This is a quick recap of some great promotions at Pokerstars. These promotions are ongoing, and a great way to have even more fum playing poker. If you don’t already have an account, download the software and sign up. You can use a direct link from this website and get the best deposit bonus available. [...]

With all the training camp news I keep hearing, I sure am getting excited for football season to begin. Did you know this is the 91st season the National Football League has had. Yes, they started on August 20, 1920 with eleven teams as the American Professional Football Association. The league changed its name to [...]

UB Raise Points Explained Raise status points are part of the loyalty program used by UB.com. You earn points by playing in cash games and tournaments. Raise points are the points used to determine your Raise Status. There are five levels of raise status Member, Player, Contender, Legend and Icon. How To Earn Raise Status [...]

Do you like poker? Do you like rewards? Of course you do, or you wouldn’t be here. Well, you are going to love the pokerstars VIP club! The Lowdown Basically you have six different levels. There are four monthly levels and then the two big levels that are yearly based. The program could not be [...]

Check out Absolute poker each Tuesday night for a great promotion. Jump into the $10k Guaranteed tournament that starts at 21:20 ET every Tuesday night. Be the lucky player that bust Trishelle and get an entry into our Sunday $200,000 Guaranteed tournament

With the WSOP main event getting dwindles down to the November 9, the 41st Annual World Series of Poker is wrapping up. The 2010 WSOP had 57 numbered events plus the WSOP Tournament of Champions and Ante Up For Africa Poker Tournament. The tournament kicked off on Fri, May 28th 12:00 PM with the Casino [...]

The history of poker is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen (‘to knock’). Yet it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names. It closely resembles the Persian game of as [...]

Modern tournament play became popular in American casinos after the World Series of Poker began, in 1970. Notable champions from these early WSOP tournaments include Johnny Moss, Amarillo Slim, and Doyle Brunson. It was also during that decade that the first serious strategy books appeared, notably Super/System by Doyle Brunson (ISBN 1-58042-081-8) and The Book [...]

Like most variations of poker, winning at Texas Holdem will require players to take an aggressive approach. To use this strategy, you will want to play only a few hands, which is also referred to as “playing tight.” However, with the few hands that you play, you will want to bet and raise them more [...]

Texas holdem is one of the most popular variations of poker in the United States. It can be played with a maximum of 22 players, but in most cases, only a maximum of 10 players are present in a single game. It is a very positional game, and the sequence of betting is fixed during [...]