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APPT Macau 2007: ‘All-in’ Dinh is the master of Macau

Less than two months ago, the concept of a No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournament in the People’s Republic of

But having already achieved milestone after milestone in 2007 with the biggest poker tournament ever held in the Philippines and the first international event scheduled in South Korea, the PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour team pulled up its sleeves and made something out of nothing to break down the metaphorical ‘Great Wall of Poker’.

As the biggest gaming market in the world, it was only fitting that the poker fever swept into Macau like a typhoon swirling in from the South China Sea.

Over the past week, 352 players arrived at the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino chasing a slice of poker history ever bit as momentous as Johnny Moss’s World Series of Poker victory in 1970 and Chris Moneymaker’s WSOP success in 2003, which spearheaded the online poker boom.

Dihn Le winner of the APPT Macau 2007

The man who will occupy that most important page of poker history is an unlikely hero. A shy and soft-spoken 27-year-old from south London, Dinh Le, swept to victory and a life-changing first prize of $US222,460.

Le’s hard exterior, which materialised in an often ultra-aggressive style over the three-day event, is tempered by his humble Vietnamese background. He even listed his occupation as a nail technician – not the hardware variety; his family actually run a beauty shop in south London. Read the rest of this entry »

WPT S05E01 - Bad Beat on the river

Lawmakers and EU Push for UIGEA Rollback

In a recent letter to US Trade Representative Susan Schwab, two House of Representatives Committee Chairs and six other lawmakers criticized the agency’s handling of the current WTO issues relative to online gambling, stressing that the Bush administration now needed to pursue rolling back the UIGEA instead of paying costly compensation to WTO members, including the European Union.When the US withdrew access to its online gambling market from WTO trade commitments in May, it opened itself up to compensation claims from its trading partners, estimated to be upwards of $100 billion. The lawmakers, headed

by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, stressed that while the Office of the United States Trade Representative’s current position would be “expensive to the U.S. economy,” it had even more far-reaching consequences. The lawmakers said, “We are perhaps more concerned about what this withdrawal says about U.S. credibility as a trading partner,” and that the US policy would encourage other countries to withdraw trade commitments that were “inconvenient or politically difficult.”

The lawmakers’ letter went on to say, “We are writing to express our interest in considering possible legislative solutions that might restore U.S. compliance with the GATS agreement without renouncing any of our commitments under that agreement.”

That sentiment was echoed this week when European Trade Chief Peter Mandelson addressed the European Parliament on Tuesday. “The U.S. has so far opted for compensation to make right what is wrong. I don’t think compensation does that job. What we really need is for the legislation to be put right and for foreign operators to stop being excluded and discriminated against in the way the present U.S. legislation does,” Mandelson said. Read the rest of this entry »

Establishing a Tight Table Image

In poker, image matters.

Throughout a tournament, your table image will help determine how much action you’ll get and, ultimately, how you can manipulate your opponents into making big calls or big laydowns at the wrong times.

While establishing a loose, aggressive image early on can help build your initial chip stack, I believe it’s important to develop a tight table image in the later stages of a tournament because it gives you the ability to maneuver at the times when the chips matter most.

When the action is folded around, some players will always raise from the cutoff and the button. The problem with this play is that’s its predictable and can be easily exploited. If you always raise from the button, the players in the blinds catch on sooner or later and will put in a big re-raise with any two cards. You will also find players just calling you with a much wider range of hands from the blinds before putting in a big check-raise on the flop. Read the rest of this entry »

Sharm El Sheikh, Open Poker Tournament

For pity i havent reliable information about Open Poker Tournament at Egypt. But one i know for sure, i gonna be there

I gonna tell you all what i know about this event.

The event as i know, will be held at the hotel Domina Coral Bay, that situated in the bay Na`ama Bay. Registration will begin 2d of desember from 9 am till 11 of the evening. There will be three main event.

Tournment with Buy-In:

$300

$500

$1000

Also will be carried out many sit & go tournaments.

P.S. Sorry for my english and hope meeting there some of my friends and readers

Low Limit Omaha Strategy

Omaha is not as popular as Texas Hold’em but the games are there if you look for them. Many good Hold’em players want to try out Omaha and are unfamiliar with the game, but they may still play at high limits because they are good at Hold’em. These players generally play too loose.

Also, Omaha is much more of a technical game because it is easy to see what the best hand is, since usually there is a flush or a straight on board and odds are that somebody has one. By “technical” I don’t mean that Omaha is a more complex game. On the contrary, it is much simpler, because it is more a game of straightforward probabilities, whereas the psychological element in Texas Hold’em is much stronger.

At the low-limit Omaha games, there are a lot of opportunities if you have the patience. Many of these games are filled with players who are playing far too loose because everyone thinks that their two-pair is a great hand. The best strategy is to play hands that do well in multi-way pots and bet hard when you have the nuts. Please note: this article is intended for beginners playing low-limit Omaha games where the play tends to be loose and passive. It is not intended for more serious Omaha games.
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To Bluff or not to Bluff ?

To bluff or not to bluff, that is the question. What is bluffing? When should I bluff? When should I not bluff? What are the different types of bluffs? When is bluffing most effective? These are all good questions pertaining to the art of bluffing. So go pour yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy the lesson.

What Is Bluffing?

Bluffing is when you are making it seem like you have a big hand but, in reality, you don’t. Also, you can bluff with a big hand and make it seem as though you have a weaker hand.

Different Types Of Bluffs

Semi-bluff � Which basically means that you are betting on a hand that still has a chance to win, such as a draw.

Stone cold bluff � Is when you are betting or raising when you have nothing.

Opposite SCB � I call this the opposite SCB bluff because it’s the opposite of the stone cold bluff. You are bluffing and representing a weak hand when you actually have a big one.

Reasons To Bluff

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Little Pairs

I’ve written about little pairs and the problems they can present especially when played out of position. There are many beginners and intermediate players who just can’t resist playing little pairs. You only see a pocket pair, on average, every sixteen hands so what’s not to like? I’ll tell you what’s not to like and that is little pairs out of position!

The funniest reason I’ve heard regarding playing little pairs in early position is the premise that if they are folded, they always seem to make a set on the flop …

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