How wide is the gap between online poker and live poker players ?

The poker community was beginning to get riled with the unpredictable characters rising up the ranks through online poker. Players began to be classed as ‘live’ or ‘online’ poker players, each type of player was lumped into a style based on their preferred method of gaming. Live players were steadier, less aggressive players who made plays based on ‘reads’ of other players betting patterns and physical tells whereas Online players were hyper-aggressive youngsters who fired away at every pot without regard to what their opponents might have.

Whilst these steretypes may once have been trues now, in order to be a good poker player, you have to be well rounded, and most skilled players play BOTH types of poker well.

Online players watch enough poker on TV and put in enough time playing live to understand the skill of live poker. And, because of the MASSIVE number of hands online players can see (online players average twice as many hands per hour as live tables, and often play many tables at once: therefore, a young internet pro like Tom ‘durr’ Dwan has likely played more hands in four years than Doyle Brunson has in 70 years), online pros have an excellent grasp of the math and odds of the game.

Meanwhile, live players have moved onto the internet. Why? Because they can play a lot more in a shorter period of time. Players like David Benyamine, who used to spend years grinding out the biggest cash games in the casinos, can now make MILLIONS in a single month online. And because of the popularity of online poker the big names in the live poker community have made businesses out of the growing online poker community - "Devilfish" and Doyle Brunso have their own poker rooms.

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How to Build Bankroll for LEOCOP

The LEOCOP online festival which began on 26th Oct will run for 15 days and Nick who now intends to continue his winning streak and play in the LEOCOP Main Event on November 9th although he plans to qualify via a more affordable satellite for the $1000 + $100 tournament.

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Short History of Poker- before the online poker phenomenon.

Poker has become a world wide phenomenon over the recent years - everyone seems to play the game. Most people give Internet poker all credit for the explosion in popularity, but we must not forget that Poker, in one form or another has been traced through over more than ten centuries back to around 900AD.

A game alike to poker was first invented by the Chinese sometime before 969 A.D, and Egyptians in the 12th & 13th centuries are known to have used a form of playing cards. In 16th century Persia “Ganjifa” or “Treasure Cards” were believed to have been used for a variety of betting games. A Ganjifa deck consisted of 96 elaborate cards, made of paper thin slices of ivory or precious wood. “As Nas” was played by The Persians which utilized 25 cards, rounds of betting and hierarchical hand rankings.
“Primero dates back to 1526 and is often referred to as “poker’s mother” as it is the first confirmed version of a game directly related to modern day poker “Primero” was a 16th century Spanish game which involved three cards being dealt to each player. Bluffing, or betting high stakes whilst holding poor cards to deceive opponents, was an integral part of the game.. In the 17th and 18th centuries a French game named “Poque” and a German game named “Pochen” became very popular, believed to have been developed from Primero

When French colonials arrived in Canada they imported the game to the new world. From the beginning of the 18th century Poque was the national card game of France and when a hardy group of French-Canadian settlers founded New Orleans, its popularity spread from the state of Louisiana throughout the whole country. One of the earliest references of poker was written In 1834 by Jonathan H. In his writing he mentions rules to the "cheating game,"

During the Wild West period of United States history, a saloon with a Poker table could be found in just about every town from coast to coast. It was extremely popular during the Civil War when the soldiers of both armies played. European influence of poker ended when the joker was introduced as a wild card in 1875.
In just over two centuries, poker has never looked back. Since its humble beginning on the banks of the Mississippi, the popularity of this widely played game has grown in leaps and bounds to evolve numerous variations and sub-variations.

There have been three games that have, in turn, dominated the modern poker scene:
• 5 Card Draw rose from relative obscurity during the American Civil War to the most popular game for almost a century.
• 7 Card Stud then took over the throne shortly before WWII and maintained its position for about 40 years with the help of the new and thriving Las Vegas casino industry.
• Texas Hold’em, christened the ‘cadillac of poker’ rose to prominence in the 1970's when it was featured as the title game in the World Series of Poker. Today, Texas Hold’em is indisputably the most frequently played and most popular poker game in the world


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How to turn Live poker table to talk into strategy

One of the main differences of playing live poker tournaments rather than online is the interaction between players. As well as the normal poker tells most experienced poker players will tell you that the players often give away a lot more than they realise when playing in live poker tournaments through their table talk.

