2008 July 01 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Once you’ve learned to interpret a player’s betting patterns, try to figure out how his personality traits might reveal the kinds of poker decisions he will make. Focus on poker fundamentals first.

Frank Gary has a lot of confidence in his ability to win money playing poker.

This summer, a fractured world is gathering in two distinct locales — Beijing and Las Vegas — for one-of-a-kind global competition. The Summer Olympics begin Aug. 8; the World Series of Poker Main Event begins Thursday. Which is better?

Rounders and dreamers, stars and unknowns - they’re all converging on Las Vegas this week to try to turn a chunk of cash into a huge windfall and earn a permanent spot in poker lore during the world’s biggest card game. Main event winners at the World Series of Poker used to win some money, a gold bracelet and the respect of a relatively small group of players who made a living on the green …

Phil Hellmuth is known as a hold’em specialist, perhaps the greatest hold’em player in the world. He has an astounding 11 World Series of Poker bracelets, all of them in various forms of hold’em. So it was considered a little unusual…

July 1 - Online poker players will get more for their efforts at Party Poker during the month of July as they are rewarded more cash for obtaining Party Points.

Day 2 of the $10,000 PLO Championship promised to be a long affair, and it delivered on that promise; it would take more than fourteen hours to reach a final table. Michael Mizrachi surged late in the session to take the lead…