When it comes to poker, Las Vegas Nevada is THE PLACE to be. Even though the genesis of poker happened along the Mississippi River some hundred years before poker came to the Nevada desert, and Texas can lay claim to creating Texas Holdem, Vegas is still the poker capital of the world!
With Dozens of casinos competing for your poker business here is a list of the must-visit spots in Sin City, as well as a full list of Las Vegas’ poker rooms.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Poker Tournaments Turn to Vacation Hot-Spots to Boost Attendance
Over the past year and a half, with very few exceptions, major poker tournaments have born witness to declining attendance numbers. From the World Poker Tour (WPT) on down the line attendance has been on a steady decline, and poker insiders and players have pointed the finger at just about everything imaginable as the cause: From the declining economy, poker no longer being the flavor of the month, bad tournament structures, out of the way destinations, as well as a number of new poker tours competing against one another for business.
Monday, March 29, 2010
A Look Ahead at Online Poker in 2010
Before the high-stakes poker world turned into a TMZ column, with the arrival of the mysterious Isildur1 at Full Tilt Poker’s nosebleed tables, the world of online high-stakes poker seemed to be slowly evaporating. The best players in the online poker world seemed to have little to no desire to battle one another with very little edge. The only time the $1000/$2000 tables seemed to be buzzing was during the periods Guy Laliberte took a seat –under one of his various screen-names.
Monday, March 1, 2010
A Strange Way to Declare a Champion
To really succeed in poker you have to being able to think differently than everyone else: Not to outsmart, but to understand the inner workings of the game itself! I am certain poker was devised by someone who thought very differently from his or her peers, and this thinking was used to separate people from their money.
Here are two examples of how poker tosses aside our typical logic like a crumpled up piece of paper:
Here are two examples of how poker tosses aside our typical logic like a crumpled up piece of paper:
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Phil Ivey’s Accomplishments and Poker Legacy
Even though many people consider Phil Ivey the best poker player on the planet it wasn’t until his 2009 World Series of Poker run, and his eclipsing of Daniel Negreanu on the all-time tournament money list that Ivey’s skill and talent rally sunk in.
Look at Ivey’s major accomplishments in the tournament arena:
Look at Ivey’s major accomplishments in the tournament arena:
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