Showing posts with label poker pots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poker pots. Show all posts

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Poker in UK

Poker clubs all over the UK allow you to play your favorite game offline and London has been touted as the best city in Europe to go for poker. There are a number of things which separate online poker from offline poker. Those who play offline will notice substantial differences if they are playing online for the first time. In this article I will go over the differences between the two. A common misconception by traditional poker players is that they can use the same offline strategies in an online environment. Poker in UK has different categories, people refer offline poker as “real poker”, though online poker offers conventional and virtual pleasure of playing poker, there are few enthusiastic who love playing the game on a real pot.poker-in-uk

Since Poker is a card game and involves luck and skill it has been categorized under the gaming Act 1968 (the "Act"). This Act governs gaming in the UK and any violation of the Act could result in every person involved in the organization of the offending game being found guilty of an offence. As such, each individual could be found liable on summary conviction and face imprisonment and/or a fine.

Poker in UK has become one of the most popular games and progressing towards becoming the most popular game played both offline and online. It is a game that is experiencing a renaissance of the best kind. Poker in United Kingdom was considered to be a game played among the middle aged men. They played their weekly poker games on the kitchen table which now apparently is growing to become the greatest game in the country.

Most of the poker enthusiasts indulge and practice playing Texas Holdem poker for which there are several reasons. One of the reasons, and perhaps the most important one, is that Texas holde’em is a simple and easy to understand it requires basic skills and normal card game skills. It is one of those games that it may take you only a few short minutes to learn the basics, but it really does take a lifetime to master all the strategies and ways to play, and win, the most fabulous game of poker. It takes a lot to play the game, and it is especially useful of you have some game experience before you actually play.

In the United Kingdom, poker is gaining its important however, it does not have as many players as United States. The no. of casinos also available in the United Kingdom is not as much as compared to America. Online poker is getting a lot of importance and most of the online poker websites have seen a considerable increase of visitors and interaction and transaction. Poker in the UK has an amazing future both with respect to online and offline.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Fantabulous Poker Pots

Over the years, massive poker pots have been won by some of the best poker players across the globe. Due to the sheer size of these pots, i refer them to as fantabulous poker pots.  So which is biggest pot among all the fantabulous poker pots? Well, this was played on the 21st of November 2009 in the heads up Pot Limit Omaha game between a Finnish pro Patrick Antonius and Swedish online poker player Isildur1, whose identity till this day remains a mystery. The gigantic pot saw a total of $1,356,948 and no it isn’t a phone number, it’s the actual size of the pot that was taken down by the Finnish pro. Hence its no surprise that it tops the list of the fantabulous poker pots.fantabulous poker pots

The previous largest poker pot also involved the anonymous Isildur1, but this time around things were a bit different; his opponent was the legendary Phil Ivey who suffered a bad beat at the hands of the tenacious Isildur1. The Swede staying true to his style of play has recorded some of the most fantabulous poker pots in the history of the online game going logger heads with some of the games greatest like Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Ziigmund, etc. Besides the sensational Isildur1, some of the other poker playing greats who have recorded their name in my list of fantabulous poker pots would be Gus Hansen, Brian Townsend, Tom Dwan aka durrrr, etc.

This list below is a testament to Isildur1’s greatness among the Online Poker Gods and cements his name in the list of most fantabulous poker pots of all time.

$1,356,947 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$1,127,955 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Phil Ivey, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$878,959 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$832,940 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$827,960 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Phil Ivey, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$815,975 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Patrik Antonius, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$810,984 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$787,999 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Ziigmund, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$783,985 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$774,910 - Patrik Antonius (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$757,998 - Brian Townsend (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$743,933 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$719,908 - Isildur1 (winner) vs. Brian Townsend, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$708,988 - Ziigmund (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000

$694,979 - Phil Ivey (winner) vs. Isildur1, PL Omaha - $500/1000fantabulous poker pots

The above was my observation of the fantabulous poker pots that have gone down in the annals of poker history. Online poker has been constantly witness to some of the most fantabulous poker pots and the pot sizes will only keep getting bigger as long as players like Isildur1 are around.

 

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