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Poker Machine Betting Legislation in Australia Scrapped

The Aussies love to have a gamble on most things; it could be two flies walking up a wall to putting a few dollars on with a bookmaker for the Melbourne Cup! However what they really love to do is to play “Pokies” which is an Australian slang term for a slot machine! Australian style [...]

Online Poker is a social game too!

Industry commentators agree that the modern phenomenon of online poker really took off in 2004.  Up until that date the conventional game had managed to make use of the internet and software developments which allowed poker sites to start to expand online, but it was the phenomenal win of Chris Moneymaker in the World Series [...]

John Duthie and PokerStars Go Their Separate Ways

Poker stars come and poker stars go and one that has parted company from the stable of Team Poker Stars is  just a few weeks after they parted company with J P Kelly who was also part of their UK and Ireland team. Duthie is the CEO and founder of the ever-popular European Poker Tour. [...]

Why Play Poker?

Poker is one of the most enjoyable activities in which the player can socialise, improve their mental faculties through constant stimulation, and also, potentially, win money. There are many people who like to socialise by playing poker, and both the offline and online versions of the game are hugely popular. You can log onto an [...]

Aussie millions and the open tennis

January is a great time to be in Australia it is after all the southern hemisphere summer, but more to the point it is also the time when the world’s best tennis players take to the court at Melbourne Park for the Australian Open; all while the world’s best poker players take to the felt [...]

Online Poker, Some Guidelines

For the novice poker player, the idea of gambling can be daunting and intimidating.  Fortunately, many of the biggest online poker sites offer schools and training where the beginner can test their skills and also play for free without having to make an initial investment. It is usually a good idea for a player to [...]

The WPT in Prague is down to the final stages

The Prague Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the end of play on Sunday 4th December is down to just 62 players and the man who is leading them all is British poker pro Martins Adeniya. The cash game specialist managed to quadruple his 205,000 stack to a tournament leading 849,000 and is [...]

Super Poker 2012 enlist 888 Poker

The Super Poker Event of Europe (“The Super 2012”) aims to be the biggest ever live poker tournament outside of America when the inaugural event takes place in Dublin in February 2012. To help them attract players in big number they have enlisted the help of 888 Poker, it is hoped that they will be [...]

Genting Poker Series Announced

Following their acquisition of Fox Poker, Genting have announced their new poker series which will tour the UK taking in seven different stops guaranteeing more than £800,000 in prize pools! The new series kicks off at the Genting Club, Star City, Birmingham between Wednesday 1st to Sunday 5th of February, 2012 with the crowning feature [...]

Casino Advice – Poker Hands

The following are rules and explanations of Poker Hands in order from lowest to highest. No Pair or Nothing is a hand that does not fit into any of the categories given below consisting of five cards of all different ranks that are not consecutive or all the same suit.  For example: KING, ACE, 4, [...]

A new poker champion

It’s that time of year again a new champion poker player is crowned and we know that this time it will not be a British contender. Sam Holden, who was the first player out of the final (in 9th place for $782,000). Neither will it be the Irish hero, Eoghan O’Dea, who went out 6th [...]

Online Three Card Poker

Three Card Poker is exactly as it sounds, poker in which each player is dealt a trio of cards, with which they must create the best hand possible. This has become one of the most popular casino games out there. The game of Three Card Poker is based around two wagers, the Ante and the [...]

Basic Poker Terms to Know Before You Play

If you’re learning the rules of poker, you’re learning the rules of the most popular card game on the planet.  Online gambling has burgeoned across the world over the last decade, and internet poker regularly accounts for well over half of the millions of pounds worth of revenue brought in from specialist poker sites and [...]

How to become a better online poker player

Playing poker online can be very different from playing poker at a brick-and-mortar casino, and as a result, you will have to use poker strategies and tactics designed specifically to give you an edge over your online poker opponents. If you want to play poker online there’s lots of reading, researching and learning that you [...]

WSOP to be screened by ESPN

Satellite broadcaster ESPN is to screen the WSOP 2011 Main Event final table to poker fans around the world. With the exception of commercial breaks, every hand from the final table will be shown on a 15-minute delay to audiences on ESPN’s network of channels. On Sunday, November 6, ESPN2 will handle all of the [...]

Online Poker Tournaments – a great way to learn

Along with the explosion in online poker as a stand-alone game, there are an ever-increasing number of players, from all around the world, who compete in online poker tournaments. You can now sit in your room in Liverpool and play for money in an online tournament that is taking place in Monte Carlo, for example. [...]

Having a look at online poker

We thought it about time that we had an update about online poker to keep all you card players up to date. It’s a fact that poker around the world is more popular than ever, player numbers are growing daily and the amounts bet are also growing at an exceptional rate. For a long time, [...]

Old guard against the young guns

The followers of Channel 4’s Late Night Poker will see four previous series champions, all big names from the early days of televised poker, in the form of Devilfish, Simon Trumper, Peter Costa and John Duthie who will be pitted against three of the sharpest young guns of the modern game, namely Toby Lewis, Matt [...]

Are you looking for something different?

If you are tired of playing a hand of poker or online bingo why not try something a bit different and pit your skill at one of the many casino games that can be found on the internet. One of the sites which get consistent star ratings in gambling and casino reviews is 888Casino. The [...]

Variations on Poker Games

Most games, whether played in poker rooms, casinos or video poker and online poker, are played in three variants. They are all popular and all are based on the poker rule that the winning hand can only be made up of five cards in total. Draw poker is very often the game that newcomers use [...]