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	<description>All about online poker with a focus on Texas Hold'em</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Daniel Negreanu Vs. Sam Farha</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/daniel-negreanu-vs-sam-farha/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/daniel-negreanu-vs-sam-farha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A great battle between Daniel Negreanu Vs. Sam Farha.

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		<title>A Monster Cash Pot</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/monster-cash-pot/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/monster-cash-pot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[807k Cash Pot]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Patrik Antonius]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Phil Ivey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Phil Ivey vs Patrik Antonius in a 807k Cash Pot:

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		<title>Pockets, pockets, pockets</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/pockets-pockets-pockets/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/pockets-pockets-pockets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pocket Aces vs Pocket Aces vs Pocket Kings:

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		<title>Some Say The Best Hand Ever</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/some-say-the-best-hand-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/some-say-the-best-hand-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Harman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Harman in an amazing poker hand:

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		<title>Royal Flush at World Series of Poker 2007 and 2008</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/royal-flush-wsop/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/royal-flush-wsop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[See an actual Royal Flush being dealt at the 2007 World Series of Poker:

See Quad Aces lose to a Royal Flush at the 2008 World Series of Poker:

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		<title>Phil Hellmuth loses it on Poker After Dark</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/phil-hellmuth-poker-after-dark/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/phil-hellmuth-poker-after-dark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Phil Hellmuth loses it on Poker After Dark Part 1

View Parts 2 and 3 on YouTube.com:
Phil Hellmuth loses it on Poker After Dark Part 2

Phil Hellmuth loses it on Poker After Dark Part 3
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		<title>Famous first WSOP hand</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/famous-first-wsop-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/famous-first-wsop-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Famous first WSOP hand.  Two players grab amazing hands to start the WSOP.

Sam Farha vs. Oliver Hudson
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		<title>Biggest pot in High Stakes Poker</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/biggest-pot-in-high-stakes-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/biggest-pot-in-high-stakes-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Negreanu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gus Hansen]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[poker]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A seven minute video about one of the biggest pots ever in High Stakes Poker:

A killer hand between Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu.  High stakes indeed as these two pro players face off in a monster cash pot.
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		<title>60 Minutes story on Absolute Poker Scandal</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/absolute-poker-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/absolute-poker-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Poker Cheating]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Poker Videos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[60 Minutes story on Absolute Poker Scandal, part 1

60 Minutes story on Absolute Poker Scandal, part 2

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		<title>Lights, Camera, Antics</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/lights-camera-antics/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/lights-camera-antics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vince Burgio
&#8220;I am mad as hell and I´m not going to take it anymore!&#8221; Remember that line? It´s from the 1976 movie Network. I thought I would borrow the line to lead into this column because it sort of fits some of my feelings that have surfaced lately.
What it is that I will not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Counselor - Just Another Bad Beat Story</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/bad-beat-story/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/bad-beat-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By John Carlisle
OK, I won&#8217;t bore you with the details of my latest terribly bad beat. You&#8217;ve heard a million of the before. Personally, I am starting to find all of the crying about bad beats on online poker forums and chat rooms a yawn-inducing trend. Let me just say that a runner-runner suck-out kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We Learned to Cheat at Online Poker: A Study in Software Security - Part 3</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-software-security-3/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-software-security-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Poker Cheating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 7, 2001
By  Brad Arkin Frank Hill Scott Marks Matt Schmid and  Thomas John Walls
Figure 4: Borland&#8217;s implementation of Random()



