Gus Hansen and Theo Jorgensen Prepare for Boxing Match - Set For Feb. 21

Theo Jorgensen and Gus Hansen will battle it out in a boxing match in Copenhagen on February 21. Gus and Theo have a prop bet on the outcome of the match; if Gus wins, Theo will pay him $25,000, if Theo wins, Gus will pay him $35,000. Gus is younger and in better shape that's why the odds are not 50/50. You can watch a video of Jorgensen training, it is in Danish though.Here is a conversation between Gus Hansen and high stakes pro Ilari "Ziigmund"...

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Come And Join The Beat Victor Challenge

The highly acclaimed 'Beat Victor Challenge' is set to hit the VC Poker Tables, and may just prove to be Victor’s greatest player challenge yet. There is over $100,000 in prizes along with 10 trips to Spain to participate in a live tournament to win the ultimate prize - a heads up poker duel with Victor himself to bag the massive $50,000 Grand Prize.Founded on Sit & Go tournaments, the Beat Victor Challenge comprises four individual challenges....

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Aussie Millions: Stewart Scott becomes the first ever Australian to win

The new king of poker has been crowned, Australian Stewart Scott won the No-Limit Holdem Main Event at the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.At the opening day launch of the Main Event, 2005 WSOP Champion and Crown Ambassador Joe Hachem threw down the challenge to all of his fellow countrymen that entered this tournament "I think it's about time an Aussie took home the title", said Hachem. "Get your acts together!". Stewart Scott obviously took this to heart, surviving a 681-player field loaded with top tournament pros, internet qualifiers...

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Doyle's Room - Now Accepting American Players Again [Plus a $5k Welcome Back Freeroll]

Doyle's Room is now accepting U.S. Players again after moving to the Cake Poker Network. Previously on the MicroGaming network, MicroGaming decided to ban American players from many of its sites last November.To celebrate its relaunch, the site will host a $5,000 freeroll on Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. EST. The very next day, DoylesRoom will host a $100,000-guaranteed tournament for a reduced price of $162 at 5 p.m. EST.“We wanted to offer our players a rewarding...

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In Pot Limit... - Clonie Gowen

Most Pot Limit Omaha players know that Omaha is a game of "the nuts." In a multi-way pot, the winning hand is, more often than not, the best possible hand out there. When you start with four cards, you have six different possible two-card hands. This increases the chances that someone is holding the nuts. What many beginning Pot Limit Omaha players do not understand is that Omaha is really a game of redraws.A redraw means that after the flop, you...

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Texas Hold'em Poker Odds Calculator

Texas hold'em is the hottest game in poker. Use this calculator to improve your game by showing your odds against up to nine other opponents!pokernews.widget.OddsCalculator.createFlash( "5e663c446ae3951f9afbb7ce9462f1b8", "390x320", "pstrategyns", "en" );Your browser does not support JavaScript. If you would like to try full version of Poker Odds Calculator created by Pokernews click here. Also you can read poker strategy articles to learn more about poker.Learn the exact odds of all possible hands. Know when to bet and when to fold by determining...

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Daniel Negreanu's Bankroll Challenge - Turn $10 into $100K

Daniel Negreanu will attempt to turn $10 into $100K within 3 years. Daniel heard about Chris Ferguson's $0-$10k Challenge and decided to try it for himself. I decided to try a little fun experiment. Starting with a $10 bankroll I'm playing ring game NL hold'em on PokerStars, starting out at $0.01-$0.02 and not moving up in limits until I have 500 big blinds at the next limit. Why? It's kinda fun. When I get to $25 I'll jump to $0.02-$0.05, Daniel Said.Whatever my bankroll is, I will always buy in for 1/5th of my total bankroll. So, in the $0.01-$0.02...

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The Script - Phil Gordon

In an effort to simplify my decisions, every single time it's my turn to act, I try to run through the same script in my head:Are my opponents playing conservatively? Aggressively? Tentatively?What are some of the hands my opponents are likely to hold?What do my opponents think I have?Once I have the answer to the first question, and feel confident about my range of answers for the second and third questions, I move on to the most important question:Should...

