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Omaha Poker is one of the fastest growing games being played online and in card tables all over the world. CelebPoker.com is ahead of the curve and has released a fast paced and exciting addition to their poker room -- Omaha Poker at all levels and limits.

(PRWEB) November 8, 2005 -- The new and improved CelebPoker.com is offering players the option of getting in on a game of Omaha at many different levels of play. Omaha is a derivative of the ever popular game Texas Hold’em only with two extra cards being dealt to each player before the flop. CelebPoker.com has upped the speed and consistency of its games and is now giving players a chance to play and/or learn Omaha poker.

How to Play:

Omaha Poker is a game derived from the popular Texas Hold’em. In Omaha poker, players play with a dealer button just like on Hold’em. Before the game begins the player immediately to the right of the button posts the "small blind", typically half a small bet (for example, $1 in a $2/$4 Omaha game). The player immediately clockwise the small blind posts the "big blind", which is always a full small bet ($2 in a $2/$4 Omaha game). Now, each player receives his or her four hole cards. Betting action begins around the table, starting with the player immediately to the left the big blind.

Next, just like in Hold’Em, the "flop" is dealt face-up on the board. The flop is the first three community cards available to all active players. Play begins with the active player immediately clockwise the button. All bets and raises occur in small bets (increments of $2 in a $2/$4 game).

When betting action is completed for the flop round, the "turn" is dealt face-up on the board. The turn is the fourth community card in an Omaha game. Play begins with the active player immediately clockwise the button. On this round of Omaha, betting doubles from the small bet to the big bet. In a $2/$4 game, betting on the turn is done in $4 increments.

When betting action is completed for the turn round, the "river" is dealt face-up on the board. The river is the fifth and final community card in Omaha poker. Betting begins with the active player immediately clockwise the button.

If there is more than one remaining player when the final betting round is complete, the last bettor or raiser shows his or her cards. If there was no bet on the final round, the player immediately clockwise the button shows his or her cards. The player with the best five-card hand wins the pot. In Omaha poker, players must use two and only two of their four hole poker cards in combination with three of the cards from the board. In the event of identical hands, the pot will be equally divided between the players with the best hands.

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Poker Jackpot Grows Like Lotto Nov 9, 2005

It seems that some poker sites may have stumbled upon a winning combination: take poker tournaments and add in an element of lotto jackpots to spice things up. This is what Titan Poker, a relative newcomer to the world of online poker rooms, is doing with a few of their tournament offerings.

The Maui progressive Sit N Go tournament, for example, offers a $15,000 jackpot if a single player wins a number of consecutive tournaments. So there is effort and skill required, unlike winning the lottery (unless one considers picking the lucky numbers an effort.) The lotto jackpot portion comes in the way the jackpot keeps growing week by week until someone “hits” it by winning the right number of consecutive events.

Titan Poker is claiming to offer $1 million dollars a month in prizes, and with events like the Maui and the Rio progressive tournaments, it might be possible. The Fort Knox Jackpot Sit N Go Tournaments are the latest offering, with a grand prize of $100,000 to the player who can win six events in a row, on top of the prizes for the individual events.

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Basic Poker Strategy

Poker Strategy 101

(JND) - There are several excellent books on Poker Strategy, and this article will only attempt to deal with the basics that must be mastered by the beginner. A list of articles on the material summarized here appears below.

Hand strength:
Once a player has mastered the rank of hands, it is more important to realize their relative strength at a poker table. Approximately half the five-card hands in any given game will be less than a pair of twos, but only about one-fourth of five-card hands in the long run will be better than a pair of Aces. A full house is such a good hand that it is far more likely to be the best hand on the table than a 7 high (the lowest possible hand) is to be the lowest hand at a given table.

One mistake made by many beginners is to bet hands that are unlikely to win in the showdown, hoping that they will eventually improve. In the long run, this is a losing strategy against experienced players. For example, in draw poker, any hand less than a pair should generally be folded at the earliest opportunity. In other games, such as Texas Hold 'Em where only two cards are dealt before the betting round, unmatched combinations of low cards are unlikely to result in a winning hand.

