Your Geek Guide to Poker Chips - Know Your Chips

Wired has an amazing article on all there is to know about poker chips, and the guts of said poker chips. Why? If you’re living about four years ago, you’re probably really into Texas Hold ‘Em poker, and you may have thought about having a set of nice poker chips. You have to be careful, though, because if you pick the wrong set, some random guys on the internet will think the less of you. The article also gives an in-depth guide of the different types and their pitfalls.

• Plastic-Ridge Chips
• ABS Chips
• Metal-Insert Chips
• Ceramic Chips
• High-End Clay Chips

Click on through for some witty banter, and a full read at Wired.com

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Cake Poker Gives Back WSOP Bracelet Sold On Ebay

Cake Poker, one of the top five largest online poker networks, has bought the bracelet at the Buy It Now price of $2,500 of TJ Cloutier. And you know what they're doing with it? They're giving it back to him.

“As much as we would love to have a WSOP bracelet, or even award it to one of our cherished poker players, we can’t, in good conscience, keep it from the man who rightfully won it; which is why we’ve decided to return it to TJ Cloutier… just as soon as we’re done having some fun with it,” stated the Cake Poker blog.

Via Bluff Europe Magazine

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6 Sided poker dice - Play a game of draw poker with these special dice

How about something a little different? Poker and DICE? Awesome. Play a game of 5 card draw poker with this set of specially designed dice. Each die has 9 through ace on the sides. The game is played with the first player rolling 5 dice, keeping the ones he/she likes and rolling the remaining (draw). Once the first player likes his/her hand, he stops and next players can only roll the same number of times as the first player.

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Harvard MBAs Play Poker

This is a pretty interesting idea - want to have a very smart set of people play poker and make it interesting - why not just recruit MBAs from the top business schools. Joe Godfrey is one of the new breed of MBA poker players. At the bottom of Joe Godfrey’s resume, below his Harvard Business School degree, is another of his accomplishments: poker champion.

In 2006, Godfrey was a winner at Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.’s inaugural MBA Poker Championship, beating 470 students and alumni from what Harrah’s says were mostly top-20 U.S. business schools.

The three-day event, which requires entrants to submit resumes, is set for its fifth edition Jan. 15-17 at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and doubles as a recruiting opportunity for the world’s biggest casino company and tournament sponsors. It was founded on the popularity of poker on business-school campuses.

Via BusinessWeek

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States Legalizing Poker to fill in Economic Void in Recession

Pennsylvania has moved ahead from all the other states by legalizing blackjack, poker, slots and other table games. In a bit to gain some of its gamblers money it legalized these games on Thursdays.The only step that would legalize gambling was the signature of Gov. Ed Rendell. Although he signed on the dotted line passing the law he did mention that he did had a few misgivings about expanding gambling culture. Reasons for his misgivings were that of all the casinos in Pennsylvania 14 of them were authorized by the law that was passed out in 2004 are still running.

More At PokerHeadline.com

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Mega Screen 7 in 1 Poker Handheld Video Game

Perfect for travel and featuring 7 Games in 1 handheld, we really like this little device. It has a large easy to read screen, and games include: Play Draw, 2's Wild, Bonus Poker, Double Bonus Poker, Double/Double Bonus Poker, Jokers Wild & Double Jokers Wild. The game even turns itself off after sitting idle for two minutes, and batteries are included.

At Mega Screen 7 in 1 Poker

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Bicycle Eco Edition Playing Cards - 100 Percent Recyclable Poker Cards

Green and eco-friendly, these cards are both recyclable, and starch based. These playing Cards are crafted from Sustainable Forest paper, Starch Based laminating GLue and vegetable-based Printing inks. You'll be the toast of your poker game because you care about the environment and winning.

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Scrabble Word Play Poker Card Game - Poker with Words

We lover Scrabble and we love poker - meet - Poker Word Play Scrabble! Every Word's a Winner. The classic board game of Scrabble gets an extreme fun makeover with this portable, card version. Using some of the rules of standard 7-card draw poker, Scrabble Word Play Poker allows players to discard undesirable letter cards in favor of replacements in order to spell higher scoring words. A game to please both word lovers and poker players is in the cards. Includes 110 Scrabble Word Play Poker Cards and instructions.

