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An estimated 30,000 poker players are converging in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker, the largest poker tournament in the world as far as prize money and participants. The event starts Monday and runs through Aug. 10 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino just west of the Las Vegas Strip. Every day will include a new event ranging from 7-card stud to no-limit Hold'em to Razz (low hand wins), with all the tournaments producing a bracelet winner. Here's a quick look at the tournament by the numbers: 10,000,000 Potential dollars in the first-place check for winning the no-limit Texas Hold'em Main Event. Last year, Joseph Hachem earned $7.5 million for winning the main event. 50,000 Dollars needed to enter the H.O.R.S.E. tournament, the largest buy-in in WSOP history. The event was added after lobbying by players and is a combination of no-limit Hold'em, Omaha (four cards dealt), Razz, stud and stud eight (high hand and low hand split the pot). 30,000 Potential play

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If you’re into the cult phenomena known as Texas Hold‘em, chances are you’ve already played in a charity tournament. Local newspapers are loaded with advertisements for weekend tournaments to raise money for charities. And there are many advantages to participating in these events. The biggest advantage is helping a worthy charity raise money and the possibility of winning a large payout yourself. Inexperienced players can get in on the action to learn the game in a relatively friendly atmosphere. The buy-in for charity tournaments range from $25 to $50. These events will often offer door prizes, 50/50 drawings, and raffles. For a little extra, you can also buy-in to the bad beat or high hand jackpots. In addition, side games are set up for players who have been knocked out of the main tournament with yet another chance to win money. Being the first player knocked out also has its advantages. This is generally in the form of a consolation prize. If you sign-up on the mailing list, you’

The online casino gambling world is one of the more stressful industries out there – industry workers are required to deal with to ensure the security of their patrons. The eCommerce and Online Gaming, Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) wants to make this process is a little easier by hosting a global training workshop that will bring 100 of the top Internet casinos and online poker rooms to London, UK. Moderators with online gambling and online poker sites have to worry about issues such as underage gambling, hosting games for gambling addicts, amongst other issues. Like last year’s event held in Cape Town, South Africa, the two-day event will be hosted by a team of gaming specialties from the international Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4). At the end of the workshop all the members will receive an internationally recognized "Play It Safe" seal. This seal indicates the person has participated in one of these well known G4 workshops. "Because online gaming is so popula

Donald Trump is known across the country for firing people, but residents of Diamondhead, Mississippi will become a little more familiar with "The Donald" over the next few months. Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. recently released documents indicating they are in the process of working with the Diamondhead Casino Corporation to build a world-class-casino in the hurricane devastated region. The agreement includes the 40 acres of prime Mississippi real estate owned by the gaming commission. In October last year, Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour signed a bill that documented the state’s approval of building casinos, the law does state that resorts must be built on land up to 800-feet from the mean high water line of certain bodies of water. "We believe a partnership with Trump Entertainment Resorts for this venture adds up to an ideal combination because of their experience, the value of the Trump brand, the location of our site on Interstate 10 and the vitality of the

When playing Stud, fourth street is the last of the smaller betting rounds. On fifth street, the bets double, so if you decide to play beyond fourth street, your investment in the hand is going to be hefty. On fourth street, I look to see if an opponent has picked up a card that has a relation to the door card (the first up card). If fourth street builds straight or flush possibilities for my opponent, I'm likely to muck a lot of hands; if it appears to be a complete blank, I'll usually continue. For example, say one player open-raised with the Qd as a door card, and I called with split 8s and a suited 6. If he catches a total blank (something like the 2c) on fourth street and bets, I'm likely to continue and see if fifth street brings either of us any help. On the other hand, I will probably dump the hand if my opponent catches anything between a Ten and an Ace, and I don't improve. I won't know for sure if a Ten, Jack, King or Ace helps my opponent's hand, but

My first suggestion for playing on seventh street is that you need to look at your pot odds when facing a final bet. When playing $5-$10 Stud, for example, you'll often need to call a $10 river bet while looking at a pot of $70. In this spot, where you're getting 7:1, if you have any suspicion that your hand is good, you really ought to call. The odds are so favorable that throwing away a lot of marginal hands would be a mistake. This is very different from no-limit poker, where you'll need to make some big laydowns late in a hand. If you're making the transition from No-Limit Hold 'em to Limit Stud, keep this very important point in mind. PLAY SOME 7 STUD NOW Some of the tougher decisions on seventh street arise when you're holding one pair. Let's say you start with a pair of 6s and your opponent open-raises with a King as his door card. He bet all the way, representing a pair of Kings, and you called. Neither of you seemed to improve on fourth, fifth or si

New players who want to be good students of the game often ask me for advice. In response, I often tell them about emotional stability, which I touched on in my last tip. The next point I'd like to make is that they need to be careful when assessing their own play. That's because there are a couple of common mistakes new players make that lead them to draw faulty conclusions about the strength of their play. After playing for a short period of time, say 100 hours, a player starts to develop an opinion about his or her play. They might think they're playing very well or very poorly, but this conclusion might be far from the truth. The problem is that, in the short term, anything can happen. A player may get very lucky or unlucky and show results that are either far higher or lower than they could ever expect in the long-term. However, over a longer period - say 300 hours or more - a player is going to get a much more accurate view of their ability to beat the game. Award win

