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Poker is about making decisions, pure and simple. Understanding how and why you should make certain decisions can help you perform much better in any environment, whether it's a quick hand or two in an online cash game or if you're playing in an event like the WSOP. Let's discuss pot odds and how they can strengthen your game.
The simplest explanation of pot odds works as follows: compare the total number of unknown cards to how many outs you have, then perform some simple division. Sounds easy, right?
There are four cards of every value and 13 of every suit, meaning that you have 52 cards (of course.) Let's say you have an open-ended straight draw on the flop and there are two different values of cards that will give you a winning hand. Two values by four suits means that there are 8 outs.
What do these outs mean? They help you figure out how much needs to be in the pot for you to bet. In the first case, there are 47 unknown cards and eight will help you. 47 divided by eight = 5.875. You'd need win around six times as much as you invested to be in the pot for playing this hand to be worth your while.
Spend some time practicing pot odds when you're playing poker online, especially if you're not involved in a hand and can focus on the numbers. Understanding good betting logic and how pot odds reflect when you should and shouldn't go in on a hand can help you greatly on your road to Las Vegas!
Think you’re ready to write your own story? Play in Bovada's online qualifiers for the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event for as little as $1!
The simplest explanation of pot odds works as follows: compare the total number of unknown cards to how many outs you have, then perform some simple division. Sounds easy, right?
There are four cards of every value and 13 of every suit, meaning that you have 52 cards (of course.) Let's say you have an open-ended straight draw on the flop and there are two different values of cards that will give you a winning hand. Two values by four suits means that there are 8 outs.
What do these outs mean? They help you figure out how much needs to be in the pot for you to bet. In the first case, there are 47 unknown cards and eight will help you. 47 divided by eight = 5.875. You'd need win around six times as much as you invested to be in the pot for playing this hand to be worth your while.
Spend some time practicing pot odds when you're playing poker online, especially if you're not involved in a hand and can focus on the numbers. Understanding good betting logic and how pot odds reflect when you should and shouldn't go in on a hand can help you greatly on your road to Las Vegas!
Think you’re ready to write your own story? Play in Bovada's online qualifiers for the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event for as little as $1!
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The world's largest poker site has a new on-line championship at three levels, and Europe's largest poker site has a few promotions of its own.
PokerStars may be the world's largest poker site but it has arguably the most useless press office, or perhaps it is only certain correspondents it doesn't give the time of day. Therefore, there will be no comment here about the claim/rumour that it is about to take over Full Tilt, which is currently in still in limbo after an Easter Resurrection failed to materialise.
Having said that, the support staff on this site are friendly, helpful and extremely prompt, but if you are interested more in action than chat, check out SCOOP. The acronym stands for Spring Championship Of Online Poker, and the series consists of no less than 40 events between May 6 and May 20. SCOOP was first held in 2009, and is supplementary to rather than a replacement for the sites WCOOP - work out what that means yourself!
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PokerStars may be the world's largest poker site but it has arguably the most useless press office, or perhaps it is only certain correspondents it doesn't give the time of day. Therefore, there will be no comment here about the claim/rumour that it is about to take over Full Tilt, which is currently in still in limbo after an Easter Resurrection failed to materialise.
Having said that, the support staff on this site are friendly, helpful and extremely prompt, but if you are interested more in action than chat, check out SCOOP. The acronym stands for Spring Championship Of Online Poker, and the series consists of no less than 40 events between May 6 and May 20. SCOOP was first held in 2009, and is supplementary to rather than a replacement for the sites WCOOP - work out what that means yourself!
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The old adage that if you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life rings true for some. Just ask two Parsippany brothers.
As teenagers, Arash and Bahbak (aka Bobby) Oboodi started playing poker for fun with their buddies and in online games. In time, both started winning what they considered unbelievable sums of money. Today, Arash is developing into one of the top online players in the nation while big brother Bobby, who plays in casinos, has earned more than a million dollars from the game.
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As teenagers, Arash and Bahbak (aka Bobby) Oboodi started playing poker for fun with their buddies and in online games. In time, both started winning what they considered unbelievable sums of money. Today, Arash is developing into one of the top online players in the nation while big brother Bobby, who plays in casinos, has earned more than a million dollars from the game.