Improvement and pot odds:
Athough improvement is possible with virtually every hand, most beginners forget that players with better hands may also improve their hands on the draw, and that in the long run the player with the better hand before a draw is likely to have the better hand after the draw as well. Generally, if you have reason to believe that your opponent has a better hand than you at any given point of a betting round, the appropriate action is to fold. However, if the money in the pot is large compared to the bet required to stay in (the "pot odds"), a call is possible. This is particularly the case when a player is attempting to fill a straight or flush. However, the approximate odds of filling an outside straight on the next draw is about 6-1, and the odds of similarly filling a flush is about 5-1. As such, calling is not recommended if the money that could be won gives a lesser payout on the bet.


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One bet made by beginners that rarely pays off is to fill an "inside straight" - a straight with one of the middle cards missing. The odds against filling such a straight on a single draw are roughly 13-1 against and should not be considered unless the pot odds are particularly good.

Bluffing:
Beginners, even talented beginners, see bluffing as a way to "buy" the pot. However, bluffing seldom works against poor players (who tend to overestimate the strength of their hand to begin with) and does not work for long against expert players if a player bluffs too frequently. Although all players should bluff occasionally to make their large bets on good hands look less credible, consistent and constant bluffing generally leads to large losses.

Position play:
Generally, players who have to bet first need stronger hands to open the betting than players who bet later. This is because the raw odds of a better hand being on the table increase based on the number of players who have not had the opportunity to bet. For example, in a six-player game of draw poker, it is recommended that a player check in the first betting position unless they have at least a pair of aces. However, the last player to bet (the dealer) may open the betting if no-one else has spoken with as little as a pair of twos. One expert Hold 'Em player recommends folding if you are the first player to the left of the blind unless you have the strength to raise

Partypoker to deal its 3 billionth hand

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Party Poker to Deal 3 hand number 3 billion
(PRLEAP.COM) Any minute now, the 3 billionth hand will be played at PartyPoker!
To celebrate this landmark, we’re rewarding many players with special jackpots and the chance to become a millionaire.

These will be followed by amazing $20,000 freeroll tournaments played an hour after the jackpots have been awarded. All real money players are eligible for the freeroll. Be fast since registration will be on a first come first served basis

To win the jackpots, all you have to do is play the following lucky hands:

2,955,000,000
2,960,000,000
2,965,000,000
2,970,000,000
2,975,000,000
2,980,000,000
2,985,000,000
2,990,000,000
2,995,000,000
3,000,000,000


The winner of the hand receives 50% of the jackpot, and the rest of the table will share the remaining 50%.

If a royal flush is dealt on one of the lucky 10 hands, the winner of that hand gets $1 million!

All players who are dealt cards during these hands will be rewarded according to the table they’re playing on when the jackpot is awarded.

Players who are dealt cards during one of the lucky 10 hands, playing either $3/$6 limit tables or higher, or $100 NL/$100 PL tables or higher, will share the following, according to the hand they hit:

2,955,000,000:
Table shares $10,000
2,960,000,000:
Table shares $12,500
2,965,000,000:
Table shares $25,000
2,970,000,000:
Table shares $27,500
2,975,000,000:
Table shares $30,000
2,980,000,000:
Table shares $32,500
2,985,000,000:
Table shares $37,500
2,990,000,000:
Table shares $50,000
2,995,000,000:
Table shares $75,000
3,000,000,000:
Table shares $200,000

Players who are dealt cards during one of the lucky 10 hands, playing either $2/$4 limit tables or lower, or $50NL/$50PL or lower and those playing tournaments will share:

2,955,000,000:
Table shares $6000
2,960,000,000:
Table shares $7500
2,965,000,000:
Table shares $15,000
2,970,000,000:
Table shares $16,500
2,975,000,000:
Table shares $18,000
2,980,000,000:
Table shares $19,500
2,985,000,000:
Table shares $22,500
2,990,000,000:
Table shares $30,000
2,995,000,000:
Table shares $45,000
3,000,000,000:
Table shares $120,000

Players who are dealt cards during a freeroll with one of the lucky 10 hands will be awarded:

