I am the greatest poker player of all time
I am the greatest poker player of all time – Take one.
Who is the best poker player in the world? Well it depends who you ask. Obviously, one of the most famous players is Doyle Brunson. However, there are a fair amount of top ranking players which give him a real run for his money.
One of them is Canadian pro Daniel Negreanu, 36, He has four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour Championships. His overall ranking brings him second, all time, in career earnings, trailing only Phil Ivey.
A high school drop out, Negreanu began to play and hustle cards at 15. Once he earned enough funds, and enough courage, he counted his money and headed to Las Vegas. He was 22 and ambitious – he left Vegas shortly after to restack his funds in his home town.
His “luck” began at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. He was named best player and went home with $55,064. Next began his roll through the World Series of Poker in 1998; winning $169,460 at the $2,000 Pot Limit Hold’em World Series of Poker – he was crowned the youngest WSOP bracelet winner in history.
This break jump-started his over all standing in the poker world and over the next several years his success carried him through other WPT tournaments where won the coveted WPT bracelet three separate times. He was named World Series of Poker player of the year in ‘04 and World Poker Tour player of the year in ‘05.
A good portion of Negreanu’s drive and accomplishment has is associated with his unique intuition. This feature in his play style leaves opponents stunned by his ability to read them blind. Negreanu has declared one of the most crucial aspects in his game is analyzing and observing what hands the challenger plays and how he/she fairs off when they do commit to playing their hand.
His book Power Hold’em Strategy hold a wealth of knowledge and is recommend to all who are interested in learning more about poker from one of the greats. It holds sections and short contributions from other starts such as Evelyn Ng, Erick Lindgren, Paul Wasicka, Todd Brunson and David Williams.
His estimated earnings, as of 2010 are approximately $12,000,000 – second all time.
New Poker Security Software Reviews
How to protect one’s PC is one of the most critical concerns for online poker player today.
Protecting against hackers and malware should be a standard industry concern. Some poker players are advanced and understand that in order to confront the potential threat they are required to put their computer behind a router and install and update anti-virus and firewall software. Although is a generally a good tactic, recent advances in security technologies have introduced new, customized protective software for poker.
Some of the current technologies available on the market include sand boxing, off-processor security and anti-keylogging. A sandbox is translated into a walled off “space,” which assists programs by allowing them to run in a “sandbox.” To better understand the advantages of the sand boxing, think that you are web searching and you come to a page with a malicious application. This specific app could potentially access your system, however, if the browser is running in a sandbox, the threatening application will be confined to affect only the resources in the sandbox.
Off-processor security, another product in line with combating security threats, especially for poker players, is a newer line. It is designed to protect the actual operating system itself, which is often at risk. Once an operating system is compromised, the anti-virus software can be frozen/suspended or tricked into reporting that there aren’t problems when, a malware exists. Off-processor security software works on a portioned processor that runs a separate operating system. The separation significantly reduces the chance that the security program will be compromised. It ought to be mentioned here that the lead product is one called Yoggie.
Anti-keylogging sits as the third line in defense for online poker players who are concerned with security breaches. Key loggers are designed to record keystrokes. The anti-keylogging software, Table Ninja, protects bank accounts, passwords, and other private matters. This product detects keyloggers and will block them from grabbing sensitive information from your PC. The Zemana is one of the more widely used soft wares in protecting against this type of security breach.
The British Poker Awards
Get ready to vote for U.K.’s Poker player of the year, MVP tournament player, best online player, and more at the first annual British Poker Awards. Voting is now open and for the first time the U.K. poker community will be able to voice their opinion by casting votes for their favorite British players.
There are eight of eleven categories, which are listed in full below, and the British Poker Awards will announce the winners to all of the categories on September 13th at the brand new Fox Poker Club in London. The admission price to the actual event is £100; meanwhile a £50 NLHE tournament will proceed after the ceremony. This tournament is a warm up, or teaser if you will, for the highly anticipated World Series of Poker Europe scheduled for the day after.
This is a very exciting opportunity for both the players themselves and their fans. It is a great day when fans can communicate and show support for players which they only hear about or watch from afar. The British Poker Awards will set a precedent for future players. After this U.K. national vote, players will recognize the importance of the fan and will work even harder to gain their favor.
Below is a list of nominees:
Cash Best Player:
Neil Channing,
Richard Ashby,
Luke Schwartz,
Ben Grundy,
Ben Roberts,
Bambos Charalambos,
Tournament Most Valuable Player:
James Akenhead,
Sam Trickett,
Chris Moorman,
Praz Bansi,
James Dempsey,
JP Kelly,
Best Player Online:
Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman,
Richard “Chufty” Ashby,
Lawrence Rivermanl “Houghton,
Luke “__FullFlush1__” Schwartz,
Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy,
Best International Player:
Phil Ivey,
Tom Dwan,
Patrik Antonius,
Michael Mizrachi,
Sorel Mizzi,
Isildur1,
Best Poker Legue:
Poker Tree,
Redtooth poker,
Masters Poker League,
APAT,
Champions Poker League,
Poker in the Pubs,
Live Poker League,
Get Noticed Poker League,
Nuts Poker League,
Best Card Room UK:
Victoria Casino,
The International Club,
Dusk Till Dawn,
Casino at the Empire,
The G Casino chain,
The Palm Beach,
Bluff at the Mint,
Best Contribution to the Game:
Anthony Holden,
Simon Trumper,
Tony Kendall,
Marty Wilson,
Jesse May,
Victoria Coren,
Best UK Poker Forum:
BlondePoker,
The Hendon Mob,
Aworldofpoker,
SkyPoker,
Gutshot
Poker in the Park
No matter what you are doing in London on August 13th to August 14th you will not be able to miss the massive amount of crowds and players at Poker in the Park at Leicester Square Park. This ultra popular event is celebrating its third anniversary and promises to be even more impressive than the previous year.
