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Understanding Poker Terminology

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

One thing that will leave you standing out at an online poker table is not understanding some of the terminology that is being tossed around in the conversation.  Asking others what different phrases mean will get you quickly labeled as a new person and often get your bluffs called.  It is good to learn some [...]

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Getting on a Poker Reality TV Show

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Are you an avid Poker player?  Do you watch the poker reality TV shows?  Well, there are many new poker reality television shows cropping up all over.  Now is your chance to be involved in these shows. There are different requirements to submit an application and try to get on the show.
The first step of [...]

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Betting with an Ace in Texas Holdem Poker

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

One of the biggest errors that new online Texas Holdem Poker players make is calling a bet or even placing a bet because they have an Ace in their hand.  Many times, new players will be heavily pre-flop if they have any Ace in their hand.  This can be extremely dangerous.  Remember, if you are [...]

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How your poker screen name affects your table image

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Picking out a screen name can be fun. You can pick a controversial name such as GoRedSox and have every New York poker player talking junk to you or you can pick a non-controversial name such as your pets name along with your pets image.
Nobody is going to start an argument with you because you [...]

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How to Read Your Online Poker Table Players

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Reading another online player takes time, you have to remember how players respond to certain actions. You have to play many rounds to see what kind of poker style people have. You don’t get the privilege of seeing their “poker face” so you have to pay very close attention to how people play. Most everybody [...]

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How to Tell if Online Table Players Are Bluffing

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

There are many factors that need to be considered when you want to figure out if someone’s bluffing when you are playing online gambling games.  There are some methods that you can use to determine if someone is bluffing in the poker tournament.

Most online poker tournaments I play in have nine people at one table. [...]

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Indicators of a Gambling Problem

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Here are some warning signs that you might have a gambling problem whether it be a gambling addiction for online gambling or offline gambling:

If you’re gambling debts or online accounts are being paid before your bills.
If bill collectors are calling your house but the bookies are not.
If you’re staying up all night playing poker or [...]

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Canada Jumps on Gambling Bans

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Less than a month ago the US put laws in place to ban Americans from using credit cards and many other means of funding their online casino and other gambling accounts. Now Ontario is putting a ban in place to stop websites from advertising in hopes of stopping young teens of gambling.
 

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Americans Can Still Play Internet Gambling

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

You can still gamble online if you choose to says officials. The law is set up to stop you from putting money up to sites and playing but if you find a way fine. They just won’t make it easy for you.
Americans Can Still Gamble

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The New Internet Gambling Ban

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

It has been illegal to gamble online but that didn’t stop most people. A new bill passed on another new ban might be different. Many online casino’s are gone and places like partypoker.com which is UK based won’t have anything to do with US customers anymore. Read the bill yourself and see what I mean:
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