2,955,000,000:
Table shares $500
2,960,000,000:
Table shares $625
2,965,000,000:
Table shares $1250
2,970,000,000:
Table shares $1375
2,975,000,000:
Table shares $1500
2,980,000,000:
Table shares $1625
2,985,000,000:
Table shares $1875
2,990,000,000:
Table shares $2500
2,995,000,000:
Table shares $3750
3,000,000,000:
Table shares $10000

The $20,000 freerolls:
Each $20,000 freeroll will start in the hour after a jackpot has been hit, e.g. if a lucky hand is dealt at 1:32 p.m., the freeroll will start at 3:00 p.m.

The freerolls will be open to all real money players, and registration will be on a first come first served basis.

Winners will have the money added to their account within 48 hours

1. The winner of the hand is determined by the best hand, regardless of sidepots or all-ins. At the showdown, the best hand shown will win 50%. In the case of tied hands, the players with the tied high hands will split the 50%, with the remaining 50% split between the other active players. If only three players were dealt into the hand, all three players will split the jackpot evenly.

2. For the royal flush jackpot a player must use at least one hole card from his hand. A royal flush on the board will not count.

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World Poker Tour adds a new poker to its 16 event schedule. The Borgata Winter Poker Open!

World Poker Tour Announces Seventeenth Tournament

Responding to the constantly changing face of the poker world, the World Poker Tour has added another event to the 2005-2006 schedule. As the Tour has continued to see the phenomenal growth of poker continue on into its Fourth Season, the WPT feels that it is time to add another event to the list of tournaments that are already being vied for. The sixteen event schedule has been joined by the Borgata Winter Poker Open, to be played at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ, from January 20th through February 1st.

The Borgata Winter Poker Open will be primarily a No-Limit Hold 'Em event. Buy-ins for the tournaments will range from $500 to $2,500 and there will be a $500 Limit Event and a $300 Ladies' No-Limit event held during the tournament's twelve day run. Everything will be capped off, of course, by the $9,700 (plus $300) WPT Championship event that will start on January 29th.


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The first stop the World Poker Tour made at the Borgata in September was a rousing success. Five hundred fifteen players stepped to the felt during the Championship Event, which was won by New Jersey poker veteran Al Ardebili. Additionally, with only two stops on the East Coast by the World Poker Tour (the September Borgata tournament and the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods in Connecticut), it adds another eastern stop for the premiere poker tour and an additional chance for the poker players that aren't in the poker hotspots of Las Vegas and California another opportunity to earn their way into the WPT Championship in April 2006.

The additional stop will put a tremendous strain on the skills of its professional combatants, however. The WPT will be wrapping up the World Poker Open at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, MS, on January 23rd, leaving a very short turnaround time for players to get their "A" game primed for battle in Atlantic City. In all, more than half (nine) of the WPT's Season Four schedule of seventeen events will be contested in the first four months of 2006. With the plentitude of major tournaments, poker players and fans will be exhausted by the time the WPT Championship is played out at the end of April!

Having handed out over $100 million in purses during its first three years, the WPT's Fourth Season is shaping up to be the biggest and best of the Tour's history. It is possible (and will be pretty close) that the Tour will crack the $200 million mark this season. In all, the poker should be very exciting and the addition of a new stop on the Tour marks that the WPT is continuing in its growth and will be around for some time to shape the face of the world of poker!

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Caesars Palace to Host Pokers All-Stars Tournament

Press Release Source: Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.


Poker All-Stars Square Off for 2005 Tournament of Champions
Tuesday November 1, 1:42 pm ET
ESPN Set to Telecast Special Event at Caesars Palace


LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Many of the biggest names in poker will descend on Caesars Palace next week to compete for $2 million in total prize money at the 2005 World Series of Poker® Tournament of Champions, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET - News) said.

The free-roll tournament is expected to feature, among others, the nine millionaires from the 36th annual World Series of Poker's Main Event final table as they go for another seven-figure payday. A free-roll is an event in which none of the participants is required to pay a "buy-in" or entry fee to compete.

