Jack of all traders

June 11th, 2009 by admin

I was able to watch the Dario Minieri Interview, which was embedded in Best Poker Moments, one of the web sites that I always visit, and he was saying something about his experiences in the WSOP or the World Series of Poker and he talks about why he loves this game and why he would continue doing this. He said that the one thing that he loves the most about this is the opportunity to make use of psychology in every game that he plays because he can use most of his brain power thinking of the next move, as well as predicting and reading other players’ minds. It is actually one of the things why I like playing poker… it is a game that you play not just to have fun, but also to see how well you can use your mind in certain situations, especially when the bluffing starts to conquer the table. The idea of thinking ahead is also nice and it is basically like playing chess, where you try to plan your next move, even before you do your turn. It is cerebral in nature and I don’t think there are any other games out there that can match the intellectual excitement of this game.

November 11th, 2008 by admin

Poker is a group of card games that share gambling rules and usually, but not always, hand rankings. Poker games vary in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown, and in some games, the pot is split between the high and low hands, limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed. In most modern poker games, the first round of betting begins with some form of forced wage. The action then proceeds to the left.

Each player in turn must either match the maximum previous bet or fold, losing all further interest in the hand. A player who matches a bet may also rise, increasing the bet. The betting round ends when all players have either matched the last bet or folded. If all but one player fold on any round, the remaining player collects the pot without showing his hand. If more than one player remains in contention after the final betting round, the hands are shown and the winning hand takes the pot. Same principles apply in online poker. The best to have are pokerstars marketing code since it opens opportunities to play in the largest online poker card room in the world.