entertainment - "poker"

Like many other poker rooms out there, Mansion poker wants to give people free seats to the WSOP - 20 people to be exact. But unlike many other poker rooms out there, Mansion poker wants to go above and beyond just giving them a $10,000 buy-in to the WSOP Main Event. They want to make sure these people have an unbelievable experience while they're in Las Vegas as well. read more in pokerworks.com

Hi everybody!Over the years I've been to a few normal (land) casinos, and just recently had my first go at online gaming sites. I've tried two online casinos so far, but in both the house seems to outweigh the player by large... ? especially in games like Caribbean & 3card poker. I even get the feeling that it's times higher than in the 'real world' gambling halls. Am I wrong? Does anybody more familiar with the web-casinos know where I can go and win once in a while? :-P Thanks.

The late position is the Avalon of poker table positions. Generally a player sitting in this position will go into a hand, acting aggressive in order to take full advantage of their place at the table. This also means that they may enter the hand with lower quality cards, knowing just how much power the late position gives them. This advantage can be blunted when you are sitting in the big blind. You can test whether they are working with truly legit cards or just playing the position game.

Bodog will officially announce today the newest member of Team Bodog, Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo. The young but already accomplished LA native has enjoyed immediate success since bursting onto the live-poker scene, from becoming...

The blinds had just gone up to $800 and $1,600 during Cowboy Week on season three of poker After Dark, and only four players remained.

The River Rock Casino Resort is the location of the Coast to Coast poker Championship, which kicks off today. The first of seven events will be a $500 No Limit Holdem event. The main event will be a $3,000 buy in freezeout, and it will be filmed for broadcast by the WPT (World poker Tour) Canada...

Mike Sexton has been a poker visionary and pioneer for many years. Just look where poker was in the past and where it has come to today. Who would have ever dreamed such a big leap was going to happen for all of us, who love to play...

Poker players are persistent in breaking the law in new york as yet another underground illegal poker game is shut down by the police this past weekend. In Long Island, NY, police officials arrested the poker game organizer, a 29 year old who was picked up at the William Paca Lodge. Some 10,000 in cash was seized as well as a surveillance system and poker chips and poker tables...

Online poker room PKR got in the mix to throw an after party as part of the Professional Footballer's Awards celebrations. The players involved in the awards got a chance to hit Albannach restaurant in Trafalgar Square, London, and there were players form the Fulham first team, as well as Carlton Cole, Micah Richards and Jermain Defoe. poker games were the theme of the night, in addition to other casino games such as blackjack and roulette...

Everest poker welcomed the new November World Series of poker final table scheduling today, where it has already secured exclusive felt-top, and table-side branding rights. (PRWeb May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb913124.htm