Archive for February, 2009

Introduction to World Poker Tour and Origins of Tournament Poker

Fun Las Vegas Casino Gambling wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIntroduction to World Poker Tour By nature, poker has no defined beginning or end. As Mojo Nixon once put it, “The best thing about the poker game is that you can’t lose. As long [...]

Texas hold ‘em in popular culture

Fun Las Vegas Casino Gambling wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptJoe Hachem, winner of 2005 World Series of Poker main eventIn 1998, the movie Rounders starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton gave moviegoers a romantic view of poker as a way of life. Texas hold ‘em was the [...]

March-July with UB

Perfect, Yet Changing wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMarch-July with UB Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - Miss C Hey All, Where has this year gone? I can’t believe I have blinked and we are in the 1st week of March. Every week pretty much finds us comtemplating [...]

Back to the Future

Perfect, Yet Changing wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBack to the Future Sunday, March 1, 2009 - Gene Bromberg Not so long ago you couldn’t turn on the TV without quickly coming across a poker show. Some of these were good (the World Poker Tour, ESPN’s World [...]

LA Poker Classic Final Table: Cornel Andrew Cimpan Favored by Fortune

Ace wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe final table of the LA Poker Classic Main Event started off as a “Chris” battle, as former WPT champ Chris Karagulleyan and former WSOP Main Event champ Chris Ferguson squared off, but it became the Cornel Andrew Cimpan show before the night was over. [...]

WSOP Circuit 2009 - Council Bluffs Main Event

PokerGrind.net Poker Blog wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Sixty Seven players started out in this round of the World Series of Poker Circuit at Council Bluffs Iowa.  Attendance was little down then normal but the main reason for this, is because the LA Classic was running at the same time.  [...]

NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship Lineup

PokerGrind.net Poker Blog wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOne of the best televised poker tournaments, the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, is just around the corner, and the roster of attending poker stars has been announced. 64 players will participate in this year’s competition, among them are 12 former WSOP [...]

L.A. Poker Classic Final-Table Bios

Ace wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptL.A. Poker Classic Final-Table Bios Posted by Stefo in Live Events, News, Poker Videos, Poker jokes, tags: 2009 player of the year, best poker table, Binh Nguyen, bluff, Chris Ferguson Headlines the Final Table, Chris Karagulleyen, Cornel Cimpan, crazy poker, funny poker, high stakes, [...]

World Poker Challenge Begins Today

Ace wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWorld Poker Challenge Begins Today Posted by Stefo in Live Events, News, tags: blog, bluff, Brunson, high stakes, poker, poker blog, Poker League, poker news, poker player of the year, poker players, poker series, poker shuffle, Poker Skills, Texas Hold’em, win, World Series of [...]

High Stakes Poker Host Looking Forward to Season 5

Ace wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHigh Stakes Poker Host Looking Forward to Season 5 Posted by Stefo in News, Poker Videos, tags: Barry Greenstein, Brunson, crazy poker, funny poker, high stakes poker, Ilari Sahamies, Math is idiotic, poker blog, poker game, poker laughter, poker news, poker players, poker series, [...]