At Scrabble Word Play Poker Card Game

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Aluminium Poker Chip Polinator Herb Grinder

Let me grind up some fresh herbs for your dinner and then maybe some poker? These grinders provide many uses for the home. They can grind all sorts of products such as: herbs, spices, and pollen. They are also widely use to grind medicine, tobacco, and pharmaceutical pills. These grinders are made of precision cut aluminum, wood, or plastic. This ensures a smooth grinding motion.

At 3 Parts Aluminium Poker Chip Polinator Herb Grinder

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The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One

The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky discusses theories and concepts applicable to nearly every variation of the game, including five-card draw (high), seven-card stud, hold ’em, lowball draw, and razz (seven-card lowball stud). This book introduces you to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, its implications, and how it should affect your play. Other chapters discuss the value of deception, bluffing, raising, the slow-play, the value of position, psychology, heads-up play, game theory, implied odds, the free card, and semibluffing.

Many of today’s top poker players will tell you that this is the book that really made a difference in their play. That is, these are the ideas that separate the experts from the typical players. Those who read and study this book will literally leave behind those who don’t, and most serious players wear the covers off their copies. This is the best book ever written on poker.

At The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One

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American Oak Poker Chip Oak Case

This amazing solid american oak poker case has a 1200 chip capacity. It measures 17" wide x 11" deep x 14" tall. We need such a case for our ridiculous amount of different chips we've collected. Note: Poker chips and accessories not included, this is the case and the 12 oak chip tray holders only

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Joe Cada Wins $8.5 million poker jackpot at World Series of Poker

Well I'm bummed. I'm not sure why - but I just don't like this guy that much. Oh well - Joe Cada, the youngest champion in the 40-year history of the game's richest and most prestigious event, won with a pair of nines after about 90 hands head-to-head against second-place finisher Darvin Moon.

Cada squandered a huge lead at the start of play late on Monday against 46-year-old Moon before barreling back in a finale of constant betting. It was played before an audience of more than 1,500 people at the Rio Hotel-Casino at a table stacked with bricks of cash. A diamond-encrusted championship bracelet gleamed on the side of the table.

More at Dropout wins $8.5 million poker jackpot

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Who Will Win the WSOP on November 9?

WSOP.com recently caught up with a few of this year’s World Series of Poker Bracelet winners as well as a few well-known personalities in the poker community to ask them for their November Nine predictions. This is what some of them had to say...

At World Series of Poker - Official Tournament Coverage and Results

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Mandalay Media Increases Proposal to Acquire World Poker Tour

We didn't even know this was going on, but have wondered where the WPT has gone in our lives. It seems like it used to be on TV all the time, but now we are either not Tivoing or it's off the air (going to check now). Good luck WPT, but given the brand has withered a bit - this seems like a good offer.

Mandalay Media, Inc. (OTCBB:MNDL) today announced that it has increased its
proposal to the Board of Directors of WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE). The
revised proposal is to acquire WPT for $36.5 million, consisting of $28.5
million in cash, $5 million in Mandalay Media stock and perpetual revenue
participation rights, guaranteed to be at least $3 million. The estimated value
to shareholders per share is $1.77, including the guaranteed portion of the
revenue participation rights, and as adjusted for the actual share count at
closing. The proposal represents a premium of approximately 61% over the closing
price of WPT`s common stock on October 26, 2009 and a premium of approximately
28% over the implied value at closing of WPT`s pending asset sale with Peerless
Media Ltd.

At Mandalay Media Increases Proposal to Acquire World Poker Tour to $36.5 million, $1.77 Per Share

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Full Tilt Poker Releases New Software - Run It Twice

Online poker room Full Tilt has released two new features in its latest software update - Run It Twice and Cashout Tournaments.

The Run It Twice feature allows ring game players the option of seeing two outcomes for one hand, providing both players consent to it. The feature can be enabled when one or both of the remaining two players are all in: the remaining community cards are dealt twice, meaning the winner of each of the two outcomes wins half of the prize pool.

Via Onlinecasinoreports.com

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