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2005 WSOP Prize Pool to Reach $100 Million!

[Online Poker News] Its unprecedented growth necessitated its move this year from its longtime home in downtown Las Vegas to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino just off the Strip, where the tournament is hosted in a 60,000-square-foot gaming area equipped with 200 poker tables.

Elmo on a short stack at the WSOP

[Mark's Forum] Looks grim for the crimson crusader! Technorati Tags: Poker, WSOP, World Series of Poker, Hold'em, Holdem, Texas...

Posted at 04:19 PM

August 31, 2005

2005 WSOP Prize Pool to Reach $100 Million!

Posted at 04:23 PM

Elmo on a short stack at the WSOP

[Mark's Forum] Looks grim for the crimson crusader! Technorati Tags: Poker, WSOP, World Series of Poker, Hold'em, Holdem, Texas...

Posted at 04:19 PM

Poker Movies New and Old

[Bodog Beat :: Bodog Sports Casino Poker :: News and Information] The 1998 film "Rounders", starring Matt Damon and Ed Norton, introduced much of the world to no-limit Texas Hold'em, and is widely credited at having started the current poker craze. Many purists prefer the 1965 Steve McQueen classic "The Cincinnati Kid" as the poker film (usually the same gamblers that favor "The Hustler" over "The Color of Money" for pool flicks).

Posted at 04:19 PM

Phil Gordon Presents “Chip Sandwich”

[Learn Poker StrategyÃ‚» Learn how to play poker by reading my exploits as I go from a novice to winning my way into $250,000 tour] Phil Gordon Presents “Chip Sandwich” I post these articles every week. They come courtesy of the Full Tilt Poker newsletter.

Posted at 04:14 PM

Poker ate my brain.

[Suburban Peril] I'm not in my head lately and I'm just trying to stay one step ahead of my schedule. Meanwhile, I'm in a constant fugue state so that whenever I have a moment I can't seem to focus on one particular thing.

Posted at 04:11 PM

August 30, 2005

Pokah Monkey on the loose at WSOP

[Mark's Forum] Who says monkeys can't play poker! Guess this explains the forum being so slow lately. (Inside joke for pokah people). Technorati...

Posted at 07:06 AM

Online Poker

[ - OliverBrown.me.uk] I decided on a whim to try PartyPoker.com (for free) and ended up having far more fun than I expected. Unfortunately the minimum deposit to play for money is $50 which is far more than I’m willing to spend”¦ Tags: Poker, PartyPoker, Texas Holdem, Holdem, cards, gambling...

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Posted at 07:05 AM

BonusWhores!

[Club810 Sideblog] A site that reports on online poker site signup bonuses. Pretty good for those of us who like poker and free cash.

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Posted at 07:04 AM

Poker Tournament Payouts Keep Rising

[Bodog Beat :: Bodog Sports Casino Poker :: News and Information] if (url.indexOf('sports') !=-1){ urlmatch = "sports";} else if(url.indexOf('casino') !=-1){ urlmatch = "casino";} else if(url.indexOf('poker') !=-1){ urlmatch = "poker";} else if(url.indexOf('racebook') !=-1){ urlmatch = "racebook";} else if(url.indexOf('entertainment') !=-1){ urlmatch = "entertainment";} else { urlmatch = "all";}

Posted at 07:03 AM

Ugh”¦ It’s been a week, again.

[Drowned at the River] Though, I have just discovered a new option for me on the live-play front. I was at Hard Times last week for lunch, and discovered that they are holding weekly Hold ‘Em tournaments as part of the NPPL, the National Pub Poker League.

Posted at 07:01 AM

August 26, 2005

Harrah's Announces 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions

[The Poker Tournaments Page] Harrah's Entertainment has announced the World Series of Poker 2005 Tournament of Champions (TOC), a $2 million, free-roll tournament, featuring a select group of poker's biggest names, will be held November 6-8 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Posted at 08:50 PM

Hamlet's Kings

[Special K's Place] Dear Poker Abby, I show up on Saturday at a local B&M card room around noon. I put my name on the lists and pretty quickly they are starting a new...

