Welcome to Texas Holdem - the hottest game around! Whether you're new to the game or an experienced player Ultimate Poker gives you everything you need to bring the excitement of Vegas right into your home.
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Seat Selection
Very Aggressive Players
Passive Players
Bluffers
Staring at the Flop
Showing Visible Disappointment
Betting in a Flamboyant Style
Bluffing
Reading Hands
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As used in casinos all over the world this handy 1000 chip carrying case makes it easy to transport chips all over your casino or gaming room and allows for fast and easy chip access during those crucial gaming moments.
Constructed of thick durable clear acrylic this sturdy reinforced case will hold 10 chip trays neatly stacked for a total of 1000 poker chips. The top easily slides off and a comfortable handle makes it easy to carry and move around. The dimensions are roughly 10"L x 8 "W x 13 "H.
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This Spaniard took the poker world by storm in 2002 by becoming the WSOP Main Event Champion and in turn one of the youngest World Champions. Carlos followed up with Two more First Place Wins including earning the Championship at the Doyle Brunson Inaugural World Poker Tour Tournament. He is a featured player in the upcoming Stacked T with Daniel Negraunu" Game for console and PC. This easy-going professional competitor continually proves he is one to keep your eye on as he frequently mixes up his style to keep the competition guessing.
This stylish decorative plaque celebrates his triumph in the poker world. Measuring 14.5 x 12.5 inches the plaque's frame is polished wood with a matte black finish. Two professionally-cut mat boards frame the items within the plaque including an authographed picture of Carlos in action an engraved brushed metal title plate commemorating one of Carlos' many astonishing achievements a hand of King/Queen (Carlos' favorite pocket cards) and two very limited edition poker chips.
The black chip is a 10g clay composite photo-embedded chip with Carlos' likeness in a unique and exclusive design. You will not find this chip anywhere else! The second is a poker chip "retired" from action in the famous Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. It is an authentic Paulson clay chip with 3 different colored edge spots a signature casino design.
Lastly each plaque has a small holographic numbered label affixed in the corner of Carlos' photo ensuring individuality and authenticity. Quantities are very limited on this plaque. These will not last!
New and exclusive poker chips for 2005! These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casino such as Palace Station.
Seven different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
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These poker chips are copyright protected and registered with the U.S. Copyright office and are only available through us the manufacturer or our authorized dealers. It is unlawful for any of our competitors to sell a copy of this chip's style or characteristics. Therefore this chip will not be widely available in any form except through our warehouse. These valuable chips are rare and will maintain or increase in value throughout the years.
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Eight different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
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New and exclusive poker chips for 2005! These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casinos such as Palace Station.
Seven different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
No detail was spared in this highly unique and durable poker chip series. While most chips with metal inserts have a "plinky" sound when you drop them these chips have the sound of clay authentic professional chips. But they are offered at a fraction of the cost of authentic poker chips.
Your Chips will be protected in this aluminum case. It will provide the most protection for your investment. It is made of heavy duty yet lightweight aluminum available in brilliant silver. The interior is green velour with space for 300 chips 2 decks of cards and 5 dice. The handles are are securely riveted for long lasting use.
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We have INCLUDED IN THIS SET 2 DECKS of CARDS and 5 DICE. Playing cards depicted are subject to change without notice. It is at our discretion to replace playing cards with a similar product of equal or higher quality at any time
The color and quantity of chips shown are the most popular and have been pre-selected for you however you can make changes per your requirements.
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These poker chips are copyright protected and registered with the U.S. Copyright office and are only available through us the manufacturer or our authorized dealers. It is unlawful for any of our competitors to sell a copy of this chip's style or characteristics. Therefore this chip will not be widely available in any form except through our warehouse. These valuable chips are rare and will maintain or increase in value throughout the years.
New and exclusive poker chips for 2005! These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casinos such as Palace Station.
