Archive for the 'Poker' Category
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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Joyce Priddy wrote this on January 30th, 2008 and filed it under Gambling, Online Gambling, Poker, Texas Holdem Poker | No Comments »
Monday, September 18th, 2006
If you and your buddies like to hang around at one of yours homes and just play a nice friendly game of poker well be forewarned. The police can and will arrest you for it. 16 friends in South Carolina got together to do just that and were in the middle of the game when [...]
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Marsha James wrote this on September 18th, 2006 and filed it under Gambling, Poker | No Comments »
Monday, May 15th, 2006
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Address: 4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, Florida 33024
Phone: 866-2-Casino
Directions: Take I-95 to Stirling Road. Go West to State Road 7 (441). On the South West Corner of the intersection.
http://www.seminoletribe.com/enterprises/hollywood/casino.shtml
The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is run by the Seminole Tribe of Florida with the famous “Hard Rock Cafe” blended [...]
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Tom Baurley wrote this on May 15th, 2006 and filed it under Blackjack, Casino Gambling, Gambling, Poker, Slot Machines, Tribal Casinos | No Comments »
Thursday, March 16th, 2006
According to a Reuters article published yesterday, the a House panel has cleared an anti-Internet gambling bill:
WASHINGTON - A U.S. House committee on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at stamping out the $12 billion Internet gambling industry by stopping businesses from accepting credit cards and other forms of payment.
The bill, cleared by voice vote in [...]
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Nancy wrote this on March 16th, 2006 and filed it under Gambling, Gambling Sites, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling, Poker | No Comments »
Saturday, December 3rd, 2005
One of the things I like best about Party Poker is that you rack up Party Points with every hand you play — a lot like the comp dollars you earn in actual casinos.
I’m able to enter two or three Players Club tournaments weekly with my points, and in a good week I’ll actually [...]
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Nancy wrote this on December 3rd, 2005 and filed it under Free Gambling, Gambling, Gambling Sites, Online Gambling, Poker, Texas Holdem Poker | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Every poker player has his/her own system when it comes to which cards they’ll play and which they won’t during Texas Hold ‘em tournaments. That said, here are the nine starting hands I love the most:
AA
KK
QQ
These three are nearly invincible. I like to slow-play them, then go all-in and knock out other players. What [...]
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Nancy wrote this on November 29th, 2005 and filed it under Free Gambling, Gambling, Online Gambling, Poker, Texas Holdem Poker | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
Most casinos offer texas hold ‘em as poker, and occasionally you’ll see Omaha. There’s a version that’s also popular in many casinos known as Pineapple, which in a way splits the difference.
I have no idea if this has been shown on the poker tour, but here’s how it goes.
You’re dealt three hole cards (instead [...]
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brother9 wrote this on July 26th, 2005 and filed it under Gambling, Poker | No Comments »
Monday, June 13th, 2005
Poker has become so popular that there are actually tournaments offering college scholarships to those who play. There is actually a College Poker Championship.
I really don’t think people under 21 need any more encouragement to play than the heavily edited displays of people winning millions of dollars in highstakes poker on TV.
What I find [...]
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brother9 wrote this on June 13th, 2005 and filed it under Gambling, Horseracing, Poker, Texas Holdem Poker, World Series of Poker | No Comments »
Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
I’m not one for the Wall Street version of gambling, but even so I’m surprised I missed the IPO of the World Poker Tour (quote) last August. I’m sensing a beginning of a downtrend in poker, so I’m wondering if there is any value to the stock. However, they did beta-release their online [...]
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brother9 wrote this on June 2nd, 2005 and filed it under Gambling Sites, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling, Poker | No Comments »
Thursday, May 12th, 2005
I think the one thing that keeps a lot of people from really sitting down at a poker table in a casino - those that are close enough to do it, of course - is the assumption that you’ll need a sizeable amount of money to come in and be willing to lose. That’s [...]
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brother9 wrote this on May 12th, 2005 and filed it under Casino Gambling, Las Vegas Gambling, Poker, Texas Holdem Poker | No Comments »