While Texas Hold'em is clearly the most popular poker game in the world today, most people don't realize that it's actually a variation of another game: seven-card stud.As anyone with a television knows, in Texas Hold'em, each player is dealt two cards, face down. Players then share five community cards that are eventually placed in the middle of the table.In seven-card stud, everyone gets his or her own personal seven cards. The game starts with an ante, and then each player is dealt three card...
There hasn't been much discussion in poker books dealing with the topic of playing in a short-handed game — that is, playing against a small number of opponents.Most Texas Hold'em games are played with nine, 10, or even 11 players seated at the table. In a game like this, you can afford to sit tight and wait for premium hands before entering a pot. Since you have to pay a blind only twice per round, the pressure to play a lot of hands just isn't there.When you're playing short-handed, however...
When you win a major championship in any major sport, you usually get some time off. But when you win the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, you get busier.At least that was the case for Phil Hellmuth, winner of the inaugural NHPC in March of 2005. Indeed, even when Hellmuth wants to spend some free time with his family, he is besieged by deals and business opportunities, not to mention actual poker.You ask what Hellmuth's been working on?Well, as one of the most in-demand poker players...
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A highlight from the recent World Poker Tour Boot Camp at the Mirage was having the opportunity to hear veteran tournament professional T.J. Cloutier speak about the game -- especially because he spiked his presentation with vivid examples from his long and colorful career as a professional gambler.Cloutier, who has won 58 major poker tournaments, including six at the World Series of Poker (although never the main event), gave a seminar called "Tips for Winning." I like that title. It's broad...
Greg Powers opened his laptop computer, logged on to an Internet poker site and bellied up to a Texas hold-’em table. In 15 minutes, he was about $400 ahead." I could always get another job if I wanted,’’ said Powers, 24. Fresh out of college and armed with a history degree, the Scottsdale resident makes his living playing online poker.At first, the stakes were low — and strictly for entertainment. He gradually started winning a few hundred bucks here and there from poker Web sites...
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