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Trust everyone, but always cut the cards - This is one of many favorite poker sayings (it's attributed to Benny Binion). The jist of it is, have faith in people, but protect yourself at the same time: Don't get taken advantage of by a hustler.

You have a substantial number of players trying their hand at poker, who are trying to buy their poker skills: They purchase a half dozen books, buy the latest version of Poker Tracker, and subscribe to Shark Scope and Cardrunners, trying to get all the answers and play with the pros (as the commercial says).

The World Poker Tour (WPT) officially began in September 2001. World Poker Tour motto is to make poker as a significant televised mainstream sport by broadcasting top poker tournaments around the world under the premier brand of the World Poker Tour.

If you play poker, then head over to worlds biggest online poker room, PokerStars today. It has just announced a new team event called the "Americas Cup of Poker".
With total $250,000 in prize money, the "Americas Cup of Poker" will pit poker players from 16
countries from the Western Hemisphere against each other.

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 list of the top 5 non-poker books... For poker!

See tuff_fish put to work the lessons he learned in Marty Smith's "How to Play Pocket Jacks" seminar. The ultimate poker mashup!

For anyone who doesn’t know, a poker bot is not the latest villain in the new Transformers movie. Although a 20’ tall alien robot wreaking havoc on earth is a scary proposition; even scarier to online poker players is the idea that a computer generated program is beating them in a game of poker!

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The World Series of Poker is in full swing. The U.S. Government is still harassing poker players. And Phil Ivey is still better than you or me. Another big week in poker.