Posted at 08:48 PM

WSOP Grand Tunica Winner

[Bodog Beat :: Bodog Sports Casino Poker :: News and Information] The final day of this season's first WSOP Circuit event has wrapped up and Gregg Merkow of Plano, TX has been crowned WSOP Circuit Grand Tunica Main Event champion. Merkow was the last man standing out of 179 entrants and walked away with $561,175 in winnings.

Posted at 08:46 PM

Potential Service Outage Coming

[BillÃ¢€™s Poker Blog] Well, you guys probably won’t notice it other than the lack of postings but I’m moving closer to the new gig at FullTilt this weekend and the kind folks at SBC won’t have my DSL up and running for “8 - 10 business days.” The site is hosted at a data center so no outage here.

Posted at 08:44 PM

TV raises its bet on poker against longer odds

[Cardgaming.com] The Card Lovers paradise with latest news and info on poker tournaments from Texas Hold'em to 7 card stud games. Information on How to Play poker and other card games.

Posted at 08:43 PM

August 19, 2005

What Did I Do to the Cowboys to Deserve This?

[Betting for Value] Based on analysis of thousands of hand histories in Poker Tracker, I have won the most money with AA and the second most with KK. Can't stop playing KK, but certainly not pleased with them tonight.

Posted at 01:10 PM

4-3 seems pretty far right now...

[STeelerJosh] dropped my jaw and made my junk shrivel. My PokerTracker did not grab it. Here is my recap: I had... game and not just ABC poker. One memorable hand, I saw something suspect in the betting pattern. I.... The poker gods have to respect his wielding of this blogger tool. For some reason, against all odds

Posted at 01:09 PM

Celebrity Poker Showdown Season Premiere Tonight

[Bodog Beat :: Bodog Sports Casino Poker :: News and Information] They tell us that for this season they're bringing in some hot, new famous faces, celebrities like Charla Faddoul, Trishelle, Omarosa...hey, aren't these reality TV personalities?

Posted at 01:07 PM

Poker Celeb Affleck Cuts Back

[The Gambling Weblog - "Your ultimate guide to gambling" - Poker Celeb Affleck Cuts Back] It seems married life has settled Ben Affleck, who once was at the forefront of 'celebs that play poker'. And it seems that now his wife, Jennifer Garner is expecting, his duties as a potential father outweighs the lure of the poker table.

Posted at 01:06 PM

August 18, 2005

It's A Hard Knock Life

[The Poker Chronicles] A person selects a profession because it will satisfy him and because he will make money at it--not because they will benefit "humanity." Poker players are easy to pick on, but assuming they don't cheat, and report all of their income, they are no different than a mini-casino. Because Maroon is a "better" poker player than the majority of people he plays against, he has a positive expectation every time he plays poker--just like a casino has versus a craps player.

Posted at 01:28 PM

Great Advice from the Blogfather

[The PokerShark's Cardroom] Today, players can obtain player specific information on a very small subset of players by watching poker on TV (although this information will only be useful in the small chance you will face these opponents in the future). For brick and mortar poker, the only real way to collect opponent specific information is to spend time playing against a wide range of opponents (although floormen and friendly regulars can point you in the right direction).

Posted at 01:27 PM

Bonus Code: HighOnPoker

[High on Poker] If you are interested in playing poker and earning free prizes, like a poker table top, Copag cards, or gift certificates, go to PokerSourceOnline.com, and sign up. I personally have earned the poker table top, which was easy to earn by playing on Bodog through PSO.

Posted at 01:26 PM

Deep thought

[Poker Kippers way] I got a good chuckle out of it. “Were would the internet be today without online p0rn.” So not much new...

