Category: Poker News and Features
Understanding the Basics of Different Poker Variants
Some people only play one variant of poker, while others love to play many different versions. Five Card Stud, Texas Hold’em, and even Strip Poker are such popular variations that, even if you don’t play, you’re at least familiar with the name. Along with these, there are hundreds of other variations. You can even make up your own version, complete with your rules. If you want to know about a few of the other versions or are looking for a new poker game, here is a brief list and explanation on how to play. Texas Hold’em Not everyone is familiar…
Games Of Skill Act Could Legalize Nebraska Online Poker
Nebraska online poker is set to regulated if the new “Games Of Skill” Act passes through the state legislature. The Act would legalize certain games of skill such as sports betting, daily fantasy sports, and poker. The “maybe” of online poker is due to the bill not specifically mentioning the internet at all. But the office for the bill’s sponsor said the intention is to include online gaming. The bill doesn’t categorize all poker games as games of skill, but does define skill-based games as “draw poker” games like five-card draw and “community card” games like Texas Hold’em and Omaha….
Poker Tourney Strategy: Independent Chip Model
When are you ready to use a poker strategy? When people think of poker luck often comes to mind. Most people who do not play poker think that it’s either all about the luck of the draw or cheating. This is far from the truth. Well, luck may play a little into it but not much. It comes down to strategy when playing poker. The strategy is what separates the losers from the winners. A good strategy can, and often does, give a poker player the edge in a game. Success in this game isn’t about just drawing a few…
New York Online Poker Bill Returns for 2020
Here’s to hoping that the eighth time is a charm for New York online poker. Lawmakers in the Empire State are once again consider online poker legislation, following a nearly zero progress through 2019. State Senator Joseph Addabbo is once again at the helm of the 2020 push. But New York lawmakers have filed bills to regulate online poker every year since 2014 without success, and the new legislation remains unchanged from 2019. The state Constitution prohibits these sorts of games with a few exceptions, including the regulated commercial casino industry. The enabling law does not, however, include any authorization…
PartyPoker Nevada Could Bring US Network
As America inches state by state into regulated online gambling, rumors of a US Network have started to circulate, with PartyPoker at the center. Players at BetMGM and Borgata Poker in New Jersey recently received emails about a chance to win an entry into a PartyPoker US Network $250K Freeroll. The event is slated for January 26. The use of the term US Network appears to be new branding for PartyPoker. While the term US Online Poker Network could mean a variety of things, best guesses say that PartyPoker could be planning to go live in Nevada and then merge…
California Card Rooms Fear New Rules
The Bureau of Gambling Control have proposed new California card rooms rules that have many of the establishments saying they will be forced to close if they are enforced. California has over 70 card rooms, many in urban centers where tribal casinos don’t operate. In addition to poker, these clubs also operate pai gow poker, blackjack and baccarat. If new rules proposed by the state Bureau of Gambling Control are adopted, card room operators say, playing the games will be so complicated, players will go to tribal casinos that aren’t bound by such rules. The bureau has been holding hearings…



















