A game of skill, strategy and luck, poker is a card game that has gained immense mainstream popularity in recent years. The best poker players showcase similar traits: intelligence, patience, personality, sense of humor, and the ability to bluff. In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com speaks with poker expert Simon Gravel, author of Les Maîtres du Poker – a book about today’s poker masters – to learn more about the personality of a great poker player, as well as the game’s place in pop culture and how a politician like President Barack Obama might use the game to advance his political career. continue reading...
Young Gun Joe Cada stops by the Deal bringing his own brand of Michigan madness to Bristol. continue reading...
News from PokerNewsDaily.com:
In breaking news from Capitol Hill, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) will introduce legislation to license and regulate online poker in the United States on Thursday, according to Dow Jones Newswires. continue reading...
From PokerListings.com:
The 33-year-old professional poker player topped a field of 125 to take the $300,000 first prize in the three-day, $10,000 buy-in event at the Paiute Golf Resort. continue reading...
From OnlinePokerWebsite.net:
This week Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank introduced a set of bills designed to freeze the UIGEA and allow US residents freedom to play poker on the Internet. Frank’s bill establishes the Department of the Treasury as the licensing and regulating authority, and provides for the consumer protections the gambling ban does not offer, including age and identification verification, responsible gaming systems, and measures against money laundering and cheating. continue reading...
From BluffMagazine.com:
The word is being spread that Rep. Barney Frank plans to introduce pro-gaming legislation in the days ahead. And with that news has come speculation from the poker media and beyond as to the viability of a standalone bill in favor of online gaming passing through Congress. The response from the Poker Players Alliance on the issue has been brief but strong. They have support in Congress and $3 million to lobby everyone else. continue reading...
From NewScientist.com:
IS POKER a game of skill or luck? For regular players that’s a no-brainer, but showing that skill wins out has proven surprisingly difficult for mathematicians. Now two studies that tapped the vast amounts of data available from online casinos have provided some of the best evidence yet that poker is skill-based. Many hope that the results will help to roll back laws and court decisions that consider poker gambling, and therefore illegal in certain contexts. continue reading...
Sharpen up with some tips for Texas Hold ‘em from Yahoo!:
To clarify the phrase limping is when you bet the absolute minimum needed to stay in a hand. Often used when the small blind simply calls the big blind instead of raising. continue reading...
From Mlive.com professional poker player Daniel Negreanu weighs in on the differences in playing in a cash game versus a tournament:
There is plenty of discussion on Internet poker forums about the differences between tournament and cash game players. continue reading...
