Paul ‘Dr. Pauly’ McGuire
I’ve been playing a lot of online poker these days and have come across a couple of interesting hands on PokerStars and Full Tilt.
7c-7h $10-$20 Limit: The player under the gun (UTG) raised and I called with 7c-7h. The button and both blinds also called. Fiveplayers. The flop was 7d-6s-2h. The blinds […]
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Jonathan Raab
While most of the events I attend are in the UK, I do travel to some events outside of my home country. Next month I will be visiting Slovenia before heading stateside for the WSOP, but just last week I paid a visit to Ireland for the Green Joker Poker festival. Held at a […]
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MotorCity Casino $275 million dollar renovation set to open Fall 2007
MotorCity Casino (MCC), owned by Marian Ilitch, is the only locally owned and operated casino in Detroit.
MotorCity Casino opened in December 1999 and is located in the historic Corktown neighborhood. The Casino is currently undergoing a $275 million dollar renovation at its current site, […]
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Rosie Paules of Torrington, Wyoming - Deadwood Shootout Winner
In the past, legendary women such as Calamity Jane and Poker Alice played major roles in Deadwood’s colorful history. In keeping with that spirit, Rosie Paules of Torrington, Wyoming carved out her place in Deadwood history as the first woman to win the Deadwood Shootout.
Rosie’s cool, […]
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Byron Liggett
Poker is more American than baseball, apple pie, or the 4th of July. We invented it, and it is us!
It doesn’t get any more American than a poker game. It’s each rugged individual with an investment, seeking to make a profit through wit, wisdom and luck. It’s the perfect model of free enterprise capitalism!
For […]
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Lou Krieger
OK, here it is, just what we’ve all been waiting for. The World Series of Poker began just a few days ago and Las Vegas is looking like a poker player’s convention. While there are 55 events in this year’s WSOP, it’s going to be impossible for anyone to play in all of them.
The […]
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Ashley Adams
Rockingham Park (known familiarly as “The Rock”) in Salem, New Hampshire is now home to a huge poker room. I visited the Rock, and noticed, in addition to a lot of tournament and live hold’em action, a most unusually structured low stakes stud game.
Here are the specifics. Eight players each ante $1.00, with a […]
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Diane McHaffie
You can’t play as many winning hands against sophisticated players as you can against weak players. Therefore, you shouldn’t be attempting to play less-than-stellar hands against these knowledgeable opponents. Unlike their weak counterparts, the skilled players are more guarded in their play and aren’t likely to make the mistakes necessary foryour semi-puny hands to […]
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