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Poker Situation Question - January 06 2008
Poker Cards:
  • Game:     Low Limit Texas Hold 'em
  • Limit:      $4-$8
  • Position: Six seats away from the Big Blind
Situation: Five players including the blinds stayed in for one bet to see the flop. After the flop (9-C, 9-H, 3-H), one of the players checked (Seat 4), you bet $4 on your flush draw, the other three players folded, and the checker (Seat 4) called your bet. After the turn (9-C), your opponent checked and you bet $8 as a bluff. Your opponent then raised you to $16.
What should you do?
A.Fold B.Check-Raise C.Reraise
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EFOP Gold Championship: Brosolo, the new gold hunter

The European Finals of Poker 2012 is currently the main event of live poker tournaments in France. During the three days of competition, 168 players registered at the Aviation Club de France but in the end, only one winner come out as victorious : Yann Brosolo. Having stumbled at the EPT Prague of last December, the French found the taste of victory after having stood up against Samir Choubani who was also part of the race to win the title. Choubani began the third day of the Gold Championship as chipleader until final duel despite some fears throughout the day. Indeed, Samir Choubani had a stack of more than 1.7 million chips against 1.6 million for Brosolo but this didn't stop Brosolo to reverse the trend and play the final.

Saturday, 28 January 2012


Aussie Millions 2012: Dan Smith as champion of the $ 100,000 Challenge

Dan Smith signed the biggest win of his career in the poker room of Crown Casino in Melbourne. Indeed, he won the title of Challenge tournament of $ 100,000 buy-in, which brought together a field of 22 participants including top players. Known in the world of online poker for his exploits in high-stakes tournaments and because of his participation for years in cash game tournaments, Dan Smith aka "KingDan23" had just pocketed a gain of AUD $ 1,012,000 thanks to this performance. The player was ranked at third position while it remained only eight players in contention. Gus Hansen held the position of chipleader during the final day. With this advantage, the Danes managed to eliminate Nam Lee in the eighth place and Sam Trickett in the seventh place. However, the chipleader was forced to abadon after an attack of Mikhail Smirnov who also discarded Sorel Mizzi.

Saturday, 28 January 2012


Global Poker Index: Erik Seidel is back again at the first place

After the holding of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) tournament, the ranking of the Global Poker Index (GPI) registered a major change, the most important is the come back of Erik Seidel in the first place with 2,988.29 points. So he succeeded again to surpass Jason Mercier, who was relegated at the second place and Bertrand Grospellier is now ranked at the 3rd position. The player who also enjoyed great success during this week is Mike McDonald. He accessed in the top 10 of the GPI and close this famous list of the best poker players. For other members of this list, Shawn Buchanan, Matt Waxman and Emmanuel Failla won each a seat and are respectively in the 5th, 7th and 8th position. Sam Trickett lost one place and is now in the 6th position while Vanessa Selbst lost two places and finished 9th. As for Eugene Katchalov, he managed to maintain his position.

Saturday, 28 January 2012


WSOPC Choctaw: Kick-off of the Main Event

The first qualifying day of the World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw (WSOPC) has already ended. With 647 players on Day 1A and 300 players on Day 1B, the event brought together a total of 947 participants. After more than 14 hours of action-packed play, there remained 498 survivors for the second day of competition. Ranked in the place of chipleader with a stack of 167,500 chips, Chris Tiller is well positioned for the rest of the competition. At the second position is La Sengphet, holder of 144,000 chips.

Friday, 27 January 2012


EFOP 2012: Franck Boyer won the Silver Championship

After the Bronze Championship which ended with the victory of Alexander Reard face to a field of 178 players, another French had just stood out during the European Euro Finals of Poker (EFOP 2012) during the Silver Championship : Frank Boyer. During this tournament of € 1,000 buy-in, 212 players registered last Wednesday at the Aviation Club de France, but after two days of fierce competition, Franck Boyer won the first place and € 42,845. The first 20 players of the event were paid but as usual, a competition doesn't always bring happiness to all of the participants. This is the case of Kara Scott, Idris Ambraisse, Yves Hallagues, Rémy Biechel, Ludovic Heinry, John Eames or Greg Ravise who were eliminated during the second day.

Friday, 27 January 2012


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College Poker   College Poker

A new phenomenon in the online poker world: College students playing it like the pros. But aren't the college kids supposed to be going to classes, attending frat parties, and drinking beer? Wasn't online poker supposed to be geared towards the middle-aged crowd? Not anymore, it seems. Television has helped to spread the popularity through coverage of numerous poker tournaments. The internet has more online poker rooms now than ever before. And on top of all this, companies have lately been aggressively spreading their marketing audience to younger age groups.

