I've never been kicked out of a casino before and especially not for drinking one of those drinks designed for "over the hill" people! First The State of Washington won't let me play online poker in my pajamas and now the casinos won't let me b

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Microsoft Introduced a coffee table that will probably change the world. This surface gadget is really neat. Featured with all kinds of cool applications: video puzzle, finger paint tool, music, video, photo, casino app and the coolest is the wave a

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The stakes have risen on my favourite Poker TV show, High Stakes Poker. Now the plyers need $500,000 just to sit at the table. Watch the latest episode with Jamie Gold, Doyle Brunson and some other familiar faces. High Stakes poker was the most ente

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Over the past year there has been a lot of buzz related to Facebook, especially its newly created Application Platform. For those of you not familiar Facebook’s Application Platform lets developers create “applications” that get integrated with Facebook and its users. According to Facebook Analytics Company, Adonomics there are currently 7,90

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The latest update in my Party Poker Bankroll Building Challenge.

For the last two months I've been undertaking a challenge to build my poker bankroll on Party Poker from $200 to $600. I'm getting tantalisingly close but last time I said that, things took a turn for the worse.

This post marks my 300th Sit'n'Go and the challenge is

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Things are hotting up in the Bishopton Poker League, we've played 7 games so far and there are only 3 more to go. I'm just one point behind the current leader and go into game 8 determined to score more points than him, win the game and take over the top spot on the leaderboard. Follow my progress as I make a final surge to towards local po

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The latest episode of High Stakes Poker certainly lives up to its name with an all in confrontation between WSOP (World Series of Poker) 2006 winner Jamie Gold and regular Big Game player Patrick Antonius.

The buy in for this series of High Stakes is $500,000 per player so these guys are playing with seriously life changing sums of money,

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A great way to save $1000's at the casino tables is to not play any games - and go to a show instead! This article shares a few tips on who to ask for the best tickets, and how to get seats 50% off. Does tipping help get seats to open? And how will I know if Jerry Seinfeld or Chris Rock is in town - no one wants to be stuck watching Carro

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Oh my god, this show is just so awesome, each new episode sets a new standard in TV poker. This episode should be re-named the Sammy Farha show as we see lots of action between Sammy and 2006 World Series of Poker winner, Jamie Gold.

Both these players love to gamble and like to talk a lot during the hand to get reads on their opponents,

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I've just got time for a really quick posting before I head off to bed. As you can see from the title I've just completed phase 1 of my bankroll building challenge.

That concludes phase 1 of my challenge, tomorrow I will start two new challenges.

Check back over the next few days for a flurry of postings containing statistics, analys

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Now that I have completed stage 1 of my bankroll building challenge and boosted my bankroll on Part Poker from $200 to $600 I am ready to progress to my next challenge. However for the next stage I am going to run two seperate challenges.

My initial challenge was inspired by Alex Martin's excellent "Bankroll Boosters" article in the Sep

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It's not exactly a huge surprise that my hourly rate playing poker online sucks, but at least I can measure it and try and improve it as I work through my next two challenges, and that's a start I guess.


In this post I'll start delving into some of the statistics relating to my 1st Bankroll Boosting challenge on Party Poker, watch ou

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Women around the world are watching The Notebook and applauding it, saying to themselves, “Yes. YES! This is proper behavior! My love life should be like this!” This movie tells women that even if they are in committed relationships with men who are good for them, they should cash these men in like a small stack of poker chips in a casino for

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There was a book I read awhile ago called “Bringing Down the House” by Ben Mezrich, which told the story of six M.I.T. students who took Las Vegas for millions of dollars by playing blackjack.

It was a fascinating book and definitely a page-turner. These students would strap cash to their bodies in order to make it through security and use

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See, traffic is really just a microcosm of society at its worst and driving in traffic is like playing No Limit Texas Hold’em. Poker is all about lying in wait to make your move, just like switching lanes in heavy traffic. In poker, when you have a good hand or your bluffing, sometimes you give that away with what’s called a “tell.” Your fac

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