This outdoor poker tournament brings card players out from the casino and into the public light. This massive event is slated to showcase not only the love London has for poker but will demonstrate once and for all that London continues to stand as a poker capital. This is the one poker event where the bells and whistles of a casino are not needed.
Leicester Square will turn into a gigantic casino where thousands will show up to enjoy poker under the sun. Included in the tournament are generous giveaways, and pockets of entertainment. If you are an avid poker player or just simply love the mystique of the game than this is a festival for you. Not to mention, Poker in the Park is consider the largest open air poker event in Europe.
This “poker under the sun” concept also shows that poker is no longer a man’s game supported by a certain type of male instead it is a universal game which can be celebrated by all cultures, ages and sexes. The poker of yesteryear with its macho, male dominated, tables are gone, and left in its place is a poker based in entertainment and overall fun.
Novices will certainly be out in force at Poker in the Park and will be sure to soak up as many free tips and tricks as they can. Throughout the day, tutorials and free advice will be shouted at them from a handful of poker experts. From the bluffing pro to the skilled poker ace, this event will show the most inexperienced player the moves he/she need in order to survive and thrive at the poker table.
Poker in the Park takes place from Thursdsay 13th August – Friday 14th in Leicester Square Park. 5pm – 9.30pm Thursday and 12pm – 9.30pm Friday. Admission is free – 18 and older.
Quick look at 2010 November nine poker players
Let’s take a quick look at this year’s November nine poker players.
Joseph Cheong (23.5 million in chips): As one of the youngest players in this year’s tournament Cheong, 24, is being considered as the one of the lead, and most experienced player who will sit at the final table. Having played in over 10,000 tournaments, or so he claims, Cheong is certainly one of the more prepared and serious players. He doesn’t only rely on skill but he stands alone in being a real full time player.
John Racener (19.0 million in chips): Racener is coming into November as a rising start. He began catching the attention of poker pundits as he made his rounds through the nationwide tournaments, including a WSOP Circuit title for approximately half a million dollars. Apart from this he has 11 WSOP cashes. Racener is preparing to make his name known and this year’s World Series tourney may be the venue he was looking for.
Matt Jarvis (17.6 million in chips): Another young competitor is the one and only Matt Jarvis. This 25-year-old Canadian, has made a commendable comeback ever after he declared that he needed to refocus on his poker style and skill. Jarvis also considers himself a fulltime poker player, with most of his fame coming from online play. Spotlighting this fact is his single five-figure cash in during a live play tourney. He will enter November with more confidence than ever and with many saying that he has a very good chance at going the full distance.
Filippo Candio (16.4 million in chips): Mr. Candio, the only European in the pro tournament hails from none other than Sardinia, Italy. He is the poker aficionado in Italy but back here in the U.S. he is only a top ranking poker star. After wining the Italian Poker tour Campionato Italiano ’09 he began to make a real name for himself across the world. He is a proud player who sees the World Series of Poker as a venue to put not only his name on the map but his country’s as well.
In addition to these men are the following high rollers:
Michael Mizrachi (14.4 million in chips)
Soi Nguyen (9.6 million in chips)
Jason Senti (7.6 million in chips)
Jonathan Duhamel (65.9 million in chips)
John Dolan (46.2 million in chips)
Joseph Cheong (23.5 million in chips)
John Racener (19.0 million in chips)
Double Aces
Poker is a game of intricacies. The cards you hold are only one part of a winning hand. The other is comprised of the player’s style and strategy.
Your hand has an almost limitless amount of variables. Sometimes your hand can be good in one pot and bad in another, different cards have different capabilities – this especially comes into effect depending on which game you will play. A great hand in one form of poker may be garbage in another version of the game.
For this brief case study, let’s take the play of the “middle ace.” The middle ace, meaning – A-9 through A-6, can usually be trashed without much loss. A confident poker player will throw this hand regardless of the action on the table, even if the session allows the player to limp into play; it is only in special cases that the “middle ace” can even be thought of as a card to play.
However, in some versions of poker “middle aces” can be a slick hand to play against your challenger, and may characterize you as a “loosing” player, – a characterization that will assist you when you play stronger hands.
If we take the Texas Hold’em, the “middle ace” can only be played when the position is available. The danger in playing the “middle ace” has two angles.
One, if you flop your ace, you may end up be playing from behind against a stronger kicker. An A-8, for instance may bring you into a situation where you could be going against a player holding a bigger ace (A-K or A-Q) – as a result you will be thinning your chances in hitting your kicker.
