Five-card draw

April 12th, 2009

Five-card draw is often the first poker variant learned by most players, and is very common in home games although it is now rare in casino and tournament play. The lowball variations make more interesting games and are more commonly played in casinos. Two to eight players can play.
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Cosmic Wimpout

March 16th, 2009

Cosmic Wimpout is a deceptively simple, user extensible game combining chance and skill. The game promotes wisdom, fun, and fellowship; and many Cosmic Wimpout afficianados believe that long term playing of the game can eventually unlock the secrets of the universe.
It is played with 5 six-sided cubes displaying assorted arcane symbols. An [...]

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Bridge tournaments

November 26th, 2008

At its core, bridge is a game of skill played with randomly dealt cards, which makes each deal a game of chance. Despite this, chance can be largely eliminated by comparing pairs’ results in identical situations. This is achievable when there are eight or more players, sitting at several tables, and [...]

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History of the bridge game

November 21st, 2008

Trick-taking games can be traced back to the early 16th century. Whist became the dominant form, and enjoyed a loyal following for centuries.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word bridge is the English pronunciation of “biritch”, an older name of the game of uncertain origin; the oldest known rule book, from [...]

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Basketball rules and regulations

August 9th, 2008

Measurements and time limits discussed in this section often vary among tournaments and organizations; international and NBA rules are used in this section.
The object of the game is to outscore one’s opponents by throwing the ball through the opponents’ basket from above while preventing the opponents from doing so on their [...]

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Tennis

July 30th, 2008

The U.S. Open is a prestigious Grand Slam tournament.
Tennis is a sport played between either two players (“Singles”) or two teams of two players (“doubles”). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a ball, a hollow rubber ball covered in felt, over a net into the opponent’s court. In some places [...]

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Satellite tournaments

June 30th, 2008

A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region. The term is most commonly used in reference to minor professional or competitive junior tennis.In professional tennis, [...]

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Mahjong international rules

June 19th, 2008

In 1998 the China State Sports Commission, in the interest of changing mahjong from an illegal gambling game to an approved ‘healthy sport’, published a new set of rules, now generally referred to as Chinese Official rules or International Tournament rules. The principles of the new, ‘healthy’ mahjong are: no gambling – [...]

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Daniel Negreanu wins 4th World Series Of Poker Bracelet

June 15th, 2008

Now 4 years ago designed the Player of the Year, Daniel Negreanu win the first place in the $2,000 Limit Hold’em game, $204,874.
Daniel Negreanu (‘Kid Poker’) (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player with four World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour [...]

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Poker Stars operates a poker room in Macau

May 25th, 2008

Poker Stars started a new experience, beginning to operate a poker room in Cotai Strip (Dubbed PokerStars Macau), at Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino (25 tables, 250 players, cash games and tournaments).
The poker room was launched this week with a No-Limit Texas Hold’em Charity Poker tournament, for the victims of [...]

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Poker room general rules

May 23rd, 2008

The most popular poker games offered in casinos:

Texas hold ‘em
Seven-card stud
Omaha hold ‘em,

in ring game (cash game or live-action game) and tournament formats.
For the poker table seating, most casinos apply the rule first-come, first-served. Some poker rooms allow the use of the phone to ask to be placed on a list. If there [...]

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Legal action by EC against Sweden restrictions on gambling

February 1st, 2008

Press Release
Free movement of services: Commission inquires into restrictions on the provision of certain gambling services in Sweden
The European Commission has decided to send an official request for information on national legislation restricting the supply and promotion of certain gambling services to Sweden. In April 2006 the Commission sent a similar [...]

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Free online poker on Facebook

January 28th, 2008

Ujogo is an application on Facebook for Texas Hold’em poker where no money is wagered and everyone starts with 1000 points. There are prizes and rewards and feature multi-table tournaments, and the possibility to play ring games and sit-n-go’s, as well as special jackpots and monthly leaderboard competitions.
There is [...]

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Biggest prize online poker tournament

January 23rd, 2008

Titan Poker will host a $2,000,000 guaranteed in prizes tournament on March 2 at 20:00  that will see more than ten million dollars in total tournament payouts each month.
Anyone can buy-in directly for $1,500 + $80, or win his seat at the Main Event by participating in Titan Poker’s Sit’N’Go and [...]

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