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On NBC's most popular poker show, poker After Dark, one amateur player won a chance to put together his Dream Table. Ken Light, who won this chance at one online poker room, tapped Scotty Nguyen, Jen Harman, Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, and his favorite player Daniel Negreanu, and got to play them all.

There is a concept called 'Paper Tiger' that refers to something that appears fierce - or wants to appear fierce - but is instead completely harmless. During the final table play of the World poker Tour World poker Open, played at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, the pros witnessed an amateur player being a Paper Tiger.

Poker shows are always better when there is an analyst there to provide expert commentary, but when do these poker talkers get to play? On the NBC show poker After Dark it was Analysts Week, and Chad Brown, Howard Lederer, Mark Gergorich, Phil Gordon, Ali Nejad, and Robert Williamson III all got a chance to show their stuff.

With the World Series of poker firmly in our rear view mirror, this does not mean that the last of the bracelets have been handed out this year. While we are all aware that final, Main Event, bracelet will be sorted out this November, we are less than two months away from the start of the World Series of poker Europe. Last year a relatively anonymous player came up from the ranks to smack the established pros in the face and take the championship. Will that be what happens this year?

Players have a shot at winning a tropical vacation and playing major poker when they play at online poker room Doyles Room, which is offering prize packages to the Costa Rica Challenge. Winners of the satellites will pick up a $4,000 grand prize package, which includes $1,700 for travel and accommodations and a $2,000+300 main event buy-in. Satellites start today, Monday, July 21st, for as little as $4.80+.50...

The World poker Tour, much to the relief of fans of the hit poker show, has found a home for the broadcasting of their seventh season. season VII will be shown on Fox Sports Network (FSN), and will consist of 26 episodes, although details about the broadcast content have yet to be released. The Bellagio Cup, which recently finished, will be the first two episodes of the broadcast season...

While the 2008 World Series of poker was going on, online poker room Bodog poker was holding their Bodog poker Mini Series, where players were picking up seats to the 2009 WSOP a year in advance. The Mini Series mirrored the actual events of the WSOP in Las Vegas, but with buy ins at one hundredth of the price. Three players, dudix, Boswan and pokerfanx789, have won seats to the main event next year with $12k VIP Prize Packages...

As the World Series of poker festivities wrap up in Las Vegas this week, it was clear that the alliance signed between Harrah's Entertainment and Everest poker was an immediate success. (PRWeb Jul 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/WSOP/Poker/prweb1118464.htm

Exclusives: Gil Cates Jr. to direct gambling documentary -- Director Gil Cates Jr. is bringing a documentary on the World Series of poker to the bigscreen.

How do you play middle pairs? Everyone seems to be in the same predicament time after time. It could be early or late position with a big stack or a short one but we all have to make decisions on how to play middle pairs.I kind of have a rule of thumb about playing poker tournaments or cash games before I begin to play my hands. Here are a few questions I like to ask myself before getting involved in a hand with middle pairs pre-flop: What kind of image am I portraying to my opponents? How many chips do my opponents have? How many chips do I have? What position am I going to be playing my hand from? What was the last hand I showed down?These questions are not just questions you should ask yourself before betting involved with middle pairs but with almost any hand. These kinds of questions help you put together your own story before getting involved in the pot. You need to understand the larger picture of what it taking place in order to