The second point is that unless you are able to absolutely guarantee that your challenger is sitting on a fat pair (pocket kings or queens), you must go in with caution and maintain a small pot. If you flop your kicker, the dangers increase.
Remember the “middle ace” is not the ideal hand by any means and should be disregarded as a form of battle in any form of poker.
Show me your cards!
Who is the most agitating player at the poker table? How about the individual who is adamant to display his cards when he is the last to fold, or when he wins a pot without a showdown.
You give in to him in the big blind and he turns around and shows you that he was holding, which is often not too impressive. If you get him to fold, he’ll show you that he can make a tough laydown when he folds top pair, top kicker. This is quite common.
However, someone who shows their poker cards every so often is not obnoxious, here, we find that there may a reasonable need to do so. Although most do not subscribe to this style, arguing, why would one want to give his opposition information, there are a few circumstances where this works in your favour.
The primary component to this strategy is found in the core stages of a tournament- the goal being, you are trying to catch as many blinds and antes as you can from players who are desperately trying to score. The more strapped your opponents think you are the better the chances that they will fold to your raises. Especially if you are aware that you are a tight player, then all the more reason that you want to make sure that everyone else knows too.
Therefore, during the core, mid-stage of a tournament you ought to go ahead and display a few strong hands after everyone else folds. If you can lay some seeds down, those that make the other players believe that when your chips move in, you mean business.
Another quick point in advocating the display of cards is if you have had a successful streak of raises; after a few of these hands, you suspect that your opponents will become dubious towards your next hand. This is a good moment to think about showing your hand. It should be underlined here that if you feel the necessity to show your cards, in whatever circumstance, then you should do so. Poker works on style so add your own; just know what you are doing first.
Poker 770 Review
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In addition to its robust variety of games Poker 770 specializes in hosting an interactive on line community called Mybluff.com. Here players are able to interact with one another providing tips and sharing ideas and experiences.
Part of the fun at Mybluff is viewing other player’s profiles and searching for friends that have set up a profile online. Apart from this there are several games that are unmatched by many other sites in the industry. Signing into your profile or even for a free turn at the casino has never been easier. The user-friendly design really stands out at Poker 770.
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The old vs. the young lady
The old vs. the young lady at the PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour (NAPT)
Three of five finalists, at the PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Main Event this past Sunday, April 11th, were relatively young players – but as it goes poker doesn’t discriminate based on gender or age.
Mike Beasley, 46, finishing second and Mike Woods, 53, placing third have been playing at poker tables for more than twenty years. Beasley, a gentlemen’s club owner from the sunshine state of Florida was keen on using his age to his advantage against the younger players. His winnings, 428,000, not only satisfied his wallet, but his ego as well.
Meanwhile, Woods placed third in the Main Event against many contenders half his age. Removing his University of Virginia cap, Woods replaced it with a cool black hat from PokerStars. Beasley also came to sport a PokerStars logo on his jacket.
Also wearing some new style was first place winner, Ms. Vanessa Selbst, 26, from Brooklyn, Ny. The Full Tilt logos made a strong impression on the jacket of the Yale Law school student. Vanessa’s section was especially cute and witty. Displaying thoughtful signs which screamed sex and support, like, “I’m gay for Vanessa” and “V for Vanessa,” the young lady made her impression felt two fold, not only as a woman, but as a successful woman at that.
Vanessa won the main event, at the 2010 PokerStars.net, ahead of all the competing men. She went home with $750,000.
Vanessa has made her way to five final table games, including two heads-up semi-finals at the World Series of Poker, as well as a winning hand at the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. She is a young and has a long way to go, but is still considered to be force to reckoned with.
Poker rules
The premier game of poker is Texas hold‘em. Here’s a peak at the game – its structure poker rules and mystique. Texas Hold’em was introduced in 1967 to the Las Vegas casinos. It is now the final game of the annual World Series of Poker and is considered the most popular poker game in the world.
Here is a taste of the action. With a dealer at the table two players are required to place blind bets. The player to the left of the dealer places the small blind and the second player places the big blind. Once this is established all players are dealt two facedown cards – known as hole or pocket cards.
The first “move” is carried out by the player to the left of the big blind, he is able to either bet, raise or fold. Wagering will travel clockwise around the table until complete.
Now, three cards are dealt in the center, face up. The board – center of the table – is now furnished with the first three cards of the game. The community cards are called the flop – they are there for everyone to use in sync with their own pocket cards. Once the flop is initiated betting will pass around the players at the table from the dealer’s left, he is the first player who can either check or wager. The next phase will introduce a new card. This fourth community card, the turn card, is dealt face up and starts another round of betting for the players. The final lap of the session follows the flop of the fourth card. At this point all remaining players display their cards. The winning player will combine his pocket cards with the cards from the board to produce the best hand. If the table holds the best cards, a rare event, then the remaining players will divide the pot. The simplicity of the game continues to attract people from around the world. It has gained its most significant mark with the introduction of it online with the Online Poker website. Amateurs and professionals of all ages enjoy Texas Hold’em.