Archive for ‘March, 2009’
The Asian Poker Tour has announced that it has received government approval to expand its offering APT Macau. As a result, the APT Macau event this coming August of 2009 was extended from 6 to 12 days and has been renamed Poker Tour Macau Festival. 'S event will be held on 12 and 13 August at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau. L 'APT also sponsors the poker room of StarWorld. The festival will include the high-limit cash game, sit-'n'-go and a host, not yet specified, the preliminary events. The main event has already been decided, will be held August 19 to 23 and will host three different sessions of Day 1. The buy-in for this event will be $ 4.300 U.S. dollars ($ 4,000 +300). There is also the return of an event "High Roller" tournament organizers promise a buy-in higher than 2008, but have yet to formalize its structure. The tournament director Matt Savage, who is now around the world, will return to lead the celebrations. Of the APT Macau Main Event in 2008 was wo...
Policies and Strategies for Seven Card Stud
In today's talk about the rules of 7 card stud, seven card stud and then discuss some basic strategies for beginners. What you need to know when you start to play 7 card stud and what you should be aware of? Rules In 7 card stud (which now define Stud) All players start with three cards serve. Before having the cards to each player is required to pay an ante. In the $ 1 / $ 2 Stud, the ante is usually $ 0.10, although this can sometimes vary. In all the examples in this article assume that we are playing at a $ 1 / $ 2 game. After each player has placed an ante, the cards are served. Two cards are served covered so that only you can see them, and the last card is served discovery, seen by all participants at the table. This third paper is also called the door card. The Door-card The player with the lowest door card must pay the bring-in. If two or more players have the same lowest card, it is decided according to the suit of the cards, the first spades, then hearts, then square ...
We met with a tireless player, a brilliant teacher of poker, poker coach in Island and now also new fathers, we are talking about Nicholas Caramatti Luisgallo alias. Here is our pleasant conversation. Hello Nicholas, this will be an interview on many levels, since your relationship with the game of poker are lattice, can you tell us how did your passion for this game and how it has become a profession? The passion to Texas Holdem was born in 2005 when my friend, "opponent" during Bwin PokerIsland Riccardo Rinaldi introduced me to the game. I have made a financial background in mathematics and analytical thinking, factors that go perfectly with poker, love for the game was almost immediate, in particular fascinated me the chance to take control in an activity seems in many ways dictated by chance. Hence, before making a profession, there have been many small steps: curiosity that has become a hobby which in turn has become a source of income at that point I tried to combine my pro...
Just as in the previous stage of the European Poker Tour - the Copenhagen giocatasi in February - is a Norwegian, William Thorson, sitting on top of the provisional standings after the first two days of opening Dortmund Pokerstars.com EPT Main Event . 115 of 306 players who began the day, managed to qualify for Day 2 on Thursday. After eight hard fought game levels, Thorson was able to turn his 10,000 chip starting stack in an extraordinary 84'500 which puts him ahead on the German Robert Zipf, a qualified online and finished the day in second place 72'300 in the championship. Johannes Strassmann, who last year was the final table of that event (finishing in seventh place), spent a day of ups and downs but managed to survive as Alexander Kravchenko, and Soren Kongsgaard Rolf Slotboom. Meanwhile, other professionals of international reputation suffered from a fate far worse than being eliminated. Among the many fallen Biechel remember Remy, Barny Boatman, Rasmus Nielsen, Roberto Rom...
Along with Max Pescatori, Luca Pagano and Dario Minieri, Alioto is among the best-known figures in the poker world. Darius has always been at the forefront in the dissemination of poker, when in 2007 the game was legalized in Italy online. Sicilian, born July 18, 1984 in Palermo, Dario is initially a promising youth of the world of wrestling and judo at the national level but at some point decides to open the way to his passion for cards. He himself says: "I've always loved card games and every game in general. I have always been very competitive since childhood and the benefit of the cards was that you could always carry around easily and it was possible to play virtually anywhere: you only have a opponent. Since I learned rules of poker around 11 years, any other card game seemed boring in comparison "Helped by the discipline and determination that you need to practice martial arts, after a period of study and practice without pauses began to be known in the world of poker. Seven...