On the button
Being ‘on the button’ is a crucial position on the table when playing poker. ‘On the button’ is in effect which player is the dealer at the table, and importantly, the player who gets to bet last in all the rounds of betting after the flop. If you are first to act when betting it [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2011 by Thomas | Filed Under Advice
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Gonna Spend Time in Europe this Year? Check Out One of These WSOP Events
Ten years. That’s right. The World Poker Tour, now in it’s tenth year, is better and stronger than ever, with six stops in Europe (so far). The Tour competes with the European Poker Tour (EPT), but truthfully, as a reporter and amateur player, I love them both. And that’s not a cop out. Here is the [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Poker, Poker Players, Tournaments, TV
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Bluffing Against The Fish
For many people who live on the edges of the poker world they have a different perception about the game. Most of these people believe it is all about bluffing. Maybe they actually have a point? For those less educated the bluff is a thing of beauty. It is machismo at its testosterone powered best. [...]
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Posted on June 28, 2011 by Thomas | Filed Under Online Poker
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From the Ivy League to the Big Leagues; a Story of a Champion Poker Player
Did you see the story in a recent edition of the Trenton (New Jersey) Times? It’s the story (I want to give them full credit for digging it up) of a former Princeton student, former varsity wrestler, who’s made a ton of money playing poker. He began in 2003, about the time the poker craze [...]
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Posted on June 20, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Celebrity, Online Poker, Poker, Poker Players, Stories, Tournaments
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Could it Be? Congressman Authoring Bill to Make Betting on Online Poker Legal
Well, yahoo. Texas U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, Â is said to be readying a bill that would make it legal for Americans to bet money on online poker. It’s about time someone had the balls to try this. Barton said he was urged to act via Facebook by many of his constituents who play poker online [...]
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Posted on June 17, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Online Casino, Poker
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What Do You Do (WSOP) When Your Biggest Sponsors (Online Casino Sites) Have Been Busted in U.S.A.?
Well, the headline above says it all. What do you do when your leading sponsors have been busted by the U.S. feds? Obviously, the World Series of Poker officials have a problem. The WSOP is on the search
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Posted on June 12, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Legal, Luck, Online Casino, Online Poker, Poker, Politics
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Live Poker; Keep Calm and Carry On
There is a famous photograph of American soldiers playing poker as they sit atop a truck waiting to leave for the Normandy invasion. Card games being used to calm the nerves. Try telling that to modern day poker players!
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Posted on June 6, 2011 by Guest Blogger | Filed Under Poker
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