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Good news from my friend Teh Jinx! He just turned himself around from an ATM into a winning player… Well done man!

This is his SharkScope Graph!

Keep track of his results on Teh Jinx Poker!

Vanessa Rousso is yet another poker hottie (we had Maya Geller on last week, remember?). She’s a sponsored Pokerstars player and we all love her wit and intelligence…

Being a Duke graduate, Vanessa Rousso has all the goods to become the next female poker superstar…

What’s holding her back? A big tournament win — but that’s… temporary, I’m sure!

Good luck, Vanessa!

Photo thanks to Davai Poker.

You all know Patrik Antonius, all you women want his babies, but the only (well, I’m assuming this, hehe) woman really doing him is the ever so gorgeous Maya Geller, poker player and poker player’s wife at the same time…

Those who play at a casino online take note of what you are missing; No matter how good the avatar’s are in an online poker game they ain’t never going to look this good.

On the other hand the less distractions you have at the table the better. And Maya is very distracting.

She pwetty. Photos from the World Series and also from Vincent’s Poker Blog.

Poker is so gay. I fucking can’t believe how fucking bad I’m fucking running and when I talked to my best poker friend he fucking said “dude that’s part of the variance man you got to calm down relax you’ve always been a winning player sit back take a look at your game and take a break, you’ll be fine once you relax”.

I told him to go fuck himself and give me some compassion.

No, seriously. Read more »

We’ve had an introduction post on Three Card Poker Basics on gfkpoker a couple weeks ago and today we found an excellent article on three card poker betting strategy on davaipoker which we believe is well worth a read if you’re still interested in the game of 3 card poker.

It gives you exactly which hands to play and which not to play — THE main thing when you’re playing.

Check it out!

Along with the meteoric rise of Texas hold’em came a wave of new poker-based table games. Today, the most popular among these is three card poker, which has now replaced Caribbean stud in a number of casinos. If you’ve ever played the game, this should come as no surprise, as three card poker is easy to learn and offers some impressive payouts.

A three card poker table is set up similarly to that of a blackjack table, with seats for several players positioned across from a single dealer. In front of each seat are three circles – one marked ‘Play’, one marked ‘Ante’, and a third, yellow one marked ‘Pair Plus.’ To begin a hand of three card poker, the player must post a bet in the Ante circle. He also has the option of placing a bet on the Pair Plus. Then, the dealer will distribute three cards to each player and to herself. Once the player has seen his cards, he may either fold or play. If he folds, the ante wager is forfeited and the hand is over for that player. If he wants to play his cards, he must place a bet equal to the ante on the Play circle.

Once all of the players have either called or folded their hands, all the cards are turned over. As in blackjack, the player need only defeat the dealer, not the other patrons at the table. Card rankings follow traditional poker rules, including pairs, straights, and flushes, though with three cards there can be no two pair or full house hands. The only catch is that the dealer must have at least a queen high for the hand to qualify. If all of his cards are below a queen and he doesn’t have a pair, three of a kind, a straight, or a flush, then the Play bet is a push (it gets returned to the player) and the Ante pays even money. If the dealer’s hand qualifies, then all winning players are paid even money on the Ante and Play bets while losing players lose both.

In addition to the even money payouts, three card poker offers the player extra odds on the Ante and Pair Plus circles. The Ante bet usually pays 1 to 1 on a straight, 3 or 4 to 1 on a three of a kind, and 4 or 5 to 1 on a straight flush. Payouts on the Pair Plus always pay even money for a pair but vary on other hands: flushes pay approximately 4 to 1, straights 6 to 1, three of a kinds 30 to 1, and straight flushes 40 to 1. This means that the minimum payout for a straight flush on a $5 table would be $200. As an added bonus, some casinos offer a ‘Mini Royal Flush’ – a suited A/K/Q – that pays 200-1!

Though simple in comparison to variants such as Texas hold’em or seven card stud, three card poker can still provide a fix for players hankering for a quick, easy game of poker. It can be learned in the course of a few hands and has an exciting pay structure that keeps the player interested. Better yet, the house edge is modest, ranging from about 3%-4.25% on the ante bet, depending on the specific casino rules. So next time you are thinking about trying a new and exciting table game, consider three card poker as your new form of gambling entertainment.

Sorry for ignoring the blog guys! I lost about half my bankroll playing this month and I don’t really feel like writing about it.

Cut me some slack, give me a few weeks to recover, and I’ll be back!

I LOVE TO SEE PHIL HELLMUTH GO ON TIRADES. “THIS GUY CAN’T EVEN SPELL POKER”.

He’s right though. Phil Hellmuth never does this kind of donkstuff. He’s right. He’s so much better than this guy. KJ. DONKBALL.

I pick of snowmen in middle position. Raise 7 big blinds as the game was so live any small raise would just get everyone in for more money. Get 3 callers. Flop is 8-6-4 rainbow. I bet, player who had been playing super-aggr. re-raises and makes a speech. I re-raise in stead of checking due to the nature of the player hoping he’d shove. He moves in, I call, he flips over 5-7os.

Board doesn’t pair.

First time I lost over $2500 to a 57os with top set.

Bah!

I played a live sit&go at the local casino today, and went out trying to bluff a calling station on a 49TQK board with a buster flushdraw. Got called down for 80% pot with pocket sixes.

I said: “nice call man, I was hoping you had a hand like that and you’d lay it down”.

He replied: “I was pot committed, couldn’t fold for only 75 more.”

I said: “Dude, the pot was like 95!”

He finished me off with a: “Seriously? Oh, I thought we checked the turn — oh no, you’re right, you bet. Damn, hahahahaha I got lucky!”

I went to the bathroom and killed myself.

Oh no. Wait. I didn’t. I went and had a nice WanTan soup, walked to a cash game, won 3 buy-ins to the the SnG and went home.

Life is cruel.