Seven different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
No detail was spared in this highly unique and durable poker chip series. While most chips with metal inserts have a "plinky" sound when you drop them these chips have the sound of clay authentic professional chips. But they are offered at a fraction of the cost of authentic poker chips.
This set includes a beautiful OAK chip carrying case holds 300 casino chips. There are three individual 100 chip trays that are removeable from the master case. The interior is also lined with felt.
The hardware is made of solid brass. The handle is also produced from OAK.
We have INCLUDED IN THIS SET 2 DECKS of CARDS. Playing cards depicted are subject to change without notice. It is at our discretion to replace playing cards with a similar product of equal or higher quality at any time
The color and quantity of chips shown are the most popular and have been pre-selected for you however you can make changes per your requirements.
C Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved
These poker chips are copyright protected and registered with the U.S. Copyright office and are only available through us the manufacturer or our authorized dealers. It is unlawful for any of our competitors to sell a copy of this chip's style or characteristics. Therefore this chip will not be widely available in any form except through our warehouse. These valuable chips are rare and will maintain or increase in value throughout the years.
These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casino such as Palace Station. .
Eight different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
No detail was spared in this highly unique and durable poker chip series. While most chips with metal inserts have a "plinky" sound when you drop them these chips have the sound of clay authentic professional chips. But they are offered at a fraction of the cost of authentic poker chips.
Your Chips will be protected in this aluminum case. This chip case will offer you the most protection for your investment and feature the best look. It is produced from the finest aircraft aluminum and reinforced throughout and yet it is lightweight. The interior is black felt with space for 400 chips and 2 decks of cards.
This is the chip case that will last a lifetime.
We have INCLUDED IN THIS SET 2 DECKS of CARDS . Playing cards depicted are subject to change without notice. It is at our discretion to replace playing cards with a similar product of equal or higher quality at any time
The color and quantity of chips shown are the most popular and have been pre-selected for you however you can make changes per your requirements.
New and exclusive poker chips for 2005! These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casinos such as Palace Station.
Seven different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
No detail was spared in this highly unique and durable poker chip series. While most chips with metal inserts have a "plinky" sound when you drop them these chips have the sound of clay authentic professional chips. But they are offered at a fraction of the cost of authentic poker chips.
This set includes a beautiful OAK chip carrying case holds 500 casino chips. There are five individual 100 chip trays that are removable from the master case. The interior is also lined with green felt.
The hardware is made of solid brass. The handle is also produced from OAK.
We have INCLUDED IN THIS SET 2 DECKS of CARDS. Playing cards depicted are subject to change without notice. It is at our discretion to replace playing cards with a similar product of equal or higher quality at any time
The color and quantity of chips shown are the most popular and have been pre-selected for you however you can make changes per your requirements.
C Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved
These poker chips are copyright protected and registered with the U.S. Copyright office and are only available through us the manufacturer or our authorized dealers. It is unlawful for any of our competitors to sell a copy of this chip's style or characteristics. Therefore this chip will not be widely available in any form except through our warehouse. These valuable chips are rare and will maintain or increase in value throughout the years.
New and exclusive poker chips for 2005! These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casino such as Palace Station.
Seven different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
No detail was spared in this highly unique and durable poker chip series. While most chips with metal inserts have a "plinky" sound when you drop them these chips have the sound of clay authentic professional chips. But they are offered at a fraction of the cost of authentic poker chips.
Your Chips will be protected in this aluminum case. This chip case will offer you the most protection for your investment and feature the best look. It is produced from the finest aircraft aluminum and reinforced throughout and yet it is lightweight. The interior is black felt with space for 650 chips and 2 decks of cards and features a space for your holdem dealer button.
This is the chip case that will last a lifetime.
We have INCLUDED IN THIS SET 2 DECKS of CARDS and a Dealer Button. Playing cards depicted are subject to change without notice. It is at our discretion to replace playing cards with a similar product of equal or higher quality at any time
The color and quantity of chips shown are the most popular and have been pre-selected for you however you can make changes per your requirements.
C Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved
These poker chips are copyright protected and registered with the U.S. Copyright office and are only available through us the manufacturer or our authorized dealers. It is unlawful for any of our competitors to sell a copy of this chip's style or characteristics. Therefore this chip will not be widely available in any form except through our warehouse. These valuable chips are rare and will maintain or increase in value throughout the years.
These 12.2 gram "Jackpot Casino Las Vegas" inlaid coin chips are some of the most unique you will ever see. The coin inlay poker chip became popular in many worldwide casinos. This style chip is still used in many Las Vegas Casino such as Palace Station.
Eight different denominations complete this chip series including 25c 50c $1 $5 $25 $100 & $500. And each denomination has its own color.
Engraved in white along the edges of each chip are A K Q & J with each card suit represented between each royal card in each chip's unique color. The chip's edge alternates white and a color stripe in which two squares and a circle decorate the center of each color stripe. Edges are rounded and smooth. These are classy chips!
No detail was spared in this highly unique and durable poker chip series. While most chips with metal inserts have a "plinky" sound when you drop them these chips have the sound of clay authentic professional chips. But they are offered at a fraction of the cost of authentic poker chips.
Included with this set is this beautiful dark wood poker chip case which is one of the finest cases we have ever sold. At first glance it may resemble a fine cigar humidor. It is a deep dark stained wood and is very solid. The finish on this case is a smooth polished finish. It not only holds 100 of your finest poker chips but also 2 decks of cards and 5 dice as well. The woodwork on the inside and outside is as fine as any piece of furniture in your house.
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The case is 8 3/8 inches by 7 7/8 inches and stands 2 5/16 inches high when in the closed position.
This is a chip case that will last a lifetime.
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Doyle Brunson is widely considered the best no-limit poker player alive and has won millions of dollars in his professional career. After winning the World Series of Poker two years in a row he went on to write the best-selling classic Doyle Brunson's Super System the "bible" of poker for professional players. His second book Poker Wisdom of a Champion originally published as According to Doyle is a collection of his most memorable poker tales.
Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson took the World Series of Poker Championship in 1976 and 1977 and has won an unprecedented nine gold bracelets from the same event. He continues to play poker almost daily in some of the highest-stakes games in the world.
Doyle shares what he has learned over the years of traveling the Texas circuit and in private games. Full of real-life characters and too-crazy-to-be-fiction situations this book highlights the psychology and humanity of poker. These anecdotes contain not only humor but also advice and insight from the world's greatest poker player himself.
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War is the reciprocal and violent application
of force between hostile political entities aimed at
bringing about a desired political end-state via armed
conflict. In his seminal work,
On War,
Carl Von Clausewitz calls war the "continuation of
political intercourse, carried on with other means."[1]
War is an interaction in which two or more militaries
have a “struggle of wills”.[2]
When qualified as a
civil war, it is a dispute inherent to a given
society, and its nature is in the conflict over modes of
governance rather than
sovereignty. War is not considered to be the same as
mere
occupation,
murder or
genocide because of the reciprocal nature of the
violent struggle, and the
organized nature of the units involved.
War is also a cultural entity, and its practice is
not linked to any single type of political organisation
or society. Rather, as discussed by
John Keegan in his “History Of Warfare”, war is a
universal phenomenon whose form and scope is defined by
the society that wages it.
[3]
The conduct of war extends along a continuum, from the
almost universal
tribal warfare that began well before recorded human
history, to wars between
city states,
nations, or
empires. A group of combatants and their support is
called an
army on land, a
navy at sea, and
air force in the air. Wars may be prosecuted
simultaneously in one or more different
theatres. Within each theatre, there may be one or
more consecutive
military campaigns. A military campaign includes not
only fighting but also intelligence, troop movements,
supplies,
propaganda, and other components. Continuous
conflict is traditionally called a
battle, although this terminology is not always fed
to conflicts involving aircraft, missiles or bombs
alone, in the absence of ground troops or naval forces.
