Bwin.party have announced they are blocking players from 18 countries within the EU and also South America. Those countries involved are Greece, Poland, Romania, Cyprus, Finland, Serbia, Armenia, Belarus, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Argentina, Brazil and finally Columbia. The move was announced to affiliates by the company on an email on Friday 19th April.On the email it said that from the 30th April no new singups will be accepted from those countries and also there was a request that all marketing material aimed at those countries be removed. However all existing accounts will remain open, and affiliate […]

He participated to tournaments with a buy in between 1000 and 5000 dollars, but also to many other tournaments on the internet. Andrei is certainly one of the best. And he is ours! Why did you start playing poker and how? I have starting playing poker ehen I was still living in the hostel on micro wagers, mostly for fun and wasting time. After a while, I have noticed that certain players lose a lot and others win almost every time. That was the moment when I understood for the first time that poker is not gambling and I started […]

1. When was your first contact with poker? What attracted you to the game? Hello. My first contact with poker was when I was 12, there was the Romanian poker with 5 cards, and I used to play in front of my block on pocket money… I used to be quite good. I have started playing Texas Hold’em about three years ago, and after depositing 100$ on the 3 D website I have started growing. The equal chances of each player on the table attracted me most, as well as the possibility to have a high advantage over the rest […]

1. Have you ever been to a casino in Romania or abroad? If yes, how was it? Actually, I haven’t 2. What is your favorite game? What attracted you to the game? Texas Hold’em.. It involves logic and you must have extreme patience for playing, it is a palpable challenge, since the palpable percent can be lost due to bad luck, therefore it becomes so real… 3. Texas Hold’em is looked at as a game of fortune, others say it is a mind sport, how do you see it? The phenomenon got you into? I see it like a game […]

In this episode David Sklansky present the ante structure because all poker begins as a struggle for the antes. The size of the ante determines the way you play to a large extent, because if you don’t struggle properly for the antes, you cost yourself money one way or the other – either by playing too many hands when there’s a small ante or too few when there’s a large ante. With a low ante you should play tight (except in the cases noted above), and as the ante increases, you should loosen. All poker starts as a struggle for […]

With a history over five millenniums, China comes to the fore with the most ancient lottery formula in the entire world, Named Keno that appeared during Han dynasty, between year 205 and 187 BC. In that period, when certain states didn’t even exist, the Chinese people played the lottery. Some say that even the Great Wall of China was built with the funds raised from lottery. At first, the most ancient lottery in the world had a realistic purpose, to alphabetize the Chinese children. Keno, made of a poem of 1000 non repetitive rimes, had to help the little ones […]

Are you a pro or just an amateur? Do you think you know all about the pro poker? Have you learnt playing Hold’em from your friends or from the best players? Do you know the main moves you need to take for winning the best pots? We invite you take a trip within the theory of the pro poker and to strengthen your knowledge about the mind sport. David Stlansky, considered no one authority of the pro poker settled the bases of “The theory of poker” presents, step by step, the best step of each hand. The pro player Greg […]

Big six, initially known under the name of “Wheel of fortune” or “Money Wheel” is included within the offer of the casinos around the entire world. Its origin can be found hundreds of years ago, when the soldiers would play the things confiscated from the defeated enemies. In order to avoid the conflicts between the inferiors, the commanders would encourage them to use this game for solving the disputes. Later, the wheel became one of the most popular attractions of the old carnivals. One of the variants of this game led to the roulette today. The tradition has been kept […]

Without hiding behind sunglasses and a hood, the first Romanian who played at the final table within a ETP contest in 2008, at Budapest, remains a balanced guy; he knows exactly what is the place of the  ETPin this life – simply amusement.   How did the story begin?  It all started when I was just a kid. In my family there was this tradition on every Sunday to play poker with 5 cards on toothpicks, matches and punishments. The atmosphere was strictly amusing. I have started playing Texas Hold’em late, in 2007-2008, together with my colleagues at work. After a while, […]

 Ion Oncescu is already a big name within a sport that few people understand and now he accepted a new challenge. And what could be more appropriate then another sport that again few people understand?  Ion, how did this original collaboration with 45Bet was born? I have received a proposal and accepted it with a lot of curiosity and pleasure. I think that I was fated as since being a child, my parents told me that, unlike the other children of my age, my first words waren’t ‚mom and dad’, but ‚pass, pass’. (laughs)  Have you ever had a connection […]