Have you ever seen a Lackley poker table? I have, at least one of theirs, and it's a classic beauty, let me describe it. The wood is cherry with an inlay of ebony, the surface is green felt, drink holders are made of brass. Technically, this one I am referring to is a poker table, but the top is reversible. The poker table design is such that it sits on a 4-column base, with a capacity for 8 gamblers. Center of the poker table design is encircled by the suits (spades, diamonds, clubs and hearts). The chip wells adorn the borders of the poker table design. It all makes for a very pleasing sight, whether the table has been bought just for decoration or for actual game use. Its drink holders is something else, not only are they made of solid brass, they have been customized from WW2 artillery shells, and they are set that they could hold both short glasses and bottles (beer).

Posted: September 6th, 2008 under Poker Room Musings, Resident Poker Pro.
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The signup bonus is probably the most popular Party Poker promotion being offered. Just by signing up for the game, you can get a bonus worth $25 to $100 - or if you're lucky, over $6,000 worth of freerolls. The bonus is not offered on the Party Poker site; you have to get the bonus code from its affiliates and partner sites. To qualify, you need to have a money account, which requires a $50 initial deposit. Afterwards, you release the bonus by completing a required number of hands. Finally, the bonus is "cleared" using the 7x system. In this system, you play 7x the amount of the bonus (e.g. 700 hands for a $100 bonus) before the money is credited to your account. Multiple signups aren't allowed, and you can only avail of one bonus per account. Compare the bonus offers from various affiliate sites to find one with manageable terms and good offers.

Posted: July 21st, 2008 under Resident Poker Pro.
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How to bet on poker and its pertinent ideas are all part of the must-know a newbie has to learn. So, let me just go on a bit about this topic: a typical run of wagering would go such: say, you would be moving first, if the game has antes, either check or bet, you choose the latter. Next gambler could then do any of 3 choices: to call (she could just match), raise, or she could surrender her hand. It would go on, if somebody makes a raise that you have done, by the time the action returns to you, the same choices would be yours to be studied. If you want to imbibe the rules on how to bet on poker, learn this- the betting round is done if everybody just calls on the most recent bets, and all those still in contention have placed the same sum of cash. Learning how to bet on poker means knowing the terms too, and 'checked around' refers to a round of wagering. It specifically means that everybody has checked, and no cash was placed into the pot. Then, there are the kinds of limits. Let me give two, first is the spread limit. This is most popular in home affairs. Here, a gambler could bet any sum within a specific limitation. Then, we have the fixed limit: here, one could raise/bet only with a fixed figure, for all betting rounds.

Posted: June 6th, 2008 under Resident Poker Pro.
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Before the UIGEA got born, the phrase "player poker site for the US" did not hold any special meaning, after all, there were multitudes of them out there. When the UIGEA got enacted into law, so many online sites terminated their American-facing businesses. The Poker-for-Americans.com is a site whose objective is to help the American gambling populace be informed on the latest developments in the online wagering industry. So, for all intents and purposes, this site is a Player Poker Site for the US. Every 12 hours, updates are done to ensure that what you would read, is still what needs to be read, meaning, it is not obsolete news or something. Happenings concerning Full Tilt (now, that is one Player Poker Site for the US par excellence) have been noted too, Full Tilt came out with their declaration that they are still a hundred percent committed to US' poker gamblers. Well and good, and I sure hope that their tribe would increase. So there, if you wish to be updated on the latest trends and changes, check Poker-for-Americans. Who knows: the next news you might read is that the UIGEA has just been abolished, now that would be a godsend.

Posted: June 2nd, 2008 under Resident Poker Pro.
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A little warning, if you are not a newbie, meaning, if you have been playing poker for the past 300 years, you would die of boredom reading this, so, enough said. What are the best poker hands-10-player? Here goes, from strongest to the weakest- AA. It is also called American Airlines, bullets. Second would be the KK- there would be many times you'll win with this holding. This member of the group of best poker hands-10-player is also called cowboys. Next, we have the pair of Qs: only the Ks and the aces would dominate this. Fourth, going away from the pairs, would be the AK. Pair or not, this set is still one of the best poker hands-10-poker. Then, we go to the JJ, and as per the statistics, it would succeed twenty percent of all occasions. When you have this, the flop reveals a Q, K or Ace, be wary. Next is the AQ- when suited, this should win 20% of the time. Then, we have the KQ, it is a strong drawing hand, with the emphasis on 'drawing'. After that comes the AJ, then the KJ, and last of the best poker hands-10-player is the Ace/10. A word of warning about this holding, do not think of it as too strong, when unsuited, you might find yourself being humiliated by somebody with that Ace pair.

Posted: May 5th, 2008 under Resident Poker Pro.
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Do you wish to know more about the 2007 World Poker Tournament Players? If so, let me see if I can be of help, even by just a bit. Actually, this is last year's WPT North American Poker Championship, among the most prestigious Canadian gambling competitions. Big-shot names graced the event, but none of them proved to be king, (read: nobody got to the Finals)- Yukon Booth, Gavin Smith, Daniel Negreanu, Tuan Lam. The Robin Hood of Poker was one of the 2007 World Poker Tournament Players, and if you don't know him, he is known as such because he kept on donating tourney winnings to the charities, and this is one role model our youth should be aware of. The event drew more than 500 competitors, putting the prize money to $5,133,335, and after about 250 hands in the Finals, it all boiled down to Jonathan Little and Scott Clements. Now, let me give the standings when all the smoke (and the fire) have cleared up. First went to Scott Clements ($1,361,724), second went to Jonathan Little, 3rd went to Cloutier, 4th to Barry Greenstein (another bigshot by the way), 5th went to Farkye and sixth went to Jeff Garza.

Posted: May 1st, 2008 under Resident Poker Pro.
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