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Pan poker, or officially panguinque poker, is really an offbeat variation of the standard game. Its origins are in the Orient, and its popular in both Florida and California. Very few casinos offer it and there are few online sites yet, but with poker gaining in popularity, youre bound to start seeing this one.
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$465K On Line Pot

It has been widely reported that last week a single hand of poker that had a pot of $465 thousand was played between tow players in a heads up game. Let that sink in while I get my coffee¦¦¦¦¦¦¦. Two players, one hand of texas Holdem, being played in […]

Television and the WSOP have had quite a history together. Actually, that should be changed to say that the WSOP and ESPN have quite a history together!
The tournament got a pretty short shrift in its early days. CBS would get Jimmy the Greek to narrate a cut together documentary of sorts and it […]

Playing the emotion card is not a new strategy to poker. Putting your opponent off balance is a basic part of any poker game. The psychology used in the game is often a bigger part of the hand than the cards themselves. Making another player bet or call on bad […]

Along with the title of WSOP champion comes THE BRACELET. So, I went in search of some history on it, and for something as seminal to poker as the WSOP bracelet, you cant find squat on it!
I wanted to know what year the first one was awarded and maybe even what it looked like […]

David Williams, age 26, has had one of the most meteoric rises in poker. At his first WSOP, in 2004, he qualified via an online poker room and went on to place 2nd ¦.walking away with $3.5 million big ones.
Sounds lucky, right? Of course, there had to be a little bit of luck, […]

Even if youve played in a friendly neighborhood or home game for years, entering the world of online poker takes a bit of extra knowledge.

If youre new to online poker, the most important thing is to pick a table you can afford. Stay away from no-limit tables because if theres one all in game, […]

Okay, there are times when its fun to throw a new wrench into the weekly game, and this is a good one.
Assassin played much like 5-card draw with five cards dealt to each player. The variation on this one is that deuces are wild (you can use jokers if you want to), but […]

POKERROOM.COM
The Facts
Pokerroom.com was formed in 1999 and is based out of Costa Rica. They offer the top no-download games on the net. They are user friendly to both Mac and PC users and the downloaded version is 3D. The list of games is the standard limit , no limit Texas Holdem; Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo; 7 […]

I SEE DEAD PRESIDENTS 80 MILLION DEAD PRESIDENTS

Can you really conceive it? Do you grasp how much money that is? $80 million in chips up for grabs in one single event. We are talking about 80 million double cheeseburgers off of the value menu at McDonalds. That my friends is a lot […]