Posted by admin @ 5:00 PM, Wednesday Mar 18th, 2009
Category: Poker
www.poker.com – We can wait a long time to find a hand which is extremely rare in poker. The most obvious and well known of course is the royal flush, but there are other instances where cards appear on the river to complete an unlikely hand. I do not know just how authentic this particular one was, but there was a video of an online cash game which I saw involving Tom Dwan today.
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I belive it involved Dwan with (8h,6h) and his opponent with (10,10). The flop came down a miraculous (10x,10x,7h) followed by the turn of (9h). After raising action on the flop, Dwan shoved in his money of over $100,000 on the river and was quickly called. He then proceeded to complete a Straight Flush on the river. As I said I cannot vouch for the authenticity myself, but amazing things do happen in poker. In the case just mentioned Dwan had 2 outs, someone recently hit one of their 2 outs on the river against me and it is quite a shock for both players when it happens. It may not seem all that rare to pick up any given starting hand in Holdem, but this can be more the case in Omaha.
I recently got dealt a perfect starting hand online of (Ah,Kh,Kc,Ac). Aces and Kings double suited is far more rare than a simple pair of Aces in Holdem as you would imagine, and there is no stronger hand in Omaha.
Whichever rare hands you eventually find yourself looking down at, the most important thing will always be how you play them, as any great hand is only the beginning of your hard work as a player. poker.com
Posted by admin @ 5:00 PM, Wednesday Mar 11th, 2009
Category: Poker
www.pacificpoker.com – This televised poker game is probably the most exciting ever filmed, as it involves some of the best known players in the world with each bringing a few hundred thousand dollars along with them. The show is on it’s fifth series now, with new famous faces being added each series. There are some of the old favourites such as Doyle Brunson who play their part in a large number of shows, but it is usually the younger players who are more vocal. Not a series goes by without the usual mix of side bets, humour and players getting under each others skin. Most of the chat is light hearted though, and is complimented by some excellent Holdem play.
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there have been several eye opening moments in past series, the biggest of which was possibly Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu getting involved in a $575,700 pot when Hansens quad fives beat Negreanus Full House.
There are many other televised poker tournaments these days due to the increasing popularity of poker, but High Stakes poker has the biggest names and the biggest buy ins of any game I have seen. For beginners starting out, this may seem a million miles away from your home game, but it is certainly worth paying close attention to these players. No matter what the pot sizes, the principal is the same, and watching the best in the world play can only be good for your game. As far as I know, series 5 is not on television in the UK yet, but is being aired in the U.S currently. pacificpoker.com