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Posted at 01:24 PM

WPT, which owns World Poker Tour, hires auditor

[Cardgaming.com] WPT said on June 30 the resignation was prompted by WPT's involvement in an online gaming venture that "created audit risks that would require an inordinate investment in time and resources" relative to WPT's size.

Posted at 01:20 PM

August 12, 2005

Absolutes in Poker

[Poker On Film] Just recently I read on an Australian poker forum about a local player who went from 50c/$1 to $30/$60 in 9 months and has made over $80K this year. It could be all bullshit because I don’t know him personally, but he also plays live at the only poker room here in Sydney and many people were willing to back up his claims and verify his poker tracker results that he posted.

Posted at 05:38 PM

VersionTracker Mac OS X Daily Mailing

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Posted at 05:37 PM

NLHE tournament, Omaha-High

[Chris Vance: Blog] Last week: NLHE. I played tight, got a few hands, got a few dollars here and there, pushed too much at times, generally played well.

Posted at 05:34 PM

New Poker Tour Eyes Women Players

[The Poker Tournaments Page] The Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) was created to entice more women to participate in poker tournaments, and to help female players improve their poker game.

Posted at 05:33 PM

August 10, 2005

The Ones You Can't Get Away From

[High on Poker] It will be used this Sunday at the 5-Diamond Invitational Bounty Poker Tournament. In other bonus-whoring news, I'm working toward the Poker Tracker through Absolute, so I have no choice but to stick around there for a bit.

Posted at 08:51 PM

Australian is 2005 WSOP World Poker Champion!

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Posted at 08:47 PM

The Third Most Watched Sport

[Bills Blog] poker tournaments certainly take an amazing amount of endurance, and I’ll chose to watch a good televised poker tournament over the best golf or NASCAR broadcast ever, every day of the week. But I just can’t get behind the redistricting of poker as a sport, when there’s so little physical dexterity involved.

Posted at 08:45 PM

Poker Strategy - Getting Involved to Learn More

[Cardgaming.com] Doyle Brunson and many other professionals have imparted similar wisdom in their various books. The general idea is that you can learn a lot about your opponents by watching how they play when you're not in a pot and this information comes free of charge.

Posted at 08:42 PM

Hollywood Celebs and Champ Car Drivers Play Poker for Charity

[Bodog Beat] if (url.indexOf('sports') !=-1){ urlmatch = "sports";} else if(url.indexOf('casino') !=-1){ urlmatch = "casino";} else if(url.indexOf('poker') !=-1){ urlmatch = "poker";} else if(url.indexOf('racebook') !=-1){ urlmatch = "racebook";} else if(url.indexOf('entertainment') !=-1){ urlmatch = "entertainment";} else { urlmatch = "all";}

Posted at 08:41 PM

August 08, 2005

Absolute? Absolutely!

[High on Poker] On top of that, I once learned from reading Grubby that when a player pushes post-flop with a relatively small pot, he's bluffing more often than not. If Loosey had AA, he'd try to bet small and build the pot to his benefit.

Posted at 12:23 PM

Information Asymmetry in Poker

[Poker Blog - The Cards Speak] Today, players can obtain player specific information on a very small subset of players by watching poker on TV (although this information will only be useful in the small chance you will face these opponents in the future). For brick and mortar poker, the only real way to collect opponent specific information is to spend time playing against a wide range of opponents (although floormen and friendly regulars can point you in the right direction).

Posted at 12:18 PM

Next for BitTorrent: Search

[Dewayne-Net Radio Weblog] Surrounded by pallets of imported playing cards and poker chips, Navin... of setting up a special tracker to manage BitTorrent transactions.

Posted at 12:17 PM

The Quest Poker Tourney Makes History

[The Poker Tournaments Page] The Quest has already caught the attention of Hollywood stars such as James Woods, Michael Vartan, and Mimi Rogers and world renowned poker champions such as Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Reza Payvar, Amir Vahedi, Phil Hellmuth, and T.J. Cloutier all of which have contracted to play as the remaining open seats are quickly being filled by celebrity players from around the world.

