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What is Texas Hold’em or Texas Holdem?
These two terms represent the same thing. They speak about the most popular class of poker games. When playing this game the players receive 2 cards (face down) and 5 community cards. They try to make the best hand possible with these cards and they can bet several times: after the first 2 cards are dealt, and then after the next 3, the 4th or 5th dealt cards. The used terms for this are: flop, turn and river. This poker game is very popular in the USA, where it is played mostly in casinos. The no-limit form has been used in the world poker championship (meaning World Series of Poker).
You can learn many Texas Hold’em secrets and other online poker secrets by simply searching the Internet, reading articles and playing online poker with unknown players. You can earn experience and start believing in yourself and your win, but you should definitely know some things (poker secrets) before risking to lose money with beginner poker.
What should you do to rise from a poker beginner to a professional?
-Online poker should be played first with the help of special software and poker bots.
The software you choose will help poker players learn about the odds of every played hand or can make robots play for you so you may study their moves.
You know one of the best dreams players have is to see another player’s hand. This too can be achieved with the proper software and access to the computers they use.
-To maximize your winning chances you have to choose a good table, proper to your level of expertise (preferably beneath your level so you may take advantage of other people’s weaknesses). However, do not forget that many know online poker secrets and they might take advantage of you. Beware of poker cheats! Have in mind the information available about the other players: the average pot size, their speed (hands per hour) and how much they are willing to play (some poor players throw away their money and play a lot while others are very good players and don’t throw themselves easily).
-Place other good poker players to your right side at the table so you can act after they do first. Try to benefit from the other players who like to raise the stake without having a back up. Place these last players to your left. It is very important to pay attention to online poker players!
-Don’t let yourself caught up in the game and learn to leave the table at the proper moment. This is a very important online poker secret. Sometimes the atmosphere at table changes and the Texas Hold’em game is no longer profitable for you. New players arrive and they are not as tensed as you and the old players. Getting carried away will make you loose.
These small hints are just the tip of the iceberg. You can learn so much more by simply buying some software packages and some ebooks that will certainly make your win much easier. Learn online poker secrets from others, more experienced and willing to share their tips with you, and become one of those big, famous poker players on TV that you admire so much.
There were no surprises among the winners on Sunday's FWD Champions Day program at Sha Tin Racecourse, as the betting favourites in each of the afternoon's three Group 1 affairs each prevailed with a fair bit of authority. Fittingly, the winners will each take down year-end honours in their respective divisions, even as the award for Hong Kong Horse of the Year figures to remain an open and much-debated question for the next 2 1/2 months.
Romantic Warrior Dusts Elders in QE II Cup…
In one of the afternoon's biggest surprises, BMW Hong Kong Derby winner Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) was crunched into $18 (4-5) favourtism as the gates loaded for the G1 FWD QE II Cup, but the once-beaten and relatively unexposed gelding proved more than equal to the task, storming home to score by two convincing lengths.
A touch keen around the first turn beneath Karis Teetan, who welcomed a baby girl into the world just this past Tuesday, Romantic Warrior settled better down the backstretch as he took up a midfield berth. Getting the jump 600 metres out on his chief market rival Russian Emperor (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})–who sat three wide without the benefit of cover for most of the second half of the race–the 300,000gns Tattersalls October yearling turned HK$4.8-million graduate of the Hong Kong International Sale launched his bid four deep at the top of the straight, took over a furlong from home and kicked on nicely to best Tourbillon Diamond (Aus) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) and last year's champion stayer Panfield (Chi) (Lookin At Lucky) in decisive fashion.
“It's been a great week with my little baby girl being born on Tuesday, so all my focus was going into her,” said Teetan, perenially among the top five riders in Hong Kong. “I was trying to be a daddy, but also put my focus into the racing.”
He added, “We had in mind that he's a bit younger than the other horses, but he's better than all of them and he proved what kind of horse he is today. [Trainer] Danny [Shum] and his team have done a great job.”
Of the four previous 4-year-olds to complete the Derby/QE II double–Vengeance of Rain (NZ), 2005; Ambitious Dragon (NZ), 2011; Designs On Rome (Ire), 2014; and Werther (NZ), 2016– only the first mentioned failed to be named Horse of the Year, due to the presence of the legendary Silent Witness (Aus).
