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Fix Attention on Annie Duke

May 4
Posted by Marquis Filed in Poker
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Annie Duke may not have came away with her 1st WSOP Bracelet until 2004 but Annie remains one of the most feared poker competitors around the ring matches at The Bellagio in Las Vegas. Annie’s long-awaited World Series of Poker win came with a win at the "forgotten game" of Omaha Hi-Lo.

While competitors from the "young crowd" of poker run amok after a huge success at the tables, Annie heads home to be "mommy" to her 4 kids. She was born in NH and was raised into a family of card players. If you don’t accept that, check out her brother, Howard Lederer, when he plays, Howard taught Annie the best method to compete in the game.

However, Annie Duke is no small fry kind of girl and has won her cut of difficult games, which includes knocking out Howard along the way on several occasions.

Earning well over $3 million in tournament play, Annie became a advisor to both UltimateBet.com and actor Ben Affleck, who wanted to sharpen his techniques to become a big player at the poker table.

You might run into Annie at the Bellagio, you’ll see her on TV and you may even compete with her in an internet poker game, but don’t expect an easy win. Unless you’re a up and coming master, you’ll not defeat her. However, it would be cool to say you sat at the same table as "The Duke".

Poker Chips

May 1
Posted by Marquis Filed in Poker

In case you watch poker tournaments on television or have visited betting housees you’ll see that poker chips are available in many unique shades. It can occasionally be confusing because it’s tricky to keep up with just how much a specific chip may perhaps be really worth. This can be due to the fact that each and every casino has its poker chips particularly created and manufactured. A betting house will set its distinctive logo on a chip so it will not be confused with one from a different casino. The chips are also developed to be hard to forge.

You won’t see any plastic poker chips at gambling establishments, they all use clay chips. In fact these chips are no longer made of clay because the clay chips wear out as well swiftly. Instead they may be built of composite ceramic, except the name has stuck. At most gambling dens the smallest denomination of poker chips 5 dollars though some gambling establishments may have one dollar chips. Do not get these chips confused with others such as individuals used at the roulette table, which usually have no logo and are available in smaller denominations.

If you are in the market for poker chips you have a great deal of various companies to decide on from. It is possible to buy clay chips to your specifications or you can purchase the much less high priced plastic chips. The plastic chips are the ones most often used for neighborhood poker games. A regular arranged of plastic chips comes in three to five colours. A set of three consists of white, red, and blue while using white chip becoming well worth one dollar, the red five dollars, and the blue ten dollars. If green and black chips are additional their values are $20.00 and $100.00 respectively. So like a great poker casino game soon.