Players tend to loosen up with those around them (since they're expecting to be there for a decent amount of time). While it's impossible to ever be 100% sure of what a person means when they engage in table talk, there are a few general principles and generic situations that can help you properly interpret the words of your opponents:

• Players who announce their intention to defend, they're tipping you off to how important the chips are to them. Raise it up if you have the chance.


• Players who talk about their specific cards or hands, they're usually telling a version of the truth. (i.e. if someone calls for a certain suit on the turn, it's likely that they're on some kind of draw but probably not the flush draw. If someone calls for certain cards to not hit on the river, they usually have a made hand already, but probably not a very strong hand.)


• Players who guess your hand, they're giving you a lot of information about how they think about poker in general and more specifically about how they view you as a player.


• Players who tell you the 'truth' about a hand more than a few hands after it happened, they're usually actually telling you the truth. The further away you get from the hand, the more likely it is they're actually telling the truth. This is extra-super-true if they were on tilt when the play in question happened.

People are willing to comment on how hands played out if you're a good neighbor. By starting a conversation about a particular hand, you can often get your neighbor to give up information about how he or she did play or would have played in a similar spot- especially if they're a little chatty or proud of a play they made. When people Some people always say 'nice hand' if you take down a pot without a showdown. Some people always say 'nice bet' in that situation. Some people choose between the two. Pay attention to those people, because which one they say to you in a given spot speaks volumes about how they are viewing you, and it's information you'll probably be able to use in the immediate future, especially in a tournament.

These are just a few quick examples of how to convert your opponent's words into useful information at the poker table. The next time you play a live tournament, take off your ipod every few hands and strike up a small conversation with your neighbor. You might be surprised at what they're willing to teach you if you're just willing to listen.

Gala Freeroll Results

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11 severum11 $5.00
12 PACOBAD $5.00
13 Latin-Sandy $5.00
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Are Cryptologic in Talks with PartyGaming

A report in the FT today realeaved the news that there may be an alliance with PartyGaming in the coming months. The two companies PartyGaming, owner of PartyPoker and Cryptologic are talking about pooling their poker businesses to save costs, as both companies fight to maintain their positions in the online gambling industry.

CryptoLogic's self-proclaimed goal is to reduce annual operating expenses by $12m-$15m, and would build its new strategy around casino licensing, its most profitable business, offering its leading games to other gaming operators and developing branded content. Cryptologic already announced a five-year licensing agreement of casino games to PartyGaming yesterday, as well as an earlier announcement to provide casino games to 888.com (Pacific Poker owner).

Jim Ryan, PartyGaming chief executive, said CryptoLogic content would enhance its market-leading position. Brian Hadfield, his counterpart at CryptoLogic, said PartyGaming was one of its biggest customer deals "and an endorsement of the branded games element of our new strategy".

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Who Will be the Next big thing in British Poker?

The Hunt for the New British Poker Champion continues when the Gala Casinos British Poker Tour comes to Teesside with week.

After a well-attended, high spirited festival in 2007, it’s set to be every bit as enjoyable and over-subscribed as the other legs of the tour. Aptly dubbed “The People’s Poker Tour”, players of all ability are welcome to enjoy the exciting atmosphere of the event – you don’t need to be a professional to play or win.

Gala Casino Teesside general manager, Stephen Andrew, says: “We’re really looking forward to another great festival – last year Stockton-on-Tees put on a great tournament and this year is set to be even better!”

This is the second year of the GCBPT, which was created in response to the ever increasing popularity of online poker across the UK. As well as the tour’s massive cash prize pool in excess of £1 million, poker professionals, amateur players and poker novices alike will compete for the ultimate accolade of GCBPT Champion 2008.

A series of No Limit Texas Hold’em poker tournaments will culminate in the three-day Main Event where poker players will battle it out for the title of Stockton-on-Tees GCBPT Champion 2008, along with an estimated first prize of £30,000 in cash and a seat at the GCBPT Grand Final, to be held in Bristol in December. There is £150,000 in cash prizes up for grabs across the whole event.

“This really is the people’s poker tour and we‘ll be running games for less experienced players as well as the pros. We can also offer one-to-one poker tuition for anyone wanting to brush up on their knowledge of the game. Hitting the casino during the tour is a sure ‘bet’ for thrills and action!”

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'Magnificent 7' becomes 8 at Poker770

Tristan Clémençon, aka Superroger47 is the newest memebr of Team770 of the top online poker room -Poker 770,

Tristan is from France and at the tender age of 18 is already a poker pro!
He recently won $55,000 Partouche Poker Tour, which took place at Palm Beach casino in Cannes.

