February 2008

Best Damn Poker Show

Dave Allan / 29 February 2008 / Leave a comment

There's more to life than the Wsop Europe, Wsope and Annette_15. See what's being said online about Phil Hellmuth's new TV show and read Sorel Mizzi's first blog....Read more »

Pamela Anderson Cites Fraud In Great Poker Romance

Editor / 28 February 2008 / Leave a comment

POKER'S most romantic couple, walking busted flush Pamela Anderson and straight-to-tissue box home movie star Rick Saloman, are going their separate ways. But instead of divorcing Paris Hilton's co-star, the former "Baywatch" babe has cited "fraud" in court papers filed...Read more »

A trip around the poker world

Dave Allan / 26 February 2008 / 2 Comments

There's more to life than mtts, sit n gos and cash games. There's a whole world of poker to be discovered out there in the ether....Read more »

Annette Obrestad Could Be Stu Ungar

Editor / 26 February 2008 / Leave a comment

IT'S the award season. And Annette Obrestad has been awarded the Golden Hand prize plus two other accolades at the second annual Scandinavian Poker Awards in Copenhagen. Annette thanks her mum, her dad, her cousins, her first teacher, the King...Read more »

The Monday Video: Ultimate Poker Showdown

Editor / 25 February 2008 / Leave a comment

The Monday Video: Ultimate Poker Showdown...Read more »

The Imper1um has landed...

Editor / 24 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Check out this exclusive video from the press conference and watch a four part interview with the man himself......Read more »

Plugging the Poker Robots

Editor / 22 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Poker Anorak wonders whether R2D2 and his mates are going to kill the atmosphere of live play......Read more »

How old should you be to play poker?

Editor / 21 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Or to put it another way, at what age did you become a responsible gambler? In America a teenage gambler has netted Borgata a record $105,000 fine...Read more »

Welcome to Poker's New World Order

Editor / 20 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Imper1um joins Annette 15 as Betfair's latest star signing......Read more »

Getting to Know You - Eight questions for Imper1um

Editor / 20 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Team Betfair's new signing Sorel Mizzi gives us a quick rundown on the who, what, when, where and hows......Read more »

Money Management and Poker Players

Editor / 20 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Anorak considers how to avoid being the 'Northern Rock' of Texas Hold'Em......Read more »

New Kid on the Betfair Poker Block

Editor / 20 February 2008 / 1 Comments

Betfair Poker to announce the latest online star to be joining Annette 15 on the pro team......Read more »

Holding the Nuts

Editor / 19 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Matt Broughton discovers that holding the nuts isn't always everything it's cracked up to be......Read more »

Three Pieces Of Advice

Editor / 19 February 2008 / Leave a comment

THREE pieces of poker advice. Want to know what they are?...Read more »

Annette_15 is triple award winner

Editor / 19 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair pro carries off two Scandinavian Poker Awards & is Norway's 'Golden Hand'...Read more »

Monday Video: World Women's Open Poker

Editor / 18 February 2008 / Leave a comment

World Women's Open Poker. This may not be the best way to play poker:...Read more »

Graham Calvert Unlucky Loser Or Robbed?

Editor / 15 February 2008 / Leave a comment

UNLUCKY! Or bad play. What it was, you lost. Now pay up and live to play another day. Or not. Not if you're Graham Calvert....Read more »

Honouring Your Debts At Poker

Editor / 14 February 2008 / Leave a comment

YOU always settle your debts and collect your winnings. You play online - there is no escaping payment, no IOUs and no rubberised cheques. But life in the casino is different. At the Claremont Club in London's Berkeley Square, two...Read more »

The Irish Open 2008, With HORSES

Editor / 12 February 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Irish Open is Europe's longest established poker tournament. Fact! And Betfair is running satellites for this season's homage to tradition. Fact! Want another fact? Can you handle another fact? Here goes: last year's event featured the largest ever European...Read more »

Monday Video: Poker Masterclass, With Daniel Negreanu

Editor / 11 February 2008 / 1 Comments

WANT to be a professional poker player? Or how about just play better? The Poker Anorak has happened upon this tutorial. Daniel Negreanu tries to make a good player into a better player. The game is Texas Hold 'Em:...Read more »

Annette_15 takes fourth place at European Open IV

Editor / 09 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Despite not feeling her best, Betfair's WSOPE winner just misses out on victory in London......Read more »

Betfair's Annette_15 taking big scalps at European Open IV

Editor / 08 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Annette takes down Helmuth and Tabatabai to reach the final table in London......Read more »

Chinese New Year In Snake Eyes Vegas

Editor / 08 February 2008 / Leave a comment

SHENG Chi, God of Wealth, has been welcoming visitors to the Bellagio's Conservatory for the Chinese New Year. Not the real Mr Chi, you understand, but an effigy made of plaster and paint. Of course, given the distraction on offer...Read more »

Concentrate on Stats not Tells

CityAM / 08 February 2008 / Leave a comment

You don't need to be able to read people to beat the old campaigners say's Betfair's Oliver Bowen in the CityAM series......Read more »

Your Top Poker Hates

Editor / 07 February 2008 / Leave a comment

FORGET the touchy-feely hearts and the glittering diamonds. Bring a club. And pack the spade. The talk is of how to improve the online playing experience. The conversation is split between calls for changes to the technology and changes the...Read more »

Teenage Poker Players Living In Disneyland

Editor / 06 February 2008 / Leave a comment

MIKE McDonald has a warning for casual poker players. Mike thinks you should think twice and then thrice about ditching school and playing poker full time. Indeed, the 18-year-old holding a cheque for $1.4 million says best not to play...Read more »

Taking down cowboys

Matt Broughton / 05 February 2008 / Leave a comment

Matt Broughton isn't a racist. Unless you're an American that is......Read more »

Poker Video: How To Read Poker

Editor / 05 February 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Poker Video: Kenny Tran at the H.O.R.S.E. for the 2007 World Series of Poker......Read more »

Would You Cheat At Poker?

Editor / 04 February 2008 / Leave a comment

WOULD you cheat at poker? ScurvyDog writes: "Would I rig the game if Donald Trump sat down and I knew, with 100% likelihood, that I could clean him out for, oh, say $5 million large, with 0% risk whatsoever? Well,...Read more »

No EU Common Market On Online Poker

Editor / 01 February 2008 / Leave a comment

BANSTABATION has accounted for online poker in Germany. But is it right? The European Union's Internal market commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, has given Germany two months to respond to an official request for information explaining its new law banning all online...Read more »