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One of my favorite things to do before the World Series of poker begins each year is to check out the betting lines for a number of different prop bets, which is usually a good indicator of what you can expect to see happen; this year I’m using Bodog.com for my information on what is [...]

Winning the World Series of Poker Main Event is a surefire way to catapult a player to the forefront of the poker world, and while a few winners wallow away in relative obscurity and never re-climb the mountaintop, most winners go on to have a good deal of success during their poker careers. However, there [...]

Certain moments stand out in every sport, whether it’s Willie Mays over the shoulder catch in the 1954 World Series; “The Catch”  in football; Michael Jordan’s shot over Craig Ehlo to win game 7; these are just a few of the moments that any sports fan can picture in their mind. Poker fans have their [...]

What started out as one of the most anticipated online poker events in history quickly fizzled when the participants -Tom Durrrr Dwan and Patrik Antonius-as well as the poker fans realized just how long it would take for two very busy poker players to play 50,000 hands of poker against one another. After having trouble [...]

Poker players who come from a background of Brick & Mortar card-rooms that decide to make the switch to online poker need to realize that the two games are very different. I’m not diminishing online poker in any way, or saying one form is more skillful, they are simply different. Online poker and live poker [...]

Even the most ardent advocates of female poker players was unlikely to have foreseen the overwhelming success females have been having so far in 2010. With a week still remaining in April, female poker players have captured three major tournament victories, and we still have the 50-something events at the World Series of Poker yet [...]

For anyone who knows me it comes as no surprise that I prefer live poker to online poker, this is the second part of this series which will discuss the final five points I feel live poker is better than online poker.

For anyone who knows me it comes as no surprise that I prefer live poker to online poker, and in this article I will go over some of the reasons why I’d rather play in a brick & mortar card-room, as opposed to the virtual poker tables of the Internet.

A poster on Y! Buzz recently asked the very contrite question: What if online poker was taxed and regulated? Following the question was a litany of facts about online poker, including what the tax and licensing revenue could be used to fund such as the CIA budget for a decade, the Postal Service for 12 [...]

With online poker being debated at the state and federal level, proponents of a legalized and regulated online poker industry seem to be taking the wrong tack to try to convince the opposition. The main argument being flouted is that poker is a game of skill, which however true it might be, is a completely [...]