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Poker is not only an American game; it’s an English one as well

Monday, August 30th, 2010

If you are Spanish or English it doesn’t really matter; you could always visit Poker UK’s websites across the internet and be impressed. The games and rules are the same.
Simply download their poker program and start playing immediately.
The website Poker UK offers an unusually large bonus of 200% and up to 1000€ for the initial deposit and over 30.000€ for players who enter the free tournaments every month.
In addition, Poker UK lets you play the games with various types of currencies like: Pound Sterling, Euro and USD. The website offers a wide selection of poker games ranging from Texas Hold’em to 5 and 7 card stud.

But, if you are into tournaments, you will be pleased to hear that Poker Uk runs regular poker tournaments, free tournaments and prestigious tournaments like the World Series Poker for frequent players.
The website is not only an online poker room, but also a resource; if you really want to learn how to play the game from the top professionals, you should also read the articles appearing in the website; if you wish to talk with other players, participate in the website’s forums; and if you are looking for hot poker updates, you can find them there as well.

Earn Poker Bonuses with the Skypoker Points Reward Scheme

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Skypoker is one of the hottest online poker sites in the UK.  They are known best for televising their tournaments.  However, they also offer their players with spectacular bonuses.  At the center of their bonuses is the Skypoker Points reward scheme, one of the best online casino points programs on the Web.

Skypoker gives players points based on their real money play.  You earn points every time you participate in a real money poker game.  Additionally, you can earn bonus points when you buy in to a Multi Table tournament or Single Table tournament.

Earning Poker Points is easy—all you have to do is play to earn.  Cashing in your points is where the fun lies.  You can use poker bonus points to enter selected freeroll tournaments.  There are a range of tournaments that you can enter with your Poker Points.  There are daily £20 freerolls that cost 10 Poker Points to enter.  Additionally, each Wednesday at 8pm is a £250 freeroll that costs 100 Poker Points to enter.

Can’t wait to earn enough Poker Points to play in a Skypoker freeroll?  You don’t have to.  When you sign up to play at Skypoker you will earn 500 Poker Points automatically, to get you started.  You can use these points to start participating in online poker freerolls right away.  This is a great way to familiarize yourself with the way that Skypoker tournaments work as well as to have your shot at winning real money in exciting freeroll tournaments.

Omaha Poker: Murky History, Great Game

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Deception is common in online poker games, so it’s perhaps not surprising that Omaha was not invented in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. Unlike Texas Hold ‘em, a game that has a real birthplace (even if that’s up for debate,) Omaha seems to have seem to almost spring up from nowhere.

It’s actually a comparatively new game as well, surprisingly. The 1979 book Super/System: A Course In Poker Power by Doyle Brunson doesn’t reference the game at all, and neither does Slansky’s Winning Poker from 1983. In fact, the latter’s appendix covers Five-Card Draw, Seven-Card Stud, Hold ‘Em, Five-Card Stud, Razz, Lowball, and Hi-Lo Split, which makes its exclusion even more baffling. (Note that Hi-Lo Split referred to stud and draw games in which the best high and best low hands split the pot, not the game that’s now called Omaha/8.
Despite the fact that Omaha wasn’t being played in casinos at the time, there were already very similar games being played at home games across the country. There were versions of poker in which poker players were dealt four private cards (like Omaha poker) and others in which players received five. Of some interest is the fact that five-card version limits the number of players at a table to 8 — something that casinos couldn’t abide by.

Despite its exclusion from Brunson and Slansky’s books, the first known Omaha poker game at a Vegas casino occurred in 1982, where it became a huge success overnight. The game was a staple of tournament play, side action games during major events, and regular cash games hosted by casinos. It was nicknamed “The Game of the Future” because it created plenty of action and many poker fans found it difficult to find a four-card starting hand they couldn’t or wouldn’t play.

Some theorize that Omaha’s origins can be found in a variety of Texas Hold ‘Em that forced a player to use both of their hole cards and three of the five cards on the table to form the best possible hand. This game was called “Omaha,” so perhaps the game was transferred to the Las Vegas variation of Four-Card Holdem, but the specificity of the rules are interesting and create a whole series of theories.

No matter what the origins are, you can play Omaha in poker rooms and in online poker sites around the world. Check it out, if you haven’t already. You might find your next favorite game.

Poker on TV Is Fun and Informative

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

Online poker is so popular and for good reason.  You can sit in the comfort of your own home and play poker online.  You don’t have to worry about dressing in a way that will cover your “tell”.  You can learn new poker games and practice them in the free poker practice rooms.  But what’s more, when you are a poker online fan, you join a community of like-minded people.  When you invest your time and energy into poker games online, you have more curiosity to see how those tournaments and million-dollar events play out in the end.

Well, of course there is now a solution to itch our curiosity about the end of the poker tale.  Poker TV is a great idea that merges TV and the poker community from the online casino.  All the casinos that offer seats in the big poker tournaments post a schedule of the upcoming dates.  These events are now being televised more than ever thanks to the world wide popularity of poker.

If you want to see Chris Ferguson play Texas Holdem in the WSOP, then you can with Poker TV.  You can watch big events like the World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour.  Some sites like “Poker on TV” offer the great tournaments but also something more.  For poker fans who love all poker all the time, you can watch a serial drama or comedy that had poker as its subject.  CSI, Sanford and Son and Lucky You are just a few examples.