The Tournament of Champions will be played Nov. 6 through Nov. 8. The winner will receive $1 million. ESPN, the exclusive broadcast partner of the World Series of Poker, will provide comprehensive coverage of the event, which is scheduled to be telecast from 1 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time Dec. 24, 2005.

"This is poker's All-Star event," said Jeffrey Pollack, vice president of sports and entertainment marketing for Harrah's Entertainment. "Some of the top names in the game will travel from around the globe to Caesars Palace for a chance at a huge payday and bragging rights."

"The Tournament of Champions will be a great culmination of our World Series of Poker coverage this year," said Fred Christenson, director of programming for ESPN Original Entertainment. "With its high-stakes action and some of the best known players in the game, we expect this event to draw very strong ratings."

"Caesars Palace has a long history of hosting world-class sporting events, and this one-of-a-kind tournament will continue that legacy," said Gary Selesner, senior vice president and general manager of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. "This promises to be a spectacle no poker fan can afford to miss."


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In all, nearly 120 players earned invitations to the Tournament of Champions. In addition to the nine players who made the final table at the 36th annual World Series of Poker Main Event, top finishers in five World Series of Poker Circuit events held in the 2004-05 season are also eligible. Among professionals who've committed to play are 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winners Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, and nine-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth.

The World Series of Poker is owned and operated by Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Harrah's Entertainment. Caesars Palace is a Harrah's-operated casino.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada 68 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.

More information is available at http://www.harrahs.com and http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

Vince Neil to hold a Charity Texas Hold Em Tournament to Benefit the T.J. Martell Foundation

The Crue's Vince Neil Rocks The Poker World
October 29, 2005
Earl Burton
Oddly enough, the worlds of poker and rock and roll cross quite frequently. On "Celebrity Poker Showdown", guitarist Dave Navarro and Meat Loaf have been competitors on the program. Recently in Las Vegas, the "Vegas Rock Star" poker tournament was held and now rock music and poker cross tracks again for a beneficial cause.

On November 11th at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil lends his poker skills to the Vince Neil Off The Strip Charity Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament. The tournament, being held to benefit the T. J. Martell Foundation, will be an evening of hot poker, hotter music and still hotter young ladies, fitting in with Vince's reputation as one of the legendary wild men of the music industry!

Besides being an evening of fun and frivolity with Vince, it is also a cause that is near to his heart. Through his own efforts, Neil has helped to raise over one million dollars for the T. J. Martell Foundation, a music industry organization that is dedicated to raising money for life saving research into leukemia, cancer and AIDS. It is an excellent reason to have a great time for a great cause!

The players will vie for a prize pool that will total $50,000, with the final table being the beneficiaries of the bounty. Seats are limited to the first 150 entries, with a buy-in of $500 plus a $40 entry fee. Immediately following the tournament will be the awards ceremonies and a live auction with a very special emcee that will be revealed at the moment of the show. If you can't get into the tournament, then there are guest passes available for those not playing.

Some of the loveliest ladies who entertain in Las Vegas will be joining in with Vince for what should be several hours of fun and poker. Vince himself was enthusiastic about the tournament, saying, "I'm very excited about the tournament! We have kicked this idea around for a while and it just makes sense, since I live in Las Vegas and The Joint at the Hard Rock is one of my favorite venues. Texas Hold 'Em is a kick ass game and when you add the girls to the mix, it only gets better. I hope my fans will come out and make this a very special night because it is a very special cause to me."


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R. J. Demman, Vice President of Casino Marketing for the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, is credited with the addition of the dancers. "We have wanted to use our off the strip location as a tie-in to an event for some time. We are going to make it as close to a strip off event as possible! Vince is the perfect guy to partner with on this one. It's going to be a fun night. I am sure we are going to sell it out. I look forward to this becoming an annual event at The Joint."

This should be one of the hottest tickets on the Vegas scene that week, so if you would like to support a great cause, see some of the most attractive ladies Las Vegas has to offer and (oh, yeah) play some poker, there's no better stop than the Hard Rock! Be sure to learn more about the Vince Neil Off The Strip Charity Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament by calling the Joint at the Hard Rock at (702) 693-5000.