Romantic Warrior, the sixth Group 1 winner for Rathbarry Stud's Acclamation, is the third foal from his dam, a daughter of Folk Opera, whose biggest racetrack success came in the 10-furlong GI E. P. Taylor S. at Woodbine and whose resume also includes a victory in the G2 Darley Prix Jean Romanet. Folk Melody's last listed produce is a 2-year-old colt of this season named Operation Gimcrack (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}), who fetched 160,000gns from Bryan Smart Racing at last year's Tattersalls October Sale.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong FWD QE II CUP-G1, HK$25,000,000 (£2,439,936/€2,932,335/A$4,294,414/US$3,186,815), Sha Tin, 4-24, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 2:00.13, gd.
1–ROMANTIC WARRIOR (IRE), 126, g, 4, by Acclamation (GB) 1st Dam: Folk Melody (Ire), by Street Cry (Ire) 2nd Dam: Folk Opera (Ire), by Singspiel (Ire) 3rd Dam: Skiphall (GB), by Halling 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. (300,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT; HK$4,800,000 HRA '21 HKJUN). O-Peter Lau Pak Fai; B-Corduff Stud & T J Rooney; T-Danny Shum C S; J-Karis Teetan; HK$14,250,000. Lifetime Record: 8-7-0-0, HK$39,065,400. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Tourbillon Diamond (Aus), 126, g, 5, Olympic Glory (Ire)–Modave (NZ), by Montjeu (Ire). (A$7,000 Ylg '18 MMJUN). O-Shum Mak Ling, Jimmy Tang, Bennie Lau Yuk Lung & William Shum Wai Lam; B-Arrowfield Group Pty Ltd (NSW); T-Danny Shum C S; J-Alexis Badel; HK$5,500,000.
3–Panfield (Chi), 126, h, 5, Lookin At Lucky–Esterina II (Arg), by Orpen. O-Yue Yin Hing; B-Agricola Taomina Ltda; T-Tony Millard; J-Antoine Hamelin; HK$2,500,000.
Margins: 2, NK, NO. Odds: 4-5, 20-1, 73-1.
Also Ran: Ka Ying Star (GB), Russian Emperor (Ire), Columbus County (NZ), Zebrowski (NZ), Reliable Team (NZ), Cheerful Days (Aus), Savvy Nine (Fr). Click for the HKJC.com chart, PPs and sectional timing. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
Golden Sixty Makes History In Champions Mile…
Any lingering memories of consecutive losses earlier this season by reigning Horse of the Year Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro) have been well and truly washed away after the 6-year-old overpowered Derby runner-up California Spangle (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in Sunday's G1 FWD Champions Mile, his second straight win in the event. The winner's share of HK$11 million and change for his unprecedented 21st victory makes Golden Sixty the richest galloper in the history of Hong Kong racing, surpassing the previous mark held by Beauty Generation (NZ).
California Spangle, off as the heavily backed $26 (8-5) second favourite, was gunned to the front by Zac Purton, who gave the Goffs Orby grad every conceivable chance, rationing out a moderate tempo. But, as he demonstrated in his bounce-back success in the G2 Chairman's Trophy last time, Golden Sixty is capable of sitting handier to the speed while still managing a finish, and such was the case again Sunday, as Golden Sixty raced just a few lengths in arrears on the turn, lowered the boom on his younger rival with a bit less than a quarter-mile to travel and coasted in. California Spangle gamely held for second while no match for the winner.
“He did well,” jockey Vincent Ho said in what might be the understatement of the year. “He travelled comfortably and, actually, when Zac steadied the pace a little bit, he started to travel a bit keen, but he is strong enough and brave enough to push through that gap and run them down easily.”
After first panning the idea of an overseas trip owing to the ongoing pandemic, trainer Francis Lui indicated such a journey might be in the cards after all, with the June 5 G1 Yasuda Kinen around a left-handed one-turn mile at Tokyo the potential target.
“Yes, he is entered already but of course, we have to see how he recovers and we also need to see the quarantine, whether we can go and how the arrangements work. If everything is easy, we will go,” Lui said.
Bred on the same cross as American Grade I winners Elate and New Money Honey and on a similar cross to champions Rachel Alexandra (HOTY) and Songbird, Golden Sixty has a foal half-sister by Medaglia d'Oro's G1 Golden Slipper S.-winning son Vancouver (Aus). Gaudeamus was most recently bred to Wootton Bassett (GB) on an Oct. 26 cover.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong FWD CHAMPIONS MILE-G1, HK$20,000,000 (£2,439,936/€2,932,335/A$4,294,414/US$3,186,815), Sha Tin, 4-24, 3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:32.81, gd.
