Archive for Online Poker

The first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour kicked off on the 24th of August in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.  The total prize pool of $500,000 is to be shared among the more or less 200 players coming from 30 different countries.  The event is being held at the Hyatt Hotel and is set […]

For those who are looking for some winter poker action, you need not look any further.  This November, Titan Poker is bringing the European Championship of Online Poker.  It is slated to run for 10 days, starting at the end of November.  Dubbed to be the largest online poker tournament, poker players will get the […]

People learn better from playing games.  We raise and teach our children often times by making up games.  Games provide a creative outlet for our brain and make it easier to grasp dry subjects and make it fun.
Texas Hold ‘em is supposed to be fun and it is fun, unless you fail to win.  To […]

Forget for a moment that the “make online poker illegal” crew is active again, raising their collective ugly head. Some people are still playing. John helped me put together a quick primer on how to lose your money fast. It’s a collection of tips based on some of the things John has already learned this […]

Once you find the best, you never mess with the rest. Isn’t that how it always works, or should, at least? The only problem with placing the title of “The Best” on any given organization, person or idea is the fact that everything is constantly changing. 10 years ago a mobile […]

You may have met me in one of many poker rooms; I get around. Chances are, you may think I’m exceptionally rude. Now that I think of it, I may well be, though honestly not intentionally. Typically, I have both player and observer chat set to ‘off’. My reasons for this — […]

If you missed it, Pam Anderson and Kid Rock had a live chat last weekend on pamelapoker.com. John’s friend sent a snippet of the session (which I’ll post later), but the highlights apparently were about baby poop and that Cindy Crawford was baby-sitting for them. (Not sure but I think the baby’s name is “kid […]

And then there was Muffy. Muffy is usually miffed because a) she plays online poker, and b) utilizes that arcane science of mathematics . . . specifically, the branch of probabilities for hand odds.
Quite rightly, Muffy is ecstatic when her pair of sevens (spades and diamonds) turns into a sevens four-of-a-kind on a 9h, Kh, […]

Online Gambling Bill Defeated - For Now
If you missed the news like I did, the US Senate bill to limit Internet gambling suffered a demise - but not for the reasons that you might think, such as politics. No, it’s apparently because of the way some online payment transactions areconducted, which leave no way for […]

On a televised poker tourney I saw the other day, pro Danny “Win” Nguyen said that he knows what his opponents are holding. How? Because when he came to the US, he started off as a poker dealer. He’s watched “tells” long enough to be able to interpret them. I’ve watched Nguyen play in a […]