Tales of the Vegas Virgin - Day 1 - Destination London
The excellent Simon Zammit continues his Las Vegas WSOP blog reaching London but not before an unfortunate incident with his dog, a run-in with a women's rugby team and some engine trouble. After finishing the Blog Intro and actually seeing... Read more
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Genius or Madness?
One of the strangest phenomenons in poker is that the very highest stake games often play much more like the very lowest stake games than they do the mid stake ones. This is a pretty odd point, as in nearly... Read more
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Danglers in Pot Limit Omaha
The term 'dangler' simply refers to a card in your hand that does not combine well with the others. The six of clubs in a hand like KhJhAs simply does not work with any of the other cards in terms... Read more
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Mixing It Up
The truly greatest poker players have no one single gear. All are capable of switching their game up depending on a whole range of factors, switching to the one that they feel is the most optimal for the table situation,... Read more
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Blocker Bets
The term 'blocker bet' simply refers to a situation in poker where a player has a hand they want to call a bet with, but do not want to be faced with a big bet to call. By leading out... Read more
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Calling STT Players - Progressive Jackpot on Betfair
Just been alerted to a juicy sounding promotion on the Betfair Poker main site for any SNG players playing at $12 stakes and above.... Read more
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Setting Up Squeezes With Big Hands
Although I would not usually advocate flat calling raises with big pairs very often, there are certain situations where you can be fairly confident you may well get re-raised if you do, and in these spots it is often wise... Read more
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Finishing Off Poker Tournaments
All truly great champions in any competitive arena of skill have one key thing in common - they are all great finishers. There are many players in all genres of sports and games who are great players, regularly get deep... Read more
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Betfair Poker Blog
I've been fully immersing myself in the 2009 World Series of Poker these past few weeks, either reading or writing about it or even both. To say I am jealous of everyone out there is an understatement to say the... Read more
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Just over 36 hours into my Vegas trip and as yet I haven't gambled away any of my hard earned money. (Plenty of time!) Rather impressively I have put on a kilo in weight though in just over a day... Read more
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The betting market on the WSOP is starting to take shape ahead of the Main Event that starts on Friday July 3rd. The most popular market is proving to be the "Will They Cash?" with money already changing hands about... Read more
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Twenty hours and 492 hands after the final table of the $50,000 HORSE Event started it was David Bach who emerged victorious clutching a custom World Series of Poker bracelet, the commemorative Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and $1,276,802 in prize... Read more
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Well, I'm in Las Vegas, chillin' out, enjoying myself, playing online poker and looking forward to the Main Event which starts on July 3.... Read more
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My journey to Vegas started in the small hours of the 30th June at 6am. After stuffing my newly ironed shirts into my suitcase along with a mixture of smart, casual, hot, cold weather clothes I was ready to leave... Read more
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Introducing Betfair Poker's Simon Zammit who is in Las Vegas for the very first time. Follow his experiences over the next few weeks as he reports on all things Vegas at the World Series of Poker Main Event. We all... Read more
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We're in "main event week" at the WSOP and so far this year we've seen plenty of big names going deep and winning the side events. The big dance starts on Friday July 3rd and, judging by the number of... Read more
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After four full days of play, 95 hopefuls have been whittled down to the final table of eight in Event#49 the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Whilst there were 53 fewer entrants than last year, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy is... Read more
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Over the past few days I've managed to stuff my fat face with curry, drink a load of booze and play some poker. All of which combined lead to a happy Pudding!... Read more
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Greg 'FBT' Mueller outlasted 571 players in Event#50 of the 2009 World Series of Poker, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout to become the fourth player of the series to win multiple bracelets. After a long ten hour Day 1, the... Read more
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