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Archive for February, 2009

The History of Boxer Dogs Playing Poker

by Mark Leroux

The famous painting of boxer dogs playing poker was created by Cassius Marcellus Clay. Born in 1844 in upstate New York, he was named for his father, Kentucky Senator Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, an avid anti-slavery politician.

Cash, as his friends and family would call him, had never received any formal art training. Though, by the time he was 20, he was a draftsman and frequently had his sketches featured in the local newspaper. A short time later, he had one of his drawings published in Harpers Weekly and subsequently came to be the inventor of “comic foregrounds”, where tourists place their head through a hole in a painting, appearing to have a comical muscular body for photographs.

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Lose to Win

by Eddie Parker

Even if you are one of the best poker players around you still have to lose on occasion. Just ask some of the WSOP winners and they will tell you that losing is part of the process. Whether it is a single hand or leaving a game out of pocket, losing at poker is a rite of passage. Losing may not be an enjoyable prospect, but it will make you a better player in the long run.

Losing is part of the game, and there are many reasons why you may lose at poker. You are not always going to have the best hand, and sometimes you will lose to another player who has a better hand than you. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you can move on to becoming a better player.

Some of us get unhappy if we are on a big losing streak. At this point we have to remember that a losing streak may be necessary in order to get on a winning streak.

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by Jack Ghae

It is a simple fact that a lotto syndicate is about the most sensible way to play a part in any lotto if you are searching for a way to improve your likelihood of sharing the jackpot. More than a quarter of all lottery jackpot wins are secured by syndicates.

These lottery syndicates are typically set up by groups of workmates or friends who have the single aim of enhancing their chances of winning the lottery. Operating together in this manner gives each member of the syndicate a greater number of winning chances but at the same time making sure each individual’s entry fee is kept to a minimum.

Playing the lottery as a member of a syndicate can come with a significant odds advantage particularly if the syndicate has a larger number of people partaking. On the other hand, being a player in a lotto syndicate also has its negative points.

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Losing Is a Part of Winning

by Eddie Parker

No matter how good you are or think you may be at poker; you will always lose. Being a winning poker player does not mean that you are going to win every single game that you play. It does not mean you will leave every cash game ahead, and it definitely does not mean you will never lose a hand. The best poker players in the world do not enjoy losing, but they realize that it is a part of winning. You have to lose in order to win in poker.

There are many different reasons that you would have to lose. For one, you could lose just because your opponent has the best hand. This is something that is going to happen. This isn’t normally a hindrance for many people. Just about everyone realizes that they are going to lose hands and they cannot win every time.

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The Basic Strategy of Texas Hold ‘Em

by Corey Hartung

Texas Hold ‘Em has clearly become one of the most popular online and offline poker games of all time. At the heart of this popularity is the ease of learning the game and the maintenance of difficulty for players who are skilled in the art of poker. Anyone and everyone can learn to play Texas Hold ‘Em with a few basic strategies.

When learning to play Texas Hold ‘Em poker, the beginner must first grasp firmly the rules associated with the game. Then, over time, they will be able to pick up some of the same strategies used by the professionals to win more and lose less. Winning is the name of the game in Texas Hold ‘Em poker and these simple tips can help you to become the one everyone wants to beat.

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You have to lose to Win

by Eddie Parker

Even if you are one of the best poker players around you still have to lose on occasion. Just ask some of the WSOP winners and they will tell you that losing is part of the process. Whether it is a single hand or leaving a game out of pocket, losing at poker is a rite of passage. Losing may not be a great prospect, but it will make you a better player in the long run.

There are many different reasons that you would have to lose. For one, you could lose just because your opponent has the best hand. This is something that is going to happen. This isn’t normally a hindrance for many people. Just about everyone realizes that they are going to lose hands and they cannot win every time.

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Pick The Winning Lottery Numbers

by John Fuld

It’s something that most people have considered. Would it be possible to use a scientific “winning number picker” to magically pick 6 lucky numbers? It is highly unlikely you will win the top cash prize, the odds being at least 1 million:1. But you can improve your odds of winning secondary cash awards by using a prime numerical probability scheme to select successful lotto numbers.

There is an effective winning lottery system that has been designed by an expert computer programmer that dramatically increases the odds of picking winning lottery numbers. Known as “The Vergelli Winning Lotto System”, it was created by Gian Vergelli and is patent pending.

Two important results culminated from this system is intensive research and completion of a one-of-a-kind mathematical algorithm. It improves the numerical odds of picking winning lottery numbers and effectively saves money compared to all the other leading lottery number pickers.

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Knowing When to Leave the Table

by Val Pelonis

There are many things you need to learn in order to be a good poker player, and one of the most important lessons is knowing when it is time to stop playing. There will be times when you really want to keep playing, but you have to get up, while other times you will want nothing more than to leave a game behind but you won’t be able to. This is all part of the process of becoming a world-class player. Anytime that your table has run out of luck or the money isn’t coming your way is a good time to call it quits.

Exhaustion

Playing poker is an intense psychological game that takes tremendous exertion and concentration to play, and there is no doubt that a long session of playing poker will leave you drained. Just look around the table at the end of a long day of playing and you will not see the same level of energy that you started with. Keeping track of the cards, hands, people as well as your own thoughts and feelings will keep you on your toes all day long.

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