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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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Friendly Poker Game Is Not So Friendly

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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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

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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The Anti-Internet Gambling Bill

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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Party Poker: Players Club tourney advice

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’s Top 9 Hold ‘em Starting Hands

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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Pineapple Poker

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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Encouraging the youth of today

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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IPOs coming fast and furious

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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Cost of Poker Entertainment

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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