Even when on a losing streak, poker enriches your vocabulary
August 5, 2008
SHAGGY DOGS: TO CALL a person’s bluff is to test their claims and issue a challenge for them to reveal the truth.
Poker, from which the phrase derives, is essentially a game of deception where each player pretends to have the winning hand and the others have to consider the truth of that assertion against the value of the cards in their own hand.
Once play begins, the chips (money tokens) are placed on the table and then the chips are down (things are getting serious). The expression poker-faced, meaning to reveal no outward emotion, comes from this part of the game.
California Poker Rooms Will Soon Go Unleaded
August 4, 2008
Thanks, in part, to an Arizona television station’s news expose, a number of California casinos are ready to convert to lead-free poker chips. In an expose conducted by Channel 15 (ABC) Phoenix , the station found that chips made by Paulson Gaming Supplies had lead levels in excess of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.
Research compiled by the Center for Environmental Health (CEHCA) find that Paulson chips are currently in use at 28 of the 30 largest US casinos, as well as in poker rooms in South America and Asia. The GPI line can also be purchased for private use from retail locations.
Poker chips should contain no more than .005 percent lead. The expose revealed that the lead levels in the paint were as high as 400 percent of EPA approved levels. As for the insides, some cores were found to be as high as 50 percent lead, answering any questions as to how a clay chip hides its weight.
Poker: How to make the most of a so-so hand
August 1, 2008
Playing middle pairs can be a tricky proposition, especially when the board pairs or anovercard comes, but if you figure out what specific bets mean from specific players, you can make the most of a so-so hand.
At the $15,000-buy-in Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic at Las Vegas’ Bellagio in 2007, Erick Lindgren picked up pocket 9s under the gun. With blinds at $800-$1,600 plus a $200 ante, Lindgren, an aggressive pro, raised to $4,500.
“I was raising to thin the field and mix it up,” said Lindgren, winner of two World Poker Tour titles.
Three players in late position called, as did Raymond Davis in the big blind.
“When I got four callers,” Lindgren said, “I wanted to flop a 9.”
Top 10 Non Poker Books for Poker Players
July 31, 2008
I have a theory. Maybe just a hunch. Call it wishful thinking even. But I believe better people make better poker players. Certainly, a sociopath might have an advantage where aggression is concerned. However, when we think about long-term success across a decades-long career, poker longevity can only truly be achieved by those individuals who have their acts together.
Every poker book written by every poker expert will archly discuss the importance of such personal attributes as patience, self-discipline, psychological control. Yet, few, if any, teach you how to acquire those traits.
$40,000 in poker earnings sought from Seward VFD
July 30, 2008
The state attorney general wants a rural Westmoreland County fire department to surrender more than $40,000 it raised from poker tournaments it held last year as fundraisers.
The tournaments were organized by Greensburg attorney Larry Burns, who faces misdemeanor gambling charges for allegedly running Texas Hold ‘Em tournaments in Seward.
A petition was filed this week in Cambria County seeking $40,814 the department earned from gambling.
Online Poker Weekend: PokerStars Tops $1 Million Twice; Erica Schoenberg Final Tables at Full Tilt
July 29, 2008
Sunday was a really big day for PokerStars, as the online poker site made its million dollar guarantee for its Sunday Tournament – Twice, actually. The Sunday Million had its usual massive field, with over 8,000 players putting up the money to play, making the prizepool over $1.6 Million. Meanwhile, the Sunday Warm up, thanks to a ‘one rebuy’ format taking place during PokerStars ‘2x’ promotion also topped the one million dollar mark, thanks to over 1,500 rebuys in that event.
Meanwhile, over at Full Tilt, Erica Schoenberg outlasted over 4,000 players in that event to make the Final table of the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee.
World Poker Tour Host Mike Sexton Featured on PocketFives Podcast
July 25, 2008
Millions of Americans tune into the World Poker Tour every single week. It’s a staple of the poker world. In fact, many of today’s young superstars learned the game, in part, by turning on The Travel Channel every week and listening to Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten call the action ringside from some of the largest buy-in tournaments on the face of the Earth. This week, poker ambassador Mike Sexton, the voice of the World Poker Tour, joins the PocketFives.com Podcast.
San Jose, Costa Rica (PRWEB) July 25, 2008 — The World Poker Tour has made headlines over the last week. The tournament series found a new home on Fox Sports Net for its seventh season and, just hours later, crowned the champion of its fourth Bellagio Cup, PocketFiver Mike “SirWatts” Watson. At the center of the action on the WPT circuit is Mike Sexton, lead commentator alongside Hollywood heartthrob Vince Van Patten. They have been the voice of the World Poker Tour since it debuted in 2002. Sexton joins the PocketFives Podcast this week.
Online Poker Room Adds Russian
July 24, 2008
Kahnawake-licensed online casino TitanPoker.com is making its website and support services available to the world’s over 300 million Russian speakers with the addition of Europe’s largest native language.
The Cyprus-based online poker room is already available in English, Danish, Dutch, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish and this latest move ups its availability to players from across the globe to twelve languages.
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