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Thursday, June 23, 2005
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World Poker Hands , Tour Events Continue Dramatic Growth The Jack Binion World Poker Open at Casino/ Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS which began on January 26, 2004, is the latest event on the WORLD POKER TOUR to demonstrate the domino effect of the television show's huge popularity. Records have been set in each of tour stops and the Jack Binion World Poker Open is no exception with a huge increase in players, prize money and first place payout over the previous year's tournament. 367 players signed up for this week's event, which will culminate on January 29, 2004 with the filming of the Final Table for broadcast as part of the WORLD POKER TOUR series on The Travel Channel. WORLD POKER TOUR airs every Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the network. Many faces familiar to the WPT turned out for this event, including fan favorites Gus Hansen, Ben Affleck, Lou Diamond Phillips, Annie Duke, Chris Fergueson, and Howard Lederer. The increase in players catapults the total prize money to $3,455,075 million, including the $25,000 WPT contributed to the prize pool. With such an enormous and record-setting prize pool for the tournament, players down to 27th place will go home with a nice payday, and the winner will capture a top prize of $1,278,370. Last year's champion David "Devilfish" Ulliott from England walked away with $589,990 when the prize pool totaled $1,600,000. The prize pool is determined by the number of players "buying in" to the tournament -in this case the entry fee is $10,000 per person. "Congratulations to the Casino and Gold Strike Casino for having the largest prize pool in WPT history. This growth in this tournament is truly remarkable," said CEO of the World Poker Tour, Steve Lipscomb. The World Poker Tour, over 80% owned by Lakes Entertainment, is one of the television hits of the year. More than five million people tune in each week to watch the high stakes drama of the tense competition where millions of dollars change hands across the table, all chronicled by "WPT Cams," that reveal the players' hidden cards. The show is the highest rated series in the history of The Travel Channel. The dramatic increase in prize money at the Jack Binion World Poker Open is helping drive the WPT's total prize money for Season 2 to an estimated $30 million, triple the prize money in the previous season, which in turn is attracting many newcomers to the game of poker and to WPT tournaments. The Jack Binion World Poker Open concludes Thursday. WPT fans are welcome to come watch the action and see who will go home with the millions laid forth on the table before the final hand. The show begins at 2 p.m. Thursday, January 29 in the Gold Strike Ballroom at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS. Admission is free and seating is first come, first served. The next stop on the tour will be the L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles in February, 2004. To play in a WORLD POKER TOUR event, go to for the complete 2003-2004 Tournament Schedule and casino contacts. The WORLD POKER TOUR airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m. ET/PT on The Travel Channel. About The World Poker Tour The World Poker Tour has transformed poker into a televised mainstream sports sensation, creating record-setting ratings and capturing millions of new fans for America's favorite card game. The blockbuster series has riveted the nation's TV viewers thanks to its hallmarks--a blend of high caliber sports-style production shot from 13 different camera angles, expert commentary, cliffhanging "reality TV" drama and the WPT's signature "ace in the hole"--its revolutionary WPT Cams, that reveal the player's hidden cards, making it possible for audiences to feel like they're sitting in the seat making million dollar decisions on each hand. The World Poker Tour is a joint venture between Steven Lipscomb and Lakes Entertainment, Inc., which owns approximately 80% of WPT. Lakes currently has development and management agreements with four separate Tribes for four new casino operations, one in Michigan, two in California and one with the Nipmuc Nation on the East Coast. In addition, Lakes Entertainment has agreements for the development of one additional casino on Indian-owned land in California through a joint venture with MRD Gaming, which is currently being disputed by the Tribe. Lakes Entertainment, Inc. common shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the trading symbol "LACO".
