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| WSOPC Caesars Palace: Kevin Calenzo crowned champion |
After a rough confrontation during the final table of the $ 1,600 buy-in main event of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) at Caesars Palace, Kevin Calenzo was the player who reach the top of the podium in the poker room. He managed to win against the 662 other competitors composed of several top players as Justin Bonomo, Allen Cunningham and Andrew Lichtenberg. Three WSOP champions were also part of the game, but they failed to go far in the competition. Indeed, Jeff Madsen settled for the 8th place, Dutch Boyd finished sixth and Sean Getzwiller stopped his course at the bronze place. With his great feat, Calenzo won the first prize of $ 197,451, the gold bracelet and a ticket for the WSOPC National Championship. |
Friday, 03 February 2012 |
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| CNEC final 2012: To be held at Salon de Provence |
For four years, the Club of Clubs (CDC) organized in France the tournament for National Championship per Team Club (CNEC), an event that brings together many associations and poker clubs. Throughout 2011, they were 2,000 players, members of 184 poker clubs, to have participated in qualifying tournaments that were held in different cities of the Hexagon. In these competitions, the members of each poker club had to collect as many points as possible to let their associations participate in the final. On February 25 and 26, the 27 clubs will meet the lucky ones at the Salon de Provence to take part in the grand final which is organized by the Club of Provence with the support of the mayor of the city and the Circle of Arts and Crafts. This club composed of 150 members has been elected as organizer of the event by the CDC. |
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| APT Asian Series Cebu 2012: The tournament is on! |
After a stopover in London on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January, the largest live poker tournament in Asia, which is the Asian Poker Tour (APT), is back on its continent for the Asian Series Cebu 2012. Poker enthusiasts in this region but also from all around the world will meet there until next Tuesday in one of the largest countries of poker in Asia, the Philippines. Scheduled for Wednesday, February 1st until February 7, the APT Asian Series Cebu 2012 will be the meeting place for poker players in Asia in this beginning of the month. For this edition 2012 of the APT Asian Series Cebu, the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino will receive no less than 8 Side Events in addition to the Main Event. |
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| Asian Poker Tour: Dorey won the London stopover |
Since its inception in 2008, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) was known as one of the best poker tournament in Asia. The APT received such a reputation that the event is not only reserved for Asians. Thus, many European and American players often make the trip to India and the Philippines to participate in one of the first poker tournament in the continent. Given the turnout of Western players to participate in the tournament, the organizers found a new formula, including a world tour in its calendar. And last weekend, 125 people came to Fox Poker Club in London like Scott Shelley, Barny Boatman, Steve Watts, William Dorey, Romano Pizzo, Surinder Sunar, Pryian De Mel, Scott Shelley, Huntly Gordon and Phil Sanders. This field generated a total prizepool of £ 62,500. After two days of competition, the qualified for the final table was finally known with the qualification of nine players: Steve Watts, Stefan Wittmoss, An-Tuan Hoang, Mark Karoullas, Surinder Sunar, Duncan Mackie, Tolga Kuru, William Dorey and Alex Van de Weyer. |
Thursday, 02 February 2012 |
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| IPT San Remo: Towards a second title of Kovalchuk |
The start of the tournament Italian Poker Tour (IPT) San Remo was held on last Friday, January 27 in the poker room of San Remo casino. The € 2,200 buy-in event was attended by a total field of 248 players, generating a prizepool of € 675,000. After the first day of competition, it remains only 166 competitors. The Day 2 started on Saturday, January 28. Chipleader of the Day 1A, the Ukranian Oleksii Kovalchuk dominated the second day of competition. Thus, he still maintain his position as chipleader with 850,000 chips in hand. At this rhythm, Kovalchuk is on the way to achieve a double and win his second title at this Italian tournament. |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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 |
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.
And as the best online poker rooms do the best for its players, sessions of free poker tournaments where any member of the site can participate is available almost daily, these are freeroll tournaments. And just like physical poker, online poker is not just a game of chance like other casino games (slot, roulette...), it is mostly a psychological game in which you should know very well the behavior of your opponents and know to take the right decision at the right moment.
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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