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In an effort to strengthen and unite the poker industry worldwide, professional poker players Marcel Luske and Michelle Lau have established the Federation Internationale de poker Association (FIDPA) and the international poker Rules...

Hi there everyone, Thank you very much for creating this website, the information I was able to gather so far is priceless.:thumbsup: I?m essentially a brick and mortar casino player, and I play the traditional casino games, Roulette, Baccarat, Blackjack, Craps and more recently Holdem poker. ...

Poker After Dark is one of the most popular of all the poker games shown on TV, and one reason is because they so often mix up their themes. The latest idea is The Cash Game, a $100k buy in event featuring six players: Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwar, Allen Cunningham, Guy Laliberte, Mike Baxter, and David Peat.

Warwick Dunnett's 'Poker Wizards: Wisdom from the World's Top No-Limit Hold'em Players' collects contributions from several of the circuit's most accomplished players in a single volume. The book's primary focus is no-limit hold'em...

In the game of poker knowledge is power. This means that the less your opponents know about you the less power they have. So if you can win pots without having to give away any information about yourself, you are ahead of the game. Very few people are going to fold to you just because you have a winning smile so chances are you're going to have to play some poker in order to get your opponents' money. Every hand you play is a potential intelligence gathering exercise for the rest of the table, so there will be times when you want to hide behind somebody else during a hand. In short, you need a Trojan Maniac.

In the world of professional poker the established pros have been struggling to keep their hold on the sport while under constant assault by the internet kids who have begun feeling their oats. These younger competitors have started making inroads into the sport that had previously been considered the sole province of folks who had 'paid their dues'. The battle between the generations is one that has fueled pages of press and hundreds of thousands of blog entries, and now a major network has picked up on people's interest in this topic, and has made it a part of their poker programming. NBC's poker After Dark will feature what they call 'Nets vs. Vets'. This will pit some of the internet stars against three of the recognizable and accomplished players on the planet.

Player notes are available to anyone that plays online poker. When I first started playing I did not have any good use for them at all. I didn't know enough about the game itself let alone trying to jot down how my opponents were playing at the table. After a few months and a few dollars in the wind I finally realized how much of an asset player notes could be. Typically I played the same tournaments and ring games on a nightly / daily basis. After a while you see the same people and have a fairly good idea of how they play. I began writing short blurbs about each of the players at my tables.read more

Chris Webber is a retired basketball great, and he is looking for some great action this Friday at Planet Hollywood to raise money for the Chris Webber Foundation. The event, called C-Webb's Bada Bling Celebrity Weekend, will include a charity poker tournament that will be sure to gather sports stars and celebrities for a good cause. No River Holdem is the game, just like Texas Holdem except there is no river card, giving players one less card with which to make the best poker hand...

The online gambling licensing agency Kahnawake got a stern talking too from one of the largest poker advocacy organizations on the planet recently when the poker Players Alliance came out against the agency about their reticence in working with PPA. The PPA, a grassroots organization determined to protect poker players' interests, spoke out against the infamous cheating allegations brought against two major online poker rooms and the regulatory industry's lack of control on the issue. Both sites are licensees of Kahnawake, which was refused entry to the Advertising Standards Authority in Great Britain.Related Articles:Legal poker in California closer to happeningSwedish poker veto action...

Online poker room Titan poker just recently announced they have added the Russian language to their poker room, giving Russian speakers the chance to play poker at the popular site in their native language. Titan poker now has a dozen languages to offer: Russian, Dutch, Danish, English, German, French, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, and Swedish. According to the poker room an influx of Russian speaking players prompted the addition to the suite of service offered by Titan poker, which extends to the poker software, customer support services, and the web site.Related Articles:Online poker player youngest to win signature eventiPods available at online poker room...