December 2011
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Poker-Themed Party
If you are looking to host a party at your place for your friends during the holidays, why not try a poker-themed party. Everybody loves poker and all play poker during the holidays.
You can easily prepare special decorations and favors, costumes or dress attire, games and activities, music, food and drink, etc.
Here are some poker party ideas:
Print invitations using large deck cards.
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Online Poker Legal in USA?
Online poker may become legal soon in the USA as a recent ruling by The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) appears to clear the way for online lotteries and poker, by reinterpreting the Wire Act of 1961.
President Barack Obama’s administration has declared two days before Christmas, perhaps unintentionally, that almost every form of intra-state Internet gambling is legal under...
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Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players
Hold’em Poker for Advanced Players, by David Sklansky
Another great book by David Sklansky that discusses several Texas Hold’em poker startegies and ideas for the advanced poker players.
The book includes extensive sections on loose games and short-handed games. It also includes ideas to play on the first 2 cards drawn, such as: semi-bluffing, the free card, inducing bluffs, staying...
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Poker Quotes
Poker also has its share of quotes and sayings. Read these fun quotations about Poker:
The guy who invented poker was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius. [Julius “Big Julie” Weintraub]
Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. [Steven Wright]
Poker exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have...
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Yahoo! Poker Games
Yahoo! games include several online free poker games if you wanna practice your poker skills or have some fun. Backdoors.To is a nice website that includes backdoor links to Yahoo! poker games: Texas Hold’em Poker http://www.backdoors.to/yahoo/holdempoker Poker Deuces Wild http://www.backdoors.to/yahoo/pokerdeuceswild Poker Double Down http://www.backdoors.to/yahoo/pokerdoubledown This...
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The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky
The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One - by David Sklansky
This is one of the best books ever written on poker, first published in December 1994. David Sklansky discusses several theories and concepts that apply to most poker game variations.
It explores the Fundamental Theorem of Poker and its implications. It also explores the value of deception,...
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Highest Poker Hand
What is the highest ranking hand in a poker game?
The Royal Flush, an ace-high straight flush (such as: A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suit, any suit), is the highest ranking poker hand.
All the suits have the same rank, but in case of an even hand then the highest suit is most often the Spades, followed by the Hearts, Clubs and Diamonds.
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Harrington on Hold'em Expert Strategy for No Limit...
A great book about Texas Hold’em poker game by Dan Harrington, a professional poker player who has won several major no-limit hold’em poker tournaments wolrdwide.
In this book, Harrington highlights provides sophisticated and time-tested winning strategies and tactics that help the player get to the final table.
Learn how to vary your style, optimize your betting patterns, analyze...