Archive for February, 2009

Samantha asked:


A friend of mine an I are planning a poker run in which the proceeds benefit a girl with the disease Cystic Fibrosis. Just incase you don’t know what a poker run is, I’ll briefly describe it. A poker run is an organized motorcycle event where riders travel over a prescribed course and at designated stopping points, select a card. At the end of the run, the person with the best poker hand wins a prize.
Anyway, I am asking if anyone has any ideas or suggestions to make it more fun for the bikers? We will have a cash prize for the winner, but we will also have ticket drawings, so what type of items should we set out for them to win? What companies would most likely donate?
Also, how many bars to stop at, five or six? We need five cards, but maybe a six bar to stop at for the food and drinks?
Any insight is appreciated! Thanks everyone!
One more question.. How much should I charge for the t-shirts and the entry fee?

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Nikolas M asked:


I’m asking this specifically of you poker players who believe in God. Would God suspend the laws of mathematics, including probability and variance, to cause a poker player to get more than his mathematical share of good or bad cards? What are your thoughts about this?

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sensesFail asked:


Also I live in Utah, is it illegal to play online poker for money?
Thanks.

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Joe asked:


since the passing of a bill by bush its illegal to make transactions from banks to online poker sites, but there are ways around that….

is it legal to play online poker in the united states for money if you are of age? Also, the bill says you cant make transactions from your account to online poker sites, but if you get a check from the poker site can you cash it at your bank?

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Dan The Poker Man asked:


In online poker, there is no doubt that the Texas hold-em poker is still considered the most popular. But it probably would not hold that spot for long, as Omaha hold-em is steadily gaining ground in the poker popularity contest. You’ll find many respectable poker rooms and other live dealer casinos offering the Omaha Poker version.

Omaha hold-em, or simply Omaha, is the game of choice of a lot of poker players because it is perceived that the mathematical probabilities that poker nerds look forward to computing are more obvious there. Also, because these probabilities are more apparent, Omaha is said to be more of a game of wits than a game of chance.

Another characteristic that makes Omaha distinct from the other kinds of poker games is that in Omaha, it is not always the player with the highest hand who wins the pot. The object of Omaha is to come up with both the highest and the lowest hand. The two players who got the highest and the lowest hand respectively get to split the pot. In some cases, two or more players tie in having the highest and lowest hand, and so they split the pot amongst themselves. Of course it is entirely possible for just the player with the highest hand to get the whole pot to him/herself.

There are, however, restrictions as to how a hand of cards can be considered a low hand. First, the highest card in the hand should have a value not bigger than eight. Second, the five cards making up the hand should all be unpaired.

In addition, in Omaha, a player makes up his/her hand, be it the highest or the lowest, using exactly two of his/her four hole cards and exactly three of the five community cards.

Here is how Omaha is played, step by step:

1. The dealer deals out the four hole cards to each player one at a time. Once all the players have their cards, an initial round of betting is made. The person to the left of the dealer makes the small blind and the one to his/her left makes the big blind. The other players can then check the big blind, raise it, or fold.

2. After this first betting round is done, the dealer draws out the first three community cards, also called the flop. Another betting round happens, with players raising, checking or folding. Afterwards, the dealer draws the fourth community card, called the turn, which is then followed by another betting round with the subsequent raising, checking or folding. The same happens with the fifth community card, also known as the river.

3. The showdown happens among the players who have not folded after the river is placed down. Again, the players use exactly two of the hole cards and exactly three of the community cards. The players with the highest and the lowest hand win the pot and split it among themselves. If there are no hands that qualified for the lowest hand, then the player who got the highest hand gets to have the pot entirely to him/herself.



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Magical T asked:


I know that this is a nutty question but since all the alleged corruption in horse racing I really would likie a sensible answer.

Also in poker are there such things as strategy or is it a lucky game?

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Poker River Online - Cheryle S asked:


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Summer Championship is full of non stop events that run for a total of 31 events, with a conclusion of the Summer Championship Grand Final.

Certain events will award leaderboard points with the players who finish at the top of the leaderboard winning their entry in the Grand Final.

Its not all about the leaderboard though, throughout the month will be several championship events, with excitement to be had in events like the ladies event, the seniors event and the young guns event.

The leaderboard is a marvelous thing and all you need is to place somewhere in the top 30 of the Summer Champs Leader board, and you are one step closer to taking your shot at a seat for the Aussie Millions worth $15,000 not mention the other fantastic prizes available to be won. Your odds are 1 in 30 to be able to find your self coating in the land down under.

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Alain asked:


I live in Luxembourg, have won a nice sum playing online poker but I am not sure at all how the tax situation is. thx

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dj k asked:


Hypothetically, can I go to Canada if I wish to withdraw money from an online poker account, and not be penalized if I live in the state of Washington?

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Scrumptious asked:


…like the one they use at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. I am setting up a home poker game and would like to keep track of blinds and levels.

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