1
Mar
2010
The Star Studded Charity Poker Tournament
Three Square Food Band will be benefiting from the PokerStars in its upcoming poker tournament. Numerous celebrities are expected to come at the gala. Tony Hawk, a skating legend who helped the Olympian Shaun White is one of the expected guests.
The tournament also looks forward to actors for the name of charity like Christian Slater, star in “Broken Arrow,” Untamed Heart,” and “Young Guns II,” and Brad Garrett who appeared in movies “Night at the Museum,” Ratatouille,” as well as Disney’s “ A Bug’s Life.” Joanna Krupa, hostess of North America Poker Tour as well as Team PokerStars Sports Stars Orel Hershiser will also play in the competition.
In addition to the aforementioned stars, the talk show host Montel William, Slash, former guitarist of Guns N Roses, and actors Marlon Wayans and Lou Diamond Phillips will as well appear in the tournament. Of course, poker players of PokerStars will also join in the battle.
The president and CEO of the Three Square Food Bank, Julie Murray is so delighted to PokerStars for its dedication to help those who hunger in Southern Nevada. Including the charity-minded celebrities who will join in the said tournament were appreciated. Julie Murray believed that this step would make a difference in their fight against hunger.
23
Dec
2009
Daniel Alaei Grabbed the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Title
Daniel Christopher Alaei was named the grand prize winner of the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker classic that ended this week. He had outdone the other 328 players who are on the field and take home an astounding $1.4 million in bag money.
Alaei specializes on NLHE cash games and has already collected more than $3.7 million dollars in live games during his poker career. He has 2 WSOP bracelets to his name and had won the $10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo 8-or-better event and made 18 cashes in the WSOP earning him an amount of $1,533,917 respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
18
Dec
2009
Poker after Dark Present the Best of the Poker World
Poker Production has again exceeded itself by bringing up a new twist in their NBC show Poker after Dark. The show will features in their newest episode a new theme called Railbird Heaven wherein poker players will be going to play high stakes poker in a span of two weeks.
Poker after Dark has gathered some of the most celebrated live game players in the poker record, and also the man that has been performing well in the online poker arena. They will be place in a very unusual cash game where they had to buy in a minimum of $100,000 and must not exceed $250,000. Read the rest of this entry »
17
Dec
2009
FBI Concludes that Online Poker is subject to Deceit and Manipulation
A prominent official of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has affirmed that internet poker is not saved from schemes and manipulation in the web.
A note written by Sawn Henry, FBI Assistant Director to Alabama Representative Spencer Bachus has declared: “There are several ways to cheat at online poker, none of which are legal,” Read the rest of this entry »
3
Dec
2009
American Online Poker Today
It’s been a lengthy time since the PPA or the Poker Players Alliance has observed steps to develop the gaming experience of American poker players. The passing of the UIGEA has distinctly starved the people in the United States who wanted to play poker online. This is due to the fact that the UIGEA has categorized poker along with other non-skilled gaming in the internet world.
But now it seems like that the transformation people look forward since 2006 has been started even though not in the same way as they have expected. Read the rest of this entry »
25
Nov
2009
The End of the Dark Days of Online Poker
There is a poker group called Poker Players Alliance which has been trying to change the poker environment in the United States especially in the Internet arena. Since the UIGEA has been passed it has literally waste away the online poker choices of the US people by classifying poker like any other variety of gambling which is not true because playing poker is more like a skill test than a luck one.
In the present, it seems like the change that poker players had been waiting for will materialize when the Democrats took the Congress over in 2006 but seems like they are not going in the right direction. Read the rest of this entry »
22
Oct
2009
ECPokerTour in Malta: How to Partake
One of the most projected events of the time is the ECPokerTour or European Poker Tour that happens in Malta every year.
From the time when it started, more and more tournaments with larger prizes joined in this tournament. And it’s because of this a lot expected that this tournament will be welcome in the big leagues in the near future. Read the rest of this entry »
14
Oct
2009
The Inner Workings of Club Titan Poker
Introduction
Club Titan Poker is an extremely appealing organization created by Titan Poker. If you occur to be one of its members then I would guess that you are staggering for more knowledge and info about the club and what advantages you can get from your membership. Here are some points that you need to get started. Read the rest of this entry »
13
Oct
2009
Know More About Pot Limit Omaha Poker Part 3: Maniac On The Loose
Having a maniac in the PLO table will bring out different reactions from the participants. Some will enjoy the maniac’s aggressive play while others will not be too happy having that kind of player in their midst. Well, lots of people have seen the rebellion coming, it’s just many poker players don’t want to get into a raising war with a maniac unless then have the coveted AAxx hand. They are not willing to welcome such behavior in their table and they show their difficulties as they complain about the maniac on the loose.
I’ll be giving examples below based on a maniac who always raises on the very first round and if there are limpers then he or she usually re-raises mostly 95% of the time. This type of maniac wanted to get it all before the flop shows. Read the rest of this entry »
13
Oct
2009
Are You Looking For Poker Games in the Web?
Good thing about online poker is that there is such a huge amount of games to pick from. As a result, players have ample choices of which table to sit at, which waiting list(s) to join, even what site they should be playing on. The solution to all of this is a modest bit of patience and exploration. Read the rest of this entry »