If you want to narrow down the reasons to the sudden surge in college-aged online poker players, then you can rest at this explanation: What better way to pay off tuition loans than through the small, steady gains in online poker rooms? Companies have taken advantage of this by employing tournaments with scholarship prizes; the winner goes home with a good amount of money to pay off his college loans. Some are worried about these college-age players turning into gambling addicts, but it hasn't seemed to stop the growing number of tough student players.

Poker Tournaments Tips   Poker Tournaments Tips
Here, at www.poker777.com, we want to introduce you to three things that can happen when entering a poker tournament.

When entering a poker tournament, three things can happen:
  • You swiftly lose all your cash and find yourself out of the tournament.
  • You hang in for awhile, but eventually let the pressure get to you and make bad bets until you run out of money and end up a sullen bystander.
  • You play brilliantly, adjusting your strategy to the different stages of tournament play and win big.
Although these are broad generalizations, they do cover the majority of poker tournament play. As with everything having to do with poker, strategy in tournament play is critical and must be tailored to the type of tournament and game variation. Starting with the basics, it's important to identify if the tournament is a 'freezeout' and only costs the initial playing fee, or if it allows add-on's and re-buys. In addition, blinds will usually increase in cost as the tournament progresses, requiring players to be extremely careful with their money management. The next important factor in developing tournament strategy is being aware of your tendencies as a poker player and the different stages of tournament play. For example, if you are an aggressive player, learn at what stage to be aggressive and when to hold back and play conservatively.

Tournament play is a matter of survival. If you've managed to make it to the final round, the question will be can you handle the pressure and continue to think clearly, or will you make a silly error and see the game slip from your fingers. Many experts have written books to help develop tournament strategy and explain the details surrounding tournament play. Check out our section on Poker Tournament Tips and on Poker Books for more information, or develop your poker skills by playing in an online poker room.

Poker Books   Poker Books
Poker Essays

Poker Essays By Mason Malmuth Poker is an extremely complicated game. This is especially true if your form of poker is either Texas hold’em or seven–card stud. In addition, the typical opponent that you will face has gotten tougher as the years have gone by. As a result, those of you who just play right (also known as playing ABC) are unable to win more than just a small amount at the lower limits. As a result, to win at poker in today’s modern game requires not only numerous skills, but also a lot of thinking about the game. This text contains many of the author’s current ideas on poker and related subjects. Topics covered include General Concepts, Technical Ideas, Structure, Strategic Ideas, Image, Tournament Notes, In the Cardrooms, and Poker Quizzes. In addition, advice is offered on jackpot games, handling pressure, way you lose, fluctuation, bankroll requirements, differences between stud and hold’em, too many bad players, limit versus no-limit, thinking fast, weak tight opponents, the best hold’em seat, playing short handed, playing loose or tight, appropriate image, being an alternate in tournaments, taking advantage of tight play in tournaments, behaving professionally, the future of poker, and much more. The book is designed to make the reader do a great deal of thinking about the game. In fact, very few readers will agree with everything the text offers, but the information provided should help most people become better players. For the best discussion of poker and gambling on the Internet, visit our website at www.twoplustwo.com.

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Poker History   Poker History
No one is 100% certain on where poker was born. We, at http://www.poker777.com present various beliefs, held among the majority of people. Some believe that it was a simple game created by the Chinese in 900 C.E. Others think that poker comes from a 5-suit card game in Persia that used 5 players at a time. Then there were the French in New Orleans who played a buffing and betting card game in the early 1800's. Apparently, they were the first to use a deck of cards consisting of the 4 common suits - Hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs.

This New Orleans poker floated slowly up the Mississippi River, spreading in popularity and familiarity in the neighboring states. As train and wagon became a more used transportation, the game was able to spread farther out towards the coasts. By the 1800's, variations of poker, such as the draw and stud poker, began to blossom.

Poker was considered a harmless pastime until 1910 when the state of Nevada decided to make it a felony. They declared that any type of gambling game was unsavory to the people and should be made illegal. California, however, stepped in and asserted that not all types of poker games, such as Draw, could be considered gambling - While some variations of poker are based solely on luck, others are based on skill. Because of this statement, Nevada repealed its decision and legalized casino gambling in 1931.
 
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Online poker, like any kind of online games like casino games, can be played with friends and the game aims to beat the opponent, to win his chips and to try to form the best five-card combination possible. The rule in online poker is the same as in physical poker : the royal flush is always the strongest suit (Ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same color), followed by the flush, the square, the full, the color,... Other variants of online poker can also use more than five cards with one or two unveiled cards. In the case of a table with a dealer at an online poker game, a button replace the dealer.

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Online poker, played mostly on the site of an online poker room, is a card game similar to a physical poker game. A dedicated interface on the website or a software to download let to rebuild the environment of a table game of 52 cards as in reality as well as sequences of betting rounds and stake are available on your computer. Online payment methods (credit card, Paypal, electronic wallet...) make such transactions easier wherever you are and at any time of the day.

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