One staged photo shows players in the middle of a round of betting. Theyre all holding their cards up in the air such that half the table can see what they have (and the players around them seem to be looking right at their opponents cards). But theyre obviously having fun, because theyve all got big grins on their faces. Actually, several ads for land casinos have photos with players apparently blissfully unaware that theyre exposing their cards. Have you ever been in a game in which every player is holding his cards at arms length two feet above the table? One ad shot has a guy about to make a bet and he has no cards! And in the same picture, three players are betting on the river (five community cards are out) in increments of three chips. What are they playing, $1.50-$3? One player has just raised a six-chip bet to eight chips: Where can you raise by less than a full bet when you still have chips left? Specifically, they all have plenty of chips, the first player bet three chips, the next raised to six, and the next has just put in eight. I wonder if it ever occurred to the agency to show the picture to someone who actually plays poker. Watch ESPN and the travel channel World Poker Tour or WPT or the World Series of Poker known also as the WSOP NFL NBA or Poker quit watching Play Texas Holdem online Where does the cash go you might ask?

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