2005 November 21 Poker News, Events and Happenings
In what might possibly be the most interesting story of the year in poker so far, Empire Online, the former ’skin’ of Party Poker, has decided to take legal action against Party’s parent company, PartyGaming.
The World Series of Poker Circuit continued at Ballys-Paris in Las Vegas. At the end of Day Two, Raed ‘Ray’ Abukartomy enjoys a decisive chip lead. Abukartomy currently has 161,500 in chips. J.C. Tran is in second place with 118,600.
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In tournament poker the question often arises, “What is a standard raise?” Conventional wisdom suggests as standard a raise of three times the big blind or, if there are antes involved, the exact sum of the antes and blinds. Rather than yield to conventional wisdom (a product of conventional minds) I would instead ask two questions: “What are you trying to do with your raise?” and “What bet gets that job done?”
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Poker player and writer Matt Lessinger has zeroed in on a crucial matter that all players seek to learn, develop, cultivate and use as a deadly weapon in their arsenal of hold’em poker tricks. The subject is bluffing and Lessinger’s work is appropriately titled The Book of Bluffs.
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How many of you are fans of the Twilight Zone Show? For those who are not familiar with the old TV Twilight Zone from back in the 60’s, it was mostly half hour science fiction TV plays. It is still shown frequently on TV today because it carries deep universal messages that touches very deep issues in us, and wakes us up. It is more real than life, and it scares and shocks us.
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“Do you know what a ‘double belly buster straight’ is?” Mike asked me out of the blue.
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When people sit around a table playing poker, many times they’ll have the urge to strike up conversations with fellow players and make new friends. Until now, online poker players have only had the option of chatting with one another, and rather anonymously at that.
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