Archive for April, 2009

Poker Etiquette

Poker etiquette is a very important concept to understand if you are going to ever walk into a poker room. It is less important for home games and definitely not as important for online poker. Still, it is nice to know what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to such an intense [...]

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Making the final table in poker tournaments

There is no better feeling for a poker player than making it all the way through a poker tournament and taking first place. The game is such a rollercoster of events, that you never know what will happen. After winning a poker tournament you can look back at all of the hands and the ups [...]

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Poker Hand Rankings

The very first thing you should know before playing poker would be the poker hand rankings. If you do not know what beats what, then you probably will not do very well in a poker game. This is one of the very basics of learning poker. In this game, there are specific hands that will [...]

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The basic rules of poker

Poker has been around for decades now and the rules today are no different than 50 years ago. The game is a classic and it has become much more than a game for many people all over the world. There are many different poker games out there and there are just as many different variations [...]

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Poker In Canada merges with TigerGaming

Poker In Canada has now merged with TigerGaming poker room. This is not strictly a poker room closure, as no players will lose out. Both poker rooms are on the Action Poker Network, so the software is exactly the same. And existing Poker In Canada players don’t have to do anything – [...]

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Bugsys Club poker room closes

Bugsys Club is the latest online poker room to close its doors due to the ‘economic climate’. The worrying aspect here is that  Bugsys club had a decent number of daily players on average.
At 1,500 players daily, they had more traffic than some other poker rooms and networks that are still operating. 
They had continued [...]

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Understanding the different poker games

There are many different poker games in existence in today’s day and age. If you were to walk into a casino however, you would probably only see 1-3 different poker games being played in the poker room. The reason for that is because of the popularity of Texas Holdem, which is by far the most [...]

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A history lesson on Poker

Poker has been around so long, that nobody knows exactly when or where it started. What we do know is that it has been around for Centuries and today it has evolved into a lifestyle for people all over the world. A hobby, a game and even for some a living. Poker has become so [...]

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