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Chilipoker DeepStack Open Vienna Starts on 14 October

October 12, 2010 at 6:48 PM |

Vienna is known for the music, the beautiful architecture, the charming city and the beer of course. Chilipoker wants poker to occupy such an important role in the Austrian capital city's life, as they are hosting the next Deepstack Open there.

Poker Rake Races

$5,000 Betsson Exclusive Cash Race - Easy Money

October 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM |

Still playing for 27% rakeback at Full Tilt Poker? Are you sure you are at the right place? In this month's $5,000 exclusive race at Betsson Poker, you can now get an average of 50% cashback if you fight your way to the top 10. The third place can get you even 68%.

Poker Rake Races

PokerHeaven €60,000 Rake Race This October

October 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM |

Besides the €3,500 PokerHeaven & InterPoker Exclusive Rake Race, now all Rakerace.com members are eligible to participate in PokerHeaven's €60,000 race running from 10-31 October.

Poker Rake Races

Unibet Exclusive Loyalty Chase 1 - 30 Nov

October 12, 2010 at 1:59 PM |

In partnership with Unibet Poker, Rakerace.com is organizing an exclusive loyalty chase with guaranteed prizes. Only those players that register through Rakerace.com will be eligible to participate.

Poker Players

Doyle Brunson’s Thoughts on PHoF Nominees

October 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM |

After a well deserved break that lasted three weeks, Doyle Brunson returned to his blog and now he posts again regularly. In his latest entry, he shares his thoughts about the nominees of the upcoming Poker Hall of Fame ballot, taking place on 7th November. The induction of two new members into the Hall is going to be one of the 2010 WSOP Finale shows.

Poker Rooms

SwitchPoker - Play Poker on Your iPad or iPhone

October 11, 2010 at 7:13 PM |

If you ever wanted to play poker on your mobile phone, you just might be interested in the following news: SwitchPoker now offers real-money play, which is available on Apple mobile devices, such as the iPad, iPod Touch and the iPhone.

Poker Players

Maxim Lykov Also Joins Team PokerStars Pro

October 11, 2010 at 5:39 PM |

PokerStars is rather active signing newer and newer pros, signing with Liv Boeree almost 2 weeks ago, they revealed their latest addition to the elite Team PokerStars Pro, the russian pro player, Maxim Lykov.

Poker Players

Scott Montgomery Gets Robbed in a Restroom at Bellagio

October 11, 2010 at 4:49 PM |

Canadian Full Tilt Red Pro Scott Montgomery got robbed yesterday, on 10th October, in one of the restrooms of the Bellagio. He was forced to hand over $2,000.

Lost & Found

Poker Tells by Negreanu

October 10, 2010 at 5:08 PM |

If you want to better understand the tells in live poker, check this video out!

Poker Humor

PlusEV - A comic not to pass by

October 9, 2010 at 6:27 PM |

Bobby Crosby, writer of the PlusEV comics, is an internationally acclaimed comic writer, with a strong love for poker. His poker-related strips are very popular, as he introduces us to the life of an average American family, whose head, the father is a poker player.

Poker Legislation

European Egaming Regulations: A Controversy

October 8, 2010 at 8:16 PM |

There have been a number of insightful articles published at eGR’s website on the current state of regulation of online gaming and gambling both in the US and the EU. The latest two I wish to summarise here are on the lack of development after the European Court of Justice rulings in Germany and Austria and on whether The Netherlands is to embrace the French pattern or not.

Poker Tournaments

WPT Festa Al Lago Is Launched

October 8, 2010 at 6:34 PM |

The Festa Al Lago at the Bellagio is the eighth out of the twenty tournaments in total of the World Poker Tour Season IX.

Poker Tournaments

FTP: FTOPS XVIII Schedule Announced

October 8, 2010 at 4:22 PM |

The Full Tilt Online Poker Series XVIII gets underway in about a month’s time. There are 34 events taking place between 10th and 21st November with a guaranteed prize pool of $19 million in total.

Poker Players

Phil Hellmuth: Is His Time Over?

October 7, 2010 at 5:36 PM |

Once the world's biggest poker player Phil Hellmuth have not won a single tournament for 3 years and 110 days now, his bad luck surrounds his cash games as well.

Lost & Found

No Limit Hold'em Tips for Beginners - Part 1.

October 7, 2010 at 1:04 PM |

In this two-part guide we are intending to provide orientation for beginner poker players. The first part will lay out some basic practices, and the second will cover issues concerning game techniques. With this guide we want to provide an insight of the game itself, as well as some management skills you will be needing if you hope to be a profitable poker player.

