Archive for the ‘Texas Hold Em’ Category


Hollywoood Casino at Penn National Poker Room

Hollywoood Casino at Penn National Poker Room annouces bad beat jackpot to start February 1, 2012. Details to follow as they become known. Per Wikipedia: In poker, bad beat is a subjective term for a hand in which a player with what appear to be strong cards nevertheless loses. It most often occurs where one [...]

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Poker: From the ‘cheating game’ to respectability

There is a dispute among card historians as to the exact origins of the card game known as ‘Poker’. Some claim that it is a derivation of a centuries old Persian game called ‘Ậs Nas’, while others insist that it is Chinese in origin started Emperor Mu-tsung. The French imported a Spanish card game called [...]

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