Home tournaments are best place to hone skills
Before you decide to enter the big-time arena of million-dollar poker tournaments, you might want to practice your craft at home with friends first. All you really need to set up a tournament are some cards, poker chips, a table, and, oh yeah, breathing bodies.Of course if you want to be a good host, you might want to provide some munchies and beverages, too.Depending on what your guests are comfortable with, the first thing you'll have to agree on is the buy-in for the tournament...

Poker's lucky streak seen fading
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worldwide poker industry appears to have hit every possible inside straight, flush and full house that it could accumulating a large pot of cash in the process.But as this holiday season nears an end, the industry's luck seems to be running out as boxed sets of cards and chips are discounted, ratings fade for some poker-themed television shows and shares of a poker-linked stock slump.From televised celebrity poker tournaments to Internet gambling sites, to thronging...

Learning that a poker experts's advice is worth its weight in gold
Poker expert Mike Sexton was trying to make the point that winners of big tournaments are afforded fame, fortune and glory while second-place finishers are relegated to the discard tray of history."Who can tell me who the runner-up was in the World Series of Poker?" Sexton asked students at the World Poker Tour Boot Camp at the Mirage last weekend.The students, seated around a couple of poker tables in a small conference room, paused for perhaps half a second before chanting in unison...

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Players' body language can tell you everything
You'll often hear the expression, playing the player, as it relates to poker. I want to share with you what it actually means, as well as give you some tips on how to do it.The great Doyle Brunson once said, about a No Limit game he played in, "I could beat that game without even looking at my cards." He wasn't being cocky or disrespectful towards the other players. Doyle was just supremely confident in his ability to play the players. He could read them so well that the cards became irrelevant ...

Cheating at Holdem Helps Poker Players Protect Themselves
Unfortunately the reality is that 99% of all games can easily be cheated. Double George, LLC has developed a DVD program titled Cheating at Holdem (The Essentials), designed to educate the general public about how poker scams work, how to detect them, and what steps to take in order to protect yourself from being a victim.Gambling and especially Texas Holdem has taken the world by storm. When gambling becomes...

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