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New Pro Poker League Announces Tournament Dates
The new professional poker league, headed by former UB.com sponsored pro Annie Duke, has released its tournament schedule and will kick off on August 12th at the The Palms casino, in Las Vegas.

Playing the Position
Position is one of the most important considerations for a poker player to ponder. Irrespective of one’s ability, experience or hand strength, playing a hand out of position is going to be difficult, as anyone else involved has far more information than you do.

Seven Card Stud Simple Strategy
Before the recent boom in No Limit Texas Hold’em popularity, Seven Card Stud was the poker player’s game of choice. These days, Seven Card Stud’s popularity has waned, but it is still an essential part of most mixed games events, such as the $50,000 Players Championship at the World Series of Poker.

Gambling A To Z: F
With the World Series of Poker coverage having quietened down, it's time for the return of our "A to Z of Gambling" series. We resume with the sixth instalment - the letter "F" - where we will be looking at

High Stakes Poker - Hansen and Negreanu
When it comes to poker tournaments, Gus Hansen is one of the world’s most feared players, particularly at No Limit Hold’em. In recent years though, he has really struggled with online high stakes cash games. He ended 2009 almost $6 million down and is regarded by many in the poker community as something of a high stakes fish.

Hand Reading vs Ego
“I knew you had that!” – the call of the losing poker player. We’ve all heard it, in fact we’ve probably all said it once or twice too, but it’s a classic example of ego interfering with common sense at the poker table. Hand reading is such an important part of becoming a winning poker player and it is essential that nothing impairs the decision making process. Here are the classic mistakes to cut out of your poker game.

How To Play The Hand - NL Hold'em and Low Pocket Pair
You’re playing a $0.5 / $1 No Limit Hold’em ring game at your regular pokerroom and there are seven opponents. The standard of play is nothing out of the ordinary; not too aggressive, not too tight and there is one other player at the table who you feel is as good as yourself, seated in the small blind. You are dealt two 8c – 8s on the button.

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