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December 26, 2008 - Friday 

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December 10, 2007 - Monday 

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On average the site gets 40,000 - 60,000 hits per month. Highly targeted to Poker Players.

We offer a banner or text link ad on the front page of this site for 1 year for $99

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May 1, 2007 - Tuesday 

Category: Games

There is a core skill that you need to master in order to do well at the poker table: the ability to sell. Figuring out the right amount to bet is one way to showcase this talent.

You see, being a great poker player is like being a successful car salesman.

When a salesman tries to sell you a Chevy, there are several tells he'll look for. This information helps him get maximum value for the sale. He'll ask you what you do for a living, how much you make – things like that. The more information he gathers, the more likely he'll be able to sell you a car at the highest price.
So, you ask, what in the world does any of this have to do with poker?

Plenty.

In No Limit Hold'em, the amount you bet could be the difference between getting fully paid off for your strong hand or scaring away a potential "buyer". It could mean the difference between a winning session and a losing session.

The key difference in poker, though, is that you only have one chance to get it right.

A car salesman can always lower his price if it looks like the sticker is too high, but a poker player doesn't have that luxury. Therefore, it's even more important to do your market research and understand who the buyer is.
At the poker table, the clues you're looking for are right in front of you.

You hold powerful cards, but how strong is your opponent's hand? The stronger you think it is, the more you should bet.
Does your opponent think you bluff a lot? If you were caught bluffing earlier, how much did you bet then? This is important because you may now want to bet the same amount with a strong hand.
How many chips does your opponent have? This is similar to the car salesman who asks his customer how much he makes. The fewer chips your opponent has, the more precious they are to him.
Selling your hand for maximum value is a skill that truly separates the great players from the wannabes. It takes true talent to figure out how much you can squeeze out of an opponent without scaring them off -- especially since you only have one chance to get it right.
I recently did a reality show where my job was to teach Rob, of "Survivor" fame, how to become a professional poker player. In one particular session, he took home a decent win of about $400, yet I still blasted him.

Rob could have won more from his opponents if he'd bet the right amount, but he just didn't get it. His response was, "I won, didn't I?"
Yes, but he didn't win enough. If he had played his cards right, he would have won $1,000! The way I see it, Rob lost $600; when you're a professional poker player, that's how you have to look at it.
You can teach anyone the right cards to play, the odds of this or that, and the power of position. However, the most important skill -- knowing the correct amount to bet -- is the most difficult to teach because it relies so heavily on your ability to sell.

Listen, there's a big difference between a bet of $1,200 and one of $1,325. If you could have won $1,325, but instead only pocketed $1,200, you just lost $125 that an expert wouldn't have lost.

Like a good car salesman, study the customer and then close the deal.
By Daniel Negreanu

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January 1, 2007 - Monday 

Category: Sports
Five tips to thrive in big events
If you're saving up your money to play in one of the big $10,000 events on the poker circuit, these five tips will help make you a winner.

1. Don't lay odds on your pre-flop raises.

In these big tournaments, after about level four, antes are introduced to go along with the blinds. For example, if the blinds are 400-800, the ante will be 100. With nine players at the table, there will be 2,100 in the pot before the cards are even dealt.

If you have a hand that you want to raise with, I suggest making it 2,000 to go. The so-called standard raise would be to 2,400 (three times the big blind), but you can get away with a smaller raise and accomplish the same objective.

With a smaller raise, say 2,000, you risk less to win the 2,100; the standard raise costs you 2,400 to win that same 2,100 pot.

2. Protect your chips before protecting the pot.

When you're involved in a pot, the first thing to think about is protecting the chips that you already have. Then you can focus on protecting your hand and not losing the pot. In other words, in marginal situations, where you probably have the best hand but could easily be wrong, err toward the side of caution.

Yes, this approach will cause you to get outdrawn by your opponents more often, but when they do, you'll lose the minimum rather than all the chips in front of you. For example, you hold pocket aces and the board reads K-K-7-2.

If your opponent checks, play cautiously and check as well. If he bets on the river card, you should usually just call and hope that he doesn't have the third king in his hand.

3. Avoid coin flip situations.

When you make it all the way to the end of the tournament, try to avoid playing large pots in situations where the odds of you winning are close to 50-50. Having a middle pair versus two higher cards (7-7 versus A-K) is a classic example.

