When a new online poker site comes onto the scene, it may present some very enticing promotions to draw in new players. The reason for this is obvious – new sites need to build their player base quickly in order to succeed in such a competitive market. However, there is an equitable question as to whether players should be wary of joining any poker site that has yet to earn a virtuous reputation.
If you’ve been following the online poker world for a few years now, you likely remember a major headline story that ended with professional poker player, Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi, being banned from the online poker site Full Tilt. It was an unconscionable scandal four years ago, so why is Full Tilt suddenly changing their minds?
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air, but it’s the love of money that prompts this writer to pen today’s blog. I’m talking specifically about money lost to an unknown online poker player by a regular face on the high-stakes virtual felt.
David 'Zanderfish' Saab, Robert 'remo_04' Alan Remeeus and Darren Francis Hughes are members of an internationally known group of gamblers known as the ‘Saab Squad’. While they are traditionally famed as elite blackjack players, poker players, casino hustlers and sports handicappers, a new light has shone down on their names in Australia this week.
Experienced poker players are well aware of the importance of calculating the odds, knowing your outs and being able to make a value bet at any given time. For novice online poker players, however, it is a concept that can take some time to use effectively.
For the last few weeks, members of the leading online poker site Party Poker have had access to a brand new card game called Double Hold’em. The game was in beta testing mode, so to speak, available only for practice play, but was just recently introduced to the online poker room’s real money poker tables.
For more than four years, proponents of online poker in the United States have argued the legality of playing real money poker over the internet. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) does not specifically criminalize the activity, but rather the responsibility of financial institutions to prevent transactions between online poker sites and US citizens.
The UBOC (Ultimate Bet Online Championship) has always been a thing of wonder for online poker players, awarding millions in guaranteed jackpots over a multitude of events. This weekend, the UBOC poker tournament will offer something members of the online poker room have never seen before – a $750,000 GTD High Roller NL Hold’em Deep Stack event.
Two major online gambling groups have just launched new online poker apps designed for the Apple iPhone. Bwin, developer of online poker and sports betting opportunities, released its iPhone poker app last week, while Microgaming, the world’s leading online casino software developer, unveiled its iPhone poker app just yesterday.
Andrew “Foucault” Brokos is a professional poker player who focuses most of his intention towards online cash games. Over the last few weeks, he has drawn attention to his blog by alluding to a big announcement, but it wasn’t until today that he finally let the cat out of the bag. The celebrated online poker player finally revealed that he will be joining Team PokerStars Online throughout 2011.
Chris “moorman1” Moorman has been attracting the attention of the online poker world since he was raised to the position of one of the elite Brunson 10 back in September of 2009. Doyle’s choice was clearly the right one as the young UK poker pro just scooped up a record breaking 11th Triple Crown victory playing online poker.
If you’re an avid poker player, whether it be online, at home or in a live casino poker room, chances are you have suffered from at least one emotionally devastating bad beat. It can be enough to make a player question their entire poker strategy, or even whether they should be playing poker at all. But what if bad beats didn’t exist in poker?