The World Champion from 2005 and PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem discusses some of the plays he made on this season's High Stakes Poker. He also tells us about life in Melbourne, his up-and-coming Poker TV reality show and the gathering of all the World Champions in the end of May.
Source: Pokertube.com
Daniel Skolovy (Pokerlistings.com) has written a great article on not slow-playing. In summary, he says "Slow-playing, for the most part, is counter-productive. If your goal is to get the most money in the pot, how are you going to do that by checking? You build pots by betting your big hands, not by lurking in the weeds with them."
Read the article in full here.
Annie Duke is well-known in poker circles as one of the top women in the game as well as sister to Full Tilt pioneer, Howard Lederer. But she's reaching a whole new audience now as one of the boardroom contestants on Celebrity Apprentice.
She Said: ""It's like all poker strategy," she said. "It's a game, and similar to poker, it's all about the choices you make in that game."
The show's producer said:"In some ways that boardroom table is like one big poker table and Annie is very much at home there."
Credit: Pokerlistings.com - Read the article in full...
Do you have 3 weeks to commit? New to poker or been playing for while? It’s time to bring your poker face to the table as a new reality show is coming your way. The first series of The Poker Star launches soon, but the search for eleven contestants starts here.
It’s a journey beyond the table with World Series of Poker Champion, Joe Hachem where you will be challenged to see who really has what it takes to sky rocket to stardom as The Poker Star.
The winner will not only take home $100,000 in cash, but have a money can’t buy experience living as a poker pro – the right to participate in 4 multi-million dollar global tournaments, in places such as Monte Carlo and Las Vegas all sponsored by PokerStars.net and mentored by Joe Hachem.
There will be only ONE winner – The Poker Star.
OPEN DAY CASTING CALLS
Sydney:
Star City Casino
27th April, 2009
10am – 3pm
Melbourne:
Location TBC
18th April, 2009
10am – 3pm
You will need to meet certain requirements including being over 18 for further details click here.
Intriguing insight into the tipsy mind of Gus Hansen as he records both he's online play and he's chiseled chin in this video stream on Poker TV by Gus Hansen. Subscribe for free to see he's pocket cards. Also integrated into the video is user video questions (including marriage proposals).
