How Deadly are Your Poker Chips ?

November 26, 2007

After reading an interesting article over at poker professor’s blog on the high lead content in some poker chips - The Arizona health officials issued a warning that the world’s most popular casino chips Paulson brand poker chips manufactured and distributed by Gaming Partners International Corp are contaminated with high levels of lead.

More … Poker Chips contamiated with Lead

Setting me off on a bit of a search for other poker chip related health issues - which I thought might make an interesting ramble.

It didnt take long to find out that poker chips like bar nuts and chips etc get there fair share of unclean hands on them. Could players really catch Ebola or the super bug MRSA just by playing poker ?

More … Dirty Vegas & How Clean are Your Chips

So it looks like for the paranoid among you The Wynn seems to be offering the cleanest of chips on the Vegas Strip.

After all this health stuff it’s really time to lighten the mood with a youtube from pokernights with dirty poker terms.

Poker Lessons with Daniel Negreanu - Part 15

November 26, 2007

Daniel “kid poker” Negreanu continues his online poker lessons, this one covering the differences between limit and no-limit texas holdem.

This is the 15th of a series of 15 or so poker video lessons which take you through from beginner to winning player and are sure to improve your online poker game.

$1 buy-in with $50 added at Full Tilt this Sunday

November 23, 2007

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Play Online Poker

This weeks Sunday $1 buy-in with $50 added is at FullTilt Poker

The 4kingpoker weekly Sunday $1 buy-in league.

Full Tilt Poker $1 buy-in with $50 added
Sunday 25th November at 3.00pm EST

Full Tilt Poker is one of the top 3 biggest poker rooms, excellent software and a great lineup of poker pro’s you can play like Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson & Gus Hanson - Check out our Full Tilt Poker Review - Download using our links and use BONUS CODE: 4kingbonus for a 100% up to $600 bonus - FullTilt Poker is open to US players.

Our Weekly Sunday $1 buy-in games with $50 added league will run over 30 weeks at a variety of our recommended poker rooms and will include tournaments open to US players. Hosts will include RedKings Poker, Full Tilt, Titan Poker, Bodog, PKR, Poker.com / Carbon Poker and others.

Good Luck and hope to see you at the tables.

Check out the 4kingpoker Private Tournaments page and passwords are in the forum.

Cheers Scrawnybob

Last weeks results - Game 12 - Titan Poker $1 buy-in with $50 added

23 Players - scrawnybob finished 14th

1. chatoman … 10pts
2. angelan … 9pts
3. torben … 8pts
4. Mauroma3 … 7pts
5. pokerkat1 … 6pts
6. borcanel … 5pts
7. NoRaLec … 4pts
8. Nick1965 … 3pts
9. PACOBAD2 … 2pts
10. andrei78 … 1pt

12 Steps to Poker Heaven - Episode 2 Part 1

November 23, 2007

This is a great series of poker video tutorials from the Poker Heaven TV Channel, co presented by confirmed man’s man and recreational poker player Grub Smith.

This episode covering amongst other things -

Pre-flop strategy covering assessing the opposition, table image, playing position.

Post-flop strategy covering betting strategies and playing the flop, turn & river.

Poker Heaven is a great site on the Boss Network popular with European poker players. Check out our Poker Heaven Review and get a new 100% up to 500 Euros.

Full Tilt Poker $50 freeroll this Thursday

November 21, 2007

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Play Online Poker

This weeks Thursday $50 freeroll is at FullTilt Poker

The 4kingpoker weekly Thursday $50 freeroll league.

Full Tilt Poker $50 Freeroll
Thursday 22nd November at 7.00pm EST

Full Tilt Poker is one of the top 3 biggest poker rooms, excellent software and a great lineup of poker pro’s you can play like Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson & Gus Hanson - Check out our Full Tilt Poker Review - Download using our links and use BONUS CODE: 4kingbonus for a 100% up to $600 bonus - FullTilt Poker is open to US players.

Our Weekly Thursday $50 freeroll league will run over 30 weeks at a variety of our recommended poker rooms and will include tournaments open to US players. Hosts will include Full Tilt, Titan Poker, Bodog, PKR, Poker.com / Carbon Poker and others.

Good Luck and hope to see you at the tables.

Check out the 4kingpoker Private Tournaments page and passwords are in the forum.

Cheers Scrawnybob

Results - Game 12 - Titan Poker

How much is Luck a factor in Poker ?

November 21, 2007

This is a slick ad from Full Tilt Poker which pretty much sums up how much luck is a factor in Poker.

In think it was the US golf pro Arnold Palmer who said “It’s funny but the more I practise the luckier I get”

The pro poker player lineup at Full Tilt is impressive and as they say, if luck was such a big factor in poker - How come so many of the final tables in tournaments are filled with professionals.

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