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Common wisdom in Texas Hold'em suggests that you should raise before the flop if you're planning to play a hand. The saying goes, "Raise or fold," but is that correct? Well, it's not the worst advice, but limiting yourself to one of these two options would be a mistake.

The stakes are high, and it's all for a good cause. Alpha Phi Omega, a service fraternity, is holding a Texas Hold'em poker tournament tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Nifkin Lounge in Marshall Hall. The event is designed to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow brings experience, personality to online poker instruction. (PRWeb Feb 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb710713.htm

When my two daughters were still young and innocent, they thought the Phil Rizzuto riff in the middle of Meat Loaf 's classic ''Paradise by the Dashboard Light'' really, truly was all about baseball.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow brings experience, personality to online poker instruction.

I Am Not Tiger Woods.

Baltimore may be nearly 2,500 miles from Las Vegas, but two local public relations agencies will be dealing the cards for the World Series of Poker.

I Am Not Tiger Woods. This has been apparent to golfers since the world's No. 1 player cut his famous Nike commercial 12 years ago. Although the ad played to his connection to galleries diverse in age, ethnicity and social and economic backgrounds, golfers of all stripes quickly discovered they can hardly associate their games with his.

Hidalgo, Texas --- The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced details of the Second Annual McAllen North Rotary Texas Hold 'Em Poker Shootout to take place on Saturday, March 8, at Dodge Arena.

Old-timers will tell you that one of the best weapons they had at the poker table was their mouth. Talking a player into a call or out of a hand was part of the game.

Fifteen friends got together for an evening of Texas Hold 'em poker last week. Sometime during the game, they were visited by another, uncalled for group - the police.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said today it is swapping dates for two events at the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee's Best Light.

Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack hosted its first World Series of Poker satellite qualifier tournament on Sunday with overwhelming success, officials said.

A Texas Hold'em tournament will help raise funds for the Allegan County Mounted Division. For over 30 years, the Mounted Division has helped the Allegan County Sheriff's Office in providing a safe and secure county in which to live, conduct business and raise a family.

TODAY DJ Rudy 6-11 p.m. today. Southern Pride Lodge No. 431, 907 Rosa L. Parks Ave. 263-4026. Auditions for "The Diary of Anne Frank" 7 p.m. today. Faulkn­er University Dinner Theatre. 386-7190. Parts open for five men and five women, ages 15-50. Texas Hold'em 7 p.m. today. Blue Byrds, 6804 Atlanta Highway. 356-4690. "Persepolis" 7:30 p.m. today. The Capri Theatre, 1045 E. Fairview Ave. $7 ...

DEH YAK, Afghanistan – Seven U.S. Army soldiers gather around a wood stove for a few hands of Texas Hold 'Em. In another barracks 50 yards away, about a dozen Afghan police are dozing.

Mardi Gras Party - Live music by an '80s cover band, prize drawings, and a Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament. Hosted by the Phoenix Club of Memphis. Sat., Feb. 16, 8 p.m. $40 advance/$50 door http://phoenixclub.org.

Calendar Friday, Feb. 15 Texas Hold 'Em tournament: 8 p.m., War Memorial Building. American Legion Post 183 hosts this event, from which the proceeds benefit our troops in Iraq this holiday season.

Poker and casino games would be legal in churches under a bill that was approved by a S.C. Senate panel Thursday. The legislation would let churches and other nonprofit groups host card and other casino gambling to raise money, exempting them from South Carolina's 200-year-old law that prohibits dice and card games. The bill discussed Thursday specifically says five-card draw, Texas Hold'em, and ...

Until the start of the current poker boom that dates back to 2003, you couldn't find a No Limit Texas Hold'em cash game if you tried. Limit Hold'em ruled. But that all changed once No Limit tournaments started to air on television.