1–GOLDEN SIXTY (AUS), 126, g, 6, by Medaglia d'Oro 1st Dam: Gaudeamus (GSW-Ire, $179,846), by Distorted Humor 2nd Dam: Leo's Lucky Lady, by Seattle Slew 3rd Dam: Konafa, by Damascus
(A$120,000 Ylg '17 MMGCYS; NZ$300,000 2yo '17 NZBRTR). O-Stanley Chan Ka Leung; B-Asco International Pty Ltd (Qld); T-Francis Lui K W; J-Vincent Ho C Y; HK$11,400,000. Lifetime Record: Horse of the Year, Ch. Middle Distance Horse & Ch. 4yo-HK, 24-21-1-1, HK$113,400,600. *1/2 to Igitur (Aus) (Helmet {Aus}), SP-Aus; and Rainbow Connection (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}), GSP-Aus. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–California Spangle (Ire), 126, g, 4, Starspangledbanner (Aus)–Pearlitas Passion (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire). (€150,000). O-Howard Liang Yum Shing; B-M Enright; T-Tony Cruz A S; J-Zac Purton; HK$4,400,000.
3–Excellent Proposal (Aus), 126, g, 5, Exceed and Excel (Aus)–Procrastination (GB), by Pivotal (GB). (A$200,000 Ylg '18 MMGCYS). O-Kenneth Chung Kin Shu; B-; T-John Size; J-Joao Moreira; HK$2,000,000.
Margins: 2, HF, NO. Odds: 2-5, 8-5, 40-1.
Also Ran: Champion's Way (Aus), More Than This (GB), Waikuku (Ire), Mighty Giant (NZ), Healthy Happy (Aus). Click for the HKJC.com chart, PPs and sectional timing. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
Wellington Repeats In Chairman's Sprint Prize…
Trainer Richard Gibson was not lacking for confidence ahead of Sunday's G1 Chairman's Sprint Prize, and defending champion Wellington (Aus) (All Too Hard {Aus}) made it look all too easy with the softest of victories. Having won the G1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup and the G2 Sprint Cup in his two most recent appearances, the 5-year-old has all but locked up champion sprinter honours for the season.
One of the first to break the line, Wellington eased back into fifth position and he traveled with cover behind a good gallop up ahead. Traveling sweetly on the turn, he eased out four deep into the straight, descended on Computer Patch (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) at the furlong grounds and edged clear. Sky Field (Aus) (Deep Field {Aus}), winner of the accident-marred G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint, was home third just ahead of an unlucky Super Wealthy (Aus) (Epaulette {Aus}) in fourth.
“I've been pinching myself for the last three weeks,” Gibson said. “The horse was ready three weeks ago and I was waking up every morning and saying to myself 'what can go wrong?' It was all going far too smooth. I thought we had the best horse, so it was a matter of getting our plans right. His groom has such a wonderful relationship with the horse and we knew if we ticked the boxes today, he'd get the job done.”
While Gibson might otherwise consider traveling Wellington–he saddled the ill-fated Gold-Fun (Ire) (Le Vie Dei Colori {GB}) to miss by a neck in the 2016 G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot–the ongoing virus restrictions will keep Wellington at home near-term.
“Covid changes every two weeks,” Gibson added. “It seems too difficult. We've had such a wonderful season and we've now got plenty of time to sit down with the owners and have a chat.”
One of four top-level scorers for Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus})'s half-brother All Too Hard, Wellington–whose female family includes Group 1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Cerulean Sky (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) and Group 1 Irish Oaks heroine Moonstone (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire})–has an unraced 2-year-old half-sister named Rotorua (Aus) (Star Witness {Aus}) and a foal full-sister.
Sunday, Sha Tin, Hong Kong CHAIRMAN'S SPRINT PRIZE-G1, HK$20,000,000 (£2,439,936/€2,932,335/A$4,294,414/US$3,186,815), Sha Tin, 4-24, 3yo/up, 1200mT, 1:08.09, gd.