The best way to stay out of trouble in a marginal situation like this is to avoid re-raising before the flop. Instead, just call to see the flop first. And don't go crazy with the all-in bets!

If you continually put all of your money in before the flop, you're destined to go broke. Sooner or later, your small pair will be in terrible shape against a bigger pair, or you'll be in that coin flip against two overcards. Both are situations that good players try to avoid.

4. Don't bluff too much.

If you bluff too much, your table image will be damaged. It will be less and less likely that you'll be able to get away with future bluffs as the tournament progresses.

Small semi-bluffs are okay for the most part, but when risking a large percentage of your chips, you should rarely be bluffing big.

5. Understand your stack size and never give up.

I often see short-stacked players make desperate moves. They think they have no other choice since they're so low on ammunition, but their desperation is often premature.

You needn't be overly concerned with how your chips stack up against the tournament average. It's more important to focus on your stack size in relation to the blinds and antes. For example, if you have 12,000 in chips, and the blinds are 600-1,200, you only have ten times the big blind.

At that point, when you do decide to play a hand, you'll need to push it all in. That doesn't mean you should go all-in with a trash hand. You can wait at least one full round before taking your best shot at the pot.

These five tips are the recipe for success in deep stack tournaments like the World Poker Tour. Keep them in mind and you'll outlast much of the competition.
By Daniel Negreanu
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December 22, 2006 - Friday 

Category: Games
Aussie poker king wins $2.8m world title
Australian poker king Joe Hachem has pocketed nearly $3 million after winning the world's second biggest poker tournament.

His victory at the Bellagio Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, earned him $US2.2 million ($A2.8 million), News Ltd reports.

"He's very emotional, very humble and over the moon," brother Tony Hachem said.

The 39-year-old from Melbourne shocked the poker world last year by winning the main event of the World Series of Poker, pocketing $10 million.

"He's a true-blue Aussie and everyone wants to take him on," his brother said.

"But he's beaten the best players in America, some of whom have playing the game for 40 years."

He will play in the $US10 million ($A12.7m) Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas next week before returning for the Australian World Series at Melbourne's Crown casino.
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December 18, 2006 - Monday 

Category: Sports
Man says World Series of Poker champ agreed to split pot
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A television producer who believes he was cheated out of half of the $12 million pot won by World Series of Poker champ Jamie Gold is disputing Gold's explanation of why the men agreed to share the winnings.

In a petition filed in federal court Friday, Bruce Crispin Leyser contends he and Gold had a binding agreement to share Gold's winnings in the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament last summer.

Gold has said he offered Leyser the money because he felt bad that Leyser could not secure a sponsorship for the tournament.

Gold has since retracted the offer and is seeking to keep the entire jackpot.

Leyser has "shown his true colors by unnecessarily filing suit and attempting to discredit Gold's reputation in the media," Gold's lawyer argument in court paper filed last month.

But Leyser argues the agreement was a business arrangement, not a good will gesture.

Leyser contends that --> SPCode u2 Start -->Bodog.com --> SPCode u2 End -->, an online gaming site, offered to sponsor Gold in the $10,000 buy-in event only if he could convince celebrities to wear their garb at the tournament.

He says Gold promised to share the pot if Leyser could arrange for celebrities to wear Bodog gear at the main poker event held at the Rio casino hotel, according to court papers filed on Leyser's behalf.

Leyser persuaded actor Matthew Lillard, who played Shaggy in Scooby-Doo movies, and Dax Shepard, who appeared on MTV's show "Punk'd," to wear --> SPCode u2 Start -->Bodog.com --> SPCode u2 End --> apparel.

Leyser's attorney, Richard Schonfeld, scoffed at the idea of Gold offering the money to his client because he felt bad for Leyser.

Schonfeld said the court would have to believe Gold's contention that on the final day of the tournament, he contacted Leyser "to confirm his 'promise' to Crispin that he would receive half the defendant's winnings."

"Clearly, the uncontested evidence in this case demonstrates that the reason Jamie Gold left Crispin Leyser the telephone message on Aug. 11, 2006, was because Crispin Leyser secured celebrities for Bodog who in exchange gave Jamie Gold the seat in the tournament," Schonfeld wrote.