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Amarillo Slim Gets Beat Up, Robbed of Cash and Diamond Ring

AMARILLO, Texas — Texas poker great Amarillo Slim was beaten and robbed while trying to take collateral on a $3,000 gambling debt he was owed, police said Thursday.Amarillo Police Lt. Jim McKenny said the 80-year-old former world champion poker player, whose real name is Thomas Preston, was beaten after being lured to a field Tuesday night expecting to retrieve a four-wheeler as collateral. Preston went to the hospital with a broken jaw, hand and...

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Just A Few Things When Playing Razz - Jennifer Harman

The rules:For those of you who aren't familiar with Razz, it is a game played like 7-card stud. The twist is that in Razz, the worst hand wins. Straights and flushes don't count for anything, but pairs are bad. Aces are always low cards. A five-high (or wheel -- remember that straights don't count against you) is the worst -- or I should say the best -- possible hand for this game. A-2-3-4-5.Starting hands:When playing this game, it's important that...

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Seinfeld Actor Jason Alexander Joins Team PokerStars

Jason Alexander, best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, has joined Team PokerStars. Alongside NHL hockey player Mats Sundin, past Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, and former Cy Young Award winner Orel Hershiser.Jason Alexander will represent Pokerstars in several live and online poker tournaments including the 2009 World Series of Poker. You can find Jason on Pokerstars.com under the name "J. Alexander".PokerStars...

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Action Poker Session - Good Results

So, I played at 2.5 hour session tonight. Started with $190 and finished with $268, I lost $17 on the last hand I played where my Queens lost to Aces. $78 profit is pretty good. I was lucky tonight, I didn't receive any bad beats and I won a few coin flips. I haven't played since Jan. 1st. I will continue my poker challenge starting Feb. 1st but for now, I am working off a deposit bonus at Action Poker. I had 30 days to work off the bonus but I...

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A Way To Approximate The Odds - Clonie Gowen

It is very difficult to calculate the exact odds of hitting a drawing hand when you're sitting at the poker table. Unless you're a genius with a gift for mathematics like Chris Ferguson, you will not be able to do it. That leaves two options for the rest of us: The first option is to sit at home with a calculator, figure out the odds for every possible combination of draws, and then memorize them. That way, no matter what situation comes up, you...

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Sit & Gos Made Easy - Howard Lederer

The Sit & Go (SNG) is online poker's great gift to the aspiring tournament player. Prior to the SNG, final table experience was hard to come by. You could enter a dozen multi-table tournaments and never find yourself at a final table. Or you could make one or two, only to get knocked out in 8th or 9th place. Adapting to an ever-diminishing number of players at a single table is a crucial skill in tournament poker, and it's a hard experience to...

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Freerolls - Free Poker Tournaments

Freerolls are tournaments with no entry fee, but although we usually think that freeroll is a free tournament, some freerolls can require players to make payments at some point in order to get a seat in a freeroll tournament.However, typical freerolls are completely free. Unlike standard poker tournaments, where the prize pool is accumulated from the entry fees, in freerolls the prize pool is provided by the house, or sponsorship fees, or broadcast...

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Tony G Instructional Videos - Advanced Strategies

Internet poker is definitely alive and well!If you want to play, stick with me, follow my lead and fine tune all of your skills playing online. Online is one of my favorite mediums and could be the favorite for my opponents because they can't hear me while I'm at my best - that is the role...- Tony GPlay with Tony G with a Free $150 Poker Bankroll at Titan Poker.Check out Tony G crushing opponents on his razor-sharp video lessons!(For full screen,...

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Update On My Pokerstar's Challenge

Figured I'd try $5.20 games to test them out first. I found antes are high so it's worth it to steal blinds more often. Anyway, I played 24 of them today. First 10, I got the worst bad beats ever lol. I didn't play many hands and I seemed to lose every hand I played whether it was a coin flip or they got runner runner straight/flush. So I only won 2 out first 10 sngs.I went for a break and I got very lucky in the second session. Not so much in one...

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Tom "Durrrr" Dwan's Million Dollar Challenge [Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonious and David Benyamine Accept Challenge]

Durrr states:"I'm making this heads-up challenge to the world. Anyone can accept. Four tables, minimum of $200/$400, and I'll put up $1.5 million to their $500,000. We play 50,000 hands minimum and if they end up a dollar after rake they keep the side money or whatever. So basically, if you and I played and you won a dollar, you would get my $1.5 million and if I won a dollar I would win your $500,000. So I'm giving a million dollars free if anyone...

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