November 2007

kuna Sits Close To $200,000 On Betfair Poker

Editor / 30 November 2007 / Leave a comment

HEROES of Finland No. 324b: kuna. Continuing our Heroes of Finland series, the Poker Anorak looks at the high-stakes tables on Betfair and a Finland IP called "kuna"....Read more »

Antonio Esfandiari On The Magic Of High Stakes Poker

Editor / 30 November 2007 / Leave a comment

AS you know, the Elgin Courier News has been "the voice of the northern Fox Valley" for some years. And reading today's issue, we happen upon news of Poker pro Antonio Esfandiari, currently featuring on High Stakes Poker....Read more »

2nd day of the WSOPE

James Keys / 30 November 2007 / Leave a comment

After surviving the first day James now finds himself back at the tables competing against pokers elite!...Read more »

Play Betfair Poker For Real Money - At No Risk

Editor / 29 November 2007 / 4 Comments

POKER. You want to play it. You want to be good at it. And you want to play for real money. Playing for fun is a good introduction to the game, but the betting patterns can be very different when...Read more »

Casino Shopping: What You Cannot Live Without

Editor / 29 November 2007 / Leave a comment

CHRISTMAS is coming. And you are wondering what you'd like that jolly fat man to bring you. And the Casino Anorak has found the perfect gift......Read more »

Poker And The Meaning Of Life: And Other Courses

Editor / 28 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER at the University of South Dakota, Bad, Jennifer, Britney and Kenny are making ready for the university's term-long poker class....Read more »

My First big offline tournament cash - WSOPE

James Keys / 27 November 2007 / 1 Comments

From satellite qualifier to the final table James Keys has joined the bloggers at Betting@Betfair to recount his extraordinary run at the first WSOPE....Read more »

Amarillo Slim: The Film Of The Book Of the Poker Player

Editor / 27 November 2007 / Leave a comment

The life of poker player is one made for film....Read more »

Your Worst Moment In Poker

Editor / 26 November 2007 / Leave a comment

ON the forums, Harry's Mate wants to know "Your worst moment in poker?"...Read more »

Sam Torrance: Back from Dubai

Sam Torrance / 26 November 2007 / Leave a comment

I have been in Dubai for some company days and dinners. The place is fantastic....Read more »

Annette Obrestad Tops The Hendon Mob

Editor / 26 November 2007 / 1 Comments

THE Hendon Mob. Ooer. Sounds serious....Read more »

Online Poker Stars Needed For MTV Reality Show

Editor / 23 November 2007 / Leave a comment

"MTV targets online poker players for show," says the headline. MTV are, as reported, is looking for online poker players for an episode of its show True Life....Read more »

Academia And Poker: University Challenge

Editor / 23 November 2007 / Leave a comment

All hail the University Poker Championships....Read more »

No Point To The Ladies Poker Association

Editor / 22 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE Casino Anorak discovers The Ladies Poker Association. For those who like to watch ladies playing poker you can find out more here....Read more »

Betfair assigns new Poker Director

Editor / 21 November 2007 / 2 Comments

Betfair is pleased to announce that Bruce Stubbs has been appointed Director of Poker and will take up the position immediately....Read more »

The Difference Between Poker And Big Business

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

IN today's Ottawa Citizen, Marc Anderson notes a TV ad for one of these online Texas hold 'em sites claims that "the only difference between the poker room and the boardroom is a thin layer of felt, and also that...Read more »

Men And Poker Organs

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

TO the pages of Worcester News ('Online and on Worcester')....Read more »

High Stakes Poker: Biggest Cash Hand In History

Editor / 21 November 2007 / 2 Comments

OK, we've missed a few episodes of High Stakes Poker (we'll feature more), but this is the biggest cash hand in the history of televised poker:...Read more »

Poker Plus

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

The new and improved Betfair Poker Plus software with the changes you've been asking for has arrived. This section of betfairpoker.com will tell you all what you want to know about this release.Read more »

Hold'em or Fold'em

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Hold'em or Fold'em How strong is your starting Texas Hold'em hand? Find out now with our handy Hold'em or Fold'em starting cards evaluator. If you're new to the game and find yourself calling a few too many hands in the...Read more »

