Poker, once traditionally considered a mans game, is a mans game no longer. Although men still dominate the game numbers-wise, women are certainly making rapid inroads on a professional level. True, no woman has as yet won the no-limit Texas Hold em Main Event, but Annie Duke did beat her older brother and eight other poker legends to win $2 million in the World Series of Pokers 2005 Tournament of Champions.
Poker Betting
Betting is really what poker is all about. There wouldnt be much excitement in the game if your only motivation to play is to have a better hand then the next guy. Betting means you are chancing the loss of something of value in order to gain something of value. How wisely you bet is just as important in winning poker as the cards you are dealt. The following is a brief explanation of basic poker betting structure and terminology:
Poker, The Cheating Game? – Part I
Pokers advance from the casinos of New Orleans to the paddle wheelers plying the Mississippi River in the early years of the 19th century. created new opportunities for the professional gambler. These steamboats were lavishly appointed floating palaces catering to the well-heeled, replete with wine, women and song for the taking, and, oh yes, gambling. Many of the passengers on these cruises were Southern plantation owners flush with money thanks to the arrival of the rai…
Poker, The Cheating Game? – Part Ii
The introduction of the 52-card deck meant that the poker tables could now accommodate more players and there were more cards left over to draw, with each player having the chance to improve their hands. As the game of poker became more complex with the introduction of straights and flushes, so to did the complexities of cheating, as crooked gamblers had to adjust to the changing games and perfect new strategies and methods to fleece the suckers.
More Poker Superstitions
Gambling and superstition go hand in hand! Poker players along with gamblers in general often have specific rituals they follow before or during play which they believe will bring good luck. Sometimes it involves wearing a particular article of clothing or jewelry or it might require carrying a specific item. And it often involves the environment in which they gamble.
Texas Hold’Em – An Overview
Holdem Poker has, in a few short years, exploded into the most popular poker variation of the game and Texas Holdem is a game that started some time in the early twentieth century. However, it is only in the last five or six years that Texas Holdem has mesmerized poker players and taken over poker rooms just about everywhere poker is played.
No-Limit Texas Holdem is the mainstay of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) which is the highest profile event in the history of th…
The Tell
A serious poker player learns pretty quickly that studying the strategies of the games and putting these strategies into practice is not all it takes to be a winner. A little bit of psychology and knowing how to read body language is a pretty good asset to have any time you play poker and knowing body language is what the tell is all about.
A tell is any behavior, physical reaction or subconscious habit a player exhibits when contemplating an action: betting, calling, ra…
Types Of Poker Players
The theory of evolution was thanks to Darwin spending a great deal of time by himself on a secluded island poking and examiing the local creatures while he formed opinions about where the species came from including us lowly human beings.
Poker History
A brief history of the worlds most popular card game, poker.
Poker Online – Part I
Poker, in its many variations, is undoubtedly the worlds most popular card game. Face to face poker room games are as popular today as they were when played in turn of the century saloons and riverboats plying the Old Mississippi. World championship poker tournaments and the more recent celebrity poker tournaments are followed internationally and have helped to popularize the game even more.
Online poker is no exception and is played by more gamblers around the world than…
Poker Online – Part II
Speaking of online casinos it is best to do a little checking to find the one that is right for you. Since gambling is all about money, it is important to know that in online poker playing, the rate of play is much faster than a table game. There are no distractions such as card shuffling to slow down the game.
Alertness when playing is always important no matter where you are playing and it is vitally important online precisely because of the speed of play. The software…
Poker – An Overview
A brief overview of the sport, poker. From hand strengths to different types of poker games.