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Av Karl Jonsson - 28 augusti 2008 10:11


In Pokerplayers bet on the value of the card combination that is in poker terms called hand that are in their possession.  This bet is not specific to players and is put in a central pot that is nothing but a common place. He whose card combinations add to the highest value is declared the winner.  Another way of deciding the winner is to look for a player who has cards left after all the other players have folded up.  Like exceptions and variations to every rule, the rules of poker are also different and these differences stem from the fact that bets are held differently.  Mentionable variances include straight, stud, draw and community. 

We come across the single and multi table poker tournaments.  Like the name suggests, the players play in more than one table – and the number has no upper limit in a multi table tournament.  The best way to seek entry to any major poker tournaments that are very costly is through the satellite tournaments.  These games are not as high profile or expensive poker tournaments.  The buy-ins for the satellite games is way way lesser – sometimes even about one – tenth to one fiftieth of the main tournament’s buy in.  These tournaments have another added benefit that they do not have to have specific venues for these poker games to be conducted. They can be played either in college campuses or casino homes or over the net.  The players who win these tournaments receive a berth in the major tournament as an award instead of receiving money.    Chris Moneymaker who was the 2003 World Champion for the World Series Poker Main Event Champion took part in the championship because he got a wild card entry by winning a tournament over the net.  In the game he won, he had had a buy-in as low as $39. The story of Greg Raymer the 2004 World Poker Champion also had a similar story behind his back.  He participated in the championship thanks to his place that was guaranteed by a win in a $165 poker tournament over the net.

The ‘dealer’ button or “buck” decides the right to deal a hand and this ideally rotates among the players. Though the house dealer holds the car of each hand, it is the button that is more often than not a white plastic disk that does this job.  This button is rotated clockwise among the dealers to determine the order of betting.  In poker plays, either one or more of the people’s playing are compelled to make bets – which is ante or a blind bet or both.  The dealer shuffles the cards, the player one chair to his right cuts, and the dealer deals the appropriate number of cards to the players’ one at a time. You can play the poker either card being face-up or face-down. There may be many betting rounds. Within consecutive deals, the player develops hands mostly by adding cards or replacing cards already dealt. After every round, a central pot holds all the bets. In the course of the game, if no other player calls the bet, the hand is closed immediately and the one who did bet is awarded with the pot. It is to be noted that bluffing becomes possible here. It is the most prominent feature of poker and it makes the same different from any other casino games. In the final round, if there is more than one player, then a showdown occurs. At this phase, all the players open their hidden cards and calculate the value of the hands. The best handed player wins the pot in accordance to the poker variant. Most probably, a hand contains five cards in poker, nevertheless more than five cards are also available.  

The most initial games to be conducted somewhere external to the Binion's Horseshoe Casino where the 2005 World Series of Poker games.  The last days of the primary event were however held in the historic Benny's Bullpen. For tournaments that were played at various later stages, either of the Harrah's Entertainment properties served as the venue, but since 2005, the venue has been the Rio.  Across the continent of Europe, the most celebrated is the WSOP Europe which had its genesis in 2007.  Annette Obrestad had the pride to become the first ever winner of the same.  Betfair has offered to sponsor the WSOP Europe games till 2011. Other tournaments that are broadcasted by the World Poker Tour include various tournaments with buy-ins starting anywhere from $ 5,000 to $25,000 all across US and the Caribbean.  Of these various events, some that need special mention because of the fact that they stand alone is the Caribbean Poker Adventure.  However, most of these tournaments are held in combination with tournaments that are being conducted at the casino which is the host like the Commerce Casino's LA Poker Classic, the Grand Sierra's World Poker Challenge and the Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker.

Winners are decided based on the order they stand on when the game is over.  This is the reverse chronological order and hence the person who finished the last, ideally comes first in the sport.  Since there is a sequential elimination of players and there is just one player left at the end, beyond which play cannot continue, these game results in a one winner ruling – preventing the ties from occurring.  Once the winner is decided, the next is the prize money distribution.  The first of these poker tournaments were first played in 1970 and this was when great champions like Johnny Moss, Amarillo Slim, Bobby Baldwin, Doyle Brunson, and Puggy Pearson were much talked about and attained crowning glory.  David Sklansky authored “The theory of Poker” also during this very same time.  Poker tournaments grew to limitless boundaries all through the 1980’s and 1990s.  With the discovery on online poker, online poker tournaments also started to become famous and more popular taking the history of poker to great heights.




Av Karl Jonsson - 27 augusti 2008 10:09

Probably the most played card game all over the world is the game called Poker.
Poker is a game using cards wherein the players would gamble on the value of the cards combined (or hand) within the other players’ possession. The bet is usually placed in the center of the table or center pot. A player can be declared as the winner of the game if he holds the card with the highest value. The value of the card will be according to the established ranking hierarchy.

The new poker game

Because of the growth of the World Wide Web, poker can now be played online, at the comfort of your own home or even at the office. It can be played anywhere as long as you have a computer and an internet connection. And since the popular card game became accessible, the online poker increased the number of players all over the globe. Just like the typical poker game in casinos, online poker is also legal. Many countries also regulate the online poker especially in the Caribbean islands as well as United Kingdom. Online poker is exploding in popularity, and we can probably assume that it will just keep getting more and more popular.

World Series of Poker

Poker is no longer just a card game played in simple poker rooms or casinos. The WSOP or World Series of Poker is the biggest poker tournament and is held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The WSOP is made up of fifty-five events. The whole tournament will last for a month. The finals or the main event of the WSOP will be scheduled in a different date. Those who will win the event will be given a World Series of Poker bracelet.

The prize that they will receive will depend on the number of participants during that particular event. As of the moment, there are now 4 poker players who got the award called Player of the Year namely Daniel Negreanu (2004), Allen Cunningham (2005), Jeff Madsen (2006) and Tom Schneider (2007).

There are a bunch of women playing poker as well, who are terrific. Among them, worth mentioning is Annette Obrestad who is one of the youngest on the poker scene ever! This illustrates how poker is a game for everyone, regardless of sex, age, nationality or occupation.

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