May 15 09

Community Card Poker

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This refers to each variation of poker games that construct the use of community cards, which are also often called ‘shared cards’, or ‘window cards’. These are cards that are dealt face up and shared by every player. Each player is privately dealt ‘hole cards’ or an unfinished hand, which when joint with the community cards makes a complete hand. A community card set is called a ‘board’ and can be prearranged in a unique pattern or dealt simple. pot limit omahaEach game has regulations, which settle on how cards may be combined with the players’ private hand. Texas Hold ’em, originating in the 1920’s is the most well liked community card game till date. Ante’s and spread limit games are in general there in home games while casinos only use blinds and have fixed limit games. Community card games are also typically very positional and play very well at high-low split.

The set of community cards called a board is by and large dealt in a simple straight line nonetheless; games can have layouts of these cards with rules vis-à-vis use of probable combinations. A Royal old ‘em is a variation where tens, jacks, queens, kings and aces are the cards in the deck. In a Double-Board Hold ‘em, one deals two separate five-card boards and the high hand of each board takes the pot. It’s also often called a Double-flop hold ‘em. In the Omaha Hold ‘em, four cards are dealt to the private hand of each player and layout of community cards and betting rounds is the equivalent of No Limit hold ‘em. The high-low split version of the Omaha has a variety of different names like Omaha8, Omaha HiLo, or Omaha Eight or Better. When only high hands are used it is called Omaha High to avoid vagueness. It is achievable to play the game at fixed limit, pot limit or no limit. Pineapple hold ‘em is an in-between of Texas and Omaha hold ’em. There are versions of this called ‘crazy pineapple’ ‘lazy pineapple’ and ‘Tahoe’. Tahoe and crazy pineapple are frequently played with high-low split.

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May 15 09

Brad Booth’s $300K bluff on HSP

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High Stakes Poker is by far the best poker show on television – and this Brad Booth bluff against my man Phil Ivey (who makes a pretty standard laydown with the pocket kings) is yet another display of the awesome poker we get to see on High Stakes Poker.

It’s a pity Sam Farha wasn’t the one holding the kings, he surely would have called – but I guess he was at the blackjack table…

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May 4 09

Andy Bloch Interview

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Quick interview with Andy Bloch by pokerwire. The man knows poker, the man knows blackjack, the man might be one of the best gamblers alive…

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Mar 19 09

Phil Laak calls down his buddy Antonio

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Haha I love the table antics when both Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari are at the table together. This video from Poker After Dark is AWESOME!

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Poker After Dark is a great show, and with these two at the table, I always enjoy myself.

Mar 19 09

Aah Ze PokerDonkey

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Yes, I am a pokerdonkey.

No, I’m not a pokerdonkey.

Bleh, make up your own mind by reading what I have to say on my own little poker weblog (meant for my friends, and maybe the google-public).

Enjoy!