Aug
28
Ask Karel Kruška to describe what it takes to be a good poker player, and he’ll tell you it has as much to do with personal temperament as it does with raw talent.
“Czech poker players are usually ambitious young guys,” said Kruška, chairman of Hot Springs Poker Club Teplice and a member of the executive council of the Czech Association of Poker Clubs. “Many of them have a gambling gene. Undoubtedly they are intelligent and playful [but] a certain degree of narcissism and extroversion is also common.”
With poker having surged in local popularity over the past two years — association officials estimate that 60,000 Czechs play poker, with roughly 1,000 organized into 19 official clubs across the country — many aficionados hope that steely confidence comes in handy when facing their latest challenge, one that’s considerably bigger than the game itself.
Aug
28
Women’s poker is growing rapidly across the United States. Poker rooms are seeing more women entering tournaments and playing in the cash games. With that growth comes more opportunities for women to gain skill and confidence. Lauren Failla is offering a chance for women to gain both through experience via the High Heels Poker Tour.
High Heels Poker Tour launched in its home state of Florida in June of 2007 with a clear vision to give women not just women’s only tournaments but the tools and exposure they need to work their way up the ladder to be the best poker players they can be.
Aug
28
New Online Poker Website Proves Significance of Women to the Sport
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925 Media Group is announcing the release of their new online poker web magazine, which features photo-shoots with the ‘Ladies of Poker’, Player Forums, reviews, and breaking gaming news reported on a daily basis. http://www.onlinepokerwebsite.net/
Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) August 28, 2008 — The Online Poker Website, owned and operated by 925 Media Group, has announced the launch of their new web style magazine that promises to be an important player in the poker community.
The site will feature newly discovered amateur female poker players in photo-shoots taken at popular casinos around the United States. Those female poker players will collectively be known as the ‘Ladies of Poker’ and that section of the site will be updated several times throughout each week.
“It is our intention to prove to the world that poker is played by more than just the average college age, or middle age male, but that it is also game played by intelligent, beautiful, and sophisticated ladies of all ages,” said Aaron Hampton, Online Poker Website’s spokesman.
Hampton explains that the site will be shattering the stereotypes of poker as a male only sport.
Aug
26
The PokerStars Sunday Million had 7,557 entrants last night, making for a total prize pool of $1,511,400, just $11,400 more than the guarantee. Those numbers were down slightly from last week, when numbers had already been the lowest that the Sunday Million had seen since July 6. The winner of the event could expect to pocket at most $186,000 should no deal be made at the final table.
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Aug
26
Aces Royal raises stakes in online poker
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When it comes to gambling away your cash online, Aces Royal is the only place to go. It’s one of the few proper play-for-money poker providers for mobile, and now it’s making the jump to PC and Mac too.
Aces Royal Online is the first poker game to let you play on your computer, then transfer the game to your mobile. Even better, there’s no need to download annoying software before you can play, just load up your account with cash, and start winning! Read more
Aug
26
With the Republican National Convention just a week away, supporters of online gambling have turned their attention to two troubling sentences of the Republican Party’s platform: “Millions of Americans suffer from problem or pathological gambling that can destroy families. We support legislation prohibiting gambling over the Internet or in student athletics by student athletes who are participating in competitive sports.” On the Republican Party Platform Committee forum, at gopplatform2008.com, the public is urged to submit comments about the proposed platform.
Aug
25
Ten faces - the last ten winners of the biggest single prize in poker - were analysed by a leading international personologist (a face reader) to launch a new online and land-based poker tournament from CircusCasino.com where players get two chances to win.
It is said to not show any emotion, be expressionless and never give away the cards in front of you, now the traits of the perfect face for poker - which could be a key to a poker fortune - have been disclosed.
Remarkably, the facial features of the best poker players in the world have many similarities and the traits - which include a Roman nose, jutting chin, cupped-out ears and wide-set eyes (see below) - show why they may be the champions they are.
Aug
25
Scott Montgomery was the only member of the November Nine to play on day 1A in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker championship event at the Bicycle Casino. He might also be the only player from the World Series of Poker main event final table to play at Legends, which would come as no surprise because he plays more $10,000 poker tournaments than any of his November competitors.
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Aug
25
On Tuesday 26 August, ahead of the $1.5 million guaranteed APT Macau (running 27 to 31 August), the glamorous Galaxy StarWorld Casino Resort and Hotel will open the APT Poker Room on Level 2, followed by several special events of interest to poker fans.
Following the APT poker room opening, at 4.30pm in the lobby, US poker legend Doyle Brunson, the ‘Godfather of Poker’, wiinner of 10 WSOP bracelets and the most revered poker strategy writer in the world, will be on hand for book signings and to meet fans until 6pm.
Aug
21
GAMBLERS pumped $1.3 billion through Crown’s poker machines, card tables and hotels last financial year despite the economic gloom.
Its coffers were 6 per cent fuller with $433.3 million, despite smoking bans and a higher gaming machine levy.
Gamblers spent $801.8 million on the casino’s main floor poker machines, roulette wheels and blackjack tables.
Money from the VIP big stakes gamblers was down 3.5 per cent to $289.3 million.
With an average room rate of $294 at Crown Towers and $203 at Crown Promenade — and at least 90 per cent occupancy — non gaming revenue surged 8.1 per cent to $279.9 million.
