Poker Update

Every month, a Bodog Girl is shown in a photo editorial (their site). Sexy and cool, these galleries are shown against the backdrop of the latest sports and showbusiness events.

How did the Bodog girl start: it was in 2002. A site staff member was picked and the rest was history. This Bodog girl had sexy narrations that became a hit for Net gamers everywhere. There was a calendar that debuted 3 years ago, yes, the Bodog Girls calendar.

From that time up to present, the team of Bodog girls have been attending the prestigious parties and other events.

A search (model) keeps on for the next generation of Bodog ladies, and yes, a Bodog girl may come and go, but the tradition would remain. We can only wait with bated breath, on what kind of gimmick(s) they would give us in the immediate future, whatever it is- it should be fun.

Under the control of Virgin.com LTD, Virgin Games offers thrill and gambling fun to the multitudes of poker buffs and even bingo lovers. In this site, there are 3 principal gaming sections, Virgin poker, Virgin bingo and Virgin Casino. Every one of these 3 offers many games and its respective set of tourneys, jackpots and promotions.

As far as gaming authorities are concerned, Virgin Games has linked up with the renowned Lotteries and Gaming Authority by Virgin Games Malta Ltd, to assure their clients that the gambling in this site is being monitored in the strictest manner.

By playing the Virgin Games, one gets the opportunity to win money but not just that, even a holiday to somewhere quite unique- Branson's own island, and if you do not know the guy, hold on.

Virgin Games has their own official playing team, let me just mention two. First is David Pomroy, and he 'proclaimed' his arrival at the poker scene when he joined the DUBLIN EPT in 2005. Another is Julian 'the Kid' Gardner, from Manchester. This game almost became the youngest WSOP champ six years ago- which was a very noteworthy feat. (If you wish to know who actually won that year, I'll let you find out for yourself).

Card playing icon Phil Ivey very recently made poker player news when he donated fifty thousand dollars to the Empowered 2 Excel (E2E), and if you've never heard of it before, it is a faith-based school.

He also announced that he would be supporting the Budding Ivey Foundation, whose head is R Morgan. Ivey's mother serves as the treasurer for this congregation. Going back to E2E Academy, this is an entity that pushes for academic excellence, societal improvement and even healthy way of living via their programs. The recipients are from kindrgarten to the 5th grade, and it is no secret that this no-profit group was inspired by Oprah's South African Leadership Academy.

On another theme, poker player news reports have disclosed that the Golden Nugget would host a month-running tourney series starting on the first week of June. Buyin for the competition is one grand, but it would be worth it, for half of all the monies would go to the Montel Williams MS Foundation.

Other events would showcase buyins from 200 dollars to five hundred, and in the main, NL Holdem would be showcased. Still, there would be HORSE, PL Omaha and other variants of the game. Just like WSOP, championship winner would get a bracelet, I sure just hope it has a different make.

The site is Glamour Strip poker, and this is one of the more popular entities offering you the chance to meet girls playing strip poker online game. Their Video Strip Poker 2 was their original offering, it had a motion video sequence, which is a far cry from other online sites that give still images. If you have to know, the demo's size is approximately 6 megabytes, and the free demo is (a good thing this-) downloadable.

Let me go on about this offering, this is a contest where you (OK, we) would be gambling versus an AI opponent, but before you scoff, let me say this. If you look at them, you will have a very easy time imagining her/them to be flesh-and-blood girls playing strip poker online game, no, no kidding. She would part with a piece of her clothes if you win, but don't rejoice too easily. They have players there whom you'll find so hard to beat that you would think it's Stu Ungar (risen from the other side) you are up against.

In this version, there is a live video sequence, the girl would undress totally and then, the gambler could just watch the show...well, that's that.

Perhaps you'll think I've got some kind of warped thinking, but for me, if I really want to have fun in a particular game, I'll choose the one that has a clear cut set of rules. Maybe it helps that I'm a very organized person--I really want everything under my jurisdiction to be in proper order. Now, is that something that's too unfathomable? Seriously now, the reason why I liked poker ever since I first played it is because this game's got some of the best, most organized rules among casino games.

What's good about a poker game is that it's a win win game--meaning, whatever the outcome of the game, you still get to take home something. What you take home if you fold might not be as high as what the one who wins a hand can take home (of course), but you still get at least a modest chunk of the pot prize.

As a primer, I'll be giving you three of the most common jargons used in poker. This is a pre-requisite to learning the rules. These three are hand, pot, and showdown. A hand refers to each player's best cards combination. This will be his primary key to winning the pot. A pot, meanwhile, is the money collected from all the player's bets. On the other hand, showdown refers to decision making time--what everybody's waiting for, the announcement of who brings home the bacon.

Thanks to the geniuses behind video poker game innovations, video poker has been made more accessible to enthusiasts like me. Gone are the days when poker can only be played if you have live friends or opponents around. Nowadays, you don't have to bother to go to casinos or to your friend's house just to enjoy a game of poker. There's the fun and convenience of poker play station games, poker games that you can access with a computer that has Internet connection, and--surprise--handheld video poker games.

Personally, when I first heard about the idea of a handheld video poker game, I got really thrilled. Who wouldn't? That's even better news than a video poker game that you can access only on a desktop or a laptop computer. You see, there are some places wherein the presence of a laptop computer can be inappropriate, just like in some airlines.

So, it's still best to have one that simply takes a purse or the pocket of a pair of cargos to carry. And, you can buy batteries anywhere, unlike a laptop computer or a desktop computer that requires electricity if the power goes low. So, is this a game boy? Well, yes it is.