Check Out the Poker Training Videos

The proven way to learn how to play great poker is by playing, reading and now watching videos about poker that are made by some of the great professional players.  Seeing a hand played from beginning to end is a terrific way to learn how to play.   The explanations at each point in the hand are eye opening and make a player think and the light goes on in their head.  Understanding the play of the hand is a visceral and mental way to learn.  There are many choices available for students and from different pros.  As with any product, look at the reviews on the Net of these programs.  One of the reviews will make sense to you the player and this would be a good place to start.

Amazon, on the net would be another place to find out what is out there for your consideration.   Ask around on poker sites and see what program gets mentioned the most by other players.  The point is you do not need to take a blind leap of faith and buy one from your favorite player.  Not all good players can make good videos for learning how to play better poker. [Read][more...]

Professional Poker Players Still Seeking the WSOP Bracelet

While there are plenty of professional poker players that have won at least one World Series of Poker Bracelet, there are just as many that have not.  Winners of the WSOP bracelet include pros like Doyle Brunson, Bobby Baldwin, Hal Fowler, Stu Ungar, Jack Straus, Tom McEvoy, Jack Keller, Bill Smith, Berry Johnston, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Mansour Matloubi, Brad Daugherty, and Jim Bechtel.  Additional winners include Russ Hamilton, Dan Harrigan, Huck Seed, Scotty Nguyen, Noel Furlong, Chris Ferguson, Juan Carlos Mortensen, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, and Peter Eastgate.

Winners have been receiving a bracelet along with monetary winnings from the WSOP tournament since 1976 when Doyle Brunson won the tournament; a winner who has earned himself as many as ten of the coveted WSOP bracelets.  The only other person that has won more bracelets than Brunson is Phil Hellmuth who has taken home eleven of the WSOP bracelets.  Johnny Chan has also won ten WSOP bracelets, Johnny Moss has won nine, and Erik Seidel has won eight thus far.  Yet, what of the players that have won huge amounts of cash but have not brought home a WSOP bracelet?  What pros still have yet to get their hands on the coveted WSOP bracelet? [Read][more...]