long long RandSeed = #### ;
unsigned long Random(long max)
{
long long x ;
double i ;
unsigned long final ;
x = 0xffffffff;
x += 1 ;
RandSeed *= ((long long)134775813);
RandSeed += 1 ;
RandSeed = RandSeed % x ;
i = [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We Learned to Cheat at Online Poker: A Study in Software Security - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-software-security-2/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-software-security-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=184</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 7, 2001
By  Brad Arkin Frank Hill Scott Marks Matt Schmid and  Thomas John Walls
Problem One: An Off-By-One Error 
Astute programmers will have noticed that the algorithm in question contains an off-by-one error. The algorithm is supposed to traverse the initial deck while swapping each card with any other card. Unlike most Pascal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We Learned to Cheat at Online Poker: A Study in Software Security Part 1</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-software-security-1/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-software-security-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Poker Cheating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[June 7, 2001
By Brad Arkin, Frank Hill, Scott Marks, Matt Schmid, Thomas John Walls, and Gary McGraw Reliable Software Technologies Software Security Group
Poker is a card game that many people around the world enjoy. Poker is played at kitchen tables, in casinos, and cardrooms &#8212; and more recently, the Web. A few of us here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Key Post-Flop Questions</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/three-key-post-flop-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/three-key-post-flop-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Texas Hold'em]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ By Barry Tanenbaum
I have been trying to think of a sport/activity in which it is worse to finish second than it is in poker. I finally came up with boxing, in which the guy that finishes second may be unconscious. But even then, the guy who finishes second gets paid.
In poker the player who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoid This Poker Trap!</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/avoid-this-poker-trap/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/avoid-this-poker-trap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em Basics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most profitable plays in Texas Holdem, are situations in which your opponent thinks he has the best hand on the table. Time and Time again when you watch play progress, you will see new players going all in with hands such as ACE, ACE or King, King or even three of a kind without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Hand Strategy and basic Hold&#8217;em Strategy</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/basic-texas-holdem-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/basic-texas-holdem-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em Basics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AA, KK, QQ, AKs, AK, JJ
- These are premium hands and no matter what game you&#8217;ll play you&#8217;ll be happy to look down and see them.  These fall into the category of Big Pairs and you&#8217;ll raise and reraise with them preflop.  AA doesn&#8217;t have to worry about over cards hitting but when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect hands down the stretch - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/perfect-poker-hands-2/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/perfect-poker-hands-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Mark Burtman
We started with 2,000 in chips. I got hurt early and went all the way down to 500, but then built it all the way up to 6,000. I had my ups and downs from there, but again I got down to about 46 players. 36th place paid $5,000. I had 11,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perfect hands down the stretch - Part 1.</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/perfect-poker-hands-1/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/perfect-poker-hands-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Mark Burtman
I have already written two articles about perfect poker hands. These are hands where more than one player will have good reason to put all of his or her chips into the pot. Essentially the losing hand is trapped by its strength against an even better hand. It seems that I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rules, Rules, Rules</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/rules-rules-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/rules-rules-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Max Shapiro
A casino in Los Angeles has been flirting with the idea of banning cell phones during tournaments. Not just the use of them, but even their mere appearance. How come? Well, they want to protect any celebrity who might show up. They don&#8217;t want anyone trying to sneak a picture using one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Game of poker hits a hot streak</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-hits-a-hot-streak/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-hits-a-hot-streak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TV shows spark sales of cards, chips, tables, books
The game of poker is on a winning streak, thanks in part to the popularity of several television shows devoted to the game. And casinos, bookstores and retailers who sell poker gear say it looks like the pot is going to get even bigger.
Retailers are betting that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online poker chips away at sexual stereotypes</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/women-and-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/women-and-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Simon Prodger
Women are being increasingly attracted to the excitement of online poker. Many professional women now shop extensively online and it’s natural that they should explore other ways of having fun and spending their money online. According to the UK’s fastest growing poker website, Victor Chandler Poker (http://www.vcpoker.com), it’s no longer just a man’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenstein&#8217;s Ace on the River is Aces Up By Amy Calistri</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/barry-greenstein-book/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/barry-greenstein-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Poker Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[





Have you ever wished you could spend a few hours with a professional player and pick their brain? Ask them what it&#8217;s really like&#8230;what it takes to be a pro? If you don&#8217;t think any WSOP bracelet winners are going to be ringing your doorbell in the near future, you might consider buying Barry Greenstein&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>List of the top Poker Books</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/top-poker-books/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/top-poker-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em Basics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[













Hold&#8217;em Excellence - Lou Kreiger


Championship No-Limit &#38; Pot-Limit Hold&#8217;em - T.J.Cloutier (with Tom McEvoy)