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The new Treasure Island slot game just launched at Bodog Casino has a story to tell. The Navy is chasing the sexy and infamous Captain Neri who has just broken out of prison. With her loyal crew members she is looking to reclaim her hidden treasure from Treasure Island. But Bodog Casino players can intercept the treasure maps on the reels, claim Captain Neri's booty for themselves and rule the seven seas.
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Another week in Internet poker politics. Another batch of delicious news bytes. Time to strap your speed-read on, BLUFFers.
Let’s kick things off with the Capitol Hill Co-Sponsor Count. Since last year, Texas Rep. Joe Barton’s flagging Internet poker bill, H.R. 2366, has drawn 30 politicos to its banner, edging out California Rep. John Campbell’s moribund competing Internet gambling bill, H.R. 1174, which has drawn 29.
GovTrack.us, a Web site that tracks legislation in Congress, generously gives H.R. 2366 a nine percent chance of being enacted before the session ends in January 2013, even-steven with H.R. 1174, which was also given a nine percent chance at succeeding. (Yeah, right.)
Read More: THE FIGHT brings you the latest news on the regulation and legalization of online poker. | BLUFF Poker News
Let’s kick things off with the Capitol Hill Co-Sponsor Count. Since last year, Texas Rep. Joe Barton’s flagging Internet poker bill, H.R. 2366, has drawn 30 politicos to its banner, edging out California Rep. John Campbell’s moribund competing Internet gambling bill, H.R. 1174, which has drawn 29.
GovTrack.us, a Web site that tracks legislation in Congress, generously gives H.R. 2366 a nine percent chance of being enacted before the session ends in January 2013, even-steven with H.R. 1174, which was also given a nine percent chance at succeeding. (Yeah, right.)
Read More: THE FIGHT brings you the latest news on the regulation and legalization of online poker. | BLUFF Poker News
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G-poker reports that Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT), the investor that failed last week in negotiations to purchase Full Tilt Poker, announced it’s interested in creating a new online poker site with the money it had budgeted for Full Tilt. According to an email from GBT, which was leaked to the public this week, the new poker site would offer to refund Full Tilt Poker players still waiting for repayment – if they agree to play at the new site.
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Carmen Electra is looking ace as she poses with a top-ranking pair in these saucy snaps, reported British daily The Sun on Thursday.
The American beauty was using her famous assets to promote Pokerist online poker games.
Carmen, 40, recently stood in for Amanda Holden on Britain's Got Talent after the Brit actress gave birth.
But fellow judge Alesha Dixon said ex-Baywatch star Carmen didn't make any effort to get on with the rest of the panel.
Alesha explained: “She didn’t seem interested in getting to know us.
“Carmen didn’t give much back. She seemed a little bit more comfortable by day three.”
And the BGT audiences didn't warm to Carmen either, with crowds booing her as she entered the venue.
A source said: “As soon as she got out of the car people were booing and shouting ‘you’re s***, who are you?’ and ‘we want Amanda’.
“Carmen was mortified. She was really nervous on the panel too.
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The American beauty was using her famous assets to promote Pokerist online poker games.
Carmen, 40, recently stood in for Amanda Holden on Britain's Got Talent after the Brit actress gave birth.
But fellow judge Alesha Dixon said ex-Baywatch star Carmen didn't make any effort to get on with the rest of the panel.
Alesha explained: “She didn’t seem interested in getting to know us.
“Carmen didn’t give much back. She seemed a little bit more comfortable by day three.”
And the BGT audiences didn't warm to Carmen either, with crowds booing her as she entered the venue.
A source said: “As soon as she got out of the car people were booing and shouting ‘you’re s***, who are you?’ and ‘we want Amanda’.
“Carmen was mortified. She was really nervous on the panel too.
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With the 2012 World Series of Poker schedule slated to get underway later this month—and with Stars, Tilt, and UB no longer serving US players—online poker players are searching for innovative new ways to pay for their $10,000 Main Event buy-in. One online poker site open to US players has the answer. LowVig is offering free seats to serious poker players who generate enough rake between now and July 7th.
