Archive for November, 2008

November
29th 2008
Online Poker Scandal will air on 60 Minutes

Posted under internet poker & online betting & online poker rooms

absolute poker scandal
This Sunday evening CBS will show their special program “How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters”. This special investigation show was created after a 16-week examination into the online Texas Hold’em poker industry and specifically a deceitful scandal with the online Texas Hold’em room Absolute Poker.

This poker page was investigated after a few of the Texas Hold’em poker players on the site said that a poker player was unlawfully winning an incredible amount of cash. Todd Witteles was a significant witness in this study, according to him; he was losing great amounts of cash to the exact same Texas Hold’em poker player. Witteles declared that this man was raising against exceptionally good poker hands, most players would have believed he was simply handing over his money, but he was incredibly winning many poker hands.

Witteles was quite correct in his assumptions, following this it was discovered that someone possibly working for the company was able to spy on everyone´s poker hole cards. At first look, Absolute Poker proclaimed that there were no issues with the room or the Texas Hold’em poker player. After several players presented the site with claims, the Texas Hold’em poker webpage examined deeper into the problem and uncovered the mystery.

By January of 2008, the Kahnawake Gaming Commision unearthed what the Texas Hold’em competitors and the poker room had supposed all the time. It turned out that, there was a member of the staff who had broken through the poker site´s protection and was playing illegally for around six weeks. The study verified that the Texas Hold’em poker webpage had not profited from the unlawful actions at all, and was in no way, shape or form engaged in the activities.

These circumstances are further proof that there ought to be more control regarding online gambling pages. The United States government should authorize and regulate the internet poker business to shield these upright clients. These laws would also police the access to these webpages by kids, which is becoming another problem issue these days.

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November
24th 2008
Is it Possible to Make a Living Playing Online Poker?

Posted under casino poker & internet poker & online betting

phil hellmuth
Take a minute to imagine if you were to talk to any typical person off the street about online poker, they probably wouldn’t believe online Texas Hold’em to be a game of tactics, plans, or observation. Possibly when you point out Texas Hold’em poker with them, they would possibly envision some friends sitting around their TV room talking and smoking cigarettes. They also could believe online poker to be a game of chance and not expertise, more similar to a game of roulette and not a game of skill, for example.

So the big doubt is: “Could I become a millionaire playing poker?”. It may seem strange but, you can actually make money this way. Some people not only win money by playing Texas Hold’em, but also make enough to live by competing in online poker. The main issue you should keep in mind about online Texas Hold’em poker is that even though you can play in a Sin City casino, beside blackjack tables and casino slots; in Texas Hold’em poker you are not working against the house but against other Texas Hold’em players. So, in reality, you are risking your money against other contenders in a contest of expertise as opposed to a game of fate.

You may be saying to yourself: “Isn’t the game of poker about chance as well?” Certainly in poker, not a soul really knows which cards will be dealt. That doesn’t automatically suggest that one can’t play with a dependable amount of pre-game information. One key point to not forget in Texas Hold’em is that numbers can be your best friend. Mathematics plays a very significant role in the game of online poker. Not forgetting, that even if you become fairly fortunate time and again the stats always have a way of bringing you back down to earth.

Keep in mind that Vegas casino table games comparable to Texas Hold’em where you are in reality contending versus other actual competitors CAN be won. The more you play the game of Texas Hold’em, you will learn that it is more of game of talent rather than pure chance.

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November
10th 2008
Full Tilt and World Poker Tour Take a Gamble

Posted under internet poker & online betting & poker tournament

full tilt
The most prominent poker corporations out there are becoming partners very soon in what is anticipated to be a very profitable undertaking. The enormously successful poker website FullTiltPoker.com has just declared that they are going to be collaborating with WPT for the following W.P.T.E. season. FullTiltPoker.com is scheduled the chief sponsor of the World W.P.T.E.’s 7th, and the poker website is going to be highlighted in all of the shows which can be seen on Fox Sports Net. Fulltiltpoker will obtain all the control of the instructive portion of the shows.

Details of this pact have not been made known as of yet, but the merger is sure to be a great achievement. This pact will bring together two extremely formidable Texas Hold’em poker companies. WPT which is a famous powerhouse on television through FSN and FullTiltPoker.net which has a massive online poker set of fans, not to mention a Texas Hold’em team including players who have accumulated a total of ten WPT awards and 35 World Series of Poker bracelets. Full Tilt Poker also backs many other Texas Hold’em stars and now the Texas Hold’em site has started providing poker education as well.

This deal is assured to lure a brand new fan base and is certain to meet with the newfound recognition which poker is creating. This contract is a sign of WPT’s forfeit of the online poker room enterprise as World Poker Tour Enterprises will most likely close their online poker website W.P.T.E. online. Their subscription webpage ClubWPT.com will more than likely continue to operate.

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November
4th 2008
Steering Clear of Distractions while you are playing Internet Poker

Posted under Poker & internet poker & poker tactics

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The rewards of Full Tilt Poker opposed to real poker rooms are never-ending, but with these advantages there are also various hindrances. Online poker permits regular amateur players the probability to contend in professional poker tournaments with expert poker players, but these at-home players should avoid any disturbances that might hurt their opportunities to win lots of poker chips.

Many internet poker players become preoccupied by home distractions, or maybe by the online Texas Holdem poker website they are competing on. These disturbances can really cost them excellent poker hands and probably their hard-earned Texas Holdem Poker chips. The game of Texas Holdem is a game of expertise and also complete focus, no matter if you are playing Texas Holdem at home, or in a real-life poker room.

In all probability, the biggest slip that online Texas Holdem players commit is by playing at more than one online poker room at once. The majority of amateur online Texas Holdem poker players will assume that this is a good idea, but finally it could possibly turn out to be a harm. This mode of playing numerous online poker tables at the same time will divert your focus and at the end of it all cost you Texas Holdem chips. Keep in mind that even the best Texas Holdem poker players around will commit damaging slip-ups when directing their attention on other online poker tables at once.

Any given online poker player, might at some point, find themselves playing various online Texas Holdem tables at once, at the same time as they are watching television, reading their preferred website, calling their friends etc. This is a scenario that ought to be avoided if you long to win poker games and be eligible for big internet poker tournaments. Keep in mind to focus your mind on the other internet poker player’s wagers, their actions, and your own internet poker hands if you wish to become the best online poker player.

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