Making Deals In Poker Tournaments
The first poker tournaments were winner-take-all. Not that many people entered and it seemed logical that whoever got all the chips would win all the money. As poker tournaments grew, it began to…
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Winning Table Talk in Live Poker
At its very core, poker is a social game. As a social game, people chat. Some pros chat more than others, see Mike "the Mouth" Matusow, Phil Hellmuth and the 2006 WSOP champion Jaime Gold. Gold went…
Live Poker Tournament Tips
You may be an old hand at online poker tournaments, but it could be that you’ve never played a live one. Poker is only legal in certain states in America and if you haven’t spent time in one of…
Dressing for a Poker Tournament
At the 2006 WSOP, players came in a wide variety of costumes. There were cowboy outfits, hockey jerseys, even superheroes. There were plenty of t-shirts and caps emblazoned with the logos of various…
Live Poker – Sit and Go vs. Big Tournament
A live casino offers numerous options for poker play. You can play poker in a cash game, either fixed limit, pot limit, or no limit. You can play Omaha, Stud and Texas Hold em. In most poker rooms,…
Adjusting to Table Switching in Poker Tournaments
There are several strategies that a player can use to quickly adjust to the table switching that happens in a poker tournament. The first strategy is to treat each table change as a brand new game.…
Poker lessons, Online Poker Rooms, Poker Tournaments
10 Free Poker Lessons By Tom Shannahan 1. Practice Don’t start spending money until you know how to play the game. Find a game that you like and study that poker variation. Texas Hold’em is the most…
Set Up Free Private Online Poker Tournaments
Playing poker online is fast replacing the traditional home poker games with friends. Many people find playing online poker to be fun and financially rewarding, but still find themselves missing…