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What do the pros say about the upcoming Spring Championship of Online Poker? And by the way, can they give us some advice on how to plan and play them? That was what we asked Team PokerStars Pros Celina Lin, Ana Marquez, Fatima Moreira de Melo, and Viviam Im. Friend of PokerStars player Charlotte Van Brabander also weighed in with some comments on how to make this the best year ever for female players. They gave us lots of great tips, but first, if you're unaware of how the series works, here are a few details to keep in mind.
SCOOP runs from May 6-20 with 40 events and a wide range of games available. The guaranteed prize pool for the event is a massive $30,000,000. Another thing that makes it so attractive for players is the fact that there are low, medium, and high buy-ins for every event, making it easier for new players and those with limited bankrolls to win a championship. Satellites are running for each event, and you can get into the action and win a championship title for as little as $0.25. And to add icing to the cake, in addition to the huge payouts, there's a commemorative watch awarded to each champion.
As an added plus for PokerStars Women players, there is a $5.50 women only satellite on May 20 that will award seats to the $109 SCOOP Main Event, with five seats guaranteed. It's tournament 549526036 at 13:00 ET.
So get ready, take notes, and start charting your course to a championship win.
Read More: Pro advice on how to play and win in 2012 SCOOP series - PokerStarsBlog-com
SCOOP runs from May 6-20 with 40 events and a wide range of games available. The guaranteed prize pool for the event is a massive $30,000,000. Another thing that makes it so attractive for players is the fact that there are low, medium, and high buy-ins for every event, making it easier for new players and those with limited bankrolls to win a championship. Satellites are running for each event, and you can get into the action and win a championship title for as little as $0.25. And to add icing to the cake, in addition to the huge payouts, there's a commemorative watch awarded to each champion.
As an added plus for PokerStars Women players, there is a $5.50 women only satellite on May 20 that will award seats to the $109 SCOOP Main Event, with five seats guaranteed. It's tournament 549526036 at 13:00 ET.
So get ready, take notes, and start charting your course to a championship win.
Read More: Pro advice on how to play and win in 2012 SCOOP series - PokerStarsBlog-com
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Bovada's giving you a chance to win a seat in the 2012 World Series of Poker* Main Event for pocket change! Through June 24th, the best place to play online poker is giving players unprecedented choice and access to the biggest event in the game with a schedule that features over 2,000 daily qualifiers starting at just $1.10 and a dozen weekly satellites where anywhere from 2 to 10 seats in the big show are guaranteed per event!
Winners from the weekly satellite get more than just a seat in the Main Event. They'll live large with Bovada thanks to a $12,000 prize package that includes the $10,000 main event buy-in, along with money for airfare, accommodations and a healthy dose of their famous hospitality. Ask anyone who's made their way to Vegas with Bovada before and they'll tell you that it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
This week's satellite takes place on Sunday, May 6 at 4:35 PM, meaning you've got plenty time to play your way through Bovada's cheap seat qualifiers and find yourself competing for a seat in the big show. With Bovada's aggressive tournament schedule, there's always a chance to win your way to Las Vegas. You can choose from regular, turbo or Sit and Go tournaments to win a seat in the weekly satellite event.
On top of the events leading up to the Sunday satellite, there’ss also a series of Last Chance qualifiers in the hours before the event that feature buy-ins ranging from $25 + 2.50 to $100 + 9 and offer you the chance to play in the $470 + 30 Main Event Satellite for a fraction of the price.
Visit Bovada's WSOP Main Event online qualifiers and satellite page and find out just how easy it can be to find yourself in Las Vegas for the big show.
Winners from the weekly satellite get more than just a seat in the Main Event. They'll live large with Bovada thanks to a $12,000 prize package that includes the $10,000 main event buy-in, along with money for airfare, accommodations and a healthy dose of their famous hospitality. Ask anyone who's made their way to Vegas with Bovada before and they'll tell you that it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
This week's satellite takes place on Sunday, May 6 at 4:35 PM, meaning you've got plenty time to play your way through Bovada's cheap seat qualifiers and find yourself competing for a seat in the big show. With Bovada's aggressive tournament schedule, there's always a chance to win your way to Las Vegas. You can choose from regular, turbo or Sit and Go tournaments to win a seat in the weekly satellite event.
