October 07 2011, Josh Bell

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There isn’t a poker player in the world who doesn’t like turning less than $10 into a share of a guaranteed $25,000 prize pool, and thanks to PokerNews and Poker770 that is exactly what is on offer in the PokerNews $25,000 Showdown.

The event is a $7.70+$0.77 rebuy tournament. The field will be capped at 3,000 players with rebuys limited to 10 per player until the first break when players will be allowed one add-on. Given these rules, there is a very good chance this tournament features an overlay.

In July, PokerNews, in conjunction with Poker770, hosted The PokerNews GIANT, which was a $2 rebuy tournament with a $30,000 guarantee. There were 6,000 rebuys from the 1,868 field, meaning there was an overlay of nearly $15,000! This made the PokerNews GIANT one of the best valued tournaments we have ever hosted. The PokerNews $25K Showdown could create another tremendous value tournament on Poker770 again on Oct. 28 at 2100 CET.

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We’re sure by now you are already loading up Poker770 and registering for the PokerNews $25K Showdown, but if you still aren’t sure, you should consider that you could win a seat for less than a dollar - even for free!

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Daily at 1600 CET – 10 seats guaranteed; Minimum of 10 players to start.

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Tuesday and Saturday at 1100 CET – 10 seats guaranteed; minimum of 10 players to start.

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$0.77+$.07, Daily at 2100 CET – 1 seat guaranteed, additional seat for every 10 Players

The fact that there is almost certainly going to be a juicy overlay in the PokerNews $25K Showdown should be enough reason to play, but with daily freeroll satellites and daily cheap-roll qualifiers there really is no excuses to not be at your computers on Oct. 28 at 2100 CET, playing for your share of the $25,000 guaranteed prize pool!

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Tue, 07/26/2011 – 11:50 – PokerPages Staff

Once you’ve had a quick look at the PokerStarssoftware, you may well be wondering about the intricacies of Texas Hold‘em. This community card game is the most popular poker game in the world, played by millions of enthusiasts. Texas Hold’em is also a great game for a beginner poker player to learn poker rules.

Community Cards

The idea behind Texas Hold‘em is to make the best five-card poker handpossible by combining the two hole cards dealt to you with the five community cards laid out on the table. The cards are dealt in three phases with betting rounds taking place after each phase. Players can combine any of the seven available cards to make a hand. They may use one, two or even none of their hole cards in conjunction with the community cards.

Betting Rounds

Before any cards are dealt, the two players to the left of the dealer must place their a bets, known as the blinds, this is to ensure that there is some money on the table when the game commences. After the hole cards are dealt, there is a round of betting, where each player will either need to call, and match the bet placed by the previous player, or fold, and declare himself or herself out of the hand. Further rounds of betting follow the dealing of the first three community cards, known as the flop, the fourth card, known as the turn, and the final card, which is known as the river. 

The Showdown

After all four rounds of betting have been completed, if more than one player remains in the game, there is a showdown. At this point, all remaining players must show their hands, and the player with the highest hand in the game wins the pot. 

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