Texas Holdem Poker

A Poker Glossary added on the site!

Aces Up:
 Two pair, with one one pair being aces. For example, if someone holds AJ and the board is AKJ74, that person has “aces up” since they hold a two pair of aces and jacks.

Action:
 Betting, raising, and calling. A game with a lot of action is a game in which a lot of money is changing hands. These are good games to seek, because the more money moves, the more opportunity you have to win money.

Add-on:
 A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in a tournament.

Aggressive:
 A player who bets and raises a lot when he has a good hand. See also: Passive, Tight, Loose

All In:
 When a Player puts the last of their Chips into a Pot, that Player is said to be All-in.

Ante:
 A small, forced Bet that everyone at the Table is required to pay before each Hand (in games with an Ante).

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Unlucky Game. Click to See. I have nuts-flush on the flop.

Nice Cards on the Flop Click to See.

Poker is one of numerous card games that were invented during long history of playing cards. It is important to say that poker is not a single game, but a line of games loved and played around the world. Nowadays gambling in general and poker as a part of gambling is most popular in Northern America. Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia pay lesser attention to gambling, but however there is hardly a country where you can’t find a poker room.
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Today I have placed several poker desktop wallpapers on my site. Special for Poker Maniaks

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Try this test. Questions of this test are researched by psychologists. They are intended to anybody who plays casino games and wants to find out whether he\she is addicted to casino games. In case if you affirmatively answer to more than 7 questions – you are addicted to casino games… Read the rest of this entry »

Players like to talk about misfortunes on the last card and other unfortunate games, when one looses having a good hand that seemed to be winning. Of course, when somebody is loosing – other win and on a poker table there is only one winner – the others loose (except of some Hi\Lo games such as Omaha Hi\Lo, where there are two winners – player that has the strongest hand and player that has the weakest hand). But take a look at the following situation that took place in Aviation Club in Paris – it’s a really surprising misfortune!

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Poker boom: 60 millions on stake!
It’s unbelievable, indescribable, and unimaginable!
Poker tournament, unlimited Texas for 6 persons playing until winner remains and grabs the pot. Buy-in costs TEN MILLION DOLLARS! It’s not a joke – it’s the future of poker.  International Corporation MNSIONPOKER.net and FSN TV channel of Los Angels officially announced lunch of several tournaments with the hugest prizes for competition ever won during all human history. Read the rest of this entry »

Funny quiz. In case if you can affirmatively answer at least one question, then you must doubt in your playing abilities and poker career. So, You are a bad club poker player if …
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H.O.R.S.E. - new tournament in framework of the WSOP 2006.

New tournament with standard buy-in of $50,000 will occur in framework of annual poker event – World Series of Poker. The game will be H.O.R.S.E – it is a combination of Texas Holdem and Omaha Holdem, Razz, Seven Card Stud and either Omaha or Omaha Hi\Lo. Frankly speaking, all world-famous poker players will participate in this tournament. Moreover, staff of WSOP has created the Committee of Players. Members of the Committee are: Chris Ferguson, Scotty Nguyen, Robert Williamson III and Daniel Negreanu. Mail goal of the Committee is improvement of qualifications of specialists that will conduct tournaments.