Hand ranking

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Hand Ranking These are the standard hand rankings used in the game of Poker. The player holding five cards of the highest value wins the pot. Royal Flush: An Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten in the same suit. If...Read more »

Leaderboards

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

LeaderboardsBetfair Poker's BIGGEST EVER ROOMWIDE PROMOTION with over $500,000 in prize money and offline packages to be won. Aimed at finding the cream of the Betfair Poker tables, the Leaderboard series will determine the very best players in TWELVE different...Read more »

GTD

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

To celebrate the launch of Betfair Poker's new rebuy tournaments, we're delighted to announce a massive $150,000 GTD tournament in October with small buy-in rebuy satellites on offer, giving lower stakes players the chance to qualify from just $5.50!...Read more »

Aussie Millions

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

MISSION POSSIBLE: ...travel to Melbourne, Australia... compete in the richest poker tournament in the southern hemisphere...become Aussie Millions 2008 Champion...return home a millionaire... This message won't self destruct in 5 seconds. In fact you have 3 months to qualify...Read more »

Beat the Buzzer

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

BEAT THE BUZZER IS BACK... TIME TO MILK THE KID Betfair Poker Sponsored Pro, Thomas "Buzzer" Bihl, is arguably the World's most prolific Sit and Go player. The German supremo has been known to play over 250 Sit and...Read more »

Milk the Kid

Editor / 21 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Take on Ben 'Milkybarkid' Grundy, arguably Europe's best Omaha player in his very own weekly tournament - exclusively on Betfair Poker. Every Monday at 7:30pm, the Omaha aficionado who regularly plays at the highest possible cash stakes with the...Read more »

WSOP & WSOPE DREAM PACKAGE

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

The perfect gift this Christmas? Betfair Poker is about to burst with excitement as we announce details of a unique poker tournament for December. From November 6th we will be running satellite qualifiers to an amazing, only available at...Read more »

Poker Buddy

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Poker Buddy - Betfair's latest development Poker Buddy is a completely free tool to help tune your game and make browsing Hand Histories and tracking results easier than ever before. Simply download and install the free software. Poker Buddy...Read more »

WSOP Bigger Than Ladies Golf

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

THE World Series Of Poker Presented is the 11th most admired sports league in North America. Fact!...Read more »

Slaven Bilic's Poker Face

Editor / 20 November 2007 / Leave a comment

IF poker has any part of play in England's game against Croatia, Steve McLaren's team are doomed....Read more »

Big Deal: Online Poker In The US

Editor / 19 November 2007 / Leave a comment

HERE at the Global Gaming Expo., Vegas, Terry Lanni, MGM Mirage's chairman and chief executive officer, says of online gambling: "We closed the operation down with the thought that we know what we're doing, and we're prepared to do it...Read more »

Supermarket Sweep

Editor / 19 November 2007 / Leave a comment

EVERYONE loves a winner. And who knew you'd find one stacking the shelves at a supermarket?...Read more »

Don't Stand Still

Matt Broughton / 17 November 2007 / Leave a comment

It doesn't matter how established you are, if you get complacent and stand still, the new kids on the block will pass you by. So says Matt Broughton......Read more »

Shuffle Master's New Omaha Poker

Editor / 16 November 2007 / Leave a comment

MORE news form the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas....Read more »

High Stakes Poker - Access All Areas

Editor / 15 November 2007 / Leave a comment

LIFE beyond the red rope.A $500,000 buy-in:...Read more »

Don't Catch A Cold At The Poker Table

Editor / 14 November 2007 / Leave a comment

FEELING OK? Bit coldy?...Read more »

The Temple Of Poker

Editor / 13 November 2007 / Leave a comment

IS gambling bad for the soul?...Read more »

'Bald Protectionism' And Hypocrisy In America

Editor / 13 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER there, in America, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is looking at online poker. He has considered the game from all angles and thinks it would be best if anyone caught playing online were jailed for two-years and fined $25,000 fine....Read more »