On top of the events leading up to the Sunday satellite, there’ss also a series of Last Chance qualifiers in the hours before the event that feature buy-ins ranging from $25 + 2.50 to $100 + 9 and offer you the chance to play in the $470 + 30 Main Event Satellite for a fraction of the price.
Visit Bovada's WSOP Main Event online qualifiers and satellite page and find out just how easy it can be to find yourself in Las Vegas for the big show.
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With the 2012 World Series of Poker schedule slated to get underway later this month—and with Stars, Tilt, and UB no longer serving US players—online poker players are searching for innovative new ways to pay for their $10,000 Main Event buy-in. One online poker site open to US players has the answer. LowVig is offering free seats to serious poker players who generate enough rake between now and July 7th.
“It costs $10,000 to get into the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, but our players have the chance to get into it for free, regardless of whether they win at the tables,” stated a LowVig spokesperson. “It’s all thanks to our 25% rakeback model, which puts real cash back in our players’ pockets.”
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“It costs $10,000 to get into the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, but our players have the chance to get into it for free, regardless of whether they win at the tables,” stated a LowVig spokesperson. “It’s all thanks to our 25% rakeback model, which puts real cash back in our players’ pockets.”
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He was six foot three, but taller in his high-heeled boots and 10-gallon hat. The hat was wrapped in the skin of a rattle-snake that he claimed to have killed himself. He'd been gambling in dusty American states since the 1940s. He once rode a camel through a casino for a bet. He was the world's first famous poker player. I wanted him to be perfect. And he just wasn't.
Or was he? It's so hard to know when you're being bluffed.
When Amarillo Slim, the great gambling icon, died last week (aged 83, of colon cancer), a newspaper asked me to write his obituary. I had to say no. A good obituary is detached, distilled and punchy; it tells you who a person was. I couldn't do it. I don't know who he was. I read his obituary in the Independent and it simply didn't mention the big problem. Perhaps the writer didn't know.
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Or was he? It's so hard to know when you're being bluffed.
When Amarillo Slim, the great gambling icon, died last week (aged 83, of colon cancer), a newspaper asked me to write his obituary. I had to say no. A good obituary is detached, distilled and punchy; it tells you who a person was. I couldn't do it. I don't know who he was. I read his obituary in the Independent and it simply didn't mention the big problem. Perhaps the writer didn't know.
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It has been reported that IGT poker Network that was formerly known as Etraction has suffered from an 8 % dip. IGT has stated that this dip is a direct result of the suspension of the operations of Purple Lounge which belongs to Media Corp. It backed these allegations by stating that in February, the average number of players who played on real cash games reached 1200 online players. After the Purple Lounge demise, the number of players playing on cash games decreased down to 800, which resulted in the 8 % dip mentioned above.
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CMK Interactive Systems S.A. announced the official launch of Poker Pros Network , a unique platform that offers online poker players multiple rooms and options, including free-play, subscription-base, exclusive micro-limit, real-money, and live dealer. All online poker rooms among the Poker Pros Network utilize one convenient cashier with immediate transaction capabilities.
Poker Pros Network CEO Chuck Kidd proudly unveiled the product for beta-testing back in August of 2011. Since then, Kidd’s team has continued with software development, while creating multiple online poker rooms employing individual and unique capabilities. “All seven poker rooms within the network boast innovative software written and developed using the latest technology,” says Kidd. “These methods allow us to deliver what others can’t. The most unique and exciting feature, of which only Poker Pros Network employs, is its one convenient cashier with several depositing options, including credit cards.”
Read More: May 6, 2012 Poker Pros Network Announces Official Worldwide Launch
Poker Pros Network CEO Chuck Kidd proudly unveiled the product for beta-testing back in August of 2011. Since then, Kidd’s team has continued with software development, while creating multiple online poker rooms employing individual and unique capabilities. “All seven poker rooms within the network boast innovative software written and developed using the latest technology,” says Kidd. “These methods allow us to deliver what others can’t. The most unique and exciting feature, of which only Poker Pros Network employs, is its one convenient cashier with several depositing options, including credit cards.”
