Archive for October, 2008

Halloween Poker

robertthomson wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Today is Halloween, which is a very popular in western countries. Kids would always say ‘trick or treat’ to get some candy, plus they often host a Halloween made-up party to celebrate this festival… An idea suddenly strike to my head, how about [...]

Don’t Treat Your Bankroll like a Tournament Buy-in

robertthomson wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptTypical poker tournaments continue until one player has all the poker chips and everyone else goes broke. But if the stakes just stayed the same, a tournament might last many years. It would be very hard to eliminate poker players. So, in tournaments, the stakes [...]

John Juanda, OMGClayAiken and Trex313 Play at Full Tilt

robertthomson wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt John Juanda ($102,296.50), OMGClayAiken ($71,098.50)  and trex313 ($49,600) played at RailHeaven (6 max) at FullTiltPoker.net. Also playing at the poker table was lady marmelade ($40,000) and Vaga_Lion ($50,000). The first hand that I am going to write about was between Vaga_Lion and lady [...]

Poker Tales I

Pokerlifeguide wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt33 players, I made it down to the last 5. Instead of paying out the top 3, they decided that we’d all get $100 and then the first place winner would get an extra $140.
There was about $30,000 in chips out there, which would have [...]

Staying away from Disruptions when you are playing Online Poker

beapokerplayer wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptStaying away from Disruptions when you are playing Online Poker Posted under how to play poker & internet poker & learning poker The benefits of online Texas Holdem versus real-life casinos are unlimited, but besides these benefits there are [...]

Weathering the Storm

beapokerplayer wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMy cards are as cold as it is outside. That’s a bummer. It’s one thing to get good cards and it’s a whole other thing to be card dead. I’ve been experiencing a mixture of both, but the problem is when I get good cards [...]

Weathering the Storm

dluvs2trvl wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMy cards are as cold as it is outside. That’s a bummer.
It’s one thing to get good cards and it’s a whole other thing to be card dead.
I’ve been experiencing a mixture of both, but the problem is when I get good cards they don’t [...]

When Just Calling Is OK in Poker

brooklyn bum wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt One of the most feverishly repeated mantras in all of online poker is the ‘Raise or Fold’ idea, in which players say that if your hand is good enough to be in the pot, you should be raising, and if [...]

Poker Terms: Taking the Lead

Clever Marketplace wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A player in poker hand is said to ‘take the lead’ when they are the first ones to bet into the pot, or ‘open the pot.’ Often the player who takes the lead will be the one who wins the [...]

Poker Slang: Love Cards

The Gambling Peak wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt “I’ve got two live cards!” It’s one of the favorite expressions of the short stack who has gotten caught trying to steal his way out of the low man on the totem pole spot. Having two live cards [...]