Archive for the 'Poker' Tag

About.com is a great site that covers loads of topics. You can browse the topics at their index Sites A to Z.
Most of their subsites have newsletters. I follow Poker and Yoga.

Poker jargon can be fun but is sometimes rather confusing. At Wikipedia is a long list of poker terms, more or less used and known.
There is also a list of slang names for poker hands. The list includes pocket rockets (two aces), Anna Kournikova (looks good but rarely wins, ace and king) and many more.

Most poker rooms belong to a poker network meaning they share platform and usually also tables and players. Which means when playing at one poker room in a network you play against players from other rooms within the same network. It is a way to create volume but still have different brands.
The iPoker network includes [...]

PokerWorks is a great site that offers online poker room reviews (at the moment 136 reviews) and online poker news. There is a section about poker strategy, an online forum and also a poker directory (links).

Howard Lederer has written an article about poker and Zen.
There are four basic stages that a player must pass through to achieve poker mastery:
1. Beginner’s Passion
2. The Student Emerges
3. Expert Level is Achieved
4. Poker, One Hand at a Time
Read the full article at [...]