The Winner&#8217;s Guide to Casino Poker - Edwin Silberstang


How To Play Winning Poker - Avery Cardoza


Hold&#8217;em&#8217;s Odd(s) Book - Hold&#8217;em&#8217;s Odd(s) Book


Great for beginner&#8217;s! - Illustrated Guide To Texas Hold&#8217;em: Making Winners Out Of Beginners and Advanced Players - Dennis Purdy 



Greenstein&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Spot Online Poker Cheaters</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/online-poker-cheaters/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/online-poker-cheaters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Online Poker Cheating]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Online poker rooms are probably the safest place to play at right now. Did your mother ever tell you to &#8220;never trust a stranger&#8221;? Well, playing online limits the number of sneaky people you could potentially be dealing with. The dealer is a program. Programs don&#8217;t cheat. You don&#8217;t have to worry about any sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hand Nicknames</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/hand-nicknames/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/hand-nicknames/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em Basics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=146</guid>
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Hand
Nickname
Submitted by:


K,K
King kong
John Romano, Los Angeles


K,K
Cowboys
Scott Beal, Tulsa, OK


K,10
A school district
unknown


K,9
Canine
unknown


A,A
Bullets, Pocket Rockets, or Sinatra&#8217;s Duo
common


A,K
AK47
unknown


A,K
Big Slick
unknown


8,8
Snowmen
unknown


J,J
Hooks
unknown


10,10,
Newscast
unknown


J, 5
Motown
Matt Pless, Nutley, NJ


Q, J
Mother &#38; Son
unknown



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		<title>An Explanation of Hold &#8216;Em Poker Odds - Part 4 of 4</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-odds-4/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-odds-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Texas Hold'em]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Example #3 &#8220;Top two pair&#8221;
You get dealt a King of Diamonds and a Nine of Hearts. The flop is lookin&#8217; pretty good for you with a King of Spades, a Nine of Clubs, and a Four of Clubs. Top two pair!
Lesson 1: What are my chances of getting a full house on the turn?
To get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Explanation of Hold &#8216;Em Poker Odds - Part 3 of 4</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-odds-3/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-odds-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Texas Hold'em]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=142</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Example #2 &#8220;The straight draw&#8221;
You start with a Jack of Spades and a Ten of Spades. You get a rainbow flop with a Queen of Spades, a Three of Diamonds, and a Nine of Clubs. You&#8217;ve got a straight draw.
Lesson 1: What are my chances of hitting it on the next card?
Same as before, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Explanation of Hold &#8216;Em Poker Odds - Part 2 of 4</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-odds-2/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-odds-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Texas Hold'em]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Easy Example: A pocket pair
You start with a pair of Jacks in the pocket. Not too shabby. The flop however, doesn&#8217;t contain another Jack.
Lesson 1: What&#8217;s my chance of getting a Jack on the turn?
You need to just figure out the number of outs and divide it by the number of cards in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Explanation of Hold &#8216;Em Poker Odds - Part 1 of 4</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-poker-odds-1/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/calculating-poker-odds-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Texas Hold'em]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Probability is a huge factor in texas hold &#8216;em. Players use odds to determine their actions. The chances of finishing a flush or a straight, the probablity of getting an overcard, the percentage of times you&#8217;re going to flop a set to match your pocket pair are all important factors in poker. Knowledge of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poker Hand Rankings</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-hand-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-hand-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em Basics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[






Royal Flush
Example     
When one happens savor the moment and hope the pot is big. Even being beaten by a Royal doesn&#8217;t feel that bad, it&#8217;s like losing a girl to Brad Pitt, you can always tell everyone about it, and not feel like a chump.
Straight Flush
    
