Multi-tabling without getting slot tunnel
There's a good thread over at 2+2 about the mouse alternatives hard-core multi-table tournament players use to avoid arm strain. It can sure take its toll, playing 6 tables at a time for 12 hours a day :) It includes some pretty hard-core keyboard macro codes and all kinds of ergonomic slot advice.
advice for post-beginner no-limit players
If you are a typical "post-beginner" no-limit player and trying to get better, I have one piece of advice that should improve your game: stop playing Ax. Literally. Don't play ace-ten or lower, under any circumstances. In a typical loose-aggressive home game, you will have difficulty making money with this hand and you are much better off tossing Ax every time and waiting for better hands. The most consistent losing play I see from players who are still climbing the NLH learning curve is playing Ax incorrectly, typically calling with top pair slot online against a better kicker or bluffing at raggedy boards with it. At the least, I'd recommend you really analyze your Ax hands and figure out why you are losing with them.
Lone star charity tournament
Lone Star Poker, a group who apparently runs various well-publicized poker games in Dallas, is running a charity tournament this weekend.
Texas hold em tournament & casino night
Come Join us on Saturday, August 20th at 6 p.m. At the Dallas Marriott Hotel Las Colinas.
223 West Las Colinas Blvd. Irving, Texas (972) 831-0000
Texas hold em dinner & poker tournament
PRIZES:
$10,000 worth of prizes including a plasma TV
Trip to Vegas
Golf rounds
Spa paks
Top 20 finishers win prizes!
Google australia under investigation
Google Australia is under investigation for breaking Australian law by allowing online casino advertising.
Although Google Australia does not directly list links to poker and gambling advertising when someone uses common terms such as poker, or gambling during a search, it has not cracked down on listings that appear if a user misspells the search term.
Link to a story, and long Slashdot thread here.
At the same time, both Canada and the US are starting to pay attention to the ads by the free-money sites run by Party Poker and others in media where online gambling advertising is not allowed.
The media hype around stories like this always exceeds the legislature's ability to act quickly and decisively, but it does seem as if anti-gambling sentiments are more prevalent among lawmakers lately than any concerted moves to legalize and regulate.
