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RedKings is a skin on the popular Ongame network. It is a step up graphically over many of its fellow Ongame sites and it opts for a slick advertisement-driven look. Players on RedKings have access to the Ongame Network, which has very strong traffic rates, good game variety, program downloads in 16 [...]
June 2008 Archive
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RedKings Poker Review
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Joe Hachem – Poker Player Profile
Don't confuse Joe Hachem with other recent WSOP Main Event winners: 2007 winner Jerry Yang is a poker hobbyist with no plans to parlay his 2007 Main Even victory into a poker career, 2006 winner Jamie Gold is so bogged down with legal troubles that he's got no time to play cards, 2004 winner Greg Ra [...]
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John Juanda – Poker Player Profile
While poker is gaining moral standing in many religious communities, it is still far from a universally accepted practice; and while there are some notable Christians in the poker world, John Juanda has an especially interesting relationship to religion: prior to becoming a 3-time WSOP bracelet winn [...]
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Everest Poker Review
Everest Poker is up and coming in the world of online poker after signing on to replace Full Tilt as the primary endorser of the World Series of Poker for the next 3 years. It is rapidly gaining in players and looks to keep up with its forthcoming increase in exposure. [...]
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Cake Poker Review
Cake Poker is part of the CakePoker Network which was established in 2004 when – according the site – a small group of poker players "set out on a mission to design a better poker site." Consequently, Cake Poker is one of the most aesthetically impressive gaming sites with well-sculpted 3D huma [...]
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Hollywood Poker Review
Hollywood Poker is a popular skin on the Ongame network, and it's known as one of the top bonus destinations in online poker. Established in 2004, Hollywood Poker is endorsed by WPT spokesman and cash game specialist Vince Van Patten as well as actor and famous poker player James Woods. [...]
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Scotty Nguyen Wins $50K HORSE Championship
Besides the Main Event, all eyes at the World Series of Poker gaze with fascination towards the $50,000 buy-in HORSE Championship. This five-day event has become a staple of the WSOP since its introduction in 2006. With a buy-in that is five times the size of the Main Event's price tag, the $50K HOR [...]
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Scotty Nguyen Wins $50,000 H.O.R.S.E and More
After five grueling days of play, the $50,000 HORSE has finally crowned a champion who will be the inaugural recipient of the David "Chip" Reese Memorial trophy. The final table kicked off at 3pm and, fifteen hours later, only one man, Scotty Nguyen, was left standing. Nguyen began the day second [...]
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Kevin “BeL0WaB0Ve” Saul Interview with Poker News Daily
Poker News Daily: How did you get into poker? Kevin Saul: I started off playing pool and everyone wanted to have the stone nuts and so the pool action dried up, so we started playing poker. We created more action. [...]
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Humberto Brenes Interview with Poker News Daily
Poker News Daily: How did you get started in poker? Humberto Brenes: We played in our house with her family. When my father or anyone else would go to the bathroom or out of the room, I'd play some hands. I tried to learn and played with a group of people. I won every game. In 1986, I played in a [...]
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WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Final Table and More
After four lengthy days of play, the $50,000 HORSE final table was set late last night with the elimination of Ralph Perry in 9th place. Erick Lindgren is the chip leader going into the final table today with 3.85 million, but Scotty Nguyen is not far behind with 3.55 million. [...]
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WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 3 and More
The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event reached its final 24 players and stopped play late Friday evening during Level 17. Action will pick back up at 3:00 PT Saturday and won't end until the final table of eight is decided. Michael DiMichelle (1.35 million), Barry Greenstein (1.31 million), Daniel Negreanu (1 [...]
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The Poker State of Mind
A great benefit of playing poker online is that you are in complete control of where, when, and how you play. Make sure it helps you play your A game. [...]
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World Poker Tour Offers Episodes Online
The World Poker Tour, one of the pioneers in televised poker, is now offering several of its episodes for free on its website. The episodes are limited to Season I, but the entire season is available for viewing, which will give poker fans hours of entertainment. [...]
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Wingows Players Find Their White Knight
The outlook on a situation that has looked hopeless over the last few months may have just improved. Recently, Colkom, Inc., the company which owns Walker Poker announced that it will be purchasing the assets of Wingows Gaming, assets which include its player database. [...]
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Cryptologic Inks Deal with Irish Poker Site
Online gaming software developer, Cryptologic, announced last week that it has signed a contract to be the exclusive software provider for BetJacks.com, a new Irish online gaming site. The site will initially target customers in Ireland, UK, South Africa, and Canada. BetJacks claims to be Ireland's [...]
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Building an Image to Exploit “The Regulars”
Almost every live poker game in the world has at least a few players that are known regulars in that game. This is how to take the most advantage of the seasoned regulars through your table image. [...]
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WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 2 and More
The media and spectator circus died down a bit during Day 2 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship but many of the big names in the field were still very alive as play concluded for the evening. [...]
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Jennifer Harman – Poker Player Profile
Two pairs make Jennifer Harman unique in the world of poker: 1, she is the only female player in the history of the World Series of Poker to have won a pair of bracelets in non-gender specific play (she won the 2000 $5,000 NL Deuce to Seven Draw and 2002 $5,000 Limit Hold'em tournaments) and 2, she [...]
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Humberto Brenes – Poker Player Profile
Over the 40 or so summer days of each World Series of Poker, there are around 50 different tournaments run depending on the year. In the 2006 WSOP, more than 70% of the 45 tournaments lasted for two or more days – the 2006 Main Event alone took more than 5 days to complete. In 2006, Costa Rica's f [...]
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Howard Lederer – Poker Player Profile
Howard Lederer may be the smartest poker player in the world. He is one of four players with multiple WSOP bracelets and multiple WPT victories (Daniel Negreanu, Carlos Mortensen and Barry Greenstein are the others,) he is a world-class chess champion and member of the legendary Mayfair Club, he is [...]
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Annette Obrestad – Poker Player Profile
Annette Obrestad was 18 years old when she won the biggest Hold'em tournament in the history of Europe: on September 17, 2007 at the official age of 18 years and 364 days, the teenage girl from Norway took home the £1,000,000 (a shade over $2,000,000 USD) first prize for the inaugural World Series [...]
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Gus Hansen – Poker Player Profile
Some of the greatest poker players of all time have had cards named after them: the 10-2 is the Doyle Brunson, the A -10 is the Johnny Moss and a pair of eights and a pair of Aces will forever be known as the Dead Man's Hand in honor of Wild Bill Hickok. While the legends of the game are occasionall [...]
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The Seniors Are Coming! WSOP Event #42
They came out in droves to Event #42 of the 2008 World Series of Poker. June 25th marked the stirring conclusion of the $1,000 buy-in Seniors World Championship. A tournament designed with the over-50 crowd in mind, the Seniors World Championship is always one of the highlights of the WSOP. This yea [...]
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Annette Obrestad Interview with Poker News Daily
Poker News Daily: How did you get into poker? Annette Obrestad: I used to play a lot of ten pin bowling when I was 10 and I was watching a bowling program on television and they had a banner in the background for a poker site. I checked it out because I thought, "Poker? Sounds like fun." So I wen [...]
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