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From Daniel Negreanu at Chron.com:
The best players in the world rely on small ball poker when playing in No Limit Hold’em tournaments. And though it is the optimal strategy, it’s not meant for players of all skill levels. You must have superior hand-reading and people-reading skills for it to be effective.
You’ll play a lot of […]
Gambling has existed for literally thousands of years and will probably exist forever. Human nature drives people to gamble; to take risks and to hope to win big.
Gambling took on many forms throughout history, whether it was wagering bets on who would win a war or a battle or chase down a wild boar […]
Nice one buddy… you’re parents might murder you.
A 16 year old boy from Granada has generated a debt of 48,000 € using his parents credit cards on an internet virtual casino.
The Spanish Federation of Rehabilitated Gamblers, FEJAR, spokesman, Jorge Barroso, says that the boy ran up the debt on the parents credit card, and such […]
What’s going on here?? From Reuters:
Ireland’s biggest bookmaker said on Thursday it would pay out more than 1 million euros ($1.35 million) on bets that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president, three weeks before the election.
Dublin-based bookmaker Paddy Power said it made the “unprecedented decision” to pay on bets taken so far, following […]
Here’s a quick look at the origins of everyone’s favorite card game according to Linda Mabry at CasinoCityTimes.com:
Ever wonder where poker got started? Well, no one knows for sure, but most of the stories I’ve read refer to both a 16th-century Persian card game called As Nas and the European card game of Primero, which […]
From Gambling911.com:
The Independent on Monday features a lurid tale of how women of Ireland are being drawn into the dark netherworld of online gambling. Some are even bypassing the daily pub crawl in Dublin in order to get their fix.
Irish women’s addiction to online gambling is a virtual time bomb waiting to explode. From Leitrim […]
From Mlive.com professional poker player Daniel Negreanu weighs in on the differences in playing in a cash game versus a tournament:
There is plenty of discussion on Internet poker forums about the differences between tournament and cash game players.
The general consensus is that cash game players are superior.
While I believe there is some truth to that […]
from United Press International:
Gambling is widespread among U.S. adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, a University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions study reveals.
Principal investigator John W. Welte said the results of the first national survey of its kind show problem gambling — described as gambling with three or more negative consequences, such […]