Poker Tips from Down Under

One of the longest standing casino and online poker rooms, 888, has a decent page on their Australian site of holdem poker tips for tournaments and cash games.  One basic concept they touch on is playing much fewer hands from early position which is extremely important even in loose limit games (but is a real game breaker if you violate it in most online NL games).  I know you love to play J9 suited (or whatever your favorite hand is) but just lay it down when in early position and you’ll go a long way to plugging one of the most prevalent holdem leaks.

Cashing out to ewalletXpress from an online poker room

For poker players in the United States, one of the few reliable poker funding choices now is ewalletXpress.  You can fund your ewalletXpress account using your checking account which must first be validated using the usual method (they make a couple of small deposits in your checking account and you have to report the amounts of those deposits back to them, proving that you own the account).

Getting money into ewalletXpress is fairly straightforward and they even have an instant option for a nominal additional fee the funds will be available immediately so you can get playing without any delay.

When transferring out of your online poker account back into ewalletXpress, the ewalletXpress website claims:

Once the merchant has processed the transfer, the funds are immediately posted to your eWalletXpress account. An email will automatically be sent to you to confirm the transfer.

The reality is that after your merchant (your poker room) emails you and says your withdrawal is processed, then ewalletXpress will take some of its own time to process, so don’t expect your money to appear instantly (although it will usually appear with 24 hours.

Proofread Much?

The Bicycle Club casino here in Southern California has announced the grand opening of their Legends of Poker Event Center and are celebrating it with a tournament.  Here’s the announcement they sent:

$300 +$35 = $330?

$1,000 for $5 Bonus Chips (seems a bit steep!)

In any event if you’re in town come join this tournament.  I think I will be taking a stab at it but I may have to forgo the $5 bonus chips.

The Grand

If you missed the 2007 move ‘The Grand’ check out the trailer:

(Full disclosure I cribbed this from pokersluts http://pokersluts.blogspot.com)  If you have Netflix you can watch this movie instantly via streaming.