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Many simply want to take on the task of making the best possible moves in poker play but unknown to them, it does not always follow that they have to be played all the time. Patience is a virtue as they say, and this is very much applicable to poker as well. A person has […]
Written by Sasha on April 27th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Control of wagers is the easiest way to summarize what most poker players should instill within themselves, especially when they reach a point to which they get that unlikely feeling of wanting to win it all. This usually occurs when a person would lose some amount all from constant losing on dealt hands. While there […]
Written by Sasha on April 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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For addicted poker players, playing the game to its max would be their signal to stop playing. However, for more sane players, knowing when to stop has been a trademark to which they notice their losing run and acknowledge the time to quit while they are ahead. Of the two, addicted poker players would most […]
Written by Sasha on April 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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In the last post, we talked about how you can start your own home game. One of the requisites of doing this however, is having the right equipment and what is the most vital piece of equipment for poker? Chips, poker chips that is.
For the uninitiated, once you’ve seen poker chips (even on […]
Written by Sasha on September 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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Historians can’t quite agree how the game of poker emerged. They think the name of the game may have originated from the French word “poque”, a variation of the German “pochen” or “to knock” or “to brag”. This may refer to how bluffing is an integral part of the game—you pretend to have great cards, […]
Written by Sasha on August 8th, 2006 with no comments.
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Johnny Chan is one of the greatest poker players of all time. He has 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, and became world champion twice. And look at how much the man’s won—over four million dollars from career tournament earnings, not counting what he’s earned from cash game winnings. He’s always at the famous Bellagio’s […]
Written by Sasha on July 24th, 2006 with no comments.
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When Andy Bloch first started playing poker in 1992, he was a law student looking for a way of relaxing between midterms. Then he started getting serious about it, joining small weekly tournaments about once a month (paying an entrance fee of $35, which he saw as an “investment”). As Bloch’s skills grew, so did […]
Written by Sasha on July 22nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Poker was a popular pastime in the days of the Wild West, and Hollywood pays homage to this sport in many films that either revolve around poker or feature it in one of its scenes. What Hollywood doesn’t tell you is that not all the poker players were men. Sure, it was a macho society […]
Written by Sasha on July 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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Hollywood tends to distort poker with stereotypes and really stupid moves and tricks described by scriptwriters who obviously know nothing about the game. But once in a while, you come across a movie that does a decent job of bringing the excitement of poker to the big screen. Here are a few films to rent, […]
Written by Sasha on July 18th, 2006 with no comments.
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Many movies incorporate the high-stakes, fast-action world of poker — hoping, perhaps, to spice up their plot and add edgy glamour to their characters. Unfortunately, many of those gambling scenes border on the ridiculous. Think of the downright ludicrous House of Games, the painfully stilted Honeymoon in Vegas, and the kitschy Maverick—all of which can […]
Written by Sasha on July 16th, 2006 with no comments.
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