Today on PokerListings Saturday, May 17, 2008
Greenstein speaks out on Rousso hearing
Poker player Barry Greenstein had a few things to say about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act the day before Lee Rousso's appearance in court.
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Rio Grande! Nuijten Victorious at LAPT...
It's not every day that a major poker tournament escapes the iron grip of the PokerListings.com tournament reporting juggernaut but the inaugural stop on the PokerStars.com...
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Handling Stress in the Poker Wars Part 1
Poker is: (a) A stressful game; (b) A game people play to relax; (c) Both. I chose "(c)." Your answer will depend.
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Top 5 Things Young Poker Ballers Do For Kicks
You're 21, play poker for a living, have inch-thick wads of disposable cash and are perpetually surrounded by dozens of degenerates just like you. Umm, yeah. Things get excessive.
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Question of the Day Saturday, May 17, 2008
No-Limit Hold'em
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Flop$109
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Your Hand $800
- Big blind $2,000
- 1st $190
- 2nd $230
- 3rd $900
- 4th $1,320
- 5th $1,200
- 6th $2,300
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Cut-off $100
- Button $800
Background:
You’re playing in a $3/$6 game at your local casino. It’s Friday night and the play seems crazy at times. In this hand it’s somehow folded to the cut-off. He limps, as does the button. The cut-off may be drunk but is definitely awful at poker. He is on his third buy-in of the hour and is now short-stacked. You raise to $50 to isolate him. The big blind folds, the cut-off calls with $100 behind, and the button folds. The flop comes K
8
7.
Options:
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Texas Holdem No-Limit WSOP 1999
$10,000 Main Event: The small pocket pairs
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18.6% Noel Furlong |
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Noel Furlong limped from the small blind with the 5
-5 and Goehring checked from the big blind holding the 6
-6. The flop came Q-Q-5 and both players checked. On the turn the 2 hit. Goehring checked again and Furlong bet $150,000. Goehring raised...
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