Canada’s Matt Jarvis getting his poker face on for November Nine in Las Vegas
Posted September 7, 2010 – 7:01 pm in: UncategorizedCALGARY – while he deliberates his next move, Matt Jarvis is as still as a lizard on rock.
The 25-year-old from Surrey, B.C., is working on restraining his movement in preparation for the World Series of Poker championship final in Las Vegas in November.
Almost US$9 million in prize money rides on not letting even the smallest [...]
What was the best poker hand you ever played?
Posted August 29, 2010 – 11:40 pm in: UncategorizedThe best hand I ever played I was playing $2-$4 Texas hold-em at Balley's in Las Vegas when I got pocket 2s. A guy raised the bet from $2 to $4 before the flop the way he was acting I could tell he probably had Pocket as but I decided to go ahead and call [...]
No Comments | Tags: 2s, bet, bets, chips, k 97, las vegasBaking help. Please. I think there may be too many flavors…?
Posted August 26, 2010 – 2:40 am in: UncategorizedI wanted to make a dessert for my birthday. I'm really into baking and pastry chef work. I wanted to do a vanilla cake with chocolate frosting and fresh strawberries as a filling between layers. I still want the vanilla cake and strawberries, but I was thinking strawberry frosting with some fresh strawberries thrown in [...]
No Comments | Tags: cans, cards, chocolate frosting, fresh strawberries, las vegas, poker chipsPosting Blinds in Texas Hold’em
Posted August 23, 2010 – 4:40 pm in: UncategorizedIn order to start betting in Hold’em, forced bets (known as blinds) are made by the two players immediately clockwise from the dealer button. the person immediately clockwise from the dealer has the small blind, and the next player clockwise has the big blind. making blind bets is known as posting and this is done [...]
No Comments | Tags: blind bets, blinds, dealer button, game, hole cards, las vegasA Review of the Texas Hold Em Poker Chip Set
Posted August 18, 2010 – 1:00 pm in: UncategorizedAre you someone who loves poker? Do you find that every time you and your friends get together, you start thinking about digging out a few decks of cards and going to town? the thing that can dampen the fun, however, is deciding what you are going to want to bet with! Some people scrape [...]
No Comments | Tags: las vegas, poker chip, pretzelsNine players remain as final table set at World Series of Poker
Posted August 13, 2010 – 2:40 am in: Uncategorized
LAS VEGAS (AP) — a weary group of card sharks, exhausted by a no-limit Texas Hold ‘em session that ended nearly 18 hours after its first hand, scored nearly $812,000 each at the World Series of Poker on Sunday and a ticket for a November finale worth $8.94 million to the winner.
"my brain [...]
‘November Nine’ Set to Compete for Nearly $9 Million
Posted August 12, 2010 – 7:00 pm in: UncategorizedPress Release Source: PokerStars On Monday July 19, 2010, 4:35 pm EDT
LAS VEGAS, July 19 /PRNewswire/ — Following 13 days of intense competition at the 2010 World Series of Poker(1), two North American PokerStars players have advanced to join the elite ‘November Nine’ and will compete for the $8,944,138 first prize and the title of [...]
Bustouts get more rapid at World Series of Poker
Posted August 8, 2010 – 3:00 pm in: UncategorizedLAS VEGAS – All-in gambles and eliminations sped up at the World Series of Poker on Monday as more than 1,100 players were knocked out from the main event six hours through their third session, slashing the field by 43 percent.
Among the bustouts was Joe Cada, the defending champion who won $8.55 million last year [...]
A review of Texas Hold Em Poker Chip Set
Posted July 30, 2010 – 6:40 pm in: Uncategorizedif you love someone, poker? think that every time you and your friends gather to dig you think a couple of decks of cards and go to start in town? the thing that dampen the fun, but can decide what you are going to want to bet with! some people raise their own sets [...]
No Comments | Tags: cards, decks, las vegasThe Fundamentals of Texas Holdem Poker
Posted July 24, 2010 – 3:01 am in: UncategorizedOnline Poker playing when compared to live play, is a completely different culture. Real world Las Vegas style Poker tournaments, with real Las Vegas chips and real paper cards requires a totally separate etiquette that one must quickly adapt to in order to stand a chance. Online games tend to consist of trash talking, and [...]
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