Archive for February 9th, 2014

4 of Poker’s Charming Guys

Beyond a doubt countless of players want to be the next "mega star" in poker, but here is a short list of four of the more famous "charming players" of the game. Granted "nice" is associated with their names when you are playing them it’s "no more Mr. Nice guy" up until they have put you out of the game!

Daniel Negreanu

In Two Thousand and Four, his tournament payouts amounted to in excess of 4.4 million dollars and he won two highly respected awards in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year and Cardplayer Magazine’s Tourney Player of the Year. In February 2006 he was appointed Card Player’s Favourite Poker Player. Daniel still has the humility to talk to his fans about how they might boost their own game.

Howard Lederer

Called "The Professor" and brother of fellow poker pro Annie Duke. His accomplishments have allowed him to make an educational poker video called "Secrets of No Limit Hold’em" and co hosting a tournament poker show for Fox. As of 2005, his complete life earnings surpass $2.7 million.

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty is 1 of the busiest players in professional poker and between Two Thousand and Two Thousand and Four he finished in the money in excess of one hundred tournaments. He’s notorious for saying "yeah baby" throughout poker matches and also credited with the term "that’s poker baby" when referring to a exceptionally bad loss. As of Two Thousand and Six, his life time earnings are just about $6 million.

Chris Ferguson

Chris has won 5 World Series of Poker titles with 2 of his wins coming in 2003. Has the nickname "Jesus" due to his trademark long hair and beard, and is able to toss cards quick enough to cut through pickles and bananas. As of 2005 his total live poker tournament winnings exceeded 5 million dollars.

 

Novice Strategy for Double-Hand Poker

[ English ]

Pai Gow Poker is a current game with old origins. Built on the old Chinese domino game and the modern American adaptation of poker, Pai Gow poker marries the east with the western in a fantastic game for starting players.

Pai Gow is a poker game that puts the player versus the house, not like the majority of other poker games that gamblers compete against other players. By competing against the dealer, beginner players don’t need to fret about other, more advanced individuals winning their money.

A further Pai Gow benefit is the fairly slow game play, beginners can take their time and scheme without having to make quick decisions.

It is also easier to bet on for a very long time with just a tiny bit of money seeing as, to lose, each of your hands has to be lower than each of the houses hands.

Pai Gow is played with 53 cards; the normal 52-card basic deck and a single joker. The gambler is dealt 7 cards face up and the house gets 7 cards face down.

One 5 card hand and a two card hand need to be put together from the 7 cards, the five card hand must be better than the two card hand. To win, a player is required to have both of his hand values to be higher than the dealer’s.