7
Aug
2009
Personages in Poker: The Calling Station
Ally or Enemy?
The calling station is one of the few familiar poker personalities you might encounter at the poker table. They are favorite opponents of good poker players because of their ability to give out their money easily without any kind of regret.
5
Aug
2009
Roland De Wolfe: The Second Man Who Won the Poker Triple Crown
The Triple Crown is garnered by a poker pro who won the three of the most important events in poker and that would be the European Poker Tour (EPT), World Poker Tour (WPT) and the World Series of Poker (WSOP). English professional poker player Roland De Wolfe is fortunate enough to become one of the two players who won the Triple Crown. He even dresses himself with a Union Jack track-suit during the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha event where he won his first WSOP bracelet this year showing that his proud to be an Englishman.
The first player to get the Triple Crown is none other than Gavin Griffin. He got his first from the $3,000 Pot Limit Hold ‘EM event at the WSOP in 2004; his second came from winning the EPT Grand Final title in 2007 and he finished the crown with his win on the WPT Borgata Classic in 2008.
31
Jul
2009
Poker Personages : The Locksmith
Enemy or Friend?
A locksmith is not your ally and also not your foe; they are just there to fill up the table. They are unwilling to get involve to anything that’s why a lot of poker players refer them as locks. They are also one of the simplest players to take down. But be wary of them cause when they only play strong hand and other than that they will fold every time they have a weak one. You cannot get a great deal of money from them. They are just there to fill up the vacant seat and with no other vital reasons.
23
Jul
2009
Understanding Poker Personalities : The Bookworm
This will be a ongoing profiles of the poker personalities you will meet while playing poker
Ally or Foe?
16
Jul
2009
Poker is Recession Proof – The Number Counts In The WSOP
It’s true that the number of entrants in the WPT have been down this year. Almost 25% fewer compared the previous year. However, the numbers don’t lie, poker is still an in demand commodity. Let’s just look at the WSOP events. Three events are already sold out from the first 9 events that passed. And it only signifies one thing; lots of poker players really want to join the events but the slots are only limited.
You can see the statistics in the Main Event throughout the years. In 2003, there were more than 800 players, and then at 2004 we saw 3 times the number of entrants in 2003. The field increase in 2005 with a number of 5,619 entries and at 2006 the field jumps to its highest at 8.773. While the number of players decrease at the following years; only 6,358 and 6,844 entrants in 207 and 2008.
8
Jul
2009
Postdiction – A Basic Poker Error
Everyone recognizes prediction connecting it with celebrated public figures same as Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce and naturally foretelling. Although postdiction isn’t that renowned. Its not practice in our regular language and I’m distressed to state that even my spell check can’t distinguish this word. Simply the truth is postdiction can be found in numerous aspects in society.
Postdiction is a condition wherein you get a situation that had already passed and place a bias analysis on it. In the world of sports this is more commonly known as the Monday Morning Quarterback which popularize the infamous lines, “How can he leave Pedro Martinez in for the 8th inning?!?!?!?!”
1
Jul
2009
The Blame Game – Mistakes In Poker
One of the most usual mistakes committed in poker is the blame game. This occurs frequently to individuals who are just starting to learn the game. Some who are starting out in the game gained knowledge about poker and become aware of their mistakes, they also saw how their opponents make mistakes. With this knowledge they thing that luck is the only hinder they have when they are not winning a game.
If you make mistake like the blame game, you indulge in passing up fault to anyone convenient even if they don’t deserve it. Only a few people can accept the fact that they have made their own mistakes.
30
Jun
2009
Poker’s Best Phil Ivey
Phil Ivey is the greatest poker player by far as far as the professional poker players are concerned. However, not all know about him because he’s rarely seen playing in big tournaments.
Phil already acquired 1 win in the WPT events from getting 8 Final Tables. He also managed to get 6 WSOP bracelets. But he has not conquered the realm of Texas Hold ‘Em yet which is the only poker sort which is seen on television.
25
Jun
2009
Legislative assembly utilize online gambling statute law to gain ground politically
The present-day argument over online gambling -ought it be legitimized and governed, or banished outright-is what is known as a lobbyist issue. You reckon, the ordinary American dismissed this matter either way; it just does not touch their lives. Nevertheless, there are definite “small” sections of the population that feel very powerfully about this issue, one way or the other.
These radicals that place our Senators and members of U.S. Congress in a very awkward position; politically speaking. On one hand, they all have individual positions on the issue and a constituency to address for; and then again they have particular involvement groups -who fund their political campaign pressuring them on their choices.
23
Jun
2009
Becoming a 5 Tool Poker player
Typically, those who are looking for baseball players based their find into 5 factors known as the 5 tools. That’s the reason why those all around players are called 5 tool players. These 5 tools that I’m talking about concerning baseball are: