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Fulfill your Need for Speed at Hollywood Poker

Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2008

At Hollywood Poker, you get the celebrity treatment! And, with a host of tournaments designed to fit any player’s style, you will feel like the spotlight is out there, waiting just for you!Do you like your tournaments fast? Then the Hollywood Poker Turbo Tournament is the one for you! With a buy-in of $5+.

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Small Buy-in HORSE Tournament

Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008

Have you been looking for an easy way to learn to play mixed game formats and be able to play with an easy going crowd that won’t rip you or scald you in the chat for playing a bad hand or making a bad call?  And you must be looking for a tournament that won’t cost you an arm and a leg to play but you might win a few pennies if you place?  Of course you have!

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Win Your Way To a PokerStars Poker Camp

Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008

PokerStars wants to send you to camp, and not the kind with bunk beds, showers with sandals and that funky smell on the fourth day.Instead, this camp's in the Bahamas - don't you wish your parents sent you there for the summer? - and you can win your $4,500 seat through a bunch of cheap satellites.

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Strike Gold in the $500,000 Freeroll Bonanza

Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008

Ladbrokes Poker has an amazing promotion for all you gold seekers! Right now, Ladbrokes Poker is running a $500,000 Freeroll Bonanza and you will definitely want to stake your claim and be a part the fun. Hop aboard the gold train for your opportunity to win your share of over $500,000 in cash and prizes from now until January 4th!Getting into the $500,000 Freeroll Bonanza is easy!

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Charity Report: Nov. 21 Star-Studded Charity Tourney in NY for Sunflower Children

Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2008

For the second year running, Sunflower Children will be hosting its Texas Hold’em Charity Benefit on November 21st, 2008 in New York City. All of the funds raised for the event will go directly to benefit the Sunflower Children nonprofit organization for at-risk children worldwide.

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UIGEA Regulations Finalized, Will Take Effect Jan. 19, 2009

Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Representative Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, wrote letters to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Secretary Henry Paulson asking that the Treasury Department not do it. But the Bush administration took advantage of midnight regulations to do it anyway. It finalized the UIGEA regulations and set them to go into effect on January 19th, 2009.

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Where Are They Now – Karina Jett

Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008

There is a running discontent among some poker professionals who suggest that one of the major reasons women get poker sponsorships has very little to do with their skills, as has been previously discussed.  However, as was the case with Cyndy Violette, Karina Jett also made her name in poker long before these new pretty faces ever came along.

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Playing Out Of the Blinds Conclusion

Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008

It's Not All About The Cards What this assignment was NOT about... it wasn't about always calling out of the small blind with any two... it wasn't about always raising a late position "apparent" steal raise out of the blinds... it wasn't about always calling with a certain hand out of the blinds... What it WAS about...

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Sights and Sounds of the WSOP Main Event Final Table

Date: Fri, Nov 14, 2008

Promoted as the biggest thing to hit poker since the hole card camera, the World Series of Poker Main Event delay and its “November Nine” had a lot to live up to.The setting was the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas, the players and their personal stories were hyped, the $9.1 million first prize was all the buzz, and the rest was up to...well…the poker industry.

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Poker Pundit – Meet Jeremy ‘Chipsteela’ Menard

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

A blog of sorts, a story to be told, the true depth of poker is about to unfold:Hey what’s up guys, I’m new to this whole blogging thing. To be honest I don’t think I’ve even read a blog in my entire life. Despite this fact, I’m excited to share with you all of what’s going on in the life and times of “Chipsteela” and keep you updated with the ups and downs of my online poker career.

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Little Wins Big at WPT Foxwoods World Poker Finals

Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008

On November 5th, the night after the U.S. elected Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, poker players gathered in Mashantucket, Connecticut for the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods. They brought their own version of “hope” to the tournament tables as they looked to become the next World Poker Tour champion.

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The Free Roll

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008

Playing poker all night long in a local poker room years ago meant that you were going to receive free rolls, some of them were glazed, others were sugared or cake, and some even had a jelly filling.  That usually happened along about 5 to 6 a.m.

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Poker Plus – A Hard Way to Make Easy Money

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008

For years I have heard poker players say that playing poker IS a hard way to make an easy living and they are right. If you have ever had dreams of quitting your day job and flipping chips, make sure you can put up with the ups and downs. Not only the up and down yo-yo effect to your bankroll, but the mental frustration as well.Many players get on a roll and think playing poker is easy.

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Playing Out Of the Blinds Assignment

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008

It's Not All About The Cards For this assignment you are to play a minimum of three no limit hold em tournaments at an online poker site such as Full Tilt or PokerStars (preferrably deeper stack type of events). The assignment rules do not apply once you have reached 10x the big blind or less.

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