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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

T.J. Cloutier - LasVegasVegas.comT.J. Cloutier profile
(By Paul McGuire)

T.J. Cloutier is one of the greatest tournament poker players of all time. He is considered the best poker player never to have won the World Series of Poker with two second place finishes. Prior to 2003, he was the all-time money leader in tournament poker with close to $8 million in career winnings. The key to T.J.'s success is his amazing poker memory of recalling individual playing styles. He might not remember your name, but he'll remember how you play, even if it happened a decade ago. That tremendous ability to read players is why T.J. Cloutier has close to 60 major tournament wins, more than any other player in history.
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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

Professional Poker Success Is Much about Positioning

February 9, 2010 - Professional Poker has never been more competitive thanks in large part to the online poker craze that has taken everyone by storm. The opportunities to go pro are at an all time high and poker players from a generation ago can tell you that they never in their wildest dreams would have imagined what can be done in todays world as far as having a career at playing cards.

Online Poker News Archive - February 2010

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

Online Poker News Archive - 2010: A year in review

January 12, 2010 - Below we've summarized the most important poker news stories of 2010. All news items are available through the monthly news archives.

Online Poker News Archive - January 2010

January 12, 2010 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of January 2010

Professional Poker Success Requires Respect

January 12, 2010 - Professional Poker careers are more possible than ever before thanks to online casino gambling. Along those same lines, however, it is tougher than ever to make it because so many aspiring poker players have the same goals and dreams. There is one characteristic that sets apart the few that actually succeed at becoming professional poker players from those who fail and that would be the characteristic of respect.

Online Poker News Archive - December 2009

December 17, 2009 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of December 2009

Poker Professional Reality

December 17, 2009 - With the huge increase of people playing poker online and in casinos, the thought of becoming a poker professional always enters peoples minds. As appealing as becoming a poker professional might be to you, it is not easy to become a poker pro.

Poker Pros Understand Fold Equity

November 24, 2009 - A level of online poker aggression that rarely gets discussed, but yet is quite prevalent and a large part of Texas Holdem poker games is fold equity. Fold equity is an advantage that the poker pro creates for himself by betting and raising, rather than just calling, with the intent of making his opponents fold their hands.

Poker Pros Play Live and Online

November 24, 2009 - Poker played at online poker sites is the way that many professional poker players are playing poker today but it is not the only way. Professional poker players still choose to play at regular land based casinos for their poker action. Some players even do both. Is the game played the same online as it is in local cardrooms?

Online Poker News Archive - November 2009

November 24, 2009 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of November 2009

Online Poker News Archive - July 2009

November 24, 2009 - On this page we've listed summaries of the most important news events of July 2009

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