Poker Ustmib

… Queens obviously end up winning the Pot, what would you expect on PokerStars.

Gotta love those if you’re the one holding AA.

Source and luckbox: Poker97.

Ustmib-friend Teh Jinx just sent us an e-mail announcing his first Straight Flush ever since he started his online poker blog Teh Jinx Poker… Excellent work, Teh Jinx!

He got rewarded for playing his QJd very aggressive pre-flop, flopping a jack-high flush draw. Betting out on the flop seemed to be the right play, getting called by bottom pair (kicker 5). The turn gave our hero a flush, which he underbet (still more than enough to pot-commit his opponent). With the Straight Flush on the river, our hero had an easy all-in ready for him — getting instacalled by Mr. 5 of diamonds…

Congratulations, Teh Jinx Poker!

My man Phil Ivey flopping the absolute joint (Quad Kings is good enough to be called the joint in my book any day) while playing v against Barry “The Jewish Robin Hood” Greenstein and Mr. Genius Cunningham.

I like the fact that he’s betting out… He’s a genius too.

My good friend over at Davai Poker is so right when he tells Vanessa Rousso he loves her a bunch. He did pick the wrong pic though — how can you not love her more with her headphones on?

Did I tell you she went to Duke?

I’d hit it.

Pacific Poker is part of the 888.com and has been going since 2002. It has a large customer base due largely to its casino traffic and its reputation for having very loose games. You can make a profit easily on this site at the tables even if you are moderately skilled.

Like most sites you can get a sign up bonus. There are great reload bonuses available to loyal players and plenty of freerolls also. Pacific also offers plenty of tournaments including a $80000 guarantee every Sunday for which you can qualify in satellites from a freeroll of you can beat out the competition.

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… and goddamn Patrik Antonius has got exquisite taste. She’s hot she’s fine she smiles she laughs and she attends her man’s final tables at the WSOP like a woman should. Maya Geller you are a goddess amongst women!

BE MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!!!

Via Vincent’s Poker Blog

I’m very much looking forward to High Stakes Poker Season 5 - and not only because it is the best poker show ever - but also because they’ll be playing Pot Limit Omaha from this year on!

Now — for those who don’t know — Pot Limit Omaha is probably the most action-packed poker game you can imagine. We’ll see huge pots every single time — and we’ll see Sam Farha kicking ass!

I bet thousands of gambling men combined would be more than willing to come up with a combined bid of $250,000 in an attempt to get Full Tilt Poker pro Clonie Gowen to pose naked — either for a men’s magazine or for my digital photography lens…

Therefor - this post - please use our comment system to let us know if you’re willing to contribute $500 to the CLONEY GOWEN TO POSE NAKED fund!

LET’S DO THIS HOMBRES!

As recently as five years ago, most people couldn’t even tell you what forms of poker were played in casinos. Their only exposure to poker was an occasional home game with friends, where they played ‘classic’ varieties, such as seven-card stud or five-card draw. Then, in 2003, amateur Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event on national TV in front of millions of people, beating out Sam Farha, a seasoned professional. Texas hold’em became the new game of choice, and poker exploded worldwide, both in casinos and on the Internet.

Before its incredible rise in popularity following Moneymaker’s victory, Texas hold’em had been exposed as the expert’s game of choice in the movie Rounders in 1998. In this poker variation, each player holds two cards; after four betting rounds, everyone at the table eventually shares a board of five additional cards. The best five-card hands are then made from the seven available cards (two in hand, five on board), with the winner being chosen by standard poker hand rankings. Hold ‘em is a very simple game, and the average player can pick up the basics in a matter of hours. However, the balance of information in the game allows the better players to put themselves into advantageous positions more so than any other poker variant. Compare this to a game like seven-card stud, where the player must keep track of every card that comes out, or five-card draw, where the player has no information on the other player’s hand, save for patterns in betting. Thus, novices and experts alike have their own reasons for enjoying this particular version of poker. Professional poker player and commentator Mike Sexton is famously quoted as saying, “Texas Hold’em takes a minute to learn but a lifetime to master.”

As Texas hold’em blossomed, players realized that they could win considerable money if they dedicated time and effort to the game. They had just witnessed an amateur win millions of dollars in poker’s premiere event, and they realized that anyone with a stack of chips had a chance at the title. At first, the industry was infused with so much money from green players that skilled players were able to make fortunes for themselves almost instantaneously; even intermediate players were making enough to live on. Professional poker players became celebrities and established a new ‘dream job’ for men and women everywhere to aspire towards.

Even though the poker craze has slowed in recent years, the game is still enjoying unprecedented interest. The current success Texas hold’em in particular is predicated on several factors: the simplicity of the game, the advantages available to skilled players, the perceived glamorous life of professionals, and the constantly evolving strategies and techniques. Most importantly, though, is that poker offers every player the chance to compete and even win on the biggest stage available – the World Series of Poker Main Event.

… none flops into a set.

Pocket 3’s, Pocket 6’s, Pocket eights and pocket tens. The tens take the main pot, the eights take the side pot.

LoLDonkaments!