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While cash games are basically the same across the different online poker sites -only the players are different-with the same blind/antes, rake structure, and rules. This is not the case for Sit & Go poker tournaments; although most sites start with 1,500 chips and the levels last the same amount of time -10 minutes-the starting [...]

One of the biggest innovations brought about by online poker was the introduction of the Sit & Go poker tournament. Single table poker tournaments had been around for years, but mainly in the form of satellites to a larger buy-in tournament. The Internet changed all of that by creating a global player base, so instead [...]

After the hearing on online gambling by the Ways and Means Committee this past Wednesday the poker community is split on whether any meaningful progress was made. The discussion revolved around Jim Mcdermott’s bill HR 4976 which looks to tax online gaming -2% at the federal level and 6% at the state level.
Even the two [...]

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.