Why do you play the game?

Why do you play the game of poker?

World Poker Tour Festa al Lago Concludes

The World poker Tour’s Festa al Lago has come to an end.  After six nerve-wracking days, Tommy Vedas was crowned the victor, besting Jason Lavallee after nearly two hours of heads up play, which saw chips changing hands back and forth several times. When play began at the final table, Freddy Deeb was placed in [...]

PokerStars EPT High Roller Final Table

The final table of the PokerStars European poker Tour High-Roller Event has been decided, with WSOPE bracelet winner Erik Cajelais holding a massive chop lead. The final table make-up looks like this: Eugene Katchalov, USA, 530,000 Shane Reihill, Ireland, 236,000 Matt Glantz, USA, 647,500 Dennis Phillips, USA, 218,500 Ilari Sahamies, Finland, 311,000 Leo Fernandez, Argentina, [...]

Next Celebrity Apprentice May Not Feature Poker Players

Following the success of Annie Duke – who finished second in the last Celebrity Apprentice, professional poker players, and poker fans, have been excitedly following the show, hoping to see more professional poker players appearing in future editions of the show. Duke finished second to Joan Rivers, and the show created lots of excitement as [...]

Does poker behavior matter?

Does poker behavior matter?

Mike Sexton Poker Hall of Fame Inductee

Mike Sexton has been selected by Harrah’s and the World Series of poker to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.  The news was announced this morning, and Sexton will become the 38th member of the Poker Hall of Fame. He will be the only person inducted into the Halll at the November final [...]

Priest Wins Poker Challenge

poker fans and TV viewers were left stunned earlier this month, when the PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge was won by South Carolina priest Father Andrew Trapp – who knocked off NBA Champion John Salley, Team PokerStars.net Pro Vanessa Rousso and Team PokerStars.net Pro, as well as four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu [...]

Does the Gap Concept still hold true?

Does the Gap Concept still hold true?

Bodog Poker Open Schedule

The dates for the fourth Bodog poker Open tournament have been announced.  The tournament is scheduled to start on November 1st, and will conclude one week later on Novemebr 8th.  The week-long schedule will include a wide range of poker games, including Limit, Pot Limit, and No Limit Texas Hold’em. The Bodog Poker Open has [...]

World Poker Tour Marrakech Results

The final 17 players in the Word poker Tour Marrakech tournament returned to the Casino de Marrakech this afternoon to enjoy a marathon day of poker play.  At the end of the day, Christophe Savary of France emerged victorious – taking home the trophy and a prize of more than EUR377,262. Savary’s victory was a [...]

Understanding the thought process

How many times have you heard or read about how to think about the game of poker? We have all either read or watched various authors and poker players talk about different levels of thinking. First level thinking, second level thinking and so forth. Your thought process and how you use that information is all [...]

Free poker game for Nokia handset owners

Nokia is releasing some free Gameloft games to it’s Ovi store, so Australian Nokia handset owners can enjoy one of a wide range of different Gameloft mobile phone games for free.  Naturally, the one we think you will like the most is the poker game they are offering for free, which is titled Texas Hold’em [...]

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