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Poker Hands Ready For The dealTop
Poker Hands Ready For The dealTop Over 200 of the best poker players in North America will meet at Casino Regina this week for the four-day, eighth annual Station Classic tournament that will test their skill and concentration. Combine that with a little luck and they could win thousands of dollars in prizes -- as much as $300,000 is up for grabs. Canadian poker champion Mike Kirby of Regina, who won his title last fall at Casino Regina, is hoping to repeat his victory. The tournament starts with a social evening today where the gamblers meet. Four different types of poker will then be played Wednesday through Saturday -- seven-card stud, Omaha hi-lo, Texas hold'em limit and Texas hold'em no limit. Twenty-five tables will be set up in the Casino Regina Show Lounge, and players will be eliminated until there's a winner. Casino Regina expects about 250 people from across Canada and the U.S. to participate. "The only thing wild are the players and dealers," joked Dave Taylor, who is organizing the tournament for Casino Regina. The casino has been hosting three tournaments per year since it opened in 1996. So who are the players? "They're poker aficionados who organize their holidays around these tournaments," said Taylor. "They're doctors, lawyers, blue collar, white collar, young, old." "It's great. They have an awesome set-up there in the Show Lounge," said Kirby, who owns a lawn-care company and has been playing poker "all his life". "It's not about the money. It's about winning the big event." Nevertheless, the money isn't bad either. Last fall, Kirby won the most at one Station Classic tournament -- $39,501 -- and the largest single payout win at $34,436. He used some of the money to pay bills, and saved the rest. Kirby said the game in which he won lasted more than 14 hours. Kirby, who also has played smaller poker tournaments in Las Vegas, has been playing in Casino Regina tournaments for two years. "You start with 200-plus people and usually half are eliminated in the first two to three hours," Kirby explained. "It's a real test. You're mentally drained by the end of the day because you have to keep concentrating and not make a mistake." Kirby said the tournament room is "usually fairly quiet" although the silence is occasionally punctured by screams from "a bit of both" the winners and losers. Kirby also said his wife doesn't complain that the games can last for hours. "She doesn't mind ... She knows I have a lot of fun."
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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Poker Hands - Strongest To Weakest A ranking of Poker hands from royal flush to high card Standard five-card poker hands are ranked here in order of strength, from the strongest hand to the weakest. Royal Flush - the best possible hand Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10, all of the same suit. Straight Flush Any five-card sequence in the same suit (e.g.: 8, 9, 10, Jack and Queen of clubs; or 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of diamonds). Four of a Kind All four cards of the same value (e.g.: 8, 8, 8, 8; or Queen, Queen, Queen, Queen). Full House Three of a kind combined with a pair (e.g.: 10, 10, 10 with 6, 6; or King, King, King with 5, 5). Flush Any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence (e.g.: 4, 5, 7, 10 and King of spades). Straight Five cards in sequence, but not in the same suit (e.g.: 7 of clubs, 8 of clubs, 9 of diamonds, 10 of spades and Jack of hearts). Three of a Kind Three cards of the same value (e.g.: 3, 3, 3; or Jack, Jack, Jack). Two Pair Two separate pairs (e.g.: 2, 2, Queen, Queen). Pair Two cards of the same value (e.g.: 7, 7). High Card If a hand contains none of the above combinations, it's valued by the highest card in it.
