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Shooting Star tourney brings
big prize money The stars will be out in force when the World Poker Tour comes to San Jose’s Bay 101 Casino for the 12th annual Shooting Star tournament. This five-day, $10,000 ($9,600 + $400) buy-in event is the biggest poker tournament of the year in Northern California. It begins at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 10 with the final, televised table taking place the following Friday at 5:00 p.m. click here to read the whole article! |
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$1 million jackpot at FLB! The FLB Casino in Folsom has just launched a $1 million bad beat jackpot. That’s right, Dr. Evil … one … millllllion dollars! The best thing about this bad beat jackpot (besides being the biggest bad beat Texas Hold’em jackpot on the West Coast) is that it costs the players absolutely nothing. There is no collection for this particular jackpot, as it is funded solely by the FLB Casino.. click here to read the whole article! |
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There’s one thing about bouncing around from one poker room to another: You never know for sure who’s open for business at any given time (unless of course, they have all their information printed in our handy Cardroom Directory)! Your faithful Ambassador got a taste of this on his recent poker playing adventure. click here to read the whole article! |
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Kamikaze Korner By Davin Anderson Connectors are one of the most commonly played hands in Texas Hold’em, especially in limit Hold’em. By definition, they are any two cards that are in consecutive order. Big connectors are K-Q, Q-J, and J-10, medium connectors would be 10-9, 9-8, and 8-7, and small connectors include 6-5, 5-4, and 4-3. In this article I will be discussing the proper tactics of playing the big connectors in limit Hold’em.. click here to read the whole article! |
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Poker Room Radio puts focus
on fun There’s lots of laughter at Poker Room Radio these days. Not that there wasn’t before … it’s just different. After about a year with their original lineup, big changes were made with the on-air talent, as well as with the organization as a whole, including a change in nights and radio stations. The show is now on Friday nights at 8:00 p.m. on ESPN 1320 AM in the Sacramento area, then on Saturday’s at 7:00 p.m. on KNEW 910 AM in the Bay Area. click here to read the whole article!
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Book
Review Readers of this column know that in past editions I have reviewed books dealing with poker tells, general strategy and mistakes we often find ourselves making at the tables. For this edition of The Cardroom I am going to shift focus a bit and spend time exclusively on no-limit Hold’em tournament play. click here to read the whole article! |
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Virtual Roundtable Is soft play a harmless activity or a scourge upon the game? We’ve all seen it many times: you’re sitting at a poker table and an obvious betting or raising situation occurs, but no one does so. Usually there are only two players left in the hand, and one says to the other, “Oh, it’s just you and me? Then I check.” Then the hand gets checked down to the river. In this issue’s Virtual Roundtable, we asked for opinions on “soft play” to see whether you think it is a form of collusion or just a harmless letdown in the usual intensity. click here to read the whole article! |
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