Lost & Found

Play a Hand With Us – C/C or Value Bet on a Scary River?

October 6, 2010 at 5:30 PM |

$0.50/$1  No Limit HoldemUTG  $97CO  (Hero) $101BTN  $130SB  Wavefuncti0n $95BB  debe90 $100

Lost & Found

Play a Hand with Us – Thin Value Bets with 77

October 6, 2010 at 5:26 PM |

$0.50/$1  No Limit Holdem5 PlayersUTG  (Hero) $104 CO  $25 BTN  $102 SB  $185 BB $100

Poker Tournaments

PCA Schedule Now Public

October 6, 2010 at 4:56 PM |

PokerStars have posted the schedule of next years PCA on their website, and also opened www.pokerstarscaribbeanadventure.com, the official website of the tournament. Over 50 tournaments will be held at the luxurious Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

Lost & Found

Floating

October 6, 2010 at 3:30 PM |

This article will cover the concept of ’floating’. Floating, or float play, is a technique of the more experienced poker players.

Lost & Found

An Introduction to Implied Odds

October 6, 2010 at 1:43 PM |

It happens very often in poker that the cards we are holding are not the strongest possible. We hope to see some cards on the flop, turn or river that make our hand complete (like flush or straight draws, for example).

Poker Players

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October 6, 2010 at 1:20 PM |

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Poker Humor

Viktor Blom 2+2 Photoshop Thread Best Of

October 5, 2010 at 7:15 PM |

There is a 2+2 forum thread called 'Blom photoshop potential'. In it, a user called 'ShortstackCat' posted 3 pictures of Viktor Blom playing at the poker table, encouraging fellow users to exploit and 'remix' the photos using Photoshop. There are many very funny ones, we strongly advise you to visit the thread after skimming through our little compilation here. It's worth it, we promise.

Poker Tournaments

European Masters of Poker - Win Seats With NoiQ

October 5, 2010 at 4:15 PM |

If you are a hobby poker player, but might want to try yourself at a big tournament, whose buy-in does not rob you of much money, EMOP might be a good start. You can now enter NoiQ Poker's Mid Limit and Low Limit EMOP races, where you can win a registration to the VIP freeroll whose main prizes are EMOP Malta seats worth €2,600 each.

Poker Tournaments

Vamplew wins EPT, Juanda Comes In Second

October 5, 2010 at 2:23 PM |

The EPT London came to its end with a surprise victory of the 23-year old scottish player David Vamplew, who managed to beat the poker legend John Juanda in the 4 hour long heads-up.

Online Poker

October Reload Bonus at NoiQ

October 5, 2010 at 11:56 AM |

If you are a player at NoiQ Poker, and want to redeposit some money, now is your time. They are offering 100% Reload Bonus up to €200. But hurry up, the exclusive offer is only valid between the 1st and 30th of October.

Poker Legislation

Online Poker Legislation: Washington Bans, Denmark Legalises

October 4, 2010 at 7:59 PM |

PokerStars has recently banned residents of the State of Washington from its rooms, due to a Supreme Court decision. Meanwhile, Denmark is planning to give the green lights to international online poker providers.

Online Poker

Durrrr Challenge 2 - Short Session

October 4, 2010 at 6:33 PM |

Durrrr and jungleman12 have continued their epic clash called the Durrrr Challenge 2, with a 1 hour session which brought about a near draw between the two pros. Durrrr only earned $1,429 by the end of the day.

Poker Rooms

FTP Changes from Dealt to Weighted Contributed and Introduces Black Card

October 4, 2010 at 5:57 PM |

Effective 1st October 2010, Full Tilt Poker changed their rakeback calculation method from dealt to weighted contributed. While the former favours the tighter multi-table players, the latter might be more advantageous for the loose aggressive and or the fish.

Poker Rake Races

PokerStars Loyalty Freeroll Chase - October

October 4, 2010 at 5:24 PM |

With an extraordinary timing and prize, the exlusive RakeRace Loyalty Freeroll Chase has started this October. The top 20 wins a ticket (worth 3000FPP) to PokerStars' October Turbo Takedown, where players can play for their share of the handsome $1,000,000 prize pool.

Poker Tournaments

EPT London Final Table - Live Coverage

October 4, 2010 at 4:16 PM |

The EPT London has progressed to its final table, with only 8 players still chasing the $900,000 main prize. John Juanda and Tom Marchese (kingsofcards) are still in, and Kyle Bowker is the chipleader at the moment. Below you can follow the event live with commentary.