2005 DAILY ONLINE POKER NEWS

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May 30, 2005. Is Poker A Game of Skill Or A Game Of Luck? What's Your Opinion? The following article was originally posted to Dave Scharf's blog. We wanted to bring it to your attention, allong with Lou Krieger's comments on the court's ruling in this case. Lou Krieger is the author of seven popular poker books, including "Poker For Dummies" and over 400 articles in Card Player Magazine. The article: The expert..

May 26, 2005. Short Handed Play, Lou's New Book, and The Business of Poker. Lou Krieger, the host of Royal Vegas Poker Room and College Poker Championship, and the author of 7 popular poker books, including "Poker For Dummies", posted this article on his blog site. Lou Krieger has written over 300 columns for Card Player Magazine, now you can also find his columns in Bluff Magazine and Fifth Street Magazine. As..

May 25, 2005. Internet Poker vs. Land-Based Poker. Is Online Poker Rigged? "..When I play internet poker some of the strangest things happen, people holding cards that nobody would play in Vegas WIN! I've lost holding hands that would win in a live casino. At the free tables I win a lot, but at the money tables it seems like everyone gets a pat hand and every one bets. Three-of-a-kind doesn't mean much on the..

May 25, 2005. Two Day Fantasy WPT Boot Camp for Poker Players Provides Instruction from Pros and World Poker Tour Hosts. FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - Want to make dad a better poker player for Father's Day? Try enrolling him in WPT Boot Camp™. "Official WPT Poker Sets" Awarded Free with Each Gift Certificate Purchase. Dad may even win a seat at a WPT playing WPT satellite tournaments. If your dad secretly harbors a desire to make a WORLD POKER TOUR(R) Final..

May 23, 2005. Call for Entries for AbsolutePoker's Free 'Win Your Tuition' Texas Hold'em Tournament Ends May 19. Absolute Poker to Pay May 26 Tournament Winner's College Tuition for Fall 2005 Semester SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - College students interested in winning tuition money for Fall 2005 semester at the school of their choice have until midnight PST this Thursday May 19 to enter the Absolute Poker Free "Win Your Tuition" Texas Hold'em tournament..

May 21, 2005. Make Your Living At The Poker Tables. Poker Pro's Comments. The following article was posted to Lou Krieger's Blog. Lou is the author of several popular poker books and 100's of articles, and host of Royal Vegas Poker room. He gives advice on how to succeed at the poker tables.. "One question I'm frequently asked relates to playing poker for a living. With poker's new-found popularity, there's no..

May 19, 2005. A Week of Unusual Poker Hands In Online Poker. The renowned poker player and co-author of "Poker for Dummies", Lou Krieger, has posted this article about his recent online poker experience: Things always seem to run in cycles, and this has been a week of really unusual hands for me. In an online Omaha/8 game, I raised before the flop with A-A-2-5 and was called in two places. The..

May 17, 2005. What Do You Do When There Are Too Many Callers in Every Pot? "What is your opinion of calling a raise cold pre-flop in late position with say Q 10 off or QJ off? The raiser is likely to have anything and there are 5 - 7 players all calling the raise. When I raise in late position with a hand like AK, no one usually gets out. When I raise pre-flop with AK, 5 - 7 people call. If the flop does not..

May 17, 2005. Late Night Poker Ace tournament at Party Poker to find the best amateur player in the UK. The finals of the Late Night Poker Ace tournament will be filmed and broadcasted on Channel 4. The winner will get £50,000 or a life style make over and total prize pool is £100,000. ‘Lifestyle Package' worth £50,000 Porsche for a year, complete makeover, shopping spree, luxury holiday, £4,000 in cash..

May 16, 2005. 457 College Students Prepare For The 2005 College Poker Championship Final Event. NEW YORK - World's top players put their skills to the test on Sunday for the title of 2005 College Poker Champion. As a result of yesterday's Semifinal tournament in the 2nd Annual College Poker Championship™, the tournament playing field has narrowed to 457 students from 12 countries. Representing the top 20 percent of collegiate..