War is not limited to the
human species, as
ants engage in massive intra-species conflicts which
might be termed warfare. It is theorized that other
species also engage in similar behavior, although this
is not well documented.
[4][5][6]
Some believe war has always been with us; others
stress the lack of clear evidence that war is not in our
prehistoric past, and the fact that many peaceful,
non-military societies have and still do exist.
Originally, war likely consisted of small-scale raiding.
Since the rise of the state some 5000 years ago,
military activity has occurred over much of the globe.
The advent of gunpowder and the acceleration of
technological advances led to modern warfare.
Since the close of the
Vietnam War, the ideas expounded by the Prussian
military theorist Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) have
come to thoroughly permeate American military writing,
doctrinal, theoretical, and historical. His book
On War, first published (as
Vom Kriege) in 1832, was adopted as a key
text at the Naval War College in 1976, the Air War
College in 1978, the Army War College in 1981. It has
always been central at the U.S. Army's School for
Advanced Military Studies at Leavenworth (founded in
1983). The U.S. Marine Corps's brilliant little
philosophical field manual
FMFM 1: Warfighting (1989) is essentially a
distillation of On War, and the newer Marine
Corps Doctrinal Publications (MCDPs,
c.1997) are equally reflective of Clausewitz's basic
concepts.*1
This is not the first time Clausewitz has been in
fashion. Indeed, On War has been the bible of
many thoughtful soldiers ever since Field Marshal
Helmuth von Moltke attributed to its guidance his
stunning victories in the wars of German unification
(1864, 1866, 1870-71). Nor is it the first time that
individual American soldiers and military
thinkers have been attracted by his ideas: George
Patton, Albert Wedemeyer, and—especially—Dwight
Eisenhower were intensely interested in what he had to
say.
It is, however, the first time that the American
armed forces as institutions have turned to
Clausewitz. While the philosopher had insisted that war
was "simply the expression of politics by other means,"
the traditional attitude of American soldiers had been
that "politics and strategy are radically and
fundamentally things apart. Strategy begins where
politics end. All that soldiers ask is that once the
policy is settled, strategy and command shall be
regarded as being in a sphere apart from politics."*2
The sudden acceptability of Clausewitz in the wake of
Vietnam is not difficult to account for, for among the
major military theorists only Clausewitz seriously
struggled with the sort of dilemma that American
military leaders faced in the aftermath of their defeat.
Clearly, in what had come to be called in scathing terms
a "political war," the political and military components
of the American war effort had come unstuck. It ran
against the grain of America's military men to criticize
elected civilian leaders, but it was just as difficult
to take the blame upon themselves. Clausewitz's analysis
could not have been more relevant:
The more powerful and inspiring the motives for
war,... the more closely will the military aims and
the political objects of war coincide, and the more
military and less political will war appear to be.
On the other hand, the less intense the motives, the
less will the military element's natural tendency to
violence coincide with political directives. As a
result, war will be driven further from its natural
course, the political object will be more and more
at variance with the aim of ideal war, and the
conflict will seem increasingly political in
character.*3
When people talk, as they often do, about
harmful political influence on the management of
war, they are not really saying what they mean.
Their quarrel should be with the policy itself, not
with its influence.
Vom Kriege (IPA: [fɔm
ˈkʁiːgə]) is a book on
war and
military strategy by
Prussian general
Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the
Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and
published posthumously by his wife in 1832. It has been
translated into
English several times as On War. On
War is actually an unfinished work; Clausewitz had
set about revising his accumulated manuscripts in 1827,
but did not live to finish the task. His wife eventually
compiled all the work and the final two chapters
Clausewitz never finished.
On War is one of the first books on modern
military strategy. This is mainly due to Clausewitz'
integration of politics and social and economic issues
as some of the most important factors in deciding the
outcomes of a war. It is one of the most important
treatises on strategy ever written, and is prescribed at
various
military academies to this day.
