Gaming Giant Zynga Going Pay-for-Play Online

If you play online games on social networking web sites like Facebook, you probably know who Zynga is. If so, there is a good chance you already play a free online poker game run by the social gaming giant. Gardening and farming games like Farmville were previously all the rage on Facebook and at other social networking sites. However, late last year poker and casino games overtook farm-based interactive social gaming as the number one preferred activity of people who play some type of game on a social network.

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BonusGeek Asks – How Do You Play Pocket Aces

BonusGeek wants to know, “How do you play Pocket Aces in online Texas Hold ‘Em?” This may seem like a simple question to answer for some online poker players, but even veteran players sometimes express feelings of angst and anxiety when they bend their hold cards and find out they have American Airlines flying in … Read more

Carbon Poker Bonus – Free Omaha Odds Calculator

Carbon Poker wants you to win as much money on their site when you play Omaha Poker as you possibly can. Here’s proof. Carbon Poker delivers a Welcome Bonus Deposit Match of 100% up to $600 on your initial account set up deposit. Put quite simply, whatever that first deposit is, you will immediately have … Read more

Poker App BluffCam Destroys Poker Tells

The ability to read your opponents’ facial expressions to get an upper hand when playing poker is an invaluable skill that even professional poker players work hard at mastering their entire careers. Just as important is the ability to make sure your own facial expressions don’t mimic the hands you are playing, and somehow clue your opponents in. And countless scientific experiments have confirmed what veteran poker players already know; many times we give away the type of hand we are playing without ever realizing that our facial expressions have done us in. So what can you do to improve your poker playing by making sure you don’t give away your hand with a big unconscious grin or telltale frown?

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ISPT Online Poker at Wembley Stadium In May 2013

If the Mayans will give us a reprieve this December 21, you may live long enough to see online poker hit a stadium near you. Yes, I did combine the terms “online poker” and “sports stadium”in the same sentence. When people think online casinos, poker rooms, bingo halls and sportsbooks, they generally think of playing … Read more

Critique Your Online Play to Increase Your Poker Pay

BonusGeek wants to know if you track your results in an online poker log, and if you consistently critique your own play. There are multiple ways to play any given hand in poker, due to the fact that at any given time there are hundreds if not thousands of possible outcomes. And even among professionals … Read more

A Facebook Full House – Social Gaming to Become Social Gambling

Would you rather shovel manure in Farmville, or play Texas Hold ‘Em live with your friends around the globe in a game like Zynga Poker? Evidently, you are not alone. Recently, farm-based games at social media sites like Facebook gave up their number one popularity spot for online casino and poker games. Facebook games like DoubleDown Casino have absolutely exploded in popularity, and have opened the door for Facebook friends and frequent flyers of other social networking sites to enjoy legalized real money gambling from home as soon as states in America pass regulated online gaming laws.

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Blind Poker Player Makes The Money In WSOP

Vision Quest: Blind Player in the money

MSNBC by Bob Harkins

Picture This!

A poker player by the name of Hal Lubarky stares at his dealt cards in the World Series of Poker Tournament. Another man leans over and whispers in his ear. The man isn’t inviting him to dinner, but is telling Hal what card he was dealt. Hal is blind. “Talk about being all in”.

Hal, who is not fooling around, is listed as 118th our of 335 contetant in the World Series of Poker with a chip count of $409,000 in chips.

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