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When it comes to online poker network reorganizations, things usually happen in one of three ways: one network buys another, a poker room leaves a network, or a poker room joins a network. On Monday, though, a significant move was made that did not fit any of these categories. Yes, Lock Poker announced that it will be leaving the Merge Gaming Network, but at the same time, it will be acquiring the Cake Poker Network and creating a new online poker network, Revolution Gaming.
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Recently, the development team at Table Ninja released its latest update, Version 1.2.121.0, which includes a number of fixes related to Zoom Poker on PokerStars. The newest release also addresses the problem with SNG Sensei that was causing issues on several regional clients.
Table Ninja customers who have been utilizing an older version of the program should download the latest versions of PokerStars and Table Ninja in order to enjoy correct functionality.
Zoom Poker, implemented recently by PokerStars, has taken the online poker community by storm. It can be compared to Full Tilt's Rush Poker in that players are placed into a pool where they are immediately switched to another table once their action in the present hand has concluded.
Read More: Table Ninja Now Fully Compatible with PokerStars Zoom Poker
Table Ninja customers who have been utilizing an older version of the program should download the latest versions of PokerStars and Table Ninja in order to enjoy correct functionality.
Zoom Poker, implemented recently by PokerStars, has taken the online poker community by storm. It can be compared to Full Tilt's Rush Poker in that players are placed into a pool where they are immediately switched to another table once their action in the present hand has concluded.
Read More: Table Ninja Now Fully Compatible with PokerStars Zoom Poker
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The 2012 Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) kicked off on PokerStars yesterday with the first two of 40 events. As is usually the case with the SCOOP events, there are three different levels of buy-in; Low, Medium and High. Both of the first two events were two-day events and UK & Ireland PokerNews are delighted to see a number of British players through to the second day of play and in with the chance of a big score.
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The Isle of Man took a step closer to regulating live poker last week when it passed the second reading of the Casino (Amendment) Bill 2012 which will allow for large live poker tournaments.
The low-tax island currently acts as a regulatory centre for online poker hosting PokerStars headquarters but live poker is illegal on the island outside of the small casino there.
The new bill would allow for large scale tournaments to be held at any venue on the island.
Eddie Lowery, a Treasury member arguing for the bill, said, “I believe the Isle of Man would be doing a dis-service to itself if it didn’t participate and take advantage of its reputation as well regulated in this area, as far as gambling is concerned."
Opponents of the bill said they did not know what the economic benefits of the bill would be and that it was ‘a shot in the dark to see what happened,” according to the Isle of Man Today website.
The low-tax island currently acts as a regulatory centre for online poker hosting PokerStars headquarters but live poker is illegal on the island outside of the small casino there.
The new bill would allow for large scale tournaments to be held at any venue on the island.
Eddie Lowery, a Treasury member arguing for the bill, said, “I believe the Isle of Man would be doing a dis-service to itself if it didn’t participate and take advantage of its reputation as well regulated in this area, as far as gambling is concerned."
Opponents of the bill said they did not know what the economic benefits of the bill would be and that it was ‘a shot in the dark to see what happened,” according to the Isle of Man Today website.
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Sitting around the table with friends or family playing a simple game of poker is not at all an uncommon pastime. In fact, it is a rarity one meets someone who does not know how to play poker, which was the simple point of Douglas Tirola’s new documentary, 4th Row Films’ “All In: The Poker Movie.”
In a recent interview with The Eastern Echo, Tirola explained the idea for the documentary came to him when he was on a flight from Los Angeles to New York, as he was hired to film the largest poker event in New York City. The plane he was on was showing the World Series of Poker, and he began to see that poker had made a huge comeback.
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In a recent interview with The Eastern Echo, Tirola explained the idea for the documentary came to him when he was on a flight from Los Angeles to New York, as he was hired to film the largest poker event in New York City. The plane he was on was showing the World Series of Poker, and he began to see that poker had made a huge comeback.
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