Tristan Clémençon, a regular online poker player, was discovered in March 2008 by the Team770 pros during the Irish Open.

After observing that Tristan was regularly qualifying for tournaments through Poker770 that he was often finishing in the top 10 players Team770 approached the rising player. After meeting the Team770 players in person, Tristan quickly got on well with them and soon after joined the 'magnificent 7' players, which includes Fabien Barthez, Jérôme Alonso and Lise Vigezzi. Team770 trains players in a poker school in Brazil and the team plays heads up games on Poker770 each week.

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Online turns to offroad when player wins car at Poker770

Poker770 announced the winner of the 'Dream Championship' which took place on the 5th of July 2008.

Poker770 were proud to name Guillaume VAN SANTEN as the Poker770 Poker room champion, who won the fabulous prize of €30,000

Van Santen treated himself to a beautiful black Peugeot 207cc with his winnings.

In an interview released by poker room Poker770 Guillaume declared that he loves poker and he has played it on Poker770 at home for 2 years. He plays on Poker770 for its simplicity, clear buttons and important information on its interface as well as for the variety of tournaments that the site offers players. When asked: 'How did you feel after winning?' He answered with a big smile: 'I was immensely happy and had a strong urge to phone my friends...'

The principal of this kind of tournament that Poker770 offers several times during the year is very simple: offer each player a chance to win really big sums of money whilst at the same time not asking for any investment for doing it

tournaments like these are a great way for regular players to start winning real money from the comfort of your own home.

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A Player Wins $14,975 on Poker770

This week, r from Orly won $14,975 at Poker 770, a top online poker and casino service provider, at the $50,000$ GP tournament Rebuy.


Poker770 organises amazing tournaments 7 days a week. These tournaments regularly have tiny buy-ins and the guaranteed prize can reach $250,000, notably if you take part in the big Sunday tournament. In these Poker770 tournaments, you can win over $3,000,000 per week.

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Ireland's Top Poker Player Profile

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Helping us celebrate our third birthday is our new platinum partner - Paddy Power Poker.

So getting in the Irish Spirit (no not whisky, Although here at LTD towers a friday afternoon tipple is always welcome!) We have listed some of Ireland's Top Poker Players!

Many have found success in the Irish Open, WSOP, EPT and other high profile online Poker Tournaments.

Andy Black, 43, is One of the most unique characters of all the Irish Poker Players.
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Colette Doherty is the Winner of the very first Irish Open
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Liam "The Gentleman" Flood has been at the forefront of Irish poker since the 1970s.
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Padraig Parkinson is amongst the most popular players on the international poker
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"The Don" has been one of Ireland’s most successful poker players for over two decades
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Marty Smyth From Northern Ireland is the reigning Irish Open Poker champion
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Noel Furlong has one of the most enviable tournament records of any player in the world.
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Online Poker Tournament Pays Student Tuition Fees

Students at Cape Breton University are being given the opportunity to win their tuition fees in a free online poker tournament supported by the Students Union.

Mr. Stewart said he gave permission for an Internet gaming firm to post advertising on campus for its poker competition. A message about the tournament was also sent using the union’s Facebook account."There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain," Matt Stewart, the union’s president, said in an interview Monday.

Students play the poker online every week to win prizes, including the $5,660 tuition fee. Mr. Stewart likened the online tournament to a raffle or bursary. There’s little risk for students developing gambling addictions through it because they don’t pay to play, he said.

"It’s like a free competition to me," he said. "If you are good at it, may the best person win."

"There are so many other resources out there to get people gambling, I don’t think a free tournament is going to do it," he said, pointing out that every time students walk into a store, they see lottery tickets for sale.

Recently a student from Ohio won a remarkable $1.2million in an online tournament at The 2008 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker


The 22 year old student from South Carolina otherwise known as Carter King eventually placed 1st in the event; capturing the WCOOP Main Event bracelet in the process, only four months after his 6th place finish in the FTOPS $2,500 event for $101k.

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Gala Poker - Freeroll Tournament Winners!

It was all about Living the Dream on Sunday night Andy Hindmarsh stomped home a wining victory in the First LTDPoker Gala Poker $250 Freeroll Tournament.

Congratulations to ourule, neHero and 88messer88 who came 2nd-4th retrospectively. Maybe you could lend a couple of dollars to the US governement!

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