

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When an online poker site doubles their sign up deposit bonus, they really want your business. Such is the case for online poker room CelebPoker, which has recently raised the bar to 200% bonus match for first time depositors. This means that players putting funds in a new account will get twice as much added to it as a bonus, up to a total of €500…

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If you are in a situation where you have been dealt an unsuited King/7, and the flop delivers a K/4/2, under most circumstances you would be sitting pretty, and you can internally give yourself a little high five. Of course if one of your opponents has a cat that ate the canary smile on their face, and begins acting like a bully during the next betting round, this means one of two things. They are either trying to use the King on the board to facilitate a bluff or they are holding one of the three remaining Kings.

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Anybody who has been to Moscow over the past few years will see that its vibe is very similar to the one that is felt in cities like London, Paris, New York, and Chicago. The problem is that much of the western media seems to be ignorant of the fact that Russia is a very Cosmopolitan nation, and one would wonder if the New York Times editorial staff is even aware that Stalin is dead. Thankfully, Titan Poker is aware of the dramatic changes in this historic nation since the late 80’s and will be sending players there for the first time to compete in the White Night Millions.

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Pocket pairs are a favorite of anyone who plays no limit Texas Holdem. With a pocket pair starting hand, you are more than likely the favorite to win a hand, as long as the other players don’t have a bigger pair or over cards and get lucky.

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You have put in countless hours playing poker online or at the casino, and by now you know a thing or two about the game. You know when to slow play and when to shove all in, you know how to spot a fish and what kind of bait to use to get paid off, and you know how to not go broke. You may not be the best or even close to where you want to be, but you certainly know enough to take a new player under your wing – become a poker mentor, and learn by teaching. Consider giving some time to a new poker player.

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The World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational is one of the most popular WPT events of the year, and fans will find another reason to enjoy the event now that it has become sponsored by Who’s Your Daddy, Inc. The company has become the “official energy drink sponsor” of the WPT event, which will be held from March 1st through March 3rd. The event will take place at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles, and invited pro poker players and Hollywood celebrities will show up to play world class poker…

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It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows a bit about poker that the most influential player in the game is Doyle Brunson. This is the result handed out by Bluff Magazine in their much anticipated 2008 Poker Power 20. The Bluff staff put together the top twenty forces that influence the game of poker, including TV networks and websites along with players and executives…

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As everyone for whom the film “Die Hard” was a religious experience knows, AskMen.com released their list of the 10 hottest women in the sport of poker. And Courtney Friel showed up as number three on the list of poker hotties despite the fact that she has not been in the same room with a poker table and a television camera for about two years.

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Tuesday saw the arrest of a pair of Texas Holdem hosts for possession of gambling devices, providing premises for gambling, and three counts of child endangerment. The two, husband and wife, not only were hosting an illegal poker game in their Middleton home, but the wife often dealt the cards topless. Considering her profession is that of a stripper it likely came naturally, but that along with the legal problems of the game and the fact that there were children in the home during the games led to the charges…

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