A great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Hold&#8217;em Basics</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/texas-holdem-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/texas-holdem-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Hold'em Basics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Texas hold&#8217;em poker is a fast-paced and fun game that is relatively easy to learn. Once you&#8217;ve read the rules play for free at one of our two preferred online rooms PacificPoker.com and PartyPoker.com. Both are safe, fair and allow players to play as long as they&#8217;d like for free using a &#8220;play&#8221; account. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do I protect my computer from being hacked by other players?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/protect-my-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/protect-my-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This question is not asked enough by most people and is a very important topic. First and foremost, you need to keep your computer up-to-date with all the patches and updates for your computer. If you&#8217;re using Windows, that means you need to go to windowsupdate.microsoft.com on a regular basis to update your copy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the &#8216;pattern mappers&#8217; on eBay and do they really work?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/pattern-mappers/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/pattern-mappers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=90</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Pattern mapping&#8217; was a joke created by a few regulars over at the Two Plus Two Forums in March 2004. The premise was that by using complex mathematical formulas and pattern recognition, you would be able to predict the turn and river cards after the flop. Of course this created a big ruckus even with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can players use hacking software to gain an advantage or hack into the actual poker servers?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/hacking-software-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/hacking-software-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To answer the first question, I can only speculate, but my answer is no. A competent programmer would know that in order to make the game as secure as possible, the client (software on the player&#8217;s computer) should only be sent information about it&#8217;s own cards. Your computer is thus, on a &#8220;need to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is &#8220;chip dumping&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/what-is-chip-dumping/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/what-is-chip-dumping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=85</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chip dumping has been a problem in poker for awhile and thus didn&#8217;t originate online. What happens is that when two players are working with each other in a tournament, when they face off against each other intentionally or unintentionally, one of the players will purposefully lose or dump their chips to the other player. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the online poker rooms doing to stop collusion?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-stop-collusion/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-stop-collusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=82</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most all of the poker rooms state that they have software in place to monitor for collusion between players. From my knowledge and what I have read, the software is mainly used to monitor passive forms of collusion. Passive collusion is much easier for the server side to monitor than from other players, because the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I keep hearing about active and passive collusion. What is collusion?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-collusion/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-collusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Collusion is when players team up with each other to cheat other players. Active collusion means that players will actively work with each other to juice the pot when one of them has a winning hand. This type of collusion can range from a novice level to a highly refined level that is hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can PartyPoker or other sites be rigged by the players?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/can-poker-sites-hacked/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/can-poker-sites-hacked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It happened in the earlier days of online poker, when a group of security experts hacked Planet Poker by defeating the random number generator used to control the deck. In English, they figured out how to correctly predict the entire deal from start to finish: player hole cards, flop, turn and river. Needless to say, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve heard sites use shills, props or bots to rig their site, what are these?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/shills-props-bots-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/shills-props-bots-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=76</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A shill or bot is basically a fake or paid player that is used by the poker site in order to make the room look more popular. All of the major poker rooms claim that they do not use shills or bots at all on their site, &#8220;unlike some other poker sites&#8221;. From my knowledge, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve heard that the online poker sites are rigged. Is this true?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/online-poker-sites-rigged/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/online-poker-sites-rigged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=74</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot of heated arguments that online poker is rigged and that there is cheating in online poker. Usually the argument is that the sites offer &#8216;action flops&#8217;, which means that it deals good hands to each person, giving all of them more reason to stay in the pot and bet more. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I have a PayPal account, can I use that to fund my online poker account?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/paypal-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/paypal-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past, Paypal was a popular payment method that gamblers used in the past, as players only needed to reveal financial information to Paypal, and not the sites themseleves. Paypal was also popular because many people already have Paypal accounts thanks to eBay. However, Paypal was charged in 2003 of violating the Patriot Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I decide to play at PartyPoker what deposit option should I use?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/depositing-funds-online-poker/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/depositing-funds-online-poker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Credit cards are the primary method used by most players to fund their online accounts. Credit cards are recommended because it gives you a form of protection against potential problems that might occur, such as being overcharged, scammed or having your money taken.