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Friday, May 13, 2005
Playing Too Many Hands, or Not Enough
You’re in a tournament, you’re in early position, and you pick up an A-6 suited. You think, “Gee, this is a pretty good hand if I flop a flush to it,” so you play it. If this sounds like you, you’re playing too many poker hands. And you’re probably also playing too many hands when out of position. This is a common error that many novice players commit. No-limit hold’em is a “backside” game — that is, the point of power is late position. If you are patient and disciplined, and always pay close attention to your table position, you can erase the flaw of playing too many hands.“I don’t mind playing pocket pairs from any position if I can enter the pot for only one bet,” Don Vines, the co-author of our upcoming book How to Win No-Limit Hold’em Tournaments, says. The problem comes when you limp in from out of position with a small pocket pair such as fours, for example, and an opponent raises five to six times the size of the big blind — and you call. Most times, it is not profitable to call a raise in situations like this unless lots of other players have called in front of you, and you have a ton of chips. “If I’m playing at a table where there’s a lot of raising,” he adds, “I will not play small pocket pairs from up front.” This is a good rule of thumb. The aggressiveness of your opponents should be a determining factor as to which hands you enter the pot with from early position. In other words, it isn’t terrible to play small pairs from up front if you’re at a passive table; but, if you’re up against several very aggressive players, be wary of getting involved.During the early rounds of a tournament, players have a tendency to play a lot more hands than they play in the later stages, especially in rebuy tournaments. They come into pots with a wide variety of marginal hands that they would not play once the rebuy period has ended. Early in a tournament, we often see people play too many hands from out of position, and too many marginal hands when in position. “My philosophy is the opposite,” Don states. “I prefer playing fewer hands early, and playing more hands from the backside that may be considered somewhat marginal later in the event. I usually will have fewer callers later in the tournament, and since I am in late position with these marginal hands, I will be in position to take the pot away from my opponents if nobody flops anything.” When the rebuy period is over and the blinds are bigger, or when the antes kick in, players tend to tighten up. This is when you can take advantage of that tendency.Unlike limit poker, in which you have to win a series of pots and show down lots of hands, in no-limit hold’em you don’t have to win lots of pots; you just have to win most of the ones you play. And you don’t have to play very many hands. You can win with a bet. People tend to forget that. NOT PLAYING ENOUGH HANDS On the flip side of the coin, we see many players who play too tight during the opening stages of a tournament because they want to survive. They wait till the cows come home for pocket aces, kings, queens, or A-K. They really are not playing true no-limit hold’em, because they are afraid to get involved in a hand, lose it, and get eliminated from the tournament. They have no “heart.”People who play excessively tight usually meet with one of several possible fates. Against observant opponents who notice a layer of dust on top of a rock’s chips, the rock won’t get any action on his good hands. So, when he finally wakes up with aces or kings and raises the pot, what do his opponents do? They fold, leaving the tight raiser with only the blinds. Also, it is almost impossible for a very tight player to win a no-limit hold’em event, because nobody gets dealt enough premium hands over the course of a tournament. Using position, chip power, and good timing is often more important than getting good cards in no-limit hold’em. In other words, you can win with no cards.Don’t let fear freeze your play. People who don’t gamble enough usually are afraid of getting knocked out of a tournament, but there is another way to look at things. Whether you get knocked out one place out of the money or first makes no difference. The result is the same. Throughout the entire tournament, you must be playing to win and trying to accumulate chips so that you can make the money. Don’t worry about getting knocked out. Play to win or don’t play at all.Assuming we play and win just the right number of hands in the next no-limit hold’em tournament we enter, Don and I hope to meet you in the winner’s circle one day soon.
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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Casino Poker Games That Are Not Poker
Flop Poker: A house-banked card game that uses poker hands rankings, in which players do not compete against the dealer. The object of the game is to make a poker hand containing a pair of jacks or better, using the player’s three cards dealt and the three community cards turned up by the dealer. In addition, players can bet that their hand will be the best of all hands dealt. Each player places two bets, an ante bet and a pot bet. The ante wager can be any amount up to the table limit. The pot bet is always the table minimum. Three cards are dealt to each player facedown. The player may look at his own cards, but sharing of information is not allowed. The player has two options, raise or fold. If the player folds, he forfeits his ante but retains his cards for later settling of the pot bet. If the player raises, he does so by making a flop bet equal to his ante bet. The dealer then deals a three-card flop faceup. These are community cards and are used by all players. The dealer determines in turn each player’s best poker hand, using all three of the player cards in combination with any two of the flop cards. If the player has at least a pair of jacks, the ante wager pays even money and the flop pays all winners according to a pay table, ranging from 1,000-1 for a royal flush to even money on a pair of jacks or better. Finally, the player with the highest poker hand, again using his own three cards and any two flop cards, wins all pot bets. If two or more hands are tied, the pot bets are split among the players holding those hands. Like the odds bet of craps, the pot bet of Flop Poker has absolutely no house advantage.
