Chinese Poker History The origins of Chinese Poker are unclear. However, the game closely resembles “Pai Gow” poker as both require players to compile several hands from a predetermined number of cards. Many sources consider the games to share the same roots in ancient Chinese domino / card gambling games, yeh-tza and yu-p`u. Game Play [...]

About Poker Chips Value Chips are one of the most important elements of the many games that are cumulatively referred to as “poker.” Poker chips generally represent money that is being gambled within the game, although they can also be used to simply keep score in non wagering poker matches. Despite the popularity of poker, [...]

The most shadowy figure in poker has finally been unmasked. Isildur1, the mysterious online player who appeared from nowhere last year to tear into the biggest names in poker, taking the great Tom Dwan for $5m in the process, has finally been revealed as Viktor Blom, a 22-year-old Swede. Viktor Blom walked out to the [...]

Baccarat, its History and How to Play The Game The French claim to have invented Baccarat as it is similar to Chemin de fer, which was imported from France to England. The Italians also claim the game as it was invented by an Italian by the name of Felix Falguierein in the middle ages and [...]

Put on your best poker face, ladies For author and business woman Ellen Leikind, poker isn’t just a card game — it’s a metaphor for life. Why you need to stop playing like a girl. “You don’t need to have the best hand to win.” says Ellen Leikind of Poker. “You just need to make [...]

A lot of players love to play big slick in an over competitive style when playing online poker tournaments. In particular by those players who do not understand how insecure this hand can be. Invariably in online poker tourneys whenever somebody in a hand is holding ace king you are probably going to either witness [...]

When was the last time you visited a casino in a excited frame of mind, only to leave the casino in a bad mood because the majority of the bets did not go your way? I think this is an all too common issue which faces many players from occasional gamblers to the high rollers. [...]