The 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) schedule has now been officially released by PokerStars. As a quick run-down before I give you the schedule, the SCOOP events will run May 3rd to May 16th. It’s going to be 33 events, with three buy-in levels. The final event is the Main Event that will [...]
[I've been] thinking about the mysterious “Morton’s theorem,” which is often referenced but rarely explained. It was offered up as an RGP post several years ago by the late, great Andy Morton, who tragically died in a Motorcycle accident at age 34. No doubt Morton would have been a star in the poker world, as [...]
I just got an email from a representative over at Full Tilt Poker and sent over this notice of a new type of poker game at Full Tilt called Rush Poker. Here are the details: Warning: Rush Poker is extremely fast paced – prepare yourself for the most intense poker action in the world! Available [...]
Some random poker thoughts on “I Put You All-In” and Finding the Perfect Playing Card: The “I Put You All-In” Phrase How did the phrase, “I put you all-in” get started? This has to be, without a doubt, one of the dumbest poker trends I’ve seen in a long time. How can anybody put me [...]
Texas Hold’em Poker has become the hottest poker game going . The games popularity has grown leaps and bounds due to all the exposure it receives on television, the Internet and in land based casinos. Hold’em has replaced 7 Card Stud as the most common poker game in the U.S.A. and even a large part [...]
Blinds = 75/150 8 Players at Table Seat 4 (Early Position) – KC (7,150 in chips) Seat 8 (Big Blind) – Villain (10,000 in chips) Pre-Flop: With 7h7d, I decide to take advantage of my tight image and raise 3x to 450 from early position. All fold to the villain – a loose, aggressive player [...]
Since I got so many comments about the wisdom of The Dude, tonight’s post picks up where we last left off in our previous post in this two part series Movie Wisdom of The Big Lebowski: The Dude & Poker (Part 1). For you loyal readers, I give you more from Walter, The Dude, and [...]
Lowball poker games are variations of poker in which low hands are used to determine the winner at showdown. There are quite a few different lowball poker games and in this article we will look at the three most popular Badugi, Deuce to Seven Triple Draw and Razz. Badugi Badugi is a lowball poker draw [...]
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay Heres some life updates, I have graduated from college with my BA and now in search of a job. Graduating was one of my life long goals and feels so great to have reached it. As for the job search I’m [...]
It’s been a crazy week at work, and aside from a good session on Monday night, I haven’t been on the tables. I have been working with my best friend, poker prodigy “Monk,” who’s been dominating the $1-2 tables and quickly moved up to two tables of $2-4. It’s a lot of work to review [...]
