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If you get raised on a paired board and you are pretty sure you have the best hand, don't be afraid to get your money in. It's unlikely the guy has trips. And if you have trips, you might consider raising, as it's hard for them to put you on trips when you play it hard. read more in pokerworks.com

On the evening of May 8th, celebrities and professional poker players gathered at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Southern California to host a poker tournament on behalf of Ante Up for Africa, an event hosted by the group's organizers Annie Duke and Don Cheadle. The combined funds raised from the tournament, silent auction, and contribution from San Manuel, was over $500,000. read more in pokerworks.com

NBC's popular late-night poker series, 'Poker After Dark,' has excelled at late in creating unique themes and interesting matchups in the series' weekly six-player sit-'n'-go tourneys. The latest twist in the 'Poker After Dark' theme...

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One poker player that knows a lot about blackjack is Andy Bloch, a former member of the infamous MIT Blackjack team, and that one on one game play helped him prepare for games like the one he played during the most recent NBC National Heads-Up Championship.

During one of Walt Disney's more iconic films, a cartoon character sang about the wonders of letting your conscious be your guide. Well most poker players don't have the sort of consciousness that would give Jiminy Cricket a warm, fuzzy feelings in the cockles of his little insect heart. So if the conscious cannot be the guide, how can a player objectively gauge their progress? The answer to this question is their bankroll can be their guide. There are some general rules of thumb that will help you judge whether or not your game is where it should be, or if you are playing at the correct limit level.

Most people don't find themselves dreaming about a case of amnesia. This is usually because memory loss is generally the result of blunt force trauma to the head or the sort of pharmaceutical combinations that would have made Gerry Garcia nervous. Unfortunately, amnesia is a vital trait for any poker player. During a Holdem tournament or a ring game it doesn't benefit a player to live in the past. Whether you have just won the biggest pot of your life, or lost your shirt as the result of a bitter bad beat, good poker players must learn to just let it go and forget it happened.

Considering how high tempers can run during a game of Texas Holdem, it is probably not a good idea to add blunt instruments like baseball bats and golf clubs into the potentially viable mix. Imagine what would happen if somebody inflicted a really bad beat on Phil Hellmuth at some point in a game. Despite the fact that combining poker with golf clubs is a good recipe for an assault charge, the World Series of Golf has decided to merge the two games into one event.

Golf is a favorite pass time among many pro poker players, so it should come as no surprise to find them playing golf like it is poker. In this case that is exactly what they are supposed to do at the World Series of Golf, a golf tournament based on the World Series of Poker. The event allows anyone who can buy in a chance to win and rub elbows with pro players, just like at the WSOP...

The biggest name in Australian Poker is usually Joe Hachem, the winner of the 2006 World Series of Poker, and his brother Tony is fairly well known too. It was neither Hachem brother, however, who picked up the win at the neighboring New Zealand Poker Championship final in Christchurch recently, but Australian David Borg. His victory, the largest of Borg's career, included a trophy and $NZ 100,000, which is about equivalent to $80,000 in Australian dollars...