Posted at 12:14 PM

Sit & Go Wait

[Neurofern - To Be Taken Orally] I’m sitting and waiting for a 100 people S&G to start on UB, I really like the new improved games on there, it saves the desperate clicking that used to go on previously, but they start the damn tourneys so irregularly that I just end up sitting around frustrated, 10 players isn’t so bad, but 100 seems to take donkeys. I have to money in this one, I am down to my last 1185, prize pool is 100,000, paying up to tenth place, 1000 buy in so I’m left with 185, all of the play money tables have a 200 minimum, I was so proud of myself for not having to recharge my chips even once since I first started two months ago, I really don’t want to fuck it up and have to do it, hell, I might even move over to Poker Stars just to avoid it!

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Posted at 12:13 PM

August 07, 2005

I'm Writing a Book HDouble, Iggy, Otis, and Pauly...

[DoubleAs] The subject matter will cross the entire spectrum of poker. It'll start off with some ideas for beginning players and jump right into some more advanced topics including both strategy (like the pressure points posts) and online hacks like how to optimize use of Poker Tracker, change the background of your poker GUI, etc.

Posted at 09:40 AM

2005-08-04

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] Was down $10 there on Wednesday, up $20 Thursday, so nothing too exciting. I just need something different, so I may be playing there (or other places) for a bit.

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Posted at 09:39 AM

Forget Summer School: Poker School Rules

[Bodog Beat] "We have delivered a web site that's easy to use, more functional to play and striking in appearance," Bodog Founder and CEO Calvin Ayre said. "Bodog has managed to improve the gambling experience for its customers while staying true to the unique style they have grown accustomed to seeing from this trend-setting company."

Posted at 09:36 AM

Challenge Update

[Drowned at the River] Played a couple rounds tonight. Finished 5th in the first one. All-in pre-flop with my pocket 10s up against pockets 4s, and pocket 8s. Flop brought a...

Posted at 09:34 AM

$200 lesson over

[the virtual nuts] Well, I’ve busted my allotted $200 stake on UB to learn TDL. I had some ups and downs, and enjoyed playing it.

Posted at 09:32 AM

August 06, 2005

Affiliate Directory

[EZcommissions] The Super Affiliate Tracker (SAT) software helps you track down and contact Super affiliate prospects fast. I have personally tried and am happy to recommend this software to all internet marketers.

Posted at 09:14 AM

July Summary

[Poker, Pique and Parenthood] Diary of a bad tempered, opinionated, small stakes poker player, full time software consultant and pending parent. Occasional comments on Glasgow Celtic Football Club, and the rotten, corrupt state of Scottish football.

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Posted at 09:11 AM

Poker in Cripple Creek Colorado

[Special K's Place] One thing that I have not mentioned about myself is that I travel on business quiet a bit. Sometimes I know that I am headed some where weeks in advance and sometimes it can be on a moments notice.

Posted at 09:09 AM

August 04, 2005

VersionTracker Windows Daily Mailing

Posted at 08:47 AM

PokerStars.com has hosted over 10 million tournaments

[actionBERG] PokerStars.com has now hosted over 10 million tournaments. Wow, if they average $20 per tournament ($2 per player * 10 players), that would come out to $200 million. Now that is some serious money.

Posted at 08:44 AM

Who's the Best?

[Bodog Beat] Who's the best golfer right now? If you ask the PGA, they'll tell you Tiger Woods. Who's the best tennis player right now? If you ask the ATP, they'll...

Posted at 08:42 AM

Railbirds Wanted

[Steal The Blinds] Railbirds Wanted Posted by Jaxia Is anybody around tonight? If so, stop by and say hello. I’m playing in the dollar buyin on Ultimate Bet. 929...

Posted at 08:40 AM

August 02, 2005

VersionTracker Mac OS X Daily Mailing

Posted at 09:05 AM

$1M SnG Challenge

[Drowned at the River] I don’t like the format much”¦ You start with $1000, and the initial blinds are $15/$30. They go up fairly quickly.

