A community portal about Poker with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make...
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A community portal about Poker with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the player or players with the best combination of cards or to the player who makes an uncalled bet. Poker can also refer to video poker, a single-player game seen in casinos much like a slot machine, or to other games that use poker hand rankings.
At around the mid-point of the past hour, there was a discussion between us PokerStars Blog folk about the angle we should adopt for our next post -- this post, that is. After some um-ing and ah-ing (we go to all those lengths) we realised that the story is is right in front of our eyes. Quite literally. The action is slow at the moment in the Penn and Teller Theater, and we recently endured another 25-minute delay in play. The reason, though...
"Welcome to the final table of the 2009 WSOP Main Event!" Those words from WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack ushered us into what will surely be the next 12 hours of World Series final table play. Tonight we will play down to two players. First, we have nine sitting around the table and who have spent the first hour of play locked in a battle of attention and attrition. This is the fifth time the PokerStars Blog has covered the final table...
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But this weekend, as the latest edition of the November Nine plays out, Peter Eastgate's reign as World Champion will come to a close. "You can never stop the clock; there will always be a new world champion," Eastgate told PokerListings. "Why should I have any sad emotions about that? I'll just be the ex-world champion. Nothing is being taken away from me, maybe a bit of the attention, but nothing else." Eastgate defended his title well...
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David Moon goes to the final table of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as chip leader and favorite in the Betfair betting stakes. Along with Eric Buchman, they are both +430 favorites to walk away with the bracelet and $8.5 million dollar first ...
During the EPT London event, the Americans among us were talking to the Brits among us about drive-times across their respective countries. For instance, one American's parents live 13-hours away from him by car. "It doesn't take that long to drive across our entire country!" said one Brit. That's a long way of describing how cozy the United Kingdom can be. It's also a way of introducing PokerStars' newest cozy poker tour. This morning...
Kevin Schaffel raises Beglighter calls again Buchman pops it 5 million. Schaffell shoves all in. Beggs folds call by Buchman. Again Schaffell flips over AA and Buchman flips over KK. ( whos stacking this deck??) flop is QJK. K OMG Buchman hits a set!! Then OMG another K on the flop for Quads shutting down Schaffell and taking us two a remaining 7 players. Buchman is now only 7 million behind still chip leader darvin Moon!! Posted in Entertainment Gaming, poker hands, poker news, poker pros, texas holdem, WORLD SERIES OF POKER, wsop Tagged: blog, blogger, blogging, card games, cards, entertainment blog, events, HOLDEM, ...
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Big Stacks Darvin Moon and Begleiter involved in a monster pot. Darvin Moon raises pre flop. Beglighter reraises. Moon calls and the flop is 2-3-4. Begliter bets 5 million.Then Moon reraises to 15million( Thats alot of millions!!)Begliter shoves all in for his last 6 million. Moon hits the tank. After a few moments of hell time Moon folds??? Moon Folds?? ummm only 6 million to call a pot of 45+million and Moon Folds??? WTF?? Im sure this hand will be on TV!! This moves Buchman into the chip lead!!! WOW and Oh Yeah SICK!! Posted in Entertainment Gaming, life, poker news, POKERDOG283's RANTS, WORLD ...
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Akenhead with around 1 million shoves all in. Called by Bigleighter. Then Buchman pops it to 12 million!!!! Begs folds. Buchman AK, Akenhead KQ. K onthe turn. The Akenhead spikes a river queen for the sickest of two pairs!!! Akenhead triples up. Begs apparently looks aggravated!! My pick moves to 4th!! Posted in Entertainment Gaming, life, poker hands, poker news, poker pros, WORLD SERIES OF POKER, wsop Tagged: blog, blogger, blogging, cards, entertainment blog, events, las vegas stories, lasvegas news, life, news, NO LIMIT HOLDEM, november 9, poker, poker articles, poker players, poker pros, poker tournament, poker tournaments, sports, texas holdem tournaments, WORLD SERIES ...
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I stopped in my tracks when I read the prize for the Bodog championship includes a Magazine write up!! Read about it. The Bodog Poker Open IV This is exciting. This is Bodog Poker Open IV and THIS time we’re all about crowning the next Bodog Poker Champion and then turning our champion into a true poker superstar! What You Get: * Feature spread in Card Player Magazine! * Piles of Cash! * Extensive coverage in Bodog Poker’s articles section! * High-profile feature status in Bodog Beat’s poker section! * The coveted Bodog Poker Champion title! With Bodog Poker Open IV you’ve got two ...
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Horse poker is a very challenging game in poker and is found to be played in most of the casinos and tournaments as well as online. Horse poker is a combination of various other poker games such as Holdem, Omaha, Razz, Seven card stud and Eight or better. The name HORSE is an acronym of the above games. The cards game also involves staking poker chips. Horse poker is a challenging game to play . Even the most talented poker players have trouble with this game. The rules change in each round, as the dealer button rotates. If you want to be the one ...
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