What kind of player do you consider yourself? By that I mean what stakes do you think of yourself as playing, either live or online? Are you a “big tournament” player? A 100-200 no limit player? One of the “big game” players at the Bellagio? A $.50-$1 limit player? Your answer to that question reveals a potential danger to your bankroll as you try to build it.
As one of the top SportsBooks in the world, Bodog Poker has a reputation for offering people some pretty interesting bets on big events. Their latest line of fun and intriguing wagers will focus on the final table of the WSOP Main Event.
With great anticipation, I waited in the casino for a Hold’em game to fire up after the tournament on our Alaskan cruise. It was after all advertised on the daily activity sheet and out of 1,200 passengers; I figured surely there would be at least eight poker players.As time wore on, I realized it wasn’t going to happen.
Back by popular demand, the Festa al Lago tournament series at the Bellagio in Las Vegas was reinstated to the World Poker Tour schedule during its seventh season. After having skipped the tour stop in 2007, players seemed anxious to have it back in 2008 with the WPT at the helm of the main event.Even so, attendance was down for the preliminary events.
On my recent cruise to Alaska I spent the first night in the casino playing a Hold’em tournament as I wrote about here. Now I will continue relating my experiences about the game and the players.A big disappointment to me was the Pokermate automated table. I had never played on one before and was looking forward to trying it. It didn’t take me long to figure out I hated it.
Cake Poker offers a 250k Guaranteed no-limit hold’em freeze out tournament this Sunday, October 26th at 4pm ET with at least $50,000 to be paid out to the final woman standing. “TrumbelmanJr” edged out “PearlJammer” and “Schongit” receiving $55,435 for his 1st place finish in last month’s 250k Guaranteed tourney.
David Rheem was all ready to be the pitcher before the World Series, the football coach before the Rose Bowl, or, in this case, the player before the World Series of Poker's Main Event.He was ready to spout clichés.Hey, it's just another game, he told himself.Only Rheem, 28, knew what it was like to come close to a bracelet and lose.
As part of Mansion Poker's relationship with Tottenham Hotspur FC, they are offering players an exciting chance to win big!And just what can Hotspur fans win? How about the chance to win match tickets to see the Spurs in action?
Mansion Poker continues to offer players prime opportunities to win Real Money, without any hit to their bank account! And since joining the iPoker Network, the freebies on Mansion Poker keep getting bigger and better all the time! That’s right, you can win your share of Daily, Weekly and Monthly Free cash - exclusively in the Mansion Poker Freerolls!
After seven exciting poker tournaments, the PokerNews Cup Australia found its way to the main event. It was set to be a $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event over the course of four days, and it was a tournament for which poker players, especially the Aussies, had been waiting. The preliminary events got the cards flying and the poker aficionados ready for action.
The 2008 Joe Hachem & Shane Warne Poker Tournament established to contribute to the Shane Warne Foundation is open for registration. The tournament and all the fun and festivities surrounding it are going to begin on Monday, the 27th of October, 2008.
Last month we were lucky enough to take a vacation to Alaska. Our chosen mode of travel was by cruise ship for seven days, then a five day land tour. If you plan a trip of your own to Alaska, cruising is a wonderful way to go, but if you want to see Denali National Park or anything away from the coast, you have to add a land tour either pre or post-cruise.
Online poker has become such a prevalent pastime in society that it may seem intimidating to some who have little to no experience with the game of poker. But what may be tough to realize is that most players competing online, even those at the highest stakes, started at the very beginning by learning hand rankings and betting order.
Ladbrokes Poker is very proud, and rightly so, of their newest feature to pump-up your gaming experience! Proving yet again why they are the top site in Europe, Ladbrokes Poker has rolled out the most exciting interactive experience to be found anywhere – 3D poker!