1–WELLINGTON (AUS), 126, g, 5, by All Too Hard (Aus) 1st Dam: Mihiri (Aus) (GSW-Aus, $123,433), by More Than Ready 2nd Dam: Danoise (GB), by Danehill 3rd Dam: Solo de Lune (Ire), by Law Society
(A$70,000 Ylg '18 MMGCYS). O-Mr & Mrs Michael Cheng Wing On & Jeffrey Cheng Man Cheong; B-Kia Ora Stud Pty Ltd, David Paradise, Steve McCann (NSW); T-Richard Gibson; J-Alexis Badel; HK$11,400,000. Lifetime Record: 16-10-1-0, HK$40,056,190. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Computer Patch (Aus), 126, g, 5, Exceed and Excel (Aus)–Girl Hussler (Aus), by Hussonet. (A$800,000 Ylg '18 INGEAS). O-Yeung Kin Man; B-Segenhoe Thoroughbreds Australia Pty Ltd (NSW); T-Jimmy Ting; J-Matthew Chadwick; HK$4,400,000.
3–Sky Field (Aus), 126, g, 5, Deep Field (Aus)–Laravissante (NZ), by O'Reilly (NZ). (NZ$175,000 Ylg '18 NZBJAN). O-Kwan Shiu Man, Jessica Kwan Mun Hang & Jeffrey Kwan Chun Ming; B-M Ryan (NSW); T-Caspar Fownes; J-Blake Shinn; HK$2,000,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, NO, NO. Odds: 19-10, 19-1, 24-5.
Also Ran: Super Wealthy (Aus), Hot King Prawn (Aus), Sight Success (Aus), Stronger (Aus), Lucky Express (Aus), Lucky Patch (NZ), Kurpany (Fr). Scratched: Master Eight (Aus). Click for the HKJC.com chart, PPs and sectional timing. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree.
Lightly regarded Last Samurai scored an emphatic open-length victory in the $1 million Oaklawn Handicap (G2) Saturday at Oaklawn Park.
The 4-year-old son of Malibu Moon pulled a 12-1 upset, scoring by four lengths with Jon Court aboard and covered the 1 1/8 miles for older runners in 1:49.32 on a fast track. He returned $27.
After setting the early pace–:23.94 for the opening quarter and :48.34 for a half mile–Last Samurai lost his advantage to Plainsman on the backstretch and raced in third. Saving ground on the final turn, he trust his head in front when straightening for home and drew clear.
Fearless, the 6-5 favorite who was second in last year's edition of the race, finished second again, and Plainsman finished third after relinquishing command to the Last Samurai in the stretch, then was outfinished by a neck for second. He was two lengths in front of 2021 Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Super Stock in fourth.
“He had a good break,” Court said of Last Samurai. “We knew speed had been tough today and he's capable of laying up there. We were able to dictate a pace that we were comfortable with and finished well in front. I love it when a plan comes together like that.”
Trained by Dallas Stewart for Willis Horton Racing, Last Samurai earned the $600,000 winner's share of the Oaklawn purse while improving his career line to 4-3-2 from 15 starts and lifetime earnings of $946,744. He has one other stakes win on his resume, the Poinsettia Stakes last December at Oaklawn.
Last Samurai was cutting back to 1 1/8 miles after finishing second, beaten a neck by millionaire graded stakes winner Lone Rock last time out in the listed Temperence Hill Stakes at 1 ½ miles April 3 at the Hot Springs, Ark. track.
“We had a little setback with him,” Stewart said. “We missed a little time with him, but we got back on track in that mile and a half (Temperence Hill Stakes). It was a really a courageous race against a nice horse (Lone Rock). He just came out of the race so good, out of that mile and a half, and came with a good work and just preceded on from there. Such a nice horse. Hopefully, he'll have a big year.
“We just wanted to get a little position. Jon (Court) did a good job judging the pace, :48 (for a half mile) wasn't that bad, laying off of them, but not that far off. It's never a bad thing to get out of the gates and get around the first turn at Oaklawn without getting wacked around. Seems like that happens a lot, but he did a good job. Inside post, held his position, not going too fast, big horse, kept him in stride and came home good.”
Last Samurai's victory marked the second straight in the Oaklawn Handicap for Willis Horton of Marshall, Ark. following the win last year by Silver State, owned in partnership.
Bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, Last Samurai was produced by the First Samurai mare Lady Samuri.
In the 1980s the horse racing game was filled with white bridles and D. Wayne Lukas winning just about every weekend stakes race from coast to coast. The slogan which handicappers used was “D. Wayne off the plane,” referring to his ability to ship horses to different tracks and pick up stakes wins.
Several of Lukas's fillies included Landaluce, Terlingua, Lady's Secret, Life's Magic, Family Style, Lucky Lucky Lucky, Miss Huntington and the list goes on. When I think back of my first years working at the track, two fillies come to my mind: Heatherten and Sefa's Beauty. Both mares at one time were trained by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.