Superstition & Poker

Dave Woods / 12 November 2007 / 1 Comments

When you believe in things that you don't understand, you suffer... says Dave Woods singing the blues......Read more »

Next Year Vegas! Betfair's Christmas Cheer

Editor / 12 November 2007 / Leave a comment

This December, Betfair is pulling on a red hat with white fur trim and bringing you a unique poker tournament....Read more »

Looking to spice up your Poker Blog? (Annette_15 Competition)

Editor / 12 November 2007 / Leave a comment

How about an exclusive interview with Annette Obrestad, the winner of the WSOPE Main Event!...Read more »

Annette Obrestad Takes A Break From Playing Live

Editor / 09 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OUR own Annette Obrestad (Annette_15), winner of the World Series of Poker Main Event in London in September, narrowly failed to win the EPT event in Dublin last week....Read more »

Sam Torrance Poker Blog

Sam Torrance / 08 November 2007 / Leave a comment

I have just got home from day 1 of the Seniors Tour Championship at The Buckinghamshire after a pretty decent day of golf. I shot 68 and which puts me one off the lead. John Chillas and Adan Sowa both...Read more »

Million Dollar Pot on High-Stakes Poker?

Editor / 08 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Rumours are rife that Jamie Gold and Patrik Antonius have been involved in the largest ever pot on GSN's High-Stakes Poker....Read more »

Honeymoon Over For Pamela Anderson And Rick Salomon

Editor / 08 November 2007 / Leave a comment

SAD news from the world of Poker Romance. The National Enquirer reports that the honeymoon is over for Pamela Anderson and her husband No. 436b, straight-to-tissue home video star Rick Salomon....Read more »

Unabomber On Online Poker Champs

Editor / 07 November 2007 / Leave a comment

PHIL Laak aka the Unabomber on online poker: "Of every 1,000 17-year-old kids who try Internet poker, 900 will fail, 50 will break even......Read more »

Are You Being Cheated By Online Poker Software?

Editor / 06 November 2007 / Leave a comment

OVER on the Poker Forum, sickoflayinwinners is conducting an audit....Read more »

Multi-Tilting™

Matt Broughton / 05 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Tilting can't be avoided, but it can now be controlled (to a lesser degree). So says Matt Broughton......Read more »

Dealers Choice At The Folsom Lake Bowl Sports Bar

Editor / 05 November 2007 / Leave a comment

WE'RE live at the Folsom Lake Bowl Sports Bar and Casino, just outside Sacramento. But very few others are....Read more »

Poker Is The Game Of Life

Editor / 05 November 2007 / Leave a comment

SAYS Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson "I like poker because it's a way of thinking. People who are into poker have a lot of trouble holding on to absolutes. To me, it's a way of thinking liberally and seeing...Read more »

Annette_15 - Poker phenom is runner-up in EPT Dublin

Editor / 04 November 2007 / Leave a comment

Betfair's 19 year old WSOPE winner takes more big scalps in Ireland... See Annette's latest blog post HERE...Read more »

Food Poker: Playing With Your Dinner

Editor / 02 November 2007 / 1 Comments

DO you take risks with food? The Internet is replete with tales and graphic images of people who have become intimate with food. But would you gamble with the stuff you eat?...Read more »

Poker Queen For Sale

Editor / 02 November 2007 / Leave a comment

PSST! Wanne buy a dog. Poker Queen's for sale....Read more »

EPT Dublin Update

Editor / 02 November 2007 / Leave a comment

We're down to the final 24 players and all of them are in the money. Annette_15 is 2nd in chips......Read more »

Sam Torrance poker blog

Sam Torrance / 01 November 2007 / 3 Comments

"torrance s" can be found at the $2.5-$5 No Limit tables on Betfair when he is not winning golf tournaments - check out his latest blog post......Read more »

Charles Nesson's Second Life Poker School

Editor / 01 November 2007 / Leave a comment

HARVARD law professor Charles Nesson wants to loosen Massachusetts' limits on small-scale poker tournaments....Read more »

EPT Dublin update

Editor / 01 November 2007 / Leave a comment

End of Day1b...Read more »