As I’ve become better at playing Texas Hold ’em, I’ve become increasingly aware of bad beats as they happen to me in tournaments. Occasionally you get someone at a table complaining about a bad beat, and sometimes it isn’t even that bad they’ve just bet against the wrong hand. Just because you have a flush …
I was given a book called Schott’s Sporting Gaming & Idling Miscellany for my birthday. In there is a list of popular nicknames for poker hands. I’m dubious about some of them myself, but they are: Ace, King, 4, 7 – The AK47 Machine Gun 4, 4 – Magnum (Colt 44) Jack, Jack, 5, 5 …
Pacific Poker was just the warmup act and last night I got to play poker for real, with real people and for real money, face-to-face around a table. We played what seemed to be a loose interpretation of Texas Hold ’em and all put some money in a pot and then took an equal number …
Somehow I’ve gotten caught up in playing “Texas Hold ’em” online at Pacific Poker. I’m completely addicated already. (Admittedly playing for pretend money at the moment.) The game’s quite simple to learn and the tutorials at the Pacific poker school are excellent, not only at explaining the rules of “Texas Hold ’em up” but also …