The most difficult poker tournaments in the world

According to Daniel Negreanu here is a top ten list of the toughest poker tournaments in the world, as he posted in his last blog. There are different factors taken into account, such as the strength of field, the tournament structure and the field size.

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03-10-2010 | 0 comments

Tom Marchese wins the NAPT

Last night Tom Marchese became the winner of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) 2010 at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas. The final table was broadcasted on GXTV so that all our users could enjoy this great event. After five days, with a buy-in of $5000 that made a pool prize of $4 million, the 22 year old online poker player, showed his ability to play live tournaments as well, winning the first NAPT tournament.

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02-25-2010 | 0 comments

Beginner’s luck

You've been bitten by the poker bug. You've seen the World Series of Poker on TV. You're just learning the game; maybe dabbled online. Now, you want to give live tournament play a try, but you're intimidated. Maybe you feel your skills aren't good enough, or you might think that you have to spend a lot of money to buy into the World Series or another big tournament. You can set those fears aside. There's a tournament for every skill level and every bank account in nearly every legal card room around the world.

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02-23-2010 | 0 comments

Interview with Mike Sexton. The Man on the Mike

As if he hadn't done so already, Mike Sexton cemented his status as a true poker great shortly before the turn of the year when he became the most recent inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame. Yet despite being a World Series of Poker bracelet holder who has won over $3,800,000 from tournament poker and being a man credited with bringing poker to the masses through his commentary on the World Poker Tour, Mike Sexton's early love was for gymnastics and ballroom dancing. And as GX finds out, he wasn't far off from fighting in the Vietnam War either.

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02-22-2010 | 0 comments

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The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2010

There'll come a point in the next few years when the winners of the major poker tournaments have become so young that their age will become but a side-story of their poker prowess. It was only a few months ago that Joe Cada shot into the poker pantheon with his World Series triumph, yet in light of Harrison Gimbel's victory in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) main event, the 22-year-old Cada can no longer lay claim to being the baby faced assassin he once was; perhaps a wily old pro would now be a better way to describe him.

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02-22-2010 | 0 comments

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Controlling the pot size

One of the most important parts of no limit Texas Hold'em is managing to control the size of the pot and make sure this remains under your control and not your opponent's. This can be particularly difficult if you come up against a strong player who has many moves which may not give you the information you seek to require by betting. Poker is all about information, and the way you're 'supposed' to find out where you are in a hand is by betting two thirds to three quarters of the pot and hopefully take it down. If you get called or raised however, you have to consider your opponent's hand.

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02-22-2010 | 0 comments