May 15, 2005. Caribbean Sun Poker $100K Guaranteed Tournament, Free Rolls and WSOP Satellites. $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament at Caribbean Sun PokerA lot of things in life aren't guaranteed but on May 29th a hundred thousand bucks is! Players can buy their way directly into the $100K Guranteed Tournament or earn their way in through one of our many satellites with buy-ins as low as $10 + $1. The prize pool is $100,000 no matter..

May 13, 2005. Win a Seat To WSOP 2005 From English Harbour Poker. This month, players at English Harbour Poker could win a seat at The World Series Of Poker for just 14 cents. Players can enter to the satellite competition for one of five $10,000 seats at the WSOP 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is a 7-stage tournament running Sit-N-Go's 24 hours a day. All they have to do is beat 32 players, and they're on their way to the World Series of Poker. The first stage to qualify will end on June 11th, 2005.

May 12, 2005. The long anticipated Poker Forum Challenge 4 has launched. Poker Forum Challenge IV has launched and is better than ever! The new challenge has some new additions to the already great promotion. Poker Forum Challenge IV offers $5,000 prize pool and 3x$50 bounties. Forum Prizes include 3 x $500 freeroll forums and $1,000 prize pool to forums. Play in Poker Forum Challenge IV on June 24th, 2005 at..

May 12, 2005. "Vegas Virgins" Voiceovers, Tightrope Walking, and Hands You're Destined to Go Broke On.. "Today's filming went well and it was an easy day. We did a lot of voiceover work, and somehow that seems easier than what we did in-vision, as they say. I even had some down time between segments and was able to zip back to my hotel room to play some online poker." - Wrote Lou Krieger in his Blog. Lou is the author of 7 popular poker..

May 9, 2005. Flight to London - Day One - Playing Poker Online. The first half-day of filming is done, and so far, so good. We're all crowded onto a small set - the production team of Warwick Bank, Tom Williams, Michael Shallvey, Keith Darbyshire and me. I'm able to give them what they want in relatively few takes. One sequence took four takes, but for most of the other sequences it was two takes and..

May 7, 2005. The 2nd Annual College Poker Championship's Winner Will Be Found Soon - Only the Top 20 Percent Will Advance to the Final Table. After eight months of anticipation and 37 preliminary tournaments in the 2nd Annual College Poker Championship™, qualified students will have the opportunity to go head-to-head in this Sunday's Semifinal Tournament (4pm EST) and earn a highly-coveted seat at the final table. Only the top 20 percent will advance to the final game on the..

May 6, 2005. Playing In A Six-Handed $10-$20 Hold'em Poker - Up And Down And A Royal Flush. "I had a very uneventful week playing online poker. One step forward, one step back. I'd win one day only to lose the next and was never ahead or behind more than $400. I wound up the week minus $125, but I did manage to turn a royal flush, my first in a long time." Lou Krieger, the author of several popular poker books (including Poker..

May 5, 2005. Second Week in a Row, AbsolutePoker's Player BEATS Poker Pro Mark Seif and Wins a $10,000 Seat to the WSOP. Absolute Poker Awards Its Second Mark Seif "Heads-up Shoot Out" tournament's Winner a World Series of Poker Prize Package worth over $10,000. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - This Friday night at Absolute Poker, Kevin Bott from Rexburg, Idaho, known as "Bottsky", became the newest member of Team Absolute to compete at this year's WSOP. The online..

May 3, 2005. InterCasino announces $5,000 Bonus Video Poker Competition in May. May is a great month for all you Video Poker fans at InterCasino! The 50 players who wager the most on Bonus Video Poker this month will each receive a $100 cash prize. Only wagering in Bonus Video Poker will count towards the competition. The prize money will be credited during the first week of June. The competition starts on 1st May and ends on 31st May at 23.59 EST. Every player, new and old, will receive a $90 BONUS this month! Make your first deposit in May $25 or more and we will match it 100%, up to a maximum of $90!

May 2, 2005. New All American And Aces And Eights Video Poker Games Are Released By Microgaming. Microgaming maintained its commitment to continuously release new games every month with the launch of two new video poker games: All American and Aces And Eights. The range of Microgaming single hand video pokers has been extended with the launch of All American Video Poker to its wide choice in this popular genre. With lean and clean..


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