Carl von Clausewitz was a
Prussian officer among those baffled by how the
armies of the
French Revolution and
Napoleon had changed the nature of war through their
ability to motivate the populace and thus unleash war on
a greater scale than had previously been the case in
Europe. Clausewitz was well educated and had a strong
interest in art, science, and education, but he was a
professional soldier who spent a considerable part of
his life fighting against Napoleon. There is no doubt
that the insights he gained from his experiences,
combined with a solid grasp of European history,
provided much of the raw material for the book. On
War represents the compilation of his most cogent
observations.
Note: Clausewitz states that Napoleon's tactics were
not revolutionary at all and that Napoleonic Warfare did
not change anything greatly in military history. The
technology of weaponry for the most part remained
static, and new strategies weren't developed, but rather
Napoleon refurbished old ones, mixing them into one
grand strategy.
The book contains a wealth of historical examples
used to illustrate its various concepts.
Frederick II of Prussia (the Great) figures
prominently for having made very efficient use of the
limited forces at his disposal.
Napoleon also is a central figure.
Among many strands of thought, three stand out as
essential to Clausewitz' concept:
War must never be seen as a purpose to itself,
but as a means of physically forcing one's will on
an opponent ("War is not merely a political act, but
also a real political instrument, a continuation of
political commerce, a carrying out of the same by
other means."[1]).
The military objectives in war that support
one's political objectives fall into two broad
types: "war to achieve limited aims" and war to
"disarm” the enemy: “to render [him] politically
helpless or militarily impotent."
The course of war will tend to favor the party
employing more force and resources (a notion
extended by Germany's leaders in World War One into
"total war"—the pursuit of complete military victory
regardless of the political consequences).
Military strategy is a
national defence policy implemented by
military organisations to pursue desired
strategic goals.[1]
Derived from the
Greek
strategos, strategy when it appeared in use
during the 18th century[2],
was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the
general"[3],
'the art of arrangement' of troops.[4]
Military strategy deals with the planning and conduct of
campaigns, the movement and disposition of forces, and
the
deception of the
enemy. The father of modern strategic study,
Carl von Clausewitz, defined military strategy as
"the employment of battles to gain the end of war."
Liddell Hart's definition put less emphasis on
battles, defining strategy as "the art of distributing
and applying military means to fulfil the ends of
policy" Hence, both gave the pre-eminence to political
aims over military goals, ensuring
civilian control of the military.
"You must not fight too often with one enemy,
or you will teach him all your art of war." –
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military strategy is the plan and execution of
the contest between very large groups of armed
adversaries. It involves each opponent's diplomatic,
informational, military, and economic resources wielded
against the other's resources to gain supremacy or
reduce the opponent's will to fight. It is a principle
tool to secure the
national interest. A contemporary military strategy
is developed via
military science.
[5]
It is as old as
society itself. It is a subdiscipline of
warfare and of
foreign policy. In comparison,
grand strategy is that strategy of the largest of
organizations which are currently the
nation state,
confederation, or international
alliances. Military strategy has its origins before
the
Battle of the Ten Kings and will endure through the
space age. It is larger in perspective than
military tactics which is the disposition and
maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield.[6]
Military strategy in the 19th century was still
viewed as one of a trivium of "arts" or "sciences" that
govern the conduct of warfare; the others being
tactics, the execution of plans and manœuvering of
forces in battle, and
logistics, the maintenance of an army. The view had
prevailed since the Roman times, and the borderline
between strategy and tactics at this time was blurred,
and sometimes categorization of a decision is a matter
of almost personal opinion.
Carnot, during the
French Revolutionary Wars thought it simply involved
concentration of troops.[7]
The Battle of Siffin, illustration from a
19th century manuscript by
Muhammad Rafi Bazil.
Strategy and
tactics are closely related and exist on the same
continuum.
