BORGATA POKER OPEN On September 8, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will put on the Borgata Poker Open. The series features 22 events in all and starts things off with the $560 buy-in Borgata 2 Million. The World Poker Tour joins in for the WPT Borgata Poker Open Main Event which starts on September 20…
Understanding the Importance of Initiative in Poker Games In general terms, initiative has to do with undertaking active measures to achieve a goal. In poker games, initiative works the same way. If you’re in a legal online poker site and have an active interest in a particular round of betting because you think you have…
With Stakeholders Still At Odds, California Legislature Running Out Of Time For Online Poker Thanks to a late push from a super-coalition of stakeholders, the California legislature continues to contemplate online poker legalization. However, with several issues still to be ironed out, and just a couple of weeks remaining on the legislative calendar, legislators are running…
Whether you play free poker or real cash poker, you’re probably aware that every player is going to go through dry spells from time to time. The cards simply don’t fall the way you want them to, and you’re not winning. You know the best tips for playing as profitably as you can, but you’re…
The bluff is one poker strategy that almost everyone things they understand. It is purely the act of deception, used to make a week hand look stronger than it is in hopes of getting the opponent to fold. What makes it successful is knowing how to pick your spots. Understanding the six key areas to…
A partisan attack on the DOJ’s opinion regarding the Wire Act, Caesars reaches deals with senior creditors, and legal US sports betting suffers another set-back. A right-wing political group, whose founder has ties to Sheldon Adelson, has been quietly mounting a challenge to the US Department of Justice’s most recent opinion on the Wire Act which…
Poker Strategy: How to Deal with Aggressive and Passive Players in Poker Games Poker players tend to be either passive or aggressive in their approach to the game, and understanding how to deal with those different approaches can take you a long way as far as profiting from your time at the table (even at…
In real money poker, slow playing (also known as trapping or sandbagging) is a deceptive strategy that is generally the opposite of a bluff. A bluff is an aggressive bet with a weak hand, but a slow play involves passive or weak betting with a strong hand. The purpose is to get opponents to play…
Over time, as you gain more and more experience playing poker games, you’ll make fewer of those mistakes that you first made when you were new to the game. Losing money is a powerful way to gain a lesson, and as you amass some expertise, you’ll see your way around those mental traps that used…
WSOP 2015: Electrical Engineer Wins Over $1.2 Million in Millionaire Maker Event The World Series of Poker makes a dream come true for Adrian Buckley. Adrian Buckley, an electrical engineer from Westminster, Colorado, outlasted a 7,275 player field to win $1,277,193 and his first World Series of Poker bracelet. In fact, winning the Millionaire Maker…