Online poker players now have a chance to voice their concerns and offer suggestions to the soon to be US president Barack Obama regarding their right to play poker online in the USA on his website change.com under a section called Citizens Briefing Book.
The issue of legalizing online poker is high up (8th position) on the list compiled by Americans when asked for input on what they would like to see him do within the next four years of his term as president of the United States of America.
Titan Poker have just introduced their new player reward program named Club Titan which offers more benefits and larger rewards. The new system rewards players with points while playing poker online, the more points earned increases your VIP status ranking including your benefits.
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Scotty Nguyen won the 2008 HORSE WSOP event in a drunken state, Doyle Brunson states that Nguyen is a “good friend” and there was no excuse for his behaviour except to say that the event winner had way too much to drink.
Although Scotty Nguyen was drunk, his victory in the 2008 HORSE WSOP won him $1,989,120 which was also his first win since 2001 when he received two bracelets. Doyle Brunson stated that the tournament director should have dealt with the situation with Scotty Nguyen’s behaviour much earlier.
One of the most popular variations of poker is Texas Hold’em and a great game to learn which is currently in full bloom due to all the television exposure received by No-Limit Tournaments like the WSOP, luckily it is rather the easy to learn the basics yet difficult to truly master the finer intricacies of the game.
The basics of Texas Hold’em are as follows, a minimum of 2 up to a maximum of 10 players can play on one table at a time in Texas Hold’em Poker, each player seated at the table is dealt two cards face down, these two cards are what is known as the players ‘hole cards’ and only the player can see and use these cards throughout the entirety of the poker hand.
Basic guide to winning with the best poker hand rank
In rank order the poker hands below show the strongest hands to weakest. Always remember that the highest card wins in most cases and a flush involves five cards of the same suit and a straight is any five consecutively numbered cards.
