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Italian Beats Durrrr in First Live Million Dollar Poker Challenge
by Brendan Murray | Published: Nov 18, '09
… Challenge got underway at Les Ambassadeurs in Mayfair, London yesterday with the titular Tom Dwan taking on Italian sports bettor Marcello “Luckexpress” Marigliano. The players started the game with $250,000 while Durrrr upped this to $500,000 later in …
Phil Ivey May Make Up to $6 Million in WSOP Side Bets
by Stephen A. Murphy | Published: Nov 07, '09
… take down the event. Elezra said Negreanu was taking a ton of action on a must-win bet where he would have Ivey and the other bettor would have chip leader Darvin Moon. Although Moon has a large chip lead (58.93 million, or about 30% of the chips in play …
Playtech’s Poker Client Gets Revamped
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: Nov 05, '09
… put into uninterrupted game flow with its new multi-currency option which bypasses the conversion process; a new tournament time bank; an auto top-up function; a five-step quick seat tool which allows players to find a seat at the game of their choice …
Poker Tournament Trail -- Greg Mueller
by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Sep 23, '09
… hand situational in tournaments. Combine it with when to value-bet and when not value-bet. In a limit cash game, I’m a big value-bettor. In the limit event, the $10K that I won, I was up against Pat Pezzin, I raised on the button with K-Q, and he three- …
Poker’s UIGEA Upheld by U.S. 3rd Circuit Court
by Stephen A. Murphy | Published: Sep 07, '09
… illegal,” wrote Sloviter. “Whether the transaction…constitutes unlawful Internet gambling turns on how the law of the state from which the bettor initiates the bet would treat that bet, i.e. if it is illegal under that state’s law, it constitutes ‘ …
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Cruisin’ With a Draw
by Michael Cappelletti | Published: Nov 13, '09
… will be 2,400-3,000 higher than before. And since check-raising is what you would normally do with a big hand, the bettor might be less curious and fold somewhat more often. So, the check-raise approach usually is superior to lead-betting all in. Now, …
One Man Against a Machine
by Padraig Parkinson | Published: Nov 01, '09
… “Thank you for contacting us. This is an auto-reply to inform you that we received your e … is me again. Thank you for yet another auto-reply. I’m beginning to really feel part … They upped their game. “This is not an auto-reply. (I really liked this!). I am …
‘Check or Bet’
by Bob Ciaffone | Published: Oct 30, '09
… obviously has the contemplating player covered, counting the bettor’s chips holds up the game for no … if I am in seat No. 1 and the bettor is in seat No. 9, the dealer will … see what happens. When a player asks the bettor how much he bet, the dealer was not …
‘Easy’ Things to Do to Win at Poker — Part III
by Barry Tanenbaum | Published: Oct 30, '09
… player’s three-bets would show significantly better cards. Since I would have made the same three-bet, I also noted to myself that the three-bettor was someone to watch out for. In a loose $1-$2 no-limit hold’em game, a young lady led out on the turn. …
Protecting My Weak Hand
by Roy Cooke | Published: Oct 16, '09
… him? Might he be the type to raise with position in order to get a free card? Or, was he an auto-bettor, prone to bet on the flop if he had raised preflop and it was checked to him? If he was likely …