Archive for Poker on TV

Just a few tidbits about hand odds and poker in general… Have you seen the new Pepsi TV commercial featuring a can of diet Pepsi, Daniel Negreanu, and a few other poker players? The can of Pepsi wins the tournament. Exactly what soda pop has to do with poker, I don’t know. Kind of a […]

In Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book, he points out the importance of position in No Limit Hold’em - although I think it applies to Limit Hold’em as well. Being last to bet, he says, is having “good position”.
The importance of your position in a hand should not be underestimated. Being on the button (being the […]

In the intro chapter to Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book, he writes that great poker players share five qualities. Here’s a summary of those qualities:
(1) Aggressive
(2) Patient
(3) Courageous
(4) Observant
(5) Always improving
By aggressive, he does not necessarily mean playing every hand like a “jackal”. (Phil Hellmuth’s animal designation for a player who calls every bet, […]

The UPC Ultimate Poker Challenge with Phan vs Tahoe aired up here in the Toronto, Canada area over the weekend. Since most televised poker matches give very few cues as to when the match took place - a very frustrating fact - this match may or may not have been recent. (A few Google searches […]

Here are some poker-related short news snippets, including news and discussions of possible bans on Internet gambling:

(1) The 36th Annual WSOP  (World Series of Poker) takes place in Las Vegas near the end of June and runs into early August. [Via PokerNews]

(2) Fayetteville Online posts their view on US House Speaker Jim Black’s suggestion to […]

Up here near Toronto, Canada, we’ve been getting a lot of broadcasts of classic poker matches. My feeling at first is one of being a bit cheated. But the truth is, like watching old football or hockey games, there’s something to be learned here. You can definitely learn something from watching these pros, especially their […]

Online gaming, especially poker, has had a bad rap for the last few years, primarily because of the spamming activities of the few. Unfortunately for many fans, several U.S. states have passed, or are passing, laws banning online gaming. While these bills may span all types of online gambling, the attacks appear to be focused […]

Towards the end of the WPT Legends of Poker Tournament at the Bicycle Casino, Doyle Brunson was about to be heads-up against Lee Watkinson for the title. All of sudden, two guys in tuxedos riding unicycles appear, carrying platters of prize money. Suitable, considering it’s the Bicycle Casino. They stop, start to juggle a few […]

In the past week, two of my fave TV shows, CSI and Cold Case, have both had a plotline that involves poker or even Texas Hold’em. On CSI (Vegas), a wizened veteran player takes a swig from his drink and keels over. Whodunnit? The young angry guy? The older female player who is acting strange? […]

Keely Brown has written an unintentionally hilarious article about why s/he doesn’t like poker on TV. The article does raise the fact that poker, especially Texas Hold’em, has taken over a lot prime-time TV slots on several channels. I can’t disagree; I’ve noticed this as well. Brown  also implies that poker on TV “promotes sexism, […]