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Card Player Magazine is well-known for being the premier news sources in the English speaking poker world, but soon they will reach into other languages. The magazine announced that they have reached deals with several international foreign-language poker content sites and magazines. Card Players has already been working to establish themselves as a world-wide poker news source with their addition of Card Player Europe. One of the biggest partnerships in this deal was the announcement that Card Player Magazine will be working with one of the original and most respected poker news sources in Norway: http://www.cardplayernorge.com . The magazine will also be expanding into the Swedish market, by providing content to Swedish poker player Martin de Knijffs' top-selling poker magazine. "Using Card Player poker content helps to elevate the quality of poker in Sweden. We are pleased and excited to work with the world's premier poker content provider," explained Martin de Kni

The Borgata, in Atlantic City, NJ, will make its WPT televised debut in the upcoming poker television season. The poker tournament’s organizers are going to make sure this poker event is one to remember. The Texas Hold’em Poker tournament will follow a different format than many other WPT events by offering players a spot in one of four Professional Poker Tour (PPT) freeroll tournaments, with a total prize of $2 million up for grabs. However, this prize will not be an easy one to capture; there are 265 of the poker world’s best Hold’em players trying their luck at this World Poker Tour event. The line-up is interesting for any WPT fan – the event has some familiar poker faces and also has some of poker’s most up-and-coming professional poker players. Players at the Borgata’s poker tournament could find themselves up against poker stars like Gavin Smith, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Joseph Hachem, Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein, Phil Ivey, and Daniel Negreanu. You can play

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The Poker Players Alliance has a new member on their board of directors, and he has one of the best poker resumes out there. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) announced that world-renowned professional poker player, Howard Lederer, will be joining their board. "I am thrilled that Howard has agreed to join our board," explained Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance. "Howard's reputation within the poker community and his ongoing efforts on behalf of our organization and poker players to defend the game from attacks by Congress and others make him a great addition to the board." The Poker Players Alliance is a grassroots organization with 27,000 members. The group’s focus is the education of the public and government towards poker, and lately have been working on convincing the American government that online poker should not be banned. The PPA board already includes Linda Johnson, Greg Dinkin, Mary Magazine and Jan Fisher. And Howard Lederer i

C-note A hundred dollar bill. California Lowball Ace to five lowball with a joker. call To match the current bet amount, maintaining one's interest in the pot. call cold When a player calls both a raise and a bet. caller A player who makes a call bet. calling station A weak player who frequently checks and calls, but rarely raises. cap A limit on the number of raises allowed in a betting round. Typically three or four (in addition the opening bet). In most casinos, the cap is removed if there are only two players remaining either (1) at the beginning of the betting round, or (2) at the time that what would have otherwise been the last raise is made. capping a raise The final raise. cards speak Describing a split-pot game, one without a declaration. A common house rule stating that properly shown hands at showdown may be read by anyone, and need not be announced. case card The last available card of a certain description (typically a rank). The only way I can win is to catch the cas

B&M Brick and Mortar; a card room with a physical location as opposed to virtual (i.e. online). baby A low-ranked card, usually used in lowball games. Also see spoke. back into a hand When a player draws cards that make her or his hand different from the hand s/he was originally attempting to make. back to back Having a pair in five card stud. backdoor A draw requiring two or more rounds to fill. For example, catching two consecutive cards in two rounds of Seven-card stud or Texas Hold’em to fill a straight or flush. A hand made other than the hand the player intended to make. I started with four hearts hoping for a flush, but I backdoored two more kings and my trips won. backdoor flush When a player has three cards that would support a flush, but requires the turn and river to make the flush. backdoor straight When a player has three cards that would support a straight, but requires the turn and river to make the straight. backer Someone who does not play but finances a player. ba

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As long as poker has been played, there have been crooked players trying to beat the game through cheating. The history of poker is not perfectly clear, but the game was played on Mississippi riverboats in the early 1800s and one of its first references was in a book written by Jonathan H. Green in 1843 where he called it “the cheating game.” Read entire article - Warning its long but informative.

