What's a ?

Blogs by Popularity

Footer

Blogs by Type

Footer

Blogs by Wonk

Footer

Recent Blogs

Footer

Articles by Blog

Footer
Write about . Read about Life. , the Blog Community.

Steven Ruddock's feed    Friends

The top 5 non-poker books, for poker players

Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 Professional

Photo courtesy of Amazon.com I've read at least 100 poker books over the years, and they've been filled with an abundance of useful information. However, I've also found some great poker insights from books written on other subjects. Here is my li...

Read Full Blog Post

Taking the luck out of poker: New study proves poker is a game of skill

Date: Sat, Mar 28, 2009 Professional

Cigital, a software security and consulting firm based out of Virginia, released the findings of a study this week that backs up poker player's long held belief, that skill not luck is the major determining factor in poker. The study’s authors...

Read Full Blog Post

Chance for poker players to voice concerns: WhiteHouse.gov launches "Open for Questions"

Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2009 Professional

Join the PPA today Another very important 'alert' E-Mail from the PPA arrived in my inbox late yesterday. Read it below:As President Obama continues to promote his proposed budget and efforts to fix the American economy - the White House has l...

Read Full Blog Post

Professional poker secret #9: Feel out the table

Date: Wed, Mar 25, 2009 Professional

Feel out your opponent before throwing haymakers It is important in poker that when you catch a $2,000 rush, you are not stuck $3,000 at the start of it. ~Roy Cooke~ Before you start splashing around in...

Read Full Blog Post

Everything you need to know about online poker: Poker's fast food chain

Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2009 Professional

An online table at Full Tilt Poker I don't mean this in a derogatory way, so you can stop composing that e-mail telling me how ignorant I am. What I'm alluding to is, online poker and live poker are very different animals, and success in one doesn...

Read Full Blog Post

The Poker Players Alliance: Leading the charge to legalize poker

Date: Mon, Mar 23, 2009 Professional

Join the PPA today, and make poker legal The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is a non-profit membership organization comprised of online and offline poker players. Our membership consists of enthusiasts from around the United States who have joined toge...

Read Full Blog Post

Poker's silent killer: The rake, and the cost of playing poker

Date: Sun, Mar 22, 2009 Professional

The rake is a small percentage of each pot, the house takes as compensation for running the game. Contrary to popular belief, the player who wins the pot is not the only person who contributes to the rake. Let me use an over-simplified ex...

Read Full Blog Post

Professional poker secret #8: The importance of 'tells'

Date: Sat, Mar 21, 2009 Professional

Phil Laak dressed to hide tells It never ceases to amaze me: Anytime I hear a 'pro' giving advice on TV, or in a book, they always downplay the role of tells in their decisions. However, when you ask these same players about a specific hand they play...

Read Full Blog Post

Exclusive free-roll tournaments for Examiner readers

Date: Fri, Mar 20, 2009 Professional

To show my appreciation to all my readers, I have set up a $200 free-roll tournament on Full Tilt Poker (one of the top online poker sites), with the help of raketherake.com. The tournament will take place on Sunday, April 5th, at 19:00 (7PM) EST. *...

Read Full Blog Post

Australian Government attempts to ban online poker sites

Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2009 Professional

2005 WSOP champ, and Aussie, Joe Hachem Apparently the U.S. government isn't the only democracy who believes your civil liberties should be decided on by bureaucrats. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is attempting to strictly...

Read Full Blog Post

The 'Eastern Poker Tour' bringing Vegas style tournaments to New England

Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2009 Professional

The Eastern Poker Tour Want to play in The World Series of Poker for less than the cost of two movie tickets? Than the Eastern Poker Tour is just what you're looking for. The Eastern Poker Tour hosts free pub poker tournaments in 30 different locati...

Read Full Blog Post

Professional poker secret #7: Think one step ahead

Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2009 Professional

Another tactic the great poker players employ, is to Gage how their opponents think, and adjust their play to be one step ahead of each opponent. This concept is known as 'levels of thinking'. A level 1 player thinks only about the cards in his or...

Read Full Blog Post

Sunday Million winner Wesley 'teh_R3aLde4L' Whybrew talks poker (part 2 of 2)

Date: Mon, Mar 16, 2009 Professional

The final table of Wes's Sunday Million win In part 1 of our interview we talked a lot of strategy and theory. In part 2 we will switch the focus to Wesley himself. BPE: Let me switch gears with the questions a bit, since I could talk psychology all...

Read Full Blog Post


Friends of Winewonks

Wine Spectator Online

#1 Online Wine Store

Manage Your Cellar

PokerStars Bonus Code

PokerStars Marketing Code

Check out some More Wonks Blog Communities!

Whether you like Baseball Blogs, Basketball Blogs, Beer Blogs, Car Blogs, Football Blogs, Poker Blogs, Wine Blogs....there is a Wonks Community you will enjoy!

WineWonks.com is owned and operated by Dimat Enterprises.


More about Dimat
"Dimat" is a major Poker Book publisher, with a popular Poker Forum, which originated from the book Internet Texas Holdem, by Matthew Hilger. Internet Poker Rankings tracks the top online poker players. Poker Bonos Gratis was designed to bring Free Poker Gifts to the Spanish Speaking Market.