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Hollywood Casino Indiana Poker Promotion

Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana is now offering Ohmaha Tournaments starting in October. The current times are:

7:15 pm Tuesday
11:15 am Sunday

The current promotion that I am completely in love with is the Poker Tournament Vouchers Program. For every 25 hours playing poker at the casino you will be given a $100 voucher good towards any poker tournament at Hollywood Casino. This promotion runs from Sunday - Thursday (Gaming Day 6 am to 5:59 am) Oct 2. through Oct. 31 2011.

Indiana Power Poker Course
Friday November 18th there will be a $500 dollar course involving poker pros like, Matusow, Lee, and Mizrachi. Anyone who signs up also has a chance to win a seat to the $1600 BI HFC Main Event. Register at the poker room or at deepstacks.com

Hollywood Casino Indiana Poker is the premiere place to play in the Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana tristate! Stop in when you get a chance! You will be very impressed by the great comp deals, staff, and general donk-fest that occurs every night!

How to Poker: Poker Odds Charts

	Hand Win Percentages Against A Random Hand
	A	K	Q	J	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
A	0.851	0.669	0.662	0.654	0.647	0.629	0.621	0.611	0.601	0.599	0.590	0.581	0.573
K	0.654	0.824	0.633	0.624	0.617	0.599	0.583	0.575	0.568	0.557	0.549	0.540	0.532
Q	0.644	0.615	0.798	0.602	0.594	0.577	0.561	0.544	0.537	0.528	0.518	0.511	0.502
J	0.636	0.605	0.581	0.775	0.575	0.558	0.540	0.522	0.506	0.499	0.490	0.482	0.475
10	0.628	0.597	0.572	0.553	0.748	0.539	0.524	0.505	0.490	0.473	0.465	0.457	0.448
9	0.607	0.577	0.554	0.532	0.516	0.720	0.507	0.491	0.474	0.457	0.438	0.432	0.425
8	0.599	0.560	0.536	0.515	0.497	0.482	0.691	0.478	0.463	0.446	0.427	0.409	0.402
7	0.589	0.552	0.517	0.496	0.479	0.463	0.450	0.662	0.453	0.437	0.419	0.401	0.382
6	0.577	0.542	0.511	0.478	0.461	0.446	0.433	0.424	0.631	0.432	0.414	0.396	0.378
5	0.578	0.533	0.502	0.472	0.442	0.426	0.414	0.405	0.401	0.603	0.415	0.397	0.378
4	0.567	0.524	0.492	0.462	0.435	0.407	0.394	0.386	0.381	0.381	0.569	0.387	0.369
3	0.558	0.514	0.484	0.453	0.426	0.400	0.374	0.366	0.361	0.362	0.351	0.536	0.361
2	0.550	0.506	0.473	0.444	0.417	0.391	0.368	0.346	0.341	0.343	0.333	0.323	0.503

WCOOP 2011 Poker Main Event Results

1 Kallllle Denmark $1,260,018.50
2 Vojta_R Czech Republic $710,000.00
3 goleafsgoeh Canada $560,000.00
4 BackDoorovic Sweden $650,000.00
5 VadziMoney Belarus $750,000.00
6 WhySoSrsSon United Kingdom $222,085.50
7 jle90 Mexico $162,700.00
8 OU THE NICK Germany $122,025.00
9 dan82mur Romania $81,350.00
10 LoneHixx Canada $53,691.00

How To Play Texas Holdem Poker

I will be using the wikipedia.org article on how to play poker for now until I have the time to write my own.

Betting structures



A standard hold 'em game showing the position of the blinds relative to the dealer button
Hold 'em is normally played using small and big blind bets – forced bets by two players. Antes (forced contributions by all players) may be used in addition to blinds, particularly in later stages of tournament play. A dealer button is used to represent the player in the dealer position; the dealer button rotates clockwise after each hand, changing the position of the dealer and blinds. The small blind is posted by the player to the left of the dealer and is usually equal to half of the big blind. The big blind, posted by the player to the left of the small blind, is equal to the minimum bet. In tournament poker, the blind/ante structure periodically increases as the tournament progresses. (In some cases, the small blind is some other fraction of a small bet; e.g., $10 is a common small blind when the big blind is $15, and still other tables may use two equal blinds. The double-blind structure described above is a commonly used and more recent adoption.)

Poker Hand Ranking

This is actually something that I get asked all the time. So here is a quick look at the Poker hand guide.

Royal Flush

A straight from a ten to an ace with all five cards of the same suit. In poker all suits are ranked equally.

Straight Flush

Any straight with all five cards of the same suit.

Four of a Kind

Any four cards of the same rank. If two players share the same Four of a Kind, the bigger fifth card (known as the kicker) decides who wins the pot.

Full House

Any three cards of the same rank together with any two cards of the same rank. Our example shows "Aces full of Kings" and it is a bigger full house than "Kings full of Aces."

Flush

Any five cards of the same suit (not order). The highest card of the five determines the rank of the flush. Our example shows an Ace-high flush, which is the highest possible.

Straight

Any five consecutive cards of different suits. Aces can count as either a high or a low card. Our example shows a five-high straight, which is the lowest possible straight.

Three of a Kind

Any three cards of the same rank. Our example shows three-of-a-kind Aces, with a King and a Queen as side cards - the best possible three of a kind.

Two Pair

Any two cards of the same rank together with another two cards of the same rank. Our example shows the best possible two-pair, Aces and Kings. The highest pair of the two determines the rank of the two-pair.

One Pair

Any two cards of the same rank. Our example shows the best possible one-pair hand.

High Card

Any hand not in the above-mentioned hands. Our example shows the best possible high-card hand.

Do You Possess These Great Professional Poker Player Qualities

Let me go ahead and say that I am not a professional poker player. Its very unlikely that I will every become one. Despite that let my ego slide in and say, I posses all of these qualities and many of you also have these qualities. The difference is how often you call on them to help your game day in an day out. Lets jump right in here and lay out the qualities all of the greats have.