Poker News Updates Archive from PokerUpdates.com

World Series of Poker Interviews
All-In Texas Hold'em
Living the Poker Life
Play Poker Against the Stars
Poker Boot Camp
Playing Poker for $5.5 Million
Playing Online Poker is Legal
Learn to Play Texas Hold'em Like a Professional

World Series of Poker Interviews

World Series of Poker interviews with notable WSOP bracelet winners including WSOP event #2 winner Allen Cunningham, WSOP event #7 bracelet winner Mike Gracz, and WSOP event #9 champion Erik Siedel are on video. Also, WSOP interview with sixth time WSOP bracelet winner T.J. Cloutier and tenth time WSOP bracelet winners Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson.

All-In Texas Hold�em

The creator of Spike TV�s King of Vegas, Wayne Allen Root, co-hosts the episode and talks about the Plaza Hotel and Casino�s role in King of Vegas. There is also a new table at casinos, World Poker Tour�s All-In Hold�em or WPT All-In Hold�em. It is played just like texas hold�em, but it is you heads up with the dealer. It�s great for poker professionals and poker novices as the dealer has a prescribed set of rules. The key to WPT All-In Hold�em is the bonus bets that have 50 to 1 odds. The Wynn casino in Las Vegas, owned by Steve Wynn, opened April 28, 2005 and cost $2.7 billion to develop. The poker room has 27 tables and has hired Daniel Negreanu as its poker ambassador and liaison. Negreanu has put up a challenge to any poker player in the world: Any game, any stakes. There are two stipulations however; first, the game must be played at the Wynn and second Daniel can end the game at any time if he is losing big. Also, to compete with the Wynn, Bellagio and MGM have both upgraded their poker rooms. Lastly, Chris �Jesus� Ferguson speaks about online poker players winning at the WSOP.

Living the Poker Life

The Millions 4 Casino Cruise ship has a fitness center, 2 pools, jacuzzi, restaurants, casino and an art auction. The owner and publisher of Cardplayer magazine has written a new book basically for beginners since it has many poker fundamentals but the book is also a good refresher for advanced poker players. Daniel Negreanu gives his tips for a better poker lifestyle. He suggests playing both tournaments and cash games to keep your poker skills up, and to play poker tournaments as a treat.

Play Poker Against the Stars

Doyle Bronson speaks out about ESPN�s new poker drama Tilt. Doyle calls it a disgrace since it seems to portray professional poker players as cheaters and colluders. Daniel Negreanu explains when a poker player should move up to new limits without becoming broke. Mike �The Grinder� Mizrachi won $1.8 million at the World Poker Tour. Mimi Rogers, James Woods, Jennifer Tilly are all at the Hollywood Poker Classic. At the Classic, James Woods speaks about his new online poker room Hollywood Poker, where users get a chance to play poker against movie stars and celebrities .

Poker Boot Camp

The World Poker Tour boot camp has been introduced and there is some great information about the WPT boot camp at the official website. Also, the Great Canadian Poker tournament has began accepting applicants and will shortly crown the Great Canadian Poker Champion. Recently, Chris Moneymaker has signed with the World Poker Showdown cruise. I think it�s about time for another poker movie and Drew Barrymore and Eric Bana agree. These two famous movie stars will star in the new poker film �Lucky You� which has begun filming. Spike TV has started a poker television show to help stop rival rap gangs. The television show, called �Bring it to the Table�, brings rival rap gangs (ie. East Coast versus West Coast) to the poker table to play against each other. The rappers will bring in some bling as the pot. Lastly, the WPT Atlantis poker tournament has finished and notable poker players that were attending include Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Barry Greenstein and Daniel Negreanu.

Playing Poker for $5.5 Million

Winner of the 5 Diamond World Classic poker tournament, Daniel Negreanu talks about what it�s like to be a professional poker player. The five-day tournament in Las Vegas attracted some of poker�s finest including Phil Ivey, Johnny Chan and Chris Ferguson competing for the $5.5 million in prizes. The poker champ also explains the flaws of borrowing money from friends for gambling. The episode also features the latest in poker news. Online poker champion Kathy Liebert explains what it was like to win the Party Poker tournament and discusses what the next tournament will have in store. The proper way to buy chips is something that can dramatically affect the outcome of a poker match and Mike Caro explains the proper way to buy chips.

Playing Online Poker is Legal

This episode takes a look into the legal elements of online poker and the efforts being made by the federal government to ban it. Anthony Cabot, Internet Gaming Attorney breaks down the arguments for banning online poker. He also encourages people to fight the work of Rep. Bob Goodlatte and Sen. John Kyle, the two main politicians spearheading the ban. Author Mike Caro and online poker spokesperson Annie Duke offers their outlook on the situation. They say that online poker will continue offshore even with legislation and the government could be making a lot of money with tax revenues if online gambling was regulated. Out of the 134 players in the PPT tournament at Foxwoods, only six made it to the final table. Chris Bigler, Ron Rhodes, Jennifer Harman, Dan Harrington are some of the finalists. It was also announced during the episode the World Series of Poker will have some of their earlier events for this year�s tournament in Atlantic city, the final phases of the tournament will still be hosted in Los Vegas. Another MARGE tournament was held, the is a poker tournament raises money for different children charities. Poker-great Daniel Negreanu talks about the importance of watching how much you drink while playing poker and explains how it can affect your game. Negreanu was one of the many great players to speak at the forth annual World Poker Conference, co-coordinator for the event Linda Johnson says that both expert players and beginners can take something away from the event.

Learn to Play Texas Hold'em Like a Professional

The first episode of the series begins by talking to poker great Howard Lederer about an event he is working on that offers poker advice and playing time with pros like himself. Fans attend seminars and can sit at a table with players such as Chris Ferguson and Greg Gordon. After the games the pros will offer advice for their opponents on how to better their game. Annie Duke talks about her recent interview that received a lot of criticism from the poker world. During the previous interview Duke was upset she was playing with inexperienced players whose lack of technique throw her game off. Duke says she regrets what was said and she hopes her comments will not keep beginner poker players from playing, Duke added she was really tired from the all weekend tournament. Erin Ness talks about her recent success in the World Poker Series. The Maxim photography assisted won $10,000 in the tournament and has received all kinds of compliments. Ness hopes that her win will inspire women to play the game and to participate in tournaments, she plans to keep playing.