Poker Tournament
Poker is everywhere and has become more popular as proven by a number of prestigious poker tournaments annually. On the top of these prestigious events is the long-running World Series of Poker, or WSOP, which dated back to 1970. Since 2005, WSOP Circuit Event was organized and held yearly in different casinos. The culminating stretch of this circuit event, the regional championship, is usually played with No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament. But before going further with the WSOP event in
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Over the years, Poker has grown into a profitable and thrilling casino game. In fact, prestigious poker events, like the WPT World championship also known as the Five-Star World Poker Classic Main Event, have become more popular and have recently been televised, allowing thousands of poker enthusiasts to watch the event from across the globe. These series of poker events conclude in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship Tournament held in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Venue
Bellagio
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The much anticipated annual California State Poker Championship Main Event schedule has just been released. For the year 2011, the tournament will start on May 4, with the Main event commencing on May 20 and will end on May 22, when the 2011 California State Poker Champion will be declared.
The California State Poker Championship Main Event will, of course, be held at the Commerce Casino located in the greater Los Angeles area.
California State Poker Championship: the annual event
Ever since
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Submitted by Cory, this article belongs to the Poker and Life series.
It's every poker players goal and dream to drag the million dollar pots in the biggest cash games or to be sitting at the final table of the World Series with the TV lights shining. While this is a cool goal and the dream is possible, you can't expect to go from novice player to big time winner all in one night, one year, or probably your entire lifetime. It is important to set goals for yourself in poker, but you want to
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General introduction to Double or Nothing poker sit and goes
The Double or Nothing poker sit and go (often abbreviated as DoN SNG) is a relatively new form of the popular sit and go online poker tournament format characterized by a preset (most commonly 6 or 10) number of players each buying in to the sit and go with a fixed amount of money in exchange for a stack of chips.
As the Double or Nothing term implies, you either double your
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Submitted by Steve, this article belongs to The Poker Strategy series.
In this article, Steve takes us through the basics of double or nothing SNGs and in particular double or nothing poker strategy.
Double or nothing poker introduction:
Before we get into the details of double or nothing poker strategy, let’s clarify one thing: Double or Nothings are SNGs in which half the players go home empty handed while the other half double up their buy-ins. Why do people play these SNGs? They’re
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
Freerolls
Many poker players look down on freerolls because they feel they’re above it. They view them as meaningless repositories for poor players who can’t afford the buy-in for proper tournaments or cash games. The truth is though that many of the world’s best players exercise games in freerolls because they provide a means of earning cash with zero risk. Annette Obrestad, winner of the WSOPE 2007, and Tom Durrrr
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Submitted by Stuart, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
The term Tilt in poker is used to explain a state of mental anger, confusion or frustration in which a player uses a poor judgment or strategy. This usually leads to a player becoming very aggressive (in his/her playing style).
So it’s when we play poker in a manner that is not in sync with the ‘normal’ or usual way we play our hand.
Discipline
Having the discipline to use what we know is right is critical
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Submitted by Stuart, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
What is it?
Double or nothing (DoN) tournament, although they have been around for a long time, are becoming more popular as compared to regular Sit N go tournaments. In short, a DoN tournament is a Single Table Tournament (STT), usually 10 players. The payout structure makes it "Double or Nothing". If you are playing a Double or nothing tournament, all you have to worry about is coming in 5th. All players who
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Submitted by Adam, this article belongs to the Poker Tournament series.
Online multi-table tournaments can be the most profitable games for new players. Becoming increasingly popular, these type of games provides the easiest and fastest means of making a ton of money in poker for minimal risk. PokerStars recent record breaking tournament for example gave $50,000 to the winner of an event costing only $1 to buy into.
The problem with new players succeeding in tournaments is that they don’t
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