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Absolute Poker review

Absolute Poker is an absolutely perfect online poker website for an absolute poker purist and or fanatic. Absolute Poker has set the absolute standard for the world wide web as far as absolute quality online poker.

Lately Absolute Poker has taken online poker, if not all of online casino gambling, by storm with sign up bonuses and other promotions that are setting the standard for the industry. The traffic that these promotions and play bonuses are attracting is truly staggering but you would never know that you are visiting one of the most highly sought after websites in all of the world wide web once you visit Absolute Poker as their technology and software is truly second to none! (review).

Featured Poker Room

Full Tilt PokerFull Tilt Poker is currently the 3rd largest poker site with over 20,000 players during peak times. Besides the software, you will be attracted to Full Tilt Poker by the quality and number of pros that represent and play on the site. Few people will ever have the opportunity to play or chat about golf with Tiger Woods, but on Full Tilt Poker you have lots of opportunity to play with and learn from the poker celebrities you see on TV.

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If you never played poker online before, please read our beginner's guide first. If you already know the ins and outs of poker strategy, and you are just looking for a place to play and enjoy Poker, then read about the pros and cons of some popular poker rooms from a players' perspective. You won't find more objective and honest reviews anywhere.

Player profiles

Phil Gordon - LasVegasVegas.comPhil Gordon profile
(By Paul McGuire)

Phil Gordon is one of the most recognizable faces in poker today. Its not because he stands at a towering six feet and nine inches tall. Its mostly due to the fact that hes the host of the popular television show Celebrity Poker Showdown , where Hollywoods brightest stars play a series of tournaments. Phil Gordon provides excellent color commentary and often gives some of the celebrities a crash course in how to play tournament poker. Celebrity Poker Showdown has helped make Phil Gordon a household name.
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Poker rules and strategies

Whether you are a novice or an experienced card shark, we're convinced you will find something of interest in our comprehensive poker rules and poker strategies sections. The most important poker games - from Five Card Stud to Omaha, and Seven Card Stud to Texas Hold'em - are described as clear, concise, and accurate as possible, without failing to neglect their strategic complexities.

Poker tournaments

Both the 2003 and 2004 winner of the World Series of Poker, Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer respectively, won their entry ticket in an online poker tournament. Our poker tournament section features articles on multi-table and single-table tournament strategy, as well as reports on various brick-and-mortar tournaments, like the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour and the European Poker Tour.

Online poker news

Poker Pros Most Common Tricky Hands

July 9, 2010 - Just because an online poker player turns professional doesnt mean that he escapes the frustration of every other player when it comes to tricky hands.

Professional Poker Players Lament Big Slick Aggression

July 9, 2010 - If you believe that being dealt Big Slick is more of a problem than a potential winner you are certainly not alone. In fact, nearly all professional poker players will tell you that the pocket hand of ace-king is one of the biggest potential nightmares that you can draw, especially when Big Slick comes fully dressed in a fine suit!

Online Poker News Archive - July 2010

July 9, 2010 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of July 2010

Online Poker News Archive - June 2010

June 24, 2010 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of June 2010

Professional Poker Paths Will Differ

June 24, 2010 - There are almost as many paths to a career in online poker as there are players but the most important thing to keep in mind is that there are countless ways to live the dream of playing professionally thanks to online poker.

Online Poker News Archive - May 2010

May 14, 2010 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of May 2010

Using Your Aces as Aces Key to Professional Poker

May 14, 2010 - There are fewer greater feelings of power, anticipation, and excitement in all of gambling than when a poker player is dealt pocket rockets which are more formally known as aces. When you start out with a pair of aces the possibilities are near endless but so too are the potential perils. Pocket aces offer the opportunity to clean the table of chips but also the danger of falling to the temptation of overplaying your hand.

Professional Poker Development Plan

April 16, 2010 - Online poker has given countless poker players the opportunity and ability to make a living at the game they love. There are millions of players who are dreaming of the chance of going pro and trying to do so on a daily basis.

Online Poker News Archive - April 2010

April 16, 2010 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of April 2010

Professional Poker Success Comes With Mastering Big Slick

March 22, 2010 - More professional poker players have blown up their bankrolls by falling in love with Big Slick than with any other hand in the game. When Big Slick shows up in a suit it only makes players hearts double in breathtaking excitement. There are fewer pocket hands that look better and fewer still that produce worse results.

Online Poker News Archive - March 2010

March 22, 2010 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of March 2010

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