U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt is scheduled to consider the dispute at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Gold has collected his half of the winnings, and the Rio is holding the remaining amount. Gold initially said he wanted to learn about his tax options before doling out any money to Leyser. When Leyser filed the lawsuit to collect his share, Gold responded by saying he would fight to keep it all.
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December 15, 2006 - Friday 

Category: Games

HIGH STAKES POKER, the Only Cash Game on Television, Begins Third Season on GSN

 

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest James Bond movie features an intense high stakes poker game for millions of dollars and GSN brings this fantasy to reality with real money being played by high rollers in the only poker cash game on television. The third season of HIGH STAKES POKER ("HSP 3") premieres on Monday, January 15 at 9 PM ET/8 PM CT from the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Although not quite as dramatic as James Bond defeating the bad guys, HSP 3 newcomer Jamie Gold pulled off his own amazing accomplishment beating over 8,500 in the 2006 World Series of Poker. Gold is one of 14 new players who will be making their debut this season on HSP 3, which features the toughest field of players ever.

As in the past two seasons, HSP 3 features the players buying in with at least $100,000 and up to $1 million of cash to play no limit Texas hold 'em.

"HIGH STAKES POKER is a hit for GSN. Poker continues to gain momentum with a record number of players participating in the World Series. In addition, major films including 'Casino Royale,' have featured high stakes games," said Rich Cronin, President and CEO of GSN. "We have put together an all-star line up of players who brought more money to the table than ever before. With the NFL regular season and college bowl games over on January 8th, viewers will enjoy the new season of HIGH STAKES POKER action on Monday nights beginning January 15th."

Once again Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza call the action on HIGH STAKES POKER. In an unprecedented move, Kaplan, a renowned poker player himself, will play this season. Kaplan will take a seat at the table on a couple of episodes and one of the players will switch places take over the analyst role on the broadcast.

Joining Kaplan and Gold is a star studded line up of newcomers including 2006 WSOP runner-up Paul Wasicka, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, Patrick Antonius, David Benyamine, John D'Agostino, Victor Ramdin, David Williams, Bill Chen, Dan Harmetz, Dan Shak, Illya Trincher and Brian Townsend.

The star players who made HIGH STAKES POKER a smash in the first two seasons also return for more action. The line-up features:

Daniel Alaei Brad Booth
Doyle Brunson Todd Brunson
Eli Elezra Antonio Esfandiari
Sam Farha Barry Greenstein
Jennifer Harman Phil "The Unabomber" Laak
Erick Lindgren Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu Shawn Sheikhan

The second season brought high drama, intensity and the largest pot in the history of HSP. It included Daniel Negreanu losing a pot of $575,000 when his full house was defeated by Gus Hansen's four-of-a-kind. That hand topped the first season's record pot of over $350,000 when Sam Farha's pocket kings beat Barry Greenstein's pocket aces when a king appeared on the flop.

The new 13-week season of HIGH STAKES POKER 3 is on Monday nights at 9 PM ET. It repeats at 2 AM ET on Mondays with an encore showing on Thursday nights at 9 PM ET.

GSN is supporting HSP 3 with a strong marketing presence. In addition to on-air, print, radio and on-line campaign, GSN.com will also have marketing elements and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the taping of HSP 3 beginning in January.

Henry Orenstein serves as the Executive Producer of HSP 3 with HSOR, L.L.C. Mori Eskandani and Eric Drache are the Executive Consultants with Phil Smith handling the producer role. HSOR produces more poker for television than any other company.

GSN, the Network for Games, is the only U.S. television network dedicated to game-related programming and interactive game playing. The network features game shows, reality series, documentaries and casino games. As the industry leader in interactivity, GSN's interactivity allows viewers a chance to win prizes by playing along with GSN's televised games via GSN.com. Now reaching more than 60 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. For further media information, visit GSN's press website at corp.gsn.com.
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December 15, 2006 - Friday 

Category: Games


The latest news on American poker. We will keep you up to date on tournaments such as the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) as well as poker stars such and Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson and more. If you play poker online, at your local casino or at home tournaments, this is your place.

Visit AmericanPokerNews.com

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