I highly recommend checking out a Podcast from Pokerroad.com which is Cash Plays.

They discuss various hands from either their forums or from what is shown on T.V. I particularly enjoyed a discussion with Jimmy Fricke. Jimmy is accused of being a luckbox but thinks on a different level than most players and is truly a talented player.

Click here to visit Poker Road and get the podcast. The discussions will really make you a better player.

The $25,000 WPT Championship Event held at Bellagio, Las Vegas has been won by Yevgeniy Timoshenko, see the below for the final six pay-outs.

1 YEVGENIY TIMOSHENKO $2,149,960
2 Ran Azor $1,446,265
3 Elky Grospellier $776,245
4 Christian Harder $571,965
5 Shannon Shorr $408,550
6 Scotty Nguyen $285,985

Dutch Boyd on his blog picked this guy out as one to watch for the future and it did not take long. Nice one Dutch!

Shannon Shorr is a player whom I read a lot of his blog. Check it out here. He has numerous excellent performances to his name is a bona fide tournament pro.

Raz Azor did particularly well to finish in runner-up after entering the final six with just over $2 million in chips with a very short stack.

Joe Hachem trash talked his way to $7.5 million in 2005, he followed this up with a WPT win worth over $2.5 million. He is basically an idol of mine. If your gonna win two tournaments then make them worth $10 million!

Check out this great chat with Joe Hachem.

I am semi-tilting as I write this. I agree that in general banks should protect players when it comes to depositing into online gaming websites. Not every player plays with any real discipline and sometimes need protecting from themselves. I agree with this. But I have had constant problems getting money into Cake Poker and Full Tilt, so much so that I am forced to consider other poker rooms to play at for my poker challenge. Frustrating me completely, because I have my rakeback all sorted out too.

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I am proud to announce that after a steady launch we entered the 100 top poker blogs list at number 178 (there are about 266 listed!)

Your support has caused us to enjoy a leap in the rankings to 29 and we have only been operating a few weeks! So thank you and keep supporting the blog, more good articles to come very soon. Check out some of the blogs on that poker weblogs site. I am one under Lou Kreigers blog which is a good read!

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Online poker offers opportunity, risk and reward all rolled into one illusive combination. I started playing online poker because I love being on the Internet surfing around but did not really know what to do once I got online. Bored with reading articles, visiting websites about soccer or news I decided to play some online games. One of my friends was playing cards online, and it looked like fun. So I had a go, and instantly there was just something enjoyable about the game.

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I love watching poker video. I guess you could say I’m as addicted to watching and learning about poker even more than I am sitting and playing hands. I just love everything about it. I love the productions, watching the players, even the commentary!

Here is a video from the wonderful people at pokertube. The World Poker Tour always has great production, if you are lucky enough to get to the final table you are guaranteed a good payday and a nice bit of TV time.

Enjoy!

It is always nice when an established site shows support to a website like ours. Pokertips.org are a website such as this, and we are proud to recommend their website to our growing list of daily visitors.

I am happy to recommend players visit PokerTips.org who offer good deals on new player sign-ups to various large poker rooms, as well as general poker tips and strategies.

PokerTips is home to a brilliant strategy section, with details from beginner to advanced concepts including articles on limit and no-limit holdem, tournaments, game selection and more.

I will certainly be checking out those articles, and you should do by clicking here.

PokerTips.org is certainly a site worth visiting and learning from and is available in different languages.

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As I continue the initial set-up of the website I am proud to announce that I have selected the best poker blogs for my readers to enjoy.

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I do not claim to have hand-to-hand analysis of the Durrr challenge. But read on for my thoughts on the challenge itself. Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan are involved in a massive 50,000 hand high stakes poker challenge. It is four-tabling $200 / $400 PLO and NL Holdem. Durrr is putting up $1.5 million to Antonius $500,000 that he will be ahead after the alloted 50,000 hands of poker.

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Bankroll Management is a term much used in the context of real money player for online poker. As play toughens online this is becoming a necessity for every player. But every player has a different opinion on the best way to manage their money on the poker sites, and how to manage the variance that comes with playing poker either seriously or casually.

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Pokertube released a video today that is totally amazing. Barry Greenstein discusses a few of the hands from High Stakes Poker. A brilliant 35 minutes. Sound quality could be better but this is top stuff from a brilliant player, and the addition of using the hand replayer makes it compelling listening. I hope the pokertube people do more of these.