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DVD's to Learn Poker
DVDs to Learn Poker (Chris's Top Picks)
Poker over the past decade has had a major revival in the public eye. It continues to become more popular among Americans each year, and millions tune in to ESPN to catch the World Series of Poker Tour. Many, although having a strong love for the game, are not well versed in the techniques and strategies of the game. And since constantly losing money is not much fun, here are a few reviews of top DVDs you can get to learn and master the game. Anne Dukes Advanced Texas Holdem Secrets - How to Beat the Big Boys Anne Duke, one of poker's superstar females, has put together a wonderful DVD on poker strategy. Known for her uncanny talent of profiling and reading her competitors, she reveals how she does it. Along with tons of other tips and strategies, she also imparts her philosophy of the game onto the viewer. By the end of the DVD, you may start believing that poker isn't gambling, but an investment. Poker Secrets from a Poker Champ Great DVD with tips and strategies straight from the superstars. Not only that, its...Read more
The History of Boxer Dogs Playing Poker
Cassius Marcellus Clay, the wry commercial artist who gave the world dogs playing poker, was born in upstate New York in 1844. He was named after the abolitionist Quaker,Cassius Marcellus Coolidge, one of the most eloquent anti-slavery politicians of the antebellum South, Kentucky Sen.
Cash, as his friends and family would call him, had never received any formal art training. Though, by the time he was 20, he was a draftsman and frequently had his sketches featured in the local newspaper. A short time later, he had one of his drawings published in Harpers Weekly and subsequently came to be the inventor of "comic foregrounds", where tourists place their head through a hole in a painting, appearing to have a comical muscular body for photographs. Coolidge caught the attention of the Brown & Bigelow Company in 1903. The commisioned him to create a series of comical paintings for their advertisin calendars. Dogs being one of his favorite subjects, Coolidge decided to create paintings of Mastiffs, Collies, Boxers, Great Danes, etc. participating in human activities. Dogs would smoke cigars, drink whiskey, and, most famously, sit around the table for a game of five-card draw. To a dog,...Read more













