Arena Of Poker

In poker to “run good” is to do well at the game, and for Titan Poker, their second major online poker series is “running good”. The European Championship of Online Poker, ECOOP II, is a ten day event that kicked off on May 23 and will run through Sunday, June 1st, with a different event running every day. Their first event pulled in more than 1,200 players, and the main event on June 1 is expected to bring in a whole lot more…

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On Saturday, May 31st the Farmers Insurance Group will be helping out the March of Dimes with a poker event that will feature a lunch and live music. The event, a charity Texas Holdem event, is called “Bettin on Babies” and will run at the Cantina Los Tres Hombres in Nevada, with an entry fee of $30. Farmers Insurance has all the details and can be reached at 775-826-3500, and is counting on the hype from the 39th annual World Series of Poker, running now through mid-July, to bring in the players for this benefit event.Related Artciles:Kentucky Derby Poker wins big for charityBlind grateful to poker runners…

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At any tournament, or in just about any casino cash game there will be players who give away their position without smiling at the wrong time or the sort of facial twitch that would suggest a white coat that ties in back may be in their future. They simply expose themselves by making mistakes. Let’s say you are playing against someone who has positon on you and an A/6/3 is flopped. When you opponent bets on this hand, they are hinting that they have a reason to stay in the pot.

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As the only American at the table, Erik Seidel might have been uncomfortable. But he was also the only pro at the table, not to mention a pro that very nearly won the World Series of Poker and had that moment immortal in the poker movie Rounders.

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Today the 39th annual World Series of Poker will begin with a $10,000 event, something that used to be reserved for the very last game of the series, the Main Event. With the poker boom hitting its stride, with fewer ups and downs, the dust has settled a bit and revealed that more poker players are wanting to play the WSOP than ever, with various abilities to buy in. The result is a wider range of buy ins, going all the way up to the massive $50k H.O.R.S.E. event later on, and more $10k events, those that the pros really consider the “real” events.

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When most guys find themselves looking at Ms. Elizabeth sitting across from them at the poker table, they generally get lost in the sort of fantasies that involve a wet t-shirt, chocolate, and perhaps a few cans of Silly String. While they are dreaming of how this combination of items can be incorporated into a letter to Penthouse Forum, Shannon is usually busy killing their stack of chips, and helping to eliminate the awestruck opponent from the tourney. This ability to be both alluring and deadly makes her a tough opponent, but an excellent team member.

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At this point in the year the football season is long gone, hockey and basketball are wrapping up, and God knows baseball is completely unwatchable; so what do we have left? Our narrow recreational options will either result in creating more people, or involve actually getting out of our recliners and getting some sunlight and exercise (shudder). What we do have is option number three, and that is huddling around the computer and checking the updates regarding the World Series of Poker. Yes, it’s that time again. The Superbowl of the poker industry is starting today, and like any good competitive event, there are a number of story lines we should be keeping our eyes on.

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More than one big named poker player has won a hand based on nothing more than their reputation. Annie Duke is a very good player, and it will never hurt someone to respect her talent with the game, but to be in awe of someone like her at the table will often translate into playing scared, or being too aggressive in an attempt to get an edge on them. Thousands of people, including more than a few reading this, will be playing at this year’s WSOP. They will suddenly find themselves at the same table with people that they have probably watched on television for years.

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While going off early is probably not a good formula for rocket science, it is something that can be exploited when it happens during Texas Holdem. There are a lot of players out there who, like the amateur rocket scientist, find themselves going off early. You will see that a lot of players will show some severe aggression pre-flop and post-flop, but when they get to the turn it will seem as though they have shot their wad, and have nothing left in the tank.

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At the final table of the Aussie Millions the player who needed luck the least was getting the most of it. The only pro player, and the only American, was Erik Seidel, the infamous runner up to Johnny Chan in World Series of Poker past.

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