Partnership between Easy Play Poker and Send My Chips

There is a new online poker site right now that is taking the online gambling world by storm, and this is the Easy Play Poker.  Although a relatively new poker site, it is fast becoming known in the industry, and with the new partnership it has cemented with a trusted financial site like Send My Chips, players are more than assured of not only easy financial transactions but also of the security and reliability provided by the two.

Who is Easy Play Poker?

As stated above, Easy Play Poker is a young poker site that was made by online poker players for the online poker players.  In fact, this is the one thing that they boast of because they know what the players want and they know how to give it to them. [Read][more][...]

UK Firms Support Online Gambling in the USA

The battle of legalizing online gambling in the United States has been happening since 2006 when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act or the UIGEA was passed.  The bill states that transferring money through a financial institution to fund an online gambling account is prohibited and against the law.  But it cannot be denied that many problems arose from this bill because what it encompassed was not clear-cut.

Effects of the UIGEA

This bill has not only affected US-owned online casinos, but it has also affected online casinos owned by other nationalities as well, wherein some casinos were even forced to prohibit players from the United States from playing at their games.  Of course, this has infuriated many online gamblers, saying that the bill is stepping on their rights to choose how to spend their money.  On the other hand, online gambling sites owned by other countries are experiencing decreased profit because of the problems arising from American players playing at their sites. [Read][more][...]

Chris Ferguson on His Poker Strategies

Chris Ferguson, a professional poker player known in the poker world, divulges his poker strategies.  Although he does not claim that his strategies always work, it has been proven to work for him, and look where his poker strategies took him.

A Background on Chris Ferguson

He tells his story of how he started from scratch and how, from zero bankroll to millions of dollars, he turned his fate around.  Ferguson started taking advantage of freerolls to start his poker bankroll, and although he would win a dollar or two from his poker games, it would always send him back to zero.  With patience though, he was able to put up a reasonable bankroll to actually play in games that call for paying a buy-in fee.

With this method, you can now see the first poker strategy that he employed — bankroll management.

Poker Strategies to Learn from Chris Ferguson

His first poker strategy was to learn how to properly manage his bankroll.  [Read][more][...]

World Series of Poker and ESPN, Partners for Seven More Years

Avid fans of poker from all over the world will surely be glad to know that the World Series of Poker and the ESPN has signed a new deal, and that is to be partners for seven more years in broadcasting and bringing to the rest of the world the biggest poker tournament.  The announcement to broadcast the WSOP tournaments through its 2017 world series will formally be given this Tuesday.

Assuring Poker Players and Fans

It was in 2003 that ESPN started airing the major poker tournament of WSOP, and because of its complete success, it became the home of the WSOP tournament yearly.  Right now, the cable network is going to finish its current contract, with the new contract beginning this 2011.  ESPN promises the same coverage is going to be given to WSOP during the seven-year contract, so avid fans of the series can expect 32 hours of nothing but aspiring and professional poker players battling it out at the felt table to try to win one of the poker world's biggest prizes. [Read][more][...]

Let’s Talk Millions in PokerStars

We all know the story of many poker players who earned millions while playing online poker, right?  And we also know that the best way to get at it is to play in major poker events, but sometimes, the buy-in fee could become a big dent in someone's pockets.  Fortunately, there are some online poker rooms that offer you a free seat into these major events, and one of these poker rooms in PokerStars where you literally talk millions.

The World Championship of Online Poker

The World Championship of Online Poker or the WCOOP is the most prestigious online poker tournament in the Internet.  This is a major online poker event where the best online poker players meet and compete for one of the biggest prize pools in the World Wide Web.  This year's guaranteed prize pool is a whopping $40,000,000 where the champion can take home the prize of more than a million dollars.  There are 45 events to participate in, with the major game being the No Limit Hold'Em, of course, and a guaranteed prize pool of ten million dollars. [Read][more][...]

$2M Prize Pool Up for Grabs at the Borgata Poker Open Championship Event

Last year, Atlantic City's Borgata was not included in the World Poker Tour's lineup, but this year is bound to be different.  This year, 2009, WPT will see its players at this prestigious hotel in Atlantic City, The Borgata, for a 16-day tournament series, from September 9, 2009 to September 24, 2009.  With a guaranteed prize pool of two million dollars, this event is sure to see poker players from all over the world battling it out at the felt battleground, the poker tables.

The Borgata Casino's Return

Last 2005, Borgata held a very successful poker tournament that piqued the interest of many poker player worldwide, and because of the huge success it created, Borgata is aiming for the same.  But this time, things are a bit different, especially since this casino/hotel is going to be one of the WPT lineups. [Read][more][...]

Prevalence of Energy Drinks and the World Series of Poker

With a major poker tournament like the World Series of Poker, competitors in the said tournament must have endurance and the power to stay alert and focused to get to the final table.  They would also need all their concentration to not only focus on the hands they hold but to also study their opponents to get a good read on them.  Due to stress, players sometimes lose their concentration and not play their optimum best.

There was a noticeable trend among poker players at the WSOP tournament to beat this, and that was to guzzle down lots of energy drinks at the table.  The question now is, is the energy drink doing more harm than good?

Advantages of Energy Drinks at the World Series of Poker

WSOP asks a lot from poker players.  Those who are aiming for the final table have to sit at their tables for almost 12 hours, and this routine gets repeated every day for five to six days.  [Read][more][...]

Gambling Act or Not, the Popularity of Online Casinos Grows

Despite the Gambling Act, it is a known fact that the popularity of online casinos continues to grow as more and more people are looking at the winnings taken from these online casinos as a way to augment their incomes, especially now that there is a recession.  In fact, the new players that are signing up at these online casinos are getting younger and younger, as stated in a study that was done on the prevalence of online gambling within the younger generation.  Right now, there are so many college students gambling online to support their studies and pay for their daily living.

Why Online Casinos Continue to Thrive

There are a lot of factors that contribute to the growth of the online casinos' popularity.  One, online casinos are easily accessible compared to brick-and-mortar casinos.  With just a click of the mouse, the player can start gambling.  [Read][more][...]

Strategize and Learn How to Adapt to the Different Poker Games

In these hard times, you need to learn how to adapt and formulate strategies in order to recoup some of your losses.  The same can be true in your poker game.  Nowadays, you no longer need to depend on what you know and what works for you, but you have to really get in there and learn more strategies.

Since there is a big difference, too, when you play online poker from live poker, it will do you very well to learn strategies from both.  This way, you get to make the right decisions when you play, be it online or live.

Understand the Flops

While it will do your online poker game good if you habitually build big pots when you play against multiple players, this is actually a big mistake if you play in live poker.  By this strategy, you allow yourself to miss the flop and open the game for other players to hit.  What you should do then in live poker is to increase your raise, especially if you have a good hand, and increase your calls if you have a tentative hand.  [Read][more][...]

Tips to Improve Your Play in Poker Tournaments

Nowadays, playing poker is not only considered a hobby, but it is also considered a source of income.  Many professional poker players live off of their winnings, and, in a study done by a prominent online gambling portal, there now a lot of college students who are also playing online poker who make use of their winnings to pay for their education and daily allowance.

Knowing the fact that online poker winnings can augment the needs of many people, the importance of practicing and honing your skills before a poker tournament is being emphasized by many professionals in the poker industry.

Importance of Practicing

It cannot be denied that our brains need the challenge.  Without stimulations and challenges, a poker player's power to concentrate can drop, and he will usually see this drop in his concentration level when he starts to notice that he is getting a significant number of bad beats against his win rates.  [Read][more][...]

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