One prestigious thing that both athletes had in common was that they both were winners of the GI Apple Blossom H. at Oaklawn Park. The Apple Blossom has been known to attract the finest fillies and mares to the Hot Springs track. The race has usually produced several champions, including Horse of the Year honorees Zenyatta and Havre de Grace.
What also is interesting is neither of these mares [Heatherten nor Sefa's Beauty] were inducted in the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, their careers were before internet so there are no charts to see how they ran. Were they speed favoring? Off the pace? No pictures or videos. The only photo I found was one I purchased on eBay of Sefa's Beauty winning at Fair Grounds. Also, I reached out to Barbara Livingston who had a photo of Heatherten and her groom Randy.
What I do have is some statistics that are mind boggling. Both fillies made over 50 starts with a better than [combined] 44% win average.
Sefa's Beauty was a bargain at $30,000 and was purchased at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky yearling sale. She was by Lt. Stevens out of Delightful Vie. Sefa's Beauty's record is 52 starts, 25 wins, 7 seconds and 8 thirds with earnings of $1,171,628.
Mott took over training when she was 4-years-old and she won 11 races before going out a winner in the Sixty Sails H. at Sportsman's Park in Cicero, Ill.
Sefa's Beauty raced under the colors of Farid Sefa. Jockeys Pat Day and Randy Romero were the mare's pilots while under Mott's care.
Sefa's Beauty only had two foals, both by Fappiano. One of them, Sefapiano, stood at stud in Michigan for a while, but was later moved to Louisiana. Sefapiano's best offspring was Jonesboro, who was a multiple graded stakes winner and stands at stud in Arkansas.
Unfortunately, she died prematurely on Oct. 25, 1989 at Taylor Made Farm. Sefa's Beauty is buried at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. She was owned by Farid Sefa until her death.
And then there was Heatherten. A big, beautiful gray mare by Forceten out of Heather Road by The Axe II. In 1984, while I was working at Churchill Downs, I remember walking through the barn area after feed time and would pass Mott's barn. You could not miss the tall mare in the corner stall weaving back and forth like she was listening to a disco song from the 70s.
Heatherten was purchased for $29,000 in 1980 at the Keeneland September yearling sale. In 53 starts, Heatherten had won 21 races, with 7 seconds and 4 thirds with earnings of $1,022,699.
She raced from ages three to six and had four different trainers: Robert Holthus, John Palmer, Jack Van Berg and finally Mott. From what I can see thanks to the Daily Racing Form and Equibase, John Franks had her until she was sold to [Fontainebleau Farm] for $650,000 in foal to Theatrical (Ire).
On June 2, 1984, Heatherten won the Locust Grove S. at Churchill Downs. Only eight days later on June 10, she was traveling to New York for the GI Hempstead H. at Belmont Park and she won. And 20 days later she headed back to Louisville and won the Fleur de Lis H. again at Churchill Downs. Talk about tough! In total Heatherten won five Grade I stakes races. And, still today some 38 years later, Heatherten's name can be seen in the Oaklawn program as she remains the track record holder for 1 1/16 miles in 1:40.20, which was set in the Apple Blossom in 1984.
She had several winners in Japan. Her best runner was Three Diamond (Jpn) (Theatrical {Ire}) with earnings of approximately $441,667. Heatherten was sent to Japan in 1991, while in foal to Theatrical (Ire). On June 20, 1999, the big mare passed away.
Overall, both fillies ran three times in the prestigious Apple Blossom.
Sefa's Beauty ran second in 1983; she won the Apple Blossom in 1985 and finished third in 1986.
Heatherten's quest for the Apple Blossom started in 1983, but she finished 10th; in 1984 she finished first and in 1985 she finished second.
This week, Oaklawn honored the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame members and one special trainer that came in was William I. Mott. I had the chance to sit and talk about both legends. Mott used to gallop horses that he trained and he rode both Heatherten and Sefa's Beauty in the mornings. Sefa's Beauty he said was easy to train, while Heatherten was an anxious mare that you had to be prepared for her next move. Both girls were groomed by Randy, one of Bill's best grooms, who would always wear a suit when taking his stakes fillies to the paddock on race day.
I had the past performances of both mares to show Bill. He looked at them with amazement and asked, “Did I do that?” Yes, Mr. Mott, you sure did!
