http://www.linux-poker.net/blog merging the linux and poker worlds Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:14:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a brief post that covers the most basic rule of any form of poker: hand rankings. Some forms of poker do not follow these ranks, but they do hold for the most popular games: 5-draw, Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, etc. From best to worst: royal straight (which is just ... http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/10/05/poker-hand-rankings/ I found the following video by chance while lurking two plus two forums. Whoever the author is, he is a genious. I hand't LOLed so hard for a long time. http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/07/11/humor-hitler-banned-from-online-poker/ I found an interesting case study of the use of MySQL on the operation of the Ongame network. A network of poker sites is an infrastructure that interconnects several poker sites, forming a larger user base. All participating poker sites (also known as skins of the poker network) benefit from belonging ... http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/06/27/pokerroom-ongame-and-mysql/ There are several ways to earn money with poker. The first, and most obvious one, is playing poker - but you actually have to be a winning player in order to make a profit, which is not trivial. The second alternative is selling books about poker. There exist plenty of ... http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/04/01/making-money-with-online-poker/ Sharkscope.com is a powerful tool you should be aware of if you play online poker seriously. Sharkscope essentially tracks every user's performance in sit'n'go tournaments (sngs) for several sites, including the Ongame network (which includes several popular sites such as pokerroom, bwin etc), full tilt, etcetera. There are two principal uses ... http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/01/19/using-sharkscope/ Here are some links to youtube videos with the best poker hands ever. The hand I enjoyed the most from High Stakes Poker. An enourmous pot is built by Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen after both make good hands. Slowplaying and poker faces involved. Also, I like the comments. Unbelievable cold deck. ... http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/01/19/best-poker-hands/ Welcome blog reader! In this blog we aim to collect information and useful links regarding poker - that is, general strategy, online poker reviews, links to stuff you can buy, etcetera. We hope that the information here will be useful to you! http://www.linux-poker.net/blog/2008/01/19/first-post/