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Many times in poker you don't have the best hand - but sometimes your opponent doesn't either. This results in playing the board, which means both players' pocket cards are all worse than the five cards on the board.

During the fourth season of the popular poker show on NBC, the National Heads-Up Championship, Doyle got a chance to play heads-up poker with one of the biggest high stakes players of the day, Frenchman David Benyamine.

Studying matters whether you are going for your master's degree or starring in a Hollywood film. Very often that is the difference between overachieving and just getting by. This same standard works for those who want to get better playing poker. Trial and error can only get you so far. A player can dramatically speed up their development by making use of the wealth of books that are available. Why waste time and money learning from your own mistakes when you can simply learn from somebody else's?

Today you can't swing a dead ferret without hitting a poker camp. Everyone from players like Daniel Negreanu to Playboy has set up poker camps in order to educate people on the finer points of the game. The price tags on these events can go from reasonable to crippling depending upon where you want to do your camping. Usually these gatherings include celebrities from the poker world, some one on one instruction with professionals, some tournament play, and more than a few drinks.

After five months of worrying about the future of Danish poker, the game's enthusiasts finally have received some good news. The Supreme Court in Denmark has decided to bring up the case where the question is: Should tournament poker...

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) CryptoLogic Limited a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market through its wholly owned subsidiary WagerLogic today announced an exclusive threeyear licensing agreement with OPokercom a new online poker site launched by a group of Scandinavias leading Internet poker executives Under the agreement CryptoLogic will be OPokercoms sole provider of gaming software designed for the Scandinavian market as well as customer support services ecash management and business service support Todays announcement is consistent with our strategic imperative of adding liquidity and strengthening the CryptoLogic poker network within Europe including Scandinavia said Brian Hadfield CryptoLogics President and CEO CryptoLogics partnership with OPokercom shows that even while we grow into other parts of the world were also expanding in our core European marketOPokercoms management team has a longstanding history in egaming software operations a

(Gaming And Casinos News and Information) Midwest gaming Travel magazine celebrates the first successful year of Boyds Eye View BEV the popular gaming forum accessed from its website wwwmidwestgamingandtravelcom We are extremely pleased with the success of the new forum said MGT Managing Editor Catherine Jaeger Despite a catastrophic system failure which deleted all existing posts after the first six months in operation the forum has generated several thousand visits to our website BEV is the location of some very lively and enlightening conversations BEV is moderated by Linda Boyd author of the bestselling The Video poker Edge I chose Midwest Gaming Travel as the exclusive website home for my forum because I respect both the quality of their work and their desire to help both neophyte and experienced players have the best possible casino experience said Boyd What began as a forum for video poker aficionados in the Midwest evolved quickly into an assemblage of folks from around the c

I don’t know what this says about Shannon Elizabeth’s movie career, but she’s getting to be known more as a celebrity who plays poker than an actress who sometimes plays poker. She really seems to love the game, and hey, why not? poker is great fun, and a great way to lose your house to [...]

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The 4th Annual Bad Beat on Cancer Texas Hold'em poker Tournament was held on May 6, 2008, in Washington, D.C., and raised more than $300,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation (formerly the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation)...