Professional Poker Players Join WPA

Perhaps this is the first step to getting poker recognized as a legitimate sport. With the formation of the World Poker Association, a not for profit outfit that seeks to fulfill the role that the NFL does for football and the PGA does for golf. The WPA was officially launched at this week, with a number of professional poker players joining ranks and representing the organization…

Read more >>

Tue, March 28th, 2006

Related Poker News:

Useful poker information:

  • POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
  • TIGHT - [1] A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average. Antonym: LOOSE. [2] A FULL HOUSE.
  • SET - In Hold'em, three of a kind where two of the cards are hole cards.
  • KICKER - In hands containing pairs and trips, the highest card not matched. In draw games, sometimes a card kept for deception purposes.
  • MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
  • OPENER - The player who opens the betting, especially in draw poker. A hand may have no openers, in which case it is PASSED OUT, i.e., new hands are dealt.
Archives:
2010
Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
2009
Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
2008
Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
2007
Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
2006
Dec   Nov   Oct   Sep   Aug   Jul   Jun   May   Apr   Mar   Feb   Jan  
2005
Dec   Nov   Oct   Jan  
Subscribe:
Add our RSS 2.0 Feed to My Yahoo!
Add our RSS 2.0 Feed to Google!
Add our RSS 2.0 Feed to My MSN!
Add our RSS 2.0 Feed to Bloglines!

Search

to Top!
Copyright 2005 - 2010 © PokerNewsHub.com. The information at this site is for entertainment and news purposes only. Poker News Hub.com will not be held for any personal loss of wagers or damages you may incur. Please read the full disclaimer.
For any questions contact us.
Valid XHTML and CSS