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Unknown by many in the UK but well know and controversial in the States, former NBA player Dennis Rodman, has reportedly signed a deal to serve as a celebrity spokesperson for Curacao-licensed OnlyPoker.com. The 48-year-old former Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons player signed the sponsorship deal last week with the online poker site currently displaying a photo of Rodman featuring the caption ‘The Bad Boy Is Back’.
Many online poker rooms in the North Americas just love to feature former sports stars and often the more controversial the star the better the reception they seem to get. Within Europe the tendency is for not trying to entice potential players to their online poker sites through personality, but by offering tempting prizes, free plays and bonuses etc., all of which seems to work better in their culture.
Shane Warne “the king of spin” as we all know is down under trying his hand at more poker games and is well known for his love of a bet or two, what is it they say, “Aussies will bet on two flies crawling up a wall” well Shane is a great ambassador for the online casino industry, but it did not take long before his old mate Phil Tufnell to get in on the act.
Tufnell, known as the “cat” is a long time player at the tables and over the years has become a fan of the online poker scene where the full range of gaming can be played; these include old time favourites like blackjack, roulette, slots, poker bingo and much more.
Tufnell, a former England cricketer and ‘King of the Jungle’ from ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me out Of Here!’ will front a television, press and outdoor campaign for PartyCasino.com that will highlight the range of casino games available on the online casino site.
Popular opinion is that poker is easy to learn but hard to master, but as with anything, mastering a poker game is a fun and challenging goal. The basics of a solid poker strategy involve many concepts that you must combine to become a consistently winning player. There are some simple tips which will help you on your way to becoming a successful poker player and involves many concepts that you must combine to become a consistently winning player.
As a new poker player you should decide whether you want to play to win or just for fun, that’s important. Winning consistently requires a lot of time and effort, if you have neither or just one, then just play for fun. There is nothing wrong with playing online poker for fun, but there is no reason to plan to lose, even when you are playing for fun. However, deciding which type of poker player you want to be before you start will make your decisions and sessions easier.
Many of the big guns in the poker world are heading to the sunshine of the Algarve for the € 5,300 Villamoura leg of the European Poker Tournament which runs there until the 22nd November 2009. This is the first time that an EPT has been held in Portugal and the pros are really looking forward to taking in the area, when they are not committed to the tables of course.
Some of the names of those who have seats at the tournament are; Peter Eastgate, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Arnaud Mattern, Luca Pagano, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Jan Heitmann, Rino Mathis and George Danzer. The locals are not to be left out either with Henrique Pinho, Luis Medina and Nuno Coelho taking part; it should be a good poker tournament!
If you are a lady named Lisa Hamilton you would almost certainly say yes! Lisa came through a field of over a thousand women to win $195,390 in prize money at this year’s $1,000 Ladies World Championship at the WSOP. Traditionally men and women are separated in competitions, or sports that have a physically element but this does not apply to poker, so why would you want women only tournaments?
Poker is one of the few sports where men and women can compete on a totally equal footing. On the other hand women only tournaments do offer a less intimidating way for novice female players to gain card room experience and to give them the confidence to go on and play in mixed games. They also are great for encouraging women that might not have otherwise played poker to enter the game, so maybe there is a place for women only poker tournaments.