Poker players are renowned as a resourceful lot: thinking on your feet is a pre-requisite for table success and an ability to ‘read’ opponents, calculate your probability of success in hundreds of different situations while maximising returns when given the opportunity ensure that many become accomplished all-round businessman and women.
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Phil Ivey has now ended his drought on the World Poker Tour after winning the LA Poker Classic, while Van Nguyen made history by becoming the first woman to win a WPT title with victory in the Celebrity Invitational.
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It’s that time of year for a review of the previous year, so here we go with some of the highlights and lowlights of 2007.
January saw one of the most important poker court cases to be brought before a judge, when the Gutshot Club tried to argue that poker was indeed a game of skill over luck. There was no such luck for the club however, as it was forced to shut it’s doors when the ruling went against them.
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Continuing the look at last year in the world of poker, we dive straight into events in July. The WSOP Main Event was taken down by US social worker and relatively known player Jerry Yang, who out lasted over 6,000 rivals to take the huge first prize. In the same tournament, one player was knocked out in the very first hand having gone all-in when re-raised holding AA. Unfortunately for him, he busted out with his rival drawing a flush.
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British and European poker players should be thankful they live on this side of the Atlantic.
Hardly a day goes by when there are no stories from the US or Canada of more poker games being raided by the police in echoes of the alcohol prohibition in the 1920’s.
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They say you should keep bad beat stories to yourself, put them down to experience and move on. But I’ve never been one for taking any notice of what one should do so here is a tale of my own unluckiness. Feel free to click on another story if you cannot face another but perhaps hearing this may make you fell a little better about your own bitter stories.
I’d been playing a no-limit cash game for over five hours and by my standards was doing pretty well and was up far more than my talents deserved. Feeling a little tired, I decided the next hand would be my last and I could go to bed quite satisfied at the evening’s events.
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As an avid poker forum reader (I rarely post, don’t know why), I came across the following interesting thread started by a law student.
“I’m currently drafting my CV to apply to a few big national and regional law firms. Now under the heading “interests” I’ve put a snippet on the usual stuff - played football for my county, enjoy reading etc.
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A TV advert for online poker which suggests that the only difference between businessmen and poker players is the table they sit around has provoked a tongue-in-cheek response from the business writer over at canada.com.
The article compares the two very different types of people “…..gamblers play with their own money, take monumental risks, and when they don’t pan out, go broke. CEOs play with your money, take monumental risks, and when they don’t pan out walk away with multimillion-dollar severance packages, while you go broke.”
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At 10pm local time next Monday, the fourth Caribbean Poker Classic gets under way at the Marriott Resort and Casino in St Kitts, starting with a Super Satellite that has a $200 + $20 buy-in. If you’re currently rueing another missed opportunity or a particularly bad beat and face the prospect of work next week instead of a jaunt to the Leeward Isles, never fear. Once you’ve finished having to put up with your boss for another day – the one who thinks poker is something you leave by the fire – you can always catch up with the action on our daily blog.
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Ever wondered whether any of your favourite stars and celebrities like to dabble in the exciting world of poker? From A list to Z list, Hollywood leading actor to Reality TV reject, a whole host of celebrities spend some of their spare time playing online poker and attending prestigious offline tournaments.
Here at Littlewoods Poker we’ve picked out some of our favourite celebrity poker players, so why not see if their triumphs inspire you when you play online poker tournaments with us.
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