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Bodog Announces Its Biggest Poker Tourney Ever
On August 10th Bodog is replacing their usual $100,000 tournament with their largest tournament ever with a minimum prize pool of $250,000. From July 14th through the week of August 4th they will be offering hundreds of qualifiers with buy-ins ranging from $1+$0 to $54+4. You will also be able to buy directly in for $250 + $20. Head to Bodog for more information on this upcoming poker tournament...
Bodog Running APT Macau Online Qualifiers
Win a trip to Macau to compete in the APT as a member of Team Bodog from August 26 - 31. Score one of their four seats and you’ll receive the Main Event buy-in ($5,300), flight expenses, six nights’ accommodation in Macau and $500 in spending cash. Compete in qualifiers running between July 7 – August 3 or play their Seat Giveaway Series (finale on August 2). Find out more about Bodog’s APT Macau online qualifiers...
Calling is Cool
It drives me batty when I watch poker on television and hear commentators say things like, “Well, this looks like a raise or fold situation. He certainly can’t call.” I disagree with their assessment a good 8 out of 10 times. It’s not only TV commentators that get this wrong, but many poker book authors as well. I hate to name names (because I have to work with these people!), but the truth is, there’s plenty of literature out there that incorrectly advises risky post-flop play...
Two Sides to Every Coin (flip)
Poker is a game of choices. Some of these choices are fairly straight forward and simple while others take a lot of thought. The thing is that when all is said and done, there may not be just one correct path to winning a given hand; it's all up to you to decide what road to travel. With that in mind, we asked Team Full Tilt's Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson to share their thoughts...
2008 WSOP Main Event final table is set
And then there were nine. After 12 days of poker and 6,835 eliminations, the final table for the Main Event is set. Dennis Phillips (26.295 million in chips), Ivan Demidov (24.4 million), Scott Montgomery (19.69 million), Peter Eastgate (18.375 million), Ylon Schwartz (12.525 million), Darus Suharto (12.52 million), David "Chino" Rheem (10.23 million), Craig Marquis (10.21 million), and Kelly Kim (2.62 million) will now take a 117-day pause...
A well-earned break
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- If Dennis Phillips had his way, he would have retreated to his hotel room early Tuesday morning and caught a few hours of sleep. The 53-year-old commercial trucking company manager would have then got up, put on a clean shirt, returned to the Rio and sat back down in his seat behind a growing stack of tournament chips at the World Series of Poker's final table. Instead, Phillips is heading home to St. Louis. The tournament's current chip leader has about four months to contemplate his next hand...
Playing from the Small Blind
Without question, playing correctly from the small blind is the poker topic that’s been least covered. Most books discuss position, starting hand requirements and pot odds, but I’ve yet to see any solid information on how to play from the small blind. The correct strategy from this position might surprise you. You see, there are two contrasting facts to ponder: You already have half of the bet in, but you have the worst position after the flop. The first situation is favorable; the second is not...
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