Have you seen a true poker face?
Poker faces are meant to hide tells.
Tells are mannerisms that give out information to the opponent. For example, there are some people that look at another person’s chips when he’s bluffing or when the player has strong cards, his hands shake.
To avoid giving out tells, poker players use [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Poker Face
Posted in Poker Rant on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Poker events in Asia
Posted in Poker Events, tagged appt, apt, asia pacific poker tour, asian poker tour, manila poker, poker on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Poker is definitely blooming in Asia. Recently, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) finished its 4th leg of the season in the Hyatt Hotel and Casino in Manila and as this event ended, preparations for the next leg immediately began. Their season-ender, the APPT Grand Final, is happening at the Star City Casino in [...]
The Asia Pacific Poker Tour
Posted in Poker Rant, tagged appt, asian pacific poker tour, manila poker, poker, van marcus on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been 4 days since the week of the APPT. Maybe this post is a little bit delayed. But there is a reason to that.
First, by the end of the days of the APPT, I was literally crawling to my bed. Since I worked for Red Mango Productions, the production firm covering the [...]
Do you really want to go pro?
Posted in Poker Rant, tagged poker, professional poker on November 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night in Bad Players’ Den there was this new player that said something which I had heard numerous times before. He was obviously in a winning streak and immediately he went, “Maybe I should just quit my job and do this [play poker] professionally.”
I have heard that line so many times. I have [...]
APT to Hold Tournament for Hong Kong and Macau Players
Posted in Poker Events, tagged apt, asian poker, asian poker tour, poker on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Heeding the call of poker players in the Hong Kong/Macau area, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) has announced its first-ever APT Ironmonger Poker Challenge.
Established in conjunction with Ironmonger Events Limited (IME), the tournament will be open exclusively to Hong Kong and Macau residents over eighteen years of age. It will be held at 10:00 AM [...]
APPT and APT in Manila
Posted in Poker Events, tagged appt, apt, asian poker, asian poker tour, poker, pokerstars on November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Philippines is bursting with events. With numerous poker rooms spawning like mushrooms, tournaments are happening left, right and center.
Next week from November 11 to 16, Pokerstars will be gracing our shores. The APPT:Manila with a buy-in of Php 100,000 or $2,350 will be held at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino. Famous personalities from team [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Welcome, tagged poker on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi All!
This blog is all about poker – Poker in the Philippines. I’ll be including some articles on poker around Asia but since I am based in the Philippines I will have a better grasp of things happening here.
There are just so many tournaments happening in Manila that the poker community here is bursting with [...]
