http://pokerhelpblog.com Poker Help Blog - Poker Resources, Tips, and Help for Free Sun, 03 May 2009 04:12:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What is rake? Rake is the money taken out of the pot by the house. Depending on the limit it can be from $.05-$3.00. What is rakeback or rake back? Rakeback is a percent of the rake paid back to you for playing at a poker site. Serious players earn thousands of dollars ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/05/02/what-is-rake-or-rakeback-in-poker/ Want to become a better player, fast? Follow these 10 tips to boost your poker performance & profits. While geared to beginner players, there's poker tips that even seasoned pros should remind themselves of once in a while. 1. Don't Play Every Hand / Do Fold More Probably the number one mistake ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/05/02/top-10-poker-tips-to-make-you-a-better-player/ Most of your important decisions in Texas Holdem poker take place on the flop. That's why the ability to analyze the flop is essential for your long term results in Texas holdem poker. You will not get anywhere in Texas holdem if you aren't able to read the flop properly. Reading ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/05/02/texas-holdem-analyzing-the-flop/ In order to avoid prosecution in the United States PartyGaming has made $105 million agreement with the US Attorney's Office. The company is supposed to pay the settlement over a three year period. Before the UIGEA was in affect in the United States PartyGaming's subsidiary Party Poker offered online poker to ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/05/02/party-gaming-settles-with-the-us-for-105-million-dollars/ Bodog.com has been down in more than one and a half year because of a prolonged court process. But as of yesterday it's linking to the Bodoglife.com domain. It was in 2007 that the gaming company Bodog lost control over its main domain. Bodog was sued by 1st Technology for stealing ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/05/02/bodogs-won-their-domain-bodogcom-back/ The EPT Grand Final is about to begin in Monte Carlo. Poker pros from all over the world gather in the tiny Mediterranean kingdom to battle it out - while enjoying life big time. Poker has been called "a hard way to make an easy living", and anyone who's tried it ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/05/02/poker-ept-grand-finals-begin-in-monte-carlo/ The European Parliament is worried about your data sitting dormant on websites of all kinds and last week began formal discussions to further regulate personal data on the Internet. Greek Member of the European Parliament Stavros Lambrinidis is preparing a report for a plenary session in Strasbourg calling for "more ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/03/23/internet-data-deletion-debate-heating-up/ Satellite play began yesterday and action kicked off today in the first event of the PokerNews Cup Alpine in Salbaach-Hinterglemm, Austria, near Salzburg, a destination famous for its world-class skiing but playing host to a different sort of world-class competition for the next week. Hundreds of players are expected to ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/03/23/poker-news-cup-alpine-begins/ For the third time, an amateur player will get his shot at beating a lineup of famous poker pros on NBC's "Poker After Dark". Arnold Thimons won his way onto the show's Dream Table III through a freeroll, earning the right to select which pro players he wants to compete ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/03/23/dream-table-iii-begins-tonight-on-poker-after-dark/ Mon 23rd Mar 2009 (All Times Eastern) Start Name Game Type Buy In Entry Fee Players Prize Pool 22:15 USARounders Skill Level 6 - Daily 22:15 - Deep Stack 5000/15M Rounds, With Antes No Limit Texas Holdem $20.00 $2.00 0 $0.00 23:00 $10 Bounty Freezeout No Limit Texas Holdem $5.00 $1.00 0 $0.00 23:20 $3 PL HO Freezeout Pot Limit Texas Holdem $3.00 $0.30 0 $0.00 23:40 $5 Turbo Heads Up Shootout No Limit Texas Holdem $5.00 $0.50 0 $0.00 23:50 $3 Bounty ... http://pokerhelpblog.com/2009/03/23/poker-tournaments-poker-calendar-poker-schedule-for-poker-games/