20 Mar 09 Learning Poker From TV: Bad Idea
I received a email a few days ago asking if watching a lot of poker on TV can make you a better player. While I do agree that watching poker can add more to your game than watching baseball could add to your swing, I definitely feel that the type of poker represented on TV doesn’t quite showcase the proper playing method that most students of the game should adhere to.
What are some of the issues? Well, the main problem is that (more…)
18 Mar 09 Venetian Deep Stack Event Summer 2009
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For those of you who will be in Las Vegas for the WSOP or just want to feel some of that Las Vegas heat, the Venetian will be offering their Deep Stack Extravaganza tournaments again this summer. One of the great things about this tournament is it offers medium size buy in tournaments with a substantial amount of chips. These events range from $360-$5,000. The structure is significant enough to offer playtime at (more…)
17 Mar 09 Sit & Go Quick Strategy
Personally, I love online Sit & Go tournaments. They can be entered and won in under an hour, feature a wide assortment of opponents, and allow cunning players to take advantage of weak fields to consistently place in the money well over 90% of the time. The reason so many players bust out early at a Sit & Go is because they don’t understand if they should be playing these small, single table events like a cash game (more…)
16 Mar 09 Huck Seed Wins the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Former WSOP Main Event winner Huck Seed outlasted a field of over 60 of the worlds best heads-up poker players to become the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Champion, also becoming the overall most successful player in the history of the tournament. Seed took down female poker pro Vanessa Russo in a best of three matchup, winning two consecutive rounds, taking the title and $500,000 in cash, which was presented by 2008 Champion Chris Ferguson.
Tags: 2009, Championship, Heads, Huck, National, poker, Seed, Wins
12 Mar 09 Blinding Down
Sometimes, when playing tournaments, it is hard to build a stack and the moves you make just don’t work against your opponents. If you don’t catch cards, this can be detrimental to your chip count. The tendency at this point is to wait for top 10 hands like AA or AK. Don’t let yourself succumb to this downfall! If you are waiting for these prime hands, they likely will not come around until you are whittled down to just a few bets. (more…)
11 Mar 09 WSOP Chip Stack/Blind Structure Changes
Great news this week for players looking to try their luck at this years slew of WSOP events. The tournament director of the WSOP, Jack Effel, announced that the starting chip count for every tournament at the 2009 series will be tripled, giving players more bang for their entry buck. The news immediately drew concerns that the blind structure might have been negatively shortened to accommodate for the heavier stacks, but as it turns out, (more…)
10 Mar 09 Picking Your Spots
A major component of any poker session is being able to pick the right spots. This aspect is especially critical in bluffing. As stated before, you should never bluff just to bluff; it should be profitable to do so. If it doesn’t seem like it would be profitable, you shouldn’t do it. There was a hand that I witnessed recently where there was a total of 4 bets in the pot. No one seemed to be especially interested in the pot, as everyone (more…)
09 Mar 09 Rousso through to semi final
Vanessa Rousso is through to the semi finals of the National Heads Up Championship, and will face fellow PokerStars pro, Bertrand Grospellier at Caesers Palace for a place in the grand final.
Rousso has been having quite a year in 2009, appearing in both the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and GoDaddy television ads.
Her road to the semi final was not an easy one either – defeating poker legends Doyle (more…)
07 Mar 09 Top Ten Poker Babes – Who is my Queen of Hearts?
1. Shana Hiatt
The original (and still the best) poker TV show hostess, Shana Hiatt has risen to fame that matches practically any professional poker player. Three years of hosting the World Poker Tour as well as other shows such as NBC’s Poker After Dark, Hiatt is hands down the hottest poker babe of all time.
2. Jennifer Tilly
At this stage in her (more…)
06 Mar 09 10 Hottest Poker Dudes. No Flop Here!
I don’t see why Chris should get away with this, and since I didn’t make his top 10 he’s crossed off of mine!! So here is my top 10 poker hunks.
1. Patrick Antonius
Patrick Antonius definitely adds some spice to the world of poker with his good looks and tremendous talent for poker. Originally from Finland, this ex tennis player and model, turned to poker and made a name for himself at the WPT (more…)
