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Full Tilt adds muscle with Couture

By Miguel Strother Randy Couture may have taken a beating in Saturday night's UFC title fight, but he still walked away a winner with a Full Tilt Poker sponsorship this week.

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Birthday Boy Barbosa Polishes Off EPT Warsaw

By Owen Laukkanen It's all over and done with from Warsaw and Joao Barbosa is the champion of the PokerStars European Poker Tour's Season 5 Polish Open.

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Anti-Outs and Money Cards

By Sean Lind To make money at poker, you have to play the odds correctly. To play the odds correctly, you have to understand your outs and anti-outs and be able to evaluate them quickly.

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Slow-Rolled ... plus Bloggers Gone Wild

By Jason Young There isn't too much going on right now in terms of poker, nothing worth writing about that is. But it seems I've developed some loyal readers, which I'm extremely grateful for.

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Eastgate Wins WSOP Main Event!

Eastgate Wins WSOP Main Event!

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Question of the Day Thursday, Nov 20, 2008


No-Limit Hold'em

Blinds: $1/$2
Pot: $79
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    Flop
     
    Turn
     
    River
    $79
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    Your Hand $200
  • 1st $200
  • 2nd $190
     
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  • Cut-off $400
  • Button $200
  • Small blind $340

Background:

In your six-max game online, under the gun folds and player 2 raises to $7. Folded to you in the big blind and you call. The flop comes 6c3sTh. You check and your opponent bets $10. You call and the turn is the 7d; you check, and again your opponent fires, this time $22. You call and the river comes 9d. How should you get the most value?

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What should you do?


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Saturday, Nov 1st, 2008

  • Location: Las Vegas Caino, Sofitel Hotel, Budapest
  • Event: EPT Budapest
    Buy In: $4,350
    Winner: Will Fry
    Total Purse: $2,128,000

  • Tournament/Location: Horseshoe Hammond
    Buy In: $5,000
    Winner: Steve Billirakis
    Total Purse: $788,250
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Sunday, Nov 2nd, 2008

  • Tournament/Location: Horseshoe Hammond
    Buy In: $5,000
    Winner: Steve Billirakis
    Total Purse: $788,250
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Monday, Nov 3rd, 2008

  • Location: San Jose
  • Event: PokerStars.com LAPT San Jose
    Buy In: $3,700
    Winner: Ryan Fee
    Total Purse: $977,000
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Tuesday, Nov 4th, 2008

  • Location: San Jose
  • Event: PokerStars.com LAPT San Jose
    Buy In: $3,700
    Winner: Ryan Fee
    Total Purse: $977,000
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Wednesday, Nov 5th, 2008

  • Location: San Jose
  • Event: PokerStars.com LAPT San Jose
    Buy In: $3,700
    Winner: Ryan Fee
    Total Purse: $977,000

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Thursday, Nov 6th, 2008

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Friday, Nov 7th, 2008

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Saturday, Nov 8th, 2008

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Sunday, Nov 9th, 2008

  • Location: Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
  • Event: Event 54
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Peter Eastgate
    Total Purse: $64,431,779

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Monday, Nov 10th, 2008

  • Location: Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas
  • Event: Event 54
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Peter Eastgate
    Total Purse: $64,431,779

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Tuesday, Nov 11th, 2008

  • Location: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket
  • Event: Foxwoods World Poker Finals
    Buy In: $10,000
    Winner: Jonathan Little
    Total Purse: $3,876,508
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Thursday, Nov 13th, 2008

  • Location: Manila
  • Event: APPT Manila
    Buy In: $2,350
    Winner: Van Marcus
    Total Purse: $542,856
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Friday, Nov 14th, 2008

  • Location: Manila
  • Event: APPT Manila
    Buy In: $2,350
    Winner: Van Marcus
    Total Purse: $542,856

  • Location: Harvey's Resort and Casino, Lake Tahoe
  • Event: Harvey's Lake Tahoe
    Buy In: $5,000
    Winner: Michael Binger
    Total Purse: $0
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Saturday, Nov 15th, 2008

  • Location: Manila
  • Event: APPT Manila
    Buy In: $2,350
    Winner: Van Marcus
    Total Purse: $542,856

  • Location: Harvey's Resort and Casino, Lake Tahoe
  • Event: Harvey's Lake Tahoe
    Buy In: $5,000
    Winner: Michael Binger
    Total Purse: $0

  • Location: Hyatt Regency, Warsaw
  • Event: EPT Polish Open
    Buy In: $20,000
    Winner: Joao Barbosa
    Total Purse: $4,340,000
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Sunday, Nov 16th, 2008

  • Location: Manila
  • Event: APPT Manila
    Buy In: $2,350
    Winner: Van Marcus
    Total Purse: $542,856

  • Location: Harvey's Resort and Casino, Lake Tahoe
  • Event: Harvey's Lake Tahoe
    Buy In: $5,000
    Winner: Michael Binger
    Total Purse: $0

  • Location: Hyatt Regency, Warsaw
  • Event: EPT Polish Open
    Buy In: $20,000
    Winner: Joao Barbosa
    Total Purse: $4,340,000
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Monday, Nov 17th, 2008

  • Location: Hyatt Regency, Warsaw
  • Event: EPT Polish Open
    Buy In: $20,000
    Winner: Joao Barbosa
    Total Purse: $4,340,000
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Tuesday, Nov 18th, 2008

  • Location: Hyatt Regency, Warsaw
  • Event: EPT Polish Open
    Buy In: $20,000
    Winner: Joao Barbosa
    Total Purse: $4,340,000
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Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2008

  • Location: Hyatt Regency, Warsaw
  • Event: EPT Polish Open
    Buy In: $20,000
    Winner: Joao Barbosa
    Total Purse: $4,340,000
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Saturday, Nov 22nd, 2008

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  • Prize: $1,500
  • Time: 18:00 PST
  • Collect points: 50
  • Qualify between: Oct 24 - Nov 22

   Absolute Poker

  • Prize: $5,000
  • Time: 20:00 PST
  • Play raked hands: 100
  • Qualify between: Oct 1 - Oct 31

   Party Poker

  • Prize: $2,000
  • Time: 20:00 PST
  • Collect points: 100
  • Qualify between: Oct 1 - Oct 31

   Titan Poker

  • Prize: $1,000
  • Time: 18:00 GMT
  • Collect points: 1
  • Qualify between: -

   Full Tilt Poker

  • Prize: $3,000
  • Time: 13:00 PST
  • Collect points: 100
  • Qualify between: Nov 14 - Nov 21
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Sunday, Nov 23rd, 2008

   bwin poker

  • Prize: $2,000
  • Time: 19:00 PST
  • Collect points: 50
  • Qualify between: Oct 16 - Feb 19

   Ultimate Bet

  • Prize: $5,000
  • Time: 20:00 PST
  • Play raked hands: 100
  • Qualify between: Oct 1 - Oct 31
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Sunday, Nov 30th, 2008

   Pacific Poker

  • Prize: $5,000
  • Time: 20:00 PST
  • Collect points: 35
  • Qualify between: Oct 20 - Nov 23
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