Four-card poker: A house-banked game dealt from one deck, similar to three-card poker. Each player receives five cards from which to make four-card poker hands (with four-card straights and four-card flushes as ranking hands, and hands ranked thusly: four of a kind, straight flush, three of a kind, flush, straight, two pair, pair); only the best four cards in each hand are used to determine winners. The dealer gets six cards to make a four-card hand; one of the dealer’s cards is dealt faceup. Two bets can be made. For the original bet (the ante), a player is paid, if he stays, on certain holdings according to a pay scale, ranging from 25-1 for four of a kind to 2-1 for three of a kind. After seeing his hand, a player can either fold or stay in the game by making a second bet (the aces up bet), and then his hand competes against the dealer’s; the player wins ties. This second bet can be equal to, twice, or three times the ante. If the player does not make the aces up bet, he loses the original bet. Unlike three-card poker, the dealer does not need to qualify. Some casinos have other rules, sometimes involving three bets. The aces up bet wins when the player has a pair of aces or better, ranging from even money for a pair of aces to 50-1 for four of a kind.
Let It Ride Bonus: A house-banked card game that uses poker hand rankings and looks like a combination of five-card stud and hold’em. The object of the game is to make a poker hand containing a pair of tens or better, using the player’s three cards dealt and the two community cards turned up by the dealer. Each player places three equal bets in circles marked 1, 2, and $. Three cards are dealt to each player. If the player likes his cards, he “lets it ride.” If he doesn’t like them, he requests the first bet back. Then, the dealer turns over one of the two community cards. If the player still likes his cards, he can again “let it ride” or request his second bet back. Finally, the dealer turns over the second community card and pays all winners according to a pay table, ranging from 1,000-1 for a royal flush to even money on a pair of tens or better. A player can also make an extra side bet, with certain bonus hands paying large payouts, sometimes including part or all of a progressive jackpot. The game was formerly known as Let It Ride! (including the exclamation point); some casinos still use that name.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Changing Position at Poker.
Position is important in most competitive games. In baseball the home team is given the advantage of batting last. Batting last allows the home team in the final inning to know precisely what to aim for. In a tied game, only one run matters. Down by three, then three runs are a necessity. In the top part of the inning the visiting team would not know for sure if going for one safe run was better than taking the risk of going for two runs. In football, physical position, having the wind at your back, often plays an enormous role in who wins a game.In Texas Holdem poker, the value of position is generally self-evident. You want opponents to make their decisions before you do, and then you want the final say, the last word. On top of that, Holdem is a game where it is common that nobody has much of anything. You are making decisions based on whose "nothing" will outplay the others to win the pot. While superior position doesn't automatically win hands, it does make it more likely you will make better bets -- in the same way that a general who positions his troops on terrain he is familiar with will have an edge. But position in Texas Holdem is simplistic. Last is basically best, particularly when only two players are in a pot. First position, or second position behind a maniac, or position in front of a maniac... sometimes these will offer positional advantages too, but for the most part, just being last to act is such a significant edge that all good players will tend to play more poker hands when they are in late position and less hands when they are in early position.Position in Seven Card Stud and Stud High-Low is far different. Position here tends to be variable. The highest board showing acts first from fourth street on, so if king high bets first on fourth street, another player who gets an ace or pairs deuces might act first on fifth street. You do still tend to have an advantage over the player to your immediate right, but positional considerations are complicated in the Stud games. Certain hands should be more playable when you are not the high hand, while representing hands becomes more important when you act first. Some hands can be played more aggressively when an opponent shows a king or ace, meaning they will likely be forced to act first throughout the hand. But the greatest difference in positional complexity comes in comparing Omaha HiLo to Holdem. Last position continues to have some general advantages, but it comes with disadvantages too. For example, bluffing from last position is suicide against good players. The bluffing arrow is almost removed from your quiver when you are last. In Holdem having middle position seldom offers