Tagged: poker games

September 15, 2009

I Bet My Wife in a Poker Game and Lost!

I’m sure you’ll have heard poker stories like this before… A gambler is so much into a game but ends up having a bad streak. He loses his cool and is desperate to make a comeback, convinced that the next hand will be THE hand to make him. So there he is, with no more money to put on the table. What does he do? He bets something else of value. Remember the latest James Bond flick, which I actually labeled a poker movie in an article just recently? Remember that poker game between that Greek guy and Agent 007?...

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September 2, 2009

Poker House Games Become More Popular

I’ve said it before and I’m saying it one more time – home games are the in thing right now. We can attribute this fact to many factors, of course one of which is the widespread popularity of the World Series of Poker. Most everyone who watches TV would know about the WSOP. Even those who are not really into poker have at least heard about it. Eventually, those who are drawn into poker by watching the WSOP get into actually playing poker themselves. This is where the Internet comes in. At first, people try to dabble in online poker....

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September 2, 2009

An Introduction To Community Poker

Community poker is perhaps one of the most played groups of poker games today. The name community poker is derived from the fact that some cards are shared by all the players. Quite obviously, these are the community cards. Though there are many different kinds of community poker games, the basic idea behind them is the same. A specific number of cards are first dealt to each player – the number of which depends on the type of community poker. After the players get their cards, a certain number of cards are then laid out on the table. These are...