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When it comes to raising money for a local charity, the Walker County Fire Department wanted to combine two of their favorite things: motorcycles and Seven Card Stud Poker. The inaugural poker run is scheduled for this Saturday, and Sgt. Donnie Brown is hoping the run will double last year’s donation to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. “If this is a success, we will continue to do this. Everybody has enjoyed doing the boot drive, but we wanted to spice things up a little bit,” explained Brown. “We wanted to add something else not only to spice things up but to raise more money.” Participants in the poker run will get a card at the beginning of the race and will receive five cards along the race at different check-points. At the end of the race, each rider will get one final card – the people with the top three Seven Card Stud Poker hands will be awarded prizes, even the person with the lowest poker hand will walk away with away with a prize. But the real prize of the day will be hel

Poker isn’t just popular on TV and on the internet… it’s gaining popularity among the video game market too. With the release of Stacked with Daniel Negreanu, that market just got a little more interesting. The game has been released for Playstation 2, Xbox and there is also a PC version. Stacked with Daniel Negreanu offers poker players a great multi-player option, it makes playing online poker effortless and seamless, whether you’re using a computer or a video game console. "Stacked is the perfect way for a beginner to learn poker," said Daniel Negreanu. "It won’t disappoint the advanced players either, especially when they have to face off against me!" The creators of Stacked with Daniel Negreanu feel they have the best artificial intelligence system on the market compared to any other poker video games. Each of the players has an AI that matches their real-life poker faces, including tells.

Casino City Press has made it easy to find information about many of the big players of the online gambling world with the release of the fourth edition of their iGaming Business Directory. This resource is especially useful for people in the gaming industry to find contact information of internet casinos and online poker companies. The 500-page-book is loaded with information from the online poker world and the online casino industry – all this information is at your finger tips with the iGaming Directory. Within the Directory’s pages you will find executive contact information for 2,500 gaming sites; 2,000 portal sites for casino sites, online poker companies, online bingo sites, and other online betting destinations. There is also a section that provides information on how to get a hold of gaming software development companies and other online gaming suppliers. "The creation of the new Directory and the development of the infrastructure required to support its production was a

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Recently, a friend (we'll call him "Freaky") asked me to look over the hand history of a Sit and Go he recently played. He ended up winning the tournament, but I found quite a few leaks in his game that I wanted to help him plug. Take a look at the following hands and see if you can pick out the flaw in his game: Average Chip Stack: 2,700 Three places paid out: $400 for first, $300 for second, $200 for third. Hand No. 1, Blinds 100-200 Seat 2: 3,460 Seat 3 (Dealer): 1,060 Seat 5 (SB 100): 1,565 Seat 7 (BB 200): 9,25 Freaky: 6,490 Freaky is dealt Ah-6d. Freaky raises to 600 Hand No. 2. Blinds 100-200 with a 25 ante per player Seat 2 (SB 100): 3,435 Seat 3 (BB 200): 1,035 Seat 5: 540 Freaky (Dealer): 8,490 Freaky is dealt Kh-7s. Freaky raises to 800. Hand No. 3, Blinds 100-200 with a 25 ante per player Seat 2 (Dealer): 3,310 Seat 3 (SB 100): 810 Seat 5 (BB 200): 515 Freaky: 8,865 Freaky is dealt Qh-9h. Freaky raises to 800. Looks pretty straightforward, no? A massive chip l

You no longer have to be in Las Vegas to watch the final table of the World Series of Poker. ESPN announced today that it has extended its deal with Harrah's Entertainment to televise the WSOP on ESPN until 2010. In addition to the regular television coverage, poker fans will be able to watch the final table live through ESPN PPV. For $24.95, poker enthusiasts will be able to see all the action as it happens with "The World Series of Poker Live!" from the 2006 final table on their TV screens or via live video stream at ESPN.com. Viewers can catch the action as players vie for an estimated $10 million first prize, with live coverage running from 3 p.m. ET on Aug. 10 until the champion is crowned. The pay-per-view special will be offered in addition to ESPN's regularly televised presentation of the 2006 World Series of Poker, including circuit championships, bracelet championships and the entire main event on ESPN as well as content and preview episodes on ESPN360 (broa

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The Game Show Network’s premier poker show, Poker Royale, attempted to stand out among a glut of poker programs by arranging the games around certain themes. They’ve done “Young Bloods,” where the only players were below the age of thirty. Their first such gimmick, run in 2004, and still being rerun on the network, was the “Battle of the Sexes,” where they tried to find out who was really the superior gender. It was mostly all in good fun, and the male contestants, which included WSOP Main Event champions Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer were ultimately taken down by Poker Pro Kathy Liebert. Liebert is an incredible poker player, there’s no question about that. She’s one of a handful of female poker pros with over a million dollars in tournament winnings, and she’s got a listing of finishes over the past decade that almost any poker player, regardless of gender, would be envious of. She’s the second-place tournament money winning among women; only Annie Duke has more. But when you fact

There appears to be a resurgence in live poker, according to the PokerPages Industry Index, an industry standard when it comes to measuring the growth in Live Poker. This puts to rest all the recent speculation that Live Poker was experiencing a downtrend. "The World Poker Tour really carried the torch this month, representing 45 percent of the total buy-ins," said PokerPages Founder Mark Napolitano. The World Poker Tour (WPT) hosted its $25,000 Main Event Final this month with record success. "We are continuing to see players favoring the WPT's big buy - in events over the World Series Circuit Main events - as we continue to see slower than expected growth from the young WSOP Circuit." There were a record number of entrants for April, with most of the growth coming from the non-series events, which jumped 44 percent from last April to over 29,000 entries. "This is a great sign for the industry," says Napolitano. "This means that we are starting

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