any advantages but middle position is the prime bluffing position in Omaha. At the same time though, middle position has significant disadvantages because Omaha High Low is a game of "sharing" pots. If you have the nut hand one way or the other, and the early position bettor bets the other nut hand, middle position becomes very hard to play. Most people, fortunately, play very poorly here. For example, they will raise their nut high hand, driving out players behind, and then splitting the pot with the initial low bettor. The correct action will usually be to just call the low bettor, and hope for overcalls -- but sometimes this will NOT be right! For example, if you suspect a player behind you also has the nut low, if you raise with the high hand you will get two bets into the pot from the low hands instead of just one.Holdem's simplistic last-is-best positional concept is out the window in Omaha. Very generally, if you have a low hand, betting first is advantageous, while having the nut high hand is best in last position. Suppose you have the nut flush on the river against more than one player. Betting first is totally action killing. The best you will do is get called. If you are last with the nuts, you might get a bet in front of you, or you might even get a checkraise bluff from an opponent who thinks you are bluffing. In contrast, betting the low from early position can lead to scrambling where the later position players try to drive each other out; or, if there is another nut low in play, betting will tend to slow that player down so that they don't raise in three-way situations.Moving from Holdem to other games, there are often considerations that, while not totally different, are more complex -- even if some other concepts are not as complicated. (Winning more than your share of situations when no one has much of anything is more important in Holdem than Omaha for instance.) Position always matters, but it is much more variable in Stud and Omaha than in Holdem. You have to "think on your feet" about position more in Stud and Omaha.Manipulating position is a skill that Holdem players need to focus on developing more deeply when moving to other games.
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Saturday, May 07, 2005
Bad Beats on Poker Hands
You look down at your starting hand and find the ace of hearts and ace of diamonds. You raise and get some action. The flop brings the eight of clubs, jack of hearts and three of diamonds. It's checked to you and you bet. The turn brings the ten of clubs and again you bet and get callers. The river brings the ace of clubs. This time the player in front of you bets. You call and he flips over the four and six of clubs for the nut flush. You have just suffered a bad beat.
A bad beat in poker hands is when you have a good hand that is a favorite to win beaten by another hand. Most of the time it is a hand that caught a miracle draw on the river that should not have been played to begin with. This is more common in low limit games because many players have the any two cards can win mentality. Many players will play any ace and a few players will play any suited cards regardless of the rank. Some players are calling stations that will enter the pot with marginal or terrible hands and then call all the way to the river in hopes making their draw. Occasionally they do make their hands and you suffer a bad beat.
Bad beats are a normal part of poker that a good player learns to accept. As sure as the sun rises in the morning you are going to occasionally get drawn out on the river. You will lose an occasional pot to a bad beat from these players but their bad play will lose to your solid play the majority of the time. In the long run you will make money from players who constantly chase the inside straights or baby flushes.
There are also instances when your big hand will get beaten by a bigger hand. I call this a legitimate beat which while rare will happen occasionally. I once started a hand with pocket tens. The flop was three aces giving me a full house. One player and I went all the way to the river. At the showdown she turned over a suited ace and queen. I have to admit I was not happy about it but thinks like that happen. I turned to the player and said, "Nice hand."
Some players get shaken up and go on tilt when they suffer a bad beat. You can't let it affect your play. If you get upset after suffering a bad beat, get up and walk away from the table for a hand. Cool down and then get back to your game.
Bad beats are like the weather. Everyone talks about it but nobody can do anything to change it. It's a really boring subject and so are bad beats. Everyone has suffered bad beats and by constantly talking about them you will come across as a loser. If you want to talk about poker why would you want to talk about your defeats. Whining about bad beats will not put fear into any of opponents. Poker expert Mike Caro suggests you tell your opponents how lucky you have been and how the cards have been going your way. This will portray a winning image rather than that of a loser.
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