'Deal' is the name of the latest in a line of Poker movies about to hit the big screen. It's a Color of Money style movie in which a young hot shot is paired with the old pro.

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Poker players always bet the best hands, if you get a caller it's great business. And sometimes you should bet the worst too, bluff in the hope of taking a pot before the flop. But don't bet your medium hands! the chances of getting called by a weaker hand are just too slim to justify betting. Check it down and hope for the best.   more »

A UK court has class poker as a game of luck, the Gutshot Poker Club in London has been in a legal wrangle with the authorities over the classification of poker as a skill game or a luck based game. The Gutshot club was accused of breaking the gaming act by accepting rakes on tournaments played in the club.

The ruling will signal the end of poker clubs in the UK, players will have to revert to playing in back street games and their friends houses.

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PKR 3D Poker is more than just a pretty face. It uses advanced gaming technology to serve the game of poker and enhance our user’s experience in ways no other poker room can. PKR’s unique ‘Emote control’ technology, combined with a number of other one-of-a-kind game features mean players on PKR can interact and engage with the game and each other in way that’s personal, involving and highly entertaining. PKR is bringing the personality into online poker.

PKR is taking online poker to the next level - visit www.PKR.com and try the free demo.

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DON'T GET GREEDY.

Successful poker players all have one thing in common:

They understand the PSYCHOLOGY of greed, and how powerful it really is.

Let me share a story with you how *I* fell victim to greed the other night at my local $1-2 no-limit game...    more »

Q. I have a question about AK (suited or not). All the books treat AK as a big hand and advise raising preflop with it. I do this as advised, usually raising 4 or 5 times the BB.

However, the maths being what they are, most of the time I miss the flop and I'm looking at absolutely nothing. Shoud I carry on betting big as if I've hit something, and if so do I bet the flop and turn, or just bail out after gettting one call? It doesn't feel good betting when you know a pair of twos has you beat!

Great question...

A. The way to play Big Slick (AK) depends largely on your positioning, how many players are in the hand, your read on on the situation, and so on.

Remember this mantra:

PLAY THE PLAYER, NOT THE CARDS.

Is Big Slick a monster hand?

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As a member of Pokerpromotion you will be offered a poker set for Free, and other poker supplies, for playing poker. There are always interesting offers at Pokerpromotion when you are going to play at new poker rooms. So do like many others, join us now and get a FREE pokersets!

Visit pokerpromotion.com today and claim your poker chip sets.

Spin Palace Poker offers a number of exciting, fast-paced, and traditional poker games. Whether you are playing against 9 other people, one-on-one, or entering a tournament, you'll have all of your favorite poker games to choose from.   more »

Australia's former king of spin Shane Warne will keep his life after cricket kicking along on Sunday, launching Australia's richest poker event. Warne will speak about his love of the game - poker not cricket - when he opens the Aussie Million Championship's 'No Limit Holdem' main event.

Last week, AFL footballer Brendan Fevola and tennis stars Mark Philippoussis and Andy Roddick joined the tournament touted as Australia's largest, richest and most prestigious poker event.

The championships's main event will be launched at Crown Casino with over 700 players fighting for a slice of the $8 million prize pool with a guaranteed first price of $1 million.

Every month 32 Red Poker is holding a New Player Freeroll worth $1000. This will give every new player at 32 Red the chance to grab some cash while they find their feet.

32 Red also give away a huge $5,000 in the Monthly Free roll, with prize money for the top 100 players. The tournament takes places on the last Sunday of each month - get your name down early so you don't miss out!

Every week they host a $500 Friday Freeroll, perfect for all standards of players, whether practising or just warming up.

Littlewoods poker is giving away £25 or $25 in free poker chips every month. The bonus requires you to play 200 ranked hands in a month - Even a casual player could rack up that relatively small number of hands.   more »

Looking for free poker chips? Then you've hit the right site, I have been putting together list of the latest free chip deals available to online poker players.

My blog is dedicated to bringing you the very best and latest promotional deals from online poker rooms. All the poker sites featured here are trustworthy and reputable. You can rest assured that if you join a poker site featured here you will be in safe hands.

Free chip deals come in a variety of flavors and I can help you make sense of them all. The most common type of deal is a sign-up or new player bonus. This is when a poker room offers you a fixed cash amount or agrees to match your first deposit on a percentage basis to attract you to play poker with them.

These types of deals are generally good news. A few things to watch for with this type of deal are the withdrawal policies on the bonuses - most sites which add cash to your account when you sign-up and make a cash deposit won't allow you to withdraw the bonus until you meet certain conditions - for example at 888 Poker you must wager $2,000, before you can cash out a bonus of $100. It might sound harsh, but the poker sites need to protect themselves from people who would just deposit cash and then withdraw it (and bonus too) without playing a single hand of poker.

The second type of bonus is the 'Play Thru' deal. This is when a cash payment is made after you've played a certain number of real money games with a poker site. These deals are good for people who play or plan to play lots of games. A site may offer to give you $100/£50 every month as long as you play a minimum number or ranked hands/games.

You might well ask "What's a ranked hand" and "Why do poker sites require you to play them before you claim your bonus?" Excellent questions, I'm glad you asked! To answer the first question, a ranked hand is when you play a poker hand/game for real money. There is normally a minimum buy-in or blind value for a hand/game to qualify as 'ranked'. Poker sites which use this bonus method are trying to reward loyal players based on the number and value of hands they play.

PlayThru bonuses will normally be larger than the matched deposit type but they are also harder to claim. Some poker sites place totally unrealistic requirements on the amount of ranked hands you need to play. Be wary really big bonuses, you will probably need to play thousands of ranked hands at high values to qualify for them.

The last type of bonus available is the 'Free Roll' and this bonus is one of my favorites! Because it's so simple, normally requires no money down on your part and can lead to big rewards. Join nearly any poker site and you will be entered into a new player free roll, this is a multi-tabled tournament where you get a free seat at the table. The prize money for finishing in the top spot can be very high, anything from $500 to $5000!

Lets be honest - there's nothing better than gambling with someone else's money whatever the deal!

William Hill is one of the biggest names in sports betting, so what can we expect from there online room? Will hill Poker uses Cryptologic's poker software which has a lot of players from several of the big UK bookmakers...   more »