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Poker Tournaments for You This Week
There is never a dull moment in a poker player’s life. Obviously, the main reason for that is the constant existence of poker tournaments and poker events that one can participate in. These events are not just for making money, but also to have some fun and get better at the game in the process. Several live poker tourneys are lined up for this week and the coming weeks. Here is a note on some of the tournaments you can … Read the rest
2012 PokerStars Macau Poker Championships Announced
PokerStars is one online poker room that never takes a break from hosting tournaments. The poker room recently released details about its upcoming event, the PokerStars Macau Live Tournaments. The Macau tournaments hosted by PokerStars is one of the biggest and richest poker events held in Asia. It includes 4 major poker series – Macau Poker Cup (MPC) Red Dragon, Asia Championship of Poker, Macau Poker Cup Championship or MPCC and the yearly Asia Pacific Poker Tour event at Macau. … Read the rest
The $30,000 Winner Wednesday Dozen Unveiled
Winner Poker has partnered with pokernews.com to bring a new promotion to its new members. The online poker room announced its new promotion called Winner’s Wednesday Dozen Freerolls, which literally lets you win free money. The new promotion is open to all the new players who register with Winner Poker and make a deposit. The promo will run for three months, and all you need to do is play poker and earn as many Winner Points as you can. Here … Read the rest
The Wheel and Evolution of Man
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 by Phil
I was just sitting around thinking about how I got into poker and I remembered this story from my first poker game.
We all used to play a little bit of poker when we were kids it seems. Later on in life I was on a ski trip and my friends asked me if I knew how to play poker. I said “I think so, you mean with pairs and full houses and stuff like that?” I think you get the picture as to how advanced my poker game was at that point.
Man Discovers Wheel
Well a few minutes into the game someone turned over a straight to beat me and I shouted out “That’s bullshit, aces are always high and you can’t make a straight with A-2-3-4-5.” ( Man had not learned about the wheel yet)
Man Learns About Proper Use of the Wheel
So… a few hands later I was holding the K-Q in my hand and the board came down A-2-3-9-7. I slammed my cards down on the table for showdown and basically said… read ‘em and weep b@#@hes, I got a straight from the Queen to the 3. It was soon explained to me that Q-K-A-2-3 did not make a straight and consequently I had no chips left. Although man had obtained knowledge of the wheel, he still did not yet understand how to use it. This knowledge would be obtained through trial and error.
