Betfair Poker has signed a sponsorship deal with 2008 World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate. This will be the 26 year-old’s latest step into re-introducing himself to the game which made him a household name among poker fans. Eastgate’s relationship with the game has been a complicated one. Since winning poker’s most coveted crown in 2008, he has played rather sporadically. In fact, after spending a stretch as ...
Read MoreSince there was pretty much zero traffic in the high stakes forum, and not really much good content elsewhere, I’ll have to be creative this week! When I interviewed Kingsofcards for my weekly interview, one comment he made about heads up changing his game rung a bell with me. Until after playing HU, when playing 6 max I never really took into account bet sizing, timing tells or things like that nearly ...
Read MoreUndoubtedly, one of the toughest tournaments online on a daily basis is the $100 rebuys. They are almost always filled with the best and brightest in the online tournament circuit. This was no different when Event #7 of FTOPS VIII went down just a few days ago, which was a $100 rebuy with a $500k guarantee. 1,811 players showed up, all vying 꽁머니for a six-figure pay day. Some tough customers fell ...
Read MorePokerStars promised huge action for its WCOOP Event 35 making it a rebuy and add-on tournament. The $215 No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament allowed rebuys and add-ons. Friday’s event drew 1,254 players; 1,265 of these players rebought while 869 added onto their stack during the first break. A huge $749,600 prize pool was created greatly exceeding the $550,000 guarantee. All players had one thing on their mind: the $127,432 first place ...
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Keno is kind of like the state lottery -- you pick several numbers on a ticket, and hope to match the numbers drawn from the ping-pong ball machine. There's another way that it's like the state lottery: the odds are very bad. Keno has the highest edge of any game in the casino -- 25% or more. The only thing good about this game is that it's played very slowly -- ...
Read MoreAdvances in medical technology permit us to live longer, more active lives. In 1970, there were just 36,000 people who reached the age of 100. By the year 2000, that number had increased to 75,000. Projections indicate that twenty years from now, there will be about 300,000 Centenarians, and within 50 years, the number will easily exceed one million! The U.S. Census Bureau has predicted that 3 million members of ...
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The Cards 3.1 The game of Blackjack shall be played with either three decks or four decks or six decks or eight decks of cards, each deck having 52 cards without jokers, with backs the same color and design and a cutting card, provided however that the Super Sevens or Perfect Pairs option described in rule 14 shall be played with either six decks or eight decks of cards. 3.2 The ...
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Splitter2 Software Abbey Southport Casino was developed by World Gaming. Splitter2 Minus points Abbey Southport Casino is / was using World Gaming software. World Gaming's auditor was found guilty of securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, racketeering, conspiracy and racketeering conspiracy, and was sentenced to 108 months (9 years) in a federal penitentiary. Additionally there have been many non-payments complaints by many players that have been playing at World Gaming Internet casinos. All ...
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14.1 The initial deal is as follows: (a) players shall have a choice of seat. In the event of two or more players desiring the same seat a draw of cards shall decide seating positions. When a player leaves the game the remaining active players have priority over any player waiting to join the game, to move to the vacated playing position; (b) the dealer button shall indicate the designated player, who ...
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The following strategy is for full pay jacks or better video poker. "Full pay" designates the following paytable, per coin based on five coins bet, which returns 99.54% of money bet assuming optimal strategy. Full Pay Jacks or Better Hand Payoff Royal flush 800 Straight flush 50 Four of a kind 25 Full house 9 Flush 6 Straight 4 Three of a kind 3 Two pair 2 Jacks or better 1 To use this strategy look up all reasonable ways to play ...
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