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Personality Profile: Jennifer Tilly is the Hottest of Them All
Date: June 3, 2008
If there has got to be who you will call the
hottest poker babe, it has got to be
Jennifer Tilly.
Jennifer Tilly is not a new household name.
She is in fact a Hollywood actress who
preferred playing Poker than waiting for her
next scene when shooting for a movie.
When celebrities started to show up in
Poker Tournament, event promoters
were overjoyed; and, the poker fans
fascinated. We all wondered, though – could
these Hollywood script-jockeys hold their
own against a field of seasoned pros and
rabidly hungry – and
aggressively competitive newcomers. Could they play the game of poker? The answer, it seems, is a resounding yes!
Born as Jennifer Chan, Tilly has been in the Hollywood spotlight for over twenty years. She ventured into the poker world and again made her mark playing in the World poker Tour television show, Hollywood Home Game.
Tilly was reportedly on the Celebrity poker Showdown, GSN’s poker Royale, and the third season of poker Superstars. Fans can also track her on High Stakes poker where she is almost always seen with professional poker player, Phil Laak.
It is said that Tilly and Laak started dating while her gaming career is booming. Poker. Also, some Poker sites also state that Laak taught Tilly everything she knows.
She told one of the reporters that Phil Taught her everything she knows about playing great in poker , “through osmosis”. She also said,
She is also said that the bracelet is way better than Oscar.
Phil reportedly celebrated her victory as he won a second place finish in the $2500 Pot Limit Hold’em event. In this said event Johnny Chan was reportedly the player who booted out Phil earning him the tenth bracelet he now has.
Tilly is sure not to give up on playing poker while she still has money.
A true perfectionist, who always wants to achieve the perfect performance and always wants to do the best in everything she does, Tilly proved the world that she is not only an award winning actress but also a great poker player.
This actress is the first woman to hold both of these prestigious titles in women’s poker. The victory earned her a seat in the $25,000 buy-in WPT Championship at Bellagio, and a specially-created pink poker set with the WPT logo and Breast Cancer ribbon. The WPT and the Bicycle Casino donated $10,000 to Breast Cancer Research in honor of Tilly and the other competitors at the Final Table.
As an actress Tilly vamped it up in Liar, Liar, screamed it up as the Bride of Chucky, and landed more than a few cameo roles in Marvel comic books and as a voice over character on the Family Guy cartoon series. She’s an Academy Award nominee for 1994′s Bullets Over Broadway.
You can more of this poker babe in live or online Poker Rooms.
She definitely rocked the Online Poker, and live poker industry. Certified to be the hottest of the hottest, that is Jennifer Tilly.
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How to Play Badugi Poker
Date: May 3, 2008To be a master in playing online poker games, you need to know all the variants of the game. One fun variation to learn playing is Badugi. A handful of websites offer this to online players, and if you manage to hone your skills in Badugi, it can be quite a lucrative field to excel in.
What is Badugi?
Also known as Padooki or Badougi, this game is a type of draw poker and is indeed similar to how triple draw is played with one notable exception: its hand values are counted differently from what you’ve learned in traditional poker games.
Its putative origins are in Asia, but Badugi is gaining popularity in the United States. It is the favorite of many South Koreans, and the word in Korean actually refers to dogs with different colored patches or spots in its coat. This imagery best symbolizes the rules of Badugi as hands of different suits can win the pot. Discarding cards in search for a lower hand for the first three rounds are referred to as breakfast, lunch, and supper – all of which a Badugi certainly partakes.
How to Play Badugi
Each player at the poker table is given four face-down cards. They are not allowed to see other players’ cards but theirs.
Blinds may or may not be used in Badugi. The player to initiate the pre-draw betting round is the player to the left of the dealer, or in the case of inclusion of blinds, the player to the left of the one posting the big blind.
Once every player has called, raised, or folded, the next round commences with every player allowed to discard any of his four cards and receive the same number of replacement cards, also known as draw, in return. The preceding player must conclude his business before the next player draw cards. Discarded cards are not placed back in the deck.
The cycle is repeated four times. In the final round, players may have to go on a showdown if there is more than one player remaining at the table. If, however, only one is left, then that player automatically takes the pot.
How to Count Cards in Badugi
A hand is made up of one to four cards in Badugi, with four card combinations the highest among all, automatically beating other combinations with fewer cards.
If two hands have the same number of cards, they are then compared with each other based on which hand has the best value. Please take note that aces are counted as low in Badugi. Similar to lowball poker, Badugi favors low hands over high hands. If there’s a tie between cards with the highest value then the cards with the succeeding value are compared with each other next.
Ties occur when all cards of both hands have the same values. Suits do not alter the value of cards in any way.
Badugi may also be played with or no limits. Winning poker strategies in Badugi are similar with what you may use to play triple draw.
If you want to try a different variant of online poker, you might like to try the Red Star Poker room.
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