Poker Nights Banned in Prince Edward Island

It is another sad event for the poker game as it meets resistance in the form of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.

Poker, being a favorite card game as well as a game that has proven to be very lucrative, is being offered in bars across the Prince Edward Island, but the new policy provided by the Atlantic Lottery Corporation bans poker and its tournaments, particularly Texas Hold'Em, from being played in the bars.  The bars could either keep hosting poker tournaments and risk losing their VLT machines or ditch poker and keep their VLTs.  That was the only choice given to them, and it seems like the bars are going to choose the latter.

Not a Good Thing

Banning the bars in Prince Edward Island from hosting poker tournaments is not a good thing, and the owners of these bars express their disgust over the new policy.  But they admit that they really cannot do anything about. [Read][more...]

Qualifying Games for World Open V Tourney from PartyPoker.com

Party Poker is the premier online poker site worldwide.  Their popular poker games include Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha and Seven-Card Stud; which can be all played by both beginners and experts.

True to form, Party Poker holds tournaments for all its players from anywhere in the world.  These are normally tourneys that are available on their site.  However, Party Poker also holds special World tourneys where qualified players will get to compete foe even bigger prizes and the prestigious title of being the grand champion in said tourney.

PARTY POKER'S WORLD OPEN V

Come October of this year, the 5th World Open from Party Poker will be held in London, starting on October 11 all the way to 15.  Some of the world's best poker players have by now verified their participation.

Roland de Wolfe, a recurrent world champion in several poker tournaments and a past contributor to Inside Edge; Thomas Wahlroos, a constant placer in world poker tourneys; [Read][more...]

The Other Omaha

The other Omaha is the one with only one winner per pot in most hands.  Omaha HiLo seems to be the most popular of the two poker games, but Omaha is the game that is featured in the WSOP each year.  Omaha is a high hand only game with nine cards per hand including the five-card flop.  The game is played just like Omaha HiLo only there is no low hand winner.  You must use two cards from the four that are dealt to each player and three from the flop.  Good starting hands are high pairs or suited connectors.  Many pots are still won in this game with more three of a kind, flushes or straights than you see in Holdem.  The extra two cards per hand open up more possibilities.

The lower popularity than the other Omaha is due to there only being one winner so the pots are uniformly smaller.  The game just does not have the gamble in it that you see in Omaha HiLo.  On the other hand new players to the game are still at a disadvantage as experience with the play of the game is important when figuring if your hand is good enough to win.  [Read][more...]