The Queen really objects to botanical inaccuracies in movies. Oh yes, yes indeed. And not just in motion pictures, either. If I'd known, in advance, that the TV show LOST would feature a bunch of people on a tropical island populated with temperate foliage, I never would have put it in my Netflix queue.

What'd he do to deserve all of his fanfare, you ask? Smith finished as the runner-up to German poker player Moritz Kranich in the World Poker Tour's (WPT) Bellagio Cup VI, which played out concurrently with the final days of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas. Smith, lest we forget, finished third in this tournament last year, marking a rare back-to-back final table appearance.

The 2010 WSOP Main Event officially has it's final table and, as has been the case since 2008, it will be played out in November with the remaining players dubbed the November Nine. The massive field of 7,319 players made for the second largest in WSOP history and generated a prize pool of $68,798,600 with $8,944,138 set aside for the last poker player standing.

Williams made the final table and exited in third place, banking $328,000. The six-figure score is one of the largest claimed by a member of the PocketFives community so far during the 2010 WSOP. PocketFives.com caught up with Williams, the winner of the 2006 European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo Grand Final, to relive his deep run in the talent-rich event.

I'm going to let everyone in on the biggest secret in poker; there is no secret! You can quit looking for that special book, video, website, etc. that's going to turn your game around and make you into the next Phil Hellmuth Ivey. Poker books are like self-help books. Only a small percentage of people who read either understand that the information is 90% - 95% the same as in every other book of the type.

Hands are won or lost due to proper or incorrect betting strategies. Thus, it is imperative to learn how to bet properly if you want to become a successful poker player. Inexperienced players often tip off their hands via their betting patterns, as shown in the following example: I was playing in a small tournament where the blinds were at 200 and 400, antes 50.

A few years ago I was sitting in a private game in East London that was drawing to a close. I was the big winner in the game, having been running well and dominating a pretty weak/tight table. An elderly live pro was one of the big losers, having been coolered a few times and generally running bad.

May 13 - Apparently he has a "passion for slot machines". The lucky winner, Georgios M. has most certainly ensured that 2009 has been a year to remember. This 36-year-old business owner, husband and father was playing the Mega Moolah Progressive Slot Machine in his River Belle Online Casino Software early on Saturday evening when he hit the big one - EUR6.3 million ($8,6 million) in CASH.

Is your poker game where you'd like it to be? Or are you struggling to build your online poker bankroll? If your game is NOT where you'd like it to be, maybe you have felt like many of the frustrated players I've talked to... No matter how well you play, you always seem to go broke...

It's the start of the week and we're back at it again. We're searching the web so you don't have to. Here are the top poker stories of the day. Read, impress your friends with your new-found knowledge about Sky Poker's Total Player, an interesting Merger between Bwin and PartyGaming and more, and then tell them where you found it.

If you're looking for your next good gambling read this season, then you're in luck, because several new titles are set to hit the book stands in the next month. Whether you prefer casino games or poker, are interested in history or strategy, there's sure to be a new gambling novel that fits the bill.

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Buy in 7-Card Stud Tournament at his local casino. While studying at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, Richard began discovering even greater success at the online tables. Recognizing his transferable skills from his job as an Options and Future Market Maker to that of the poker table, Richard began building his bankroll online under the name "Chufty", and saw great success almost immediately.

With all of the recent scandals involving cheating in online poker I thought I would take a few paragraphs to describe all of the various ways people can cheat at online poker. First off, "cheating" is a pretty broad term as some may consider abusing the disconnect protect feature on a site as cheating while others may simply view it as angle shooting within the bounds of the rules.

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