Posted at 09:01 AM

2005-08-01

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] Since I know people like Felicia love to hear about people’s cats and other mundane non-poker things, I offer up the latest in the cat saga.

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Posted at 09:00 AM

Casino Review - Borgata, Atlantic City

[Steal The Blinds] Casino Review - Borgata, Atlantic City Posted by Beck Short version: The Borgata has the best poker room in Atlantic City. It is the Bellagio of...

Posted at 08:58 AM

August 01, 2005

Australian is 2005 WSOP World Poker Champion!

[2005 WSOP (World Series of Poker) Championship] Like past champions, Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer before him, Hachem was a WSOP first timer, but the difference is Hachem, and runner-up Steve Dannenmann, was part of the less thatn 10% who actually bought in direct, and paid $10,000 to enter the event. Unlike the two who won their seats from a $40 online satellite tournament.

Posted at 08:59 AM

Poker Action

[just mitch] It’s on ESPN). Tonight I played with my wife’s parents (it’s our last night here, and I wanted to do something special with them.

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Posted at 08:59 AM

2005 WSOP Trip Report

[John's Jottings] yet again this year, although I did make one of the Cardplayer.com videos I had mentioned previously. I make my appearance in this video at about the 44 second mark.

Posted at 08:57 AM

Poker Library > August 31, 2005

2005 WSOP Prize Pool to Reach $100 Million!

Elmo on a short stack at the WSOP

August 31, 2005

2005 WSOP Prize Pool to Reach $100 Million!

Elmo on a short stack at the WSOP

Poker Movies New and Old

Phil Gordon Presents “Chip Sandwich”

Poker ate my brain.

August 30, 2005

Pokah Monkey on the loose at WSOP

Online Poker

BonusWhores!

Poker Tournament Payouts Keep Rising

Ugh”¦ It’s been a week, again.

August 26, 2005

Harrah's Announces 2005 WSOP Tournament of Champions

Hamlet's Kings

WSOP Grand Tunica Winner

Potential Service Outage Coming

TV raises its bet on poker against longer odds

August 19, 2005

What Did I Do to the Cowboys to Deserve This?

4-3 seems pretty far right now...

Celebrity Poker Showdown Season Premiere Tonight

Poker Celeb Affleck Cuts Back

August 18, 2005

It's A Hard Knock Life

Great Advice from the Blogfather

Bonus Code: HighOnPoker

Deep thought

WPT, which owns World Poker Tour, hires auditor

August 12, 2005

Absolutes in Poker

VersionTracker Mac OS X Daily Mailing

NLHE tournament, Omaha-High

New Poker Tour Eyes Women Players

August 10, 2005

The Ones You Can't Get Away From

Australian is 2005 WSOP World Poker Champion!

The Third Most Watched Sport

Poker Strategy - Getting Involved to Learn More

Hollywood Celebs and Champ Car Drivers Play Poker for Charity

August 08, 2005

Absolute? Absolutely!

Information Asymmetry in Poker

Next for BitTorrent: Search

The Quest Poker Tourney Makes History

Sit & Go Wait

August 07, 2005

I'm Writing a Book HDouble, Iggy, Otis, and Pauly...

2005-08-04

Forget Summer School: Poker School Rules

Challenge Update

$200 lesson over

August 06, 2005

Affiliate Directory

July Summary

Poker in Cripple Creek Colorado

August 04, 2005

VersionTracker Windows Daily Mailing

PokerStars.com has hosted over 10 million tournaments

Who's the Best?

Railbirds Wanted

August 02, 2005

VersionTracker Mac OS X Daily Mailing

$1M SnG Challenge

2005-08-01

Casino Review - Borgata, Atlantic City

August 01, 2005

Australian is 2005 WSOP World Poker Champion!

Poker Action

2005 WSOP Trip Report

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