Category Archives: Poker Sites
Online Poker Prop Players
Have you heard of Prop Players? Apparently a relatively common practice in casinos, online poker sites are employing prop players as well. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, Prop Players are employed by the casino and paid hourly … Continue reading
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Trying some free bankroll poker sites
At the recommendation of a commenter Davie B, I am trying a couple of free bankroll poker sites. VC Poker – Free $35 Pitbull poker – Free $10 I’ll let you know how it goes… UPDATE 2008-10-25 After installing and … Continue reading
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New PokerStars Feature — Replay
Wow- PokerStars is definitely the best online poker experience. They just released a new replay feature (currently in beta) that is just amazing! The concept is similar to fulltilt’s visual previous hand popup, but more features). Screenshots below.
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PokerStars New Black UI is Sweet..
I really like PokerStars, but their UI has never been particularly appealing. Their new Black UI (in beta) looks really nice. I can’t say it’s the best I’ve seen- but it’s great to see that they’re making moves in the right … Continue reading
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What’s the Deal with Deposits?
After placing 3rd in another play money tourney tonight, I decided to try my hand at real money again. Last time I deposited, I had to try about 6 different cards before Full Tilt could finally process it. I guess … Continue reading
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No Player Notes at Full Tilt?
I think the player notes system is broken since the last full tilt update. I write all my notes, hit ‘save and exit’ and nothing. This is confirmed by comments at cardschat.com. Very annoying.
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Nice Odds Chart
Learn-Texas-Holdem.com has a nice odds/probabilities chart for those of you that are interested… Some of my faves include: Probability Percentage Preflop Pair preflop 6 AA or KK preflop .9 A in hand preflop 16 AA, KK, QQ, JJ 1.8 … Continue reading
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Bad Night
Some nights I just can’t catch a good hand. First, my 11 yr old son starts talking smack about how he’s better than me at poker so I challenged him to a one hour pokerthon (I’m not sure that’s a … Continue reading
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Trying Out Full Tilt Poker
I downloaded Full Tilt Poker tonight. It seems to be pretty popular among the poker blogs I was browsing around tonight… I’ll try it out tomorrow (3:40am is a bit late to start trying new things) and let you know how it … Continue reading
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Big vs. Little Pots
I stumbled on to Learn-Texas-Holdem.com today and this is easily my favorite poker site thus far. The articles are really good and the writers have a very conversational tone. Here’s a tip (from the No Limit Texas Hold’em Strategy article) that … Continue reading
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