However, as of 2002, there has been an industry wide credit card for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I heard that I can save money by filing a Schedule C with the IRS if I play full time, can you explain this?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-tax-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-tax-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Schedule 1040C is the form for an individual business or sole proprietorship. This is for people who work for themselves and are the only owner of a business(s). If you file a Section C, you are able to write-off expenses that are related to your &#8220;business&#8221;. Usually this means you will be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens if I don&#8217;t pay my taxes?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/what-happens-dont-pay-my-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/what-happens-dont-pay-my-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of posts that have been made about players going to the neighborhood check cashing stores to cash their poker payouts into non-traceable (thus, non-taxable) cash. While this method will probably prevent the IRS from tracing those poker winnings, I don&#8217;t recommend it, even if you think your chances of getting caught [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, given the legal situation, am I supposed to pay taxes on my poker winnings?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-and-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-and-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=59</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You are required to pay taxes on any and all income you make, regardless of the source.
For the casual gambler, the amount of money you can earn without needing to report is $600 per year (if memory serves me). If you make more than this amount, then you are required to pay taxes. You should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait a minute, so is online poker and gambling legal?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/online-gambling-legal/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/online-gambling-legal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very difficult question to answer at the moment. Currently, online gambling is in a legal limbo of sorts. The Internet Gaming Prohibition Act prevented casinos from opening up shop within the U.S, but never stopped players themselves from making online bets. There is another law however, The Wire Act of 1961 that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why aren&#8217;t the online poker sites regulated by the United States government?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/online-poker-regulated-united-states/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/online-poker-regulated-united-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=55</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker sites cannot be regulated by U.S agencies because internet casinos are not legally allowed to operate within the United States due to the Internet Gaming Prohibition Act of 1997.
]]></description>
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		<title>What does it mean for a site to be regulated / licensed?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-site-regulated-licensed/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-site-regulated-licensed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=53</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a site is regulated, such as from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission or Antigua Directorate of Offshore Gaming, what it means in English is that the regulator gives it&#8217;s word that the poker site will pay it&#8217;s winners. In addition, the regulator vouches that the site is fair and is up to a level of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is playing poker on the Internet safe?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/playing-poker-internet-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/playing-poker-internet-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://holdemchat.com/?p=50</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Depends on what you mean by &#8217;safe&#8217;. Most players worry about losing their money that they deposit. This has happened before (look up &#8220;Pokerspot scam&#8221; if you want the details) in the earlier days of online poker, so it is a risk. That said however, the established poker sites are your safest bets, since they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which sites do the pros play on?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/poker-sites-pros-play/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/poker-sites-pros-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[24 Essential Online Poker Questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Party Poker, Pokerstars, and FullTilt are the main choices for the poker professionals. These sites have the biggest games around, which is what the poker professionals are looking for. Ultimate Bet seems to attract some high stakes players, as they offer big no limit games, but Ultimate Bet got a black mark in 2003 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do poker professionals play poker online?</title>
		<link>http://holdemchat.com/professionals-poker-online/</link>
		<comments>http://holdemchat.com/professionals-poker-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, many of the popular poker sites such as Party Poker, Pokerstars, Pacific Poker, and Ultimate Bet have a number of poker celebrities or poker professionals that play there. Some professional poker players that play online are Phil Helmuth Jr, Phil Ivey, Annie Duke, Kathy Leibert, Howard Lederer, Gus Hansen and Daniel Negraneau to name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I play for real money, what is the best site to play at?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of players ask what is the best poker site to play at. This question is a bit difficult to answer, since it&#8217;s like asking &#8220;What is the best car?&#8221;. It really depends what you&#8217;re looking for. If you&#8217;re looking for the largest site, then PartyPoker is the most popular. Pokerstars is known for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where can I play for &#8220;play&#8221; money?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most all of the poker sites (including Party Poker) have play money tables for you to learn the ropes. You can create an account without having to deposit money, so there&#8217;s no risk involved while you&#8217;re learning.
A note to remember however, is that free play should be used to learn the mechanics of the game, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where can I learn to play Texas Hold&#8217;em?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people learn how to play Texas Hold&#8217;em by playing their friends or relatives, so my advice is to simply ask around and find someone you know who plays hold&#8217;em. Chances are, they will be more than happy ot help you out and invite you to a game where you can watch everyone play. Otherwise, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is it called Texas Hold&#8217;em?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>northplants</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a lot of different stories about how it started out, but surprisingly the story doesn&#8217;t begin in Texas as you would think. Also it&#8217;s never been called Taxes hold&#8217;em as a few silly people have said.
The most likely origin of the game&#8217;s name comes from a story from Life Magazine back in the early [...]]]></description>
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