Archive for the 'Hall Of Games' Category

Poker on TV: NBC’s National Heads up Tournament

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

NBC’s National Heads Up Tournament is one of the great yearly poker tournaments that by and large keeps tabs on who is at the top of their game among poker pros. Because heads up poker is such a different and often more texture based beast than full ring games, to win a heads up […]

Poker Athletes

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Most elite athletes will take every aspect into account when they are optimizing their performance. Their training, their diet, even their rest are closely observed and calculated to make sure that when it’s time to perform they’re at their best. I won’t go so far as to suggest that poker is a sport in […]

Playing against Poker Rocks

Monday, September 29th, 2008

The name sounds intimidating. The “Rock,” they call him, the epitome of stillness and patience. Zen, calm and collected like a Hindu Cow. And then you start to understand how he operates.
While the name sounds good, these poker players are actually quite simplistic creatures, and are very easy to […]

Poker Is a Good Book

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Like a good book, poker can have a beginning, middle and ending. The start of the first hand can signal how you may play the rest of the game. A middle, could show you suddenly getting the cards that give you the large pot for that poker hand.
The ending could determine whether those […]

Nintendo Revolution Graphics WIll Be Equal To Competition

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Much of the rumours and speculation around the Nintendo Revolution have been aimed at its graphics capabilities. Many have said that Nintendo’s next-gen console will not compete with the impressive power of the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360
A Spanish website called MeriStation conducted an interview with Nintendo’s, Jim Merrick recently, in which he quickly […]