When you’re dealt a hand like A4, what should you do? There’s an Ace, and Aces are good, right? That’s the logic most beginners put behind the decision to play the hand after overestimating its strength, but this can lead them into trouble. Let’s make this as simple as possible. You should be folding “rag [...]
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Poker Robbery Mastermind Sentenced
There’s finally some closure in the case of the 2010 robbery of the EPT Berlin Main Event; the Berlin District Court found Ibrahim al Moussa guilty of being the mastermind behind the heist, which took place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. They determined that he planned the attack itself and then served as the getaway [...]
Bovada Promotion Draws on Weekly Plays, Daily Bets and Non-Stop Action
Bovada’s wrapping up 2011 and kicking off the New Year in a big way with its massive Play Your Way To Party promotion. Every week from December 19th 2011 through February 12, 2012, you can win 1 of 8 weekly exclusive trips to a spectacular Bovada party! Join Bovada and play your way now. Here’s how [...]
Bovada’s Poker Holiday Countdown Helps You Make Some Extra Cash!
Starting on December 20th and running through the 31st, Bovada is offering online poker players like you more with its Poker Holiday Countdown. In addition to giving players 53 chances at free entry into the site’s famed $100,000 guaranteed tournaments, there’s bonus cash up for grabs just by playing like you normally would. Starting today and going through December 24th and again [...]
Bovada Online Poker Tournament Winners for the Week ending December 18, 2011
Every week, Bovada hosts thousands of poker tournaments, ranging from single table events to their massive $100,000 guaranteed tournaments. There’s just no way we can cover all of them, but we want to make sure you keep up with who won the biggest of the big games so you know how hot the action is [...]
Bovada Party Promotion Draws on Weekly Plays, Daily Bets and Non-Stop Action
Bovada’s wrapping up 2011 and kicking off the New Year in a big way with its massive Play Your Way To Party promotion. Every week from December 19th 2011 through February 12, 2012, you can win 1 of 8 weekly exclusive trips to the Bovada Party this March in Las Vegas. Join Bovada and play your [...]
Details In Ivey Divorce Case Include $180,000 in Alimony and $1.2 Million In Purses
Details in the divorce settlement for between poker icon Phil Ivey and his ex-wife Luciaetta have come up as part of her petition for the Supreme Court to disqualify Clark County Family Court judge Bill Gonzalez from the case. Lucietta Ivey believes that her ex-husband and his attorney unfairly swayed Gonzalez with campaign contributions. The [...]
Sam Trickett Nets Millions In Macau Cash Games
According to Twitter, Sam Trickett’s had a very nice trip to Macau. The poker pro, who’s seen a pretty stellar 2011, tweeted that he played “6 handed with Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan,$10k/20hkd” and put in some marathon hours including an, “insane session, played for 25 hours str8!” before he got on a plane to [...]
Epic Poker League Hands Out First Lifetime Card
Doyle Brunson is a poker icon and the Epic Poker League has decided to honor him with their first-ever lifetime player card, making him automatically eligible to play in all future tournaments, no matter what his status in the Global Poker Index. Annie Duke, the EPL’s commissioner, told the AP that Brunson was a clear [...]
Jack Dempsey Wins WPT Five Diamond Event
James Dempsey isn’t a household name in poker, despite winning his first WSOP event last year, but this past weekend, his name was on everyone’s lips as he took the World Poker Tour Five Diamond event at the Bellagio for a very, very nice $821,612 along with a seat in the $25,000 World Poker Tour [...]
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