April 2008

"NEWS": Devilfish pronounced 'Dead on the Inside'

Matt Broughton / 30 April 2008 / 1 Comments

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Poker Discriminates Against Men

Editor / 30 April 2008 / Leave a comment

BIG news is that Ladbrokes is hosting its Third Annual Ladies Tournament This Weekend. It'll give the little ladies something to do while the menfolk are wathing the football on the telly, scratching themselves or playing a version of poker...Read more »

YOU need to prepare to be good at poker

Amy / 29 April 2008 / Leave a comment

You need to think about your strategy - just what will your nickname be when you make it big?...Read more »

Final Episode of WSOPE 2007 Tonight

Amy / 29 April 2008 / 2 Comments

Watch Annette Be Crowned Queen of Poker in the Final Episode of the WSOPE 2007 on Sky Sports Tonight...Read more »

MUSICAL poker, the Poker Anorak's Top Five Music hands:

Amy / 28 April 2008 / Leave a comment

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Some basic online tells

Matthew Pitt / 28 April 2008 / 2 Comments

As a poker player, writes Yorkshire Pudding, I look to gain any edge I can over my opponents as any advantage you have over the people you are playing against will, in the long term, yield profits for you. Most...Read more »

High Stakes Action On Betfair

Amy / 25 April 2008 / 1 Comments

Len69 and Ugabana clash over a $240,307 monster pot...Read more »

Playing Poker In Your Sleep

Editor / 25 April 2008 / Leave a comment

HANDS up those of you who want to play poker for 24-hours straight. Not play for 24 hours by accident, unable to leave a game until closure, but go into such a marathon session with eyes wide open. Hands up...Read more »

For Whom the Poker Tells Tell

Editor / 24 April 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Poker tell tells you things about the poker player. But what does it tell you? And if you stare at your opponent are you playing him or the cards? Poker is a game of odds. So do tells really...Read more »

The Deal On Poker Films

Editor / 23 April 2008 / Leave a comment

ANOTHER day and with it the chance to see another poker film. Hollywood is a barometer of the popularity of poker. When they stop making films about poker, you know the boom is over....Read more »

Back in front for the month

Matthew Pitt / 22 April 2008 / 1 Comments

Since my last post I have added another digit to my age (writes Yorkshire Pud) and I'm now the ripe old age of 27! Do I feel any different? In short, no. Not at all. If I think about it...Read more »

WSOPE 2007 Episode 1

Editor / 22 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Episode 1 of the WSOPE 2007 aired last night on Sky Sports. Phil Helmuth cements his reputation as the Poker Brat on the featured table....Read more »

Couting On The Poker Players Alliance

Editor / 22 April 2008 / Leave a comment

WHAT do we want? We want poker. When do we want it? Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Give me a P... Well, no. Shan't. The Poker Anorak might be in America, but we should not go native....Read more »

The Monday Movie: See 21 And Die

Editor / 21 April 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Number 21 is all over the place. Right now 21 is in the cinema. But 21 has also been on cakes, on doors and on signs pointing to destruction. Here's the video proof:...Read more »

Playing Poker In Finland's Love Vacation

Editor / 18 April 2008 / Leave a comment

IT'S Friday and, as ever, we turn to Finland's Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its plans to introduce a new amendment that would essentially leave Finland's online gamblers no place to play....Read more »

There may be trouble ahead

Matthew Pitt / 17 April 2008 / 1 Comments

I thought I'd give a little update to how things are going in the life of Yorkshire Pudding! I've still not found a job per se but I have sent my CV to dozens of people and I'm registered with...Read more »

Poker Pros Turn To Crime To Play Vegas Big Hitters

Editor / 17 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Would you steal from a bank? And is a bank a legitimate target, more so than, say, a casino, an orphanage or a blind man's purse? This is a hypothetical question and in no way suggests that you are a...Read more »

Daniel Negreanu puts the 'kid' back into poker - Video

Dave Allan / 17 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Nobody likes a bad loser but surly interviewers aren't popular either. More funny stuff from the Siktilt team at the Monte Carlo EPT....Read more »

Annette's not so pink house

Dave Allan / 16 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Anyone reading Annette's latest blog post may well have been duped into believing she had bought a 'lovely' pink house with her winnngs from the WSOPE last September. Indeed, the entry certainly had some posters over at 2+2 very busy....Read more »

Annette's WSOPE Call

Editor / 16 April 2008 / Leave a comment

HOW do you win the WSOPE? In 2007, Annette Obrestad won. Here's how:...Read more »

Great Britain Rules Poker World

Editor / 15 April 2008 / 2 Comments

NEVER let it go unsaid that Betfair does not advance poker whatever the colour, code or competition. News filters through to us that Team Great Britain has trumped in the Poker Nations Cup. The writer may confuse England with GB,...Read more »

Yo-yo sessions

Matthew Pitt / 14 April 2008 / 1 Comments

I ended my last post hoping for a nice score in a tournament (writes Yorkshire Pud) but unfortunately it never materialised and I ended up dropping around $70 in MTTs ranging from $1 to $4. A mixture of running bad...Read more »

Top Five Poker Card Deals Ever

Editor / 14 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Check this - THE Top Five Poker Card deals ever!...Read more »

Getting Caught In The The Semi-Bluff

Editor / 11 April 2008 / Leave a comment

POKER pro Daniel Negreanu has some tips on "Dos and don'ts on semi-bluffing with big draws". As Negreanu says, a pair with a flush draw is a chance to pull off a semi-bluff - "making a bet or raise that...Read more »

21 - Latest gambling film reviewed

Dave Allan / 11 April 2008 / 1 Comments

The biggest gambling film of the decade opens on April 11 and who better to review the story of how six MIT students became card counters and took the casino word for millions than best-selling author and self-confessed card cheat...Read more »

Like running through treacle

Matthew Pitt / 10 April 2008 / 2 Comments

Since my last post it's been a case of so near yet so far with regards to my tournament playing having not cashed in my last six games and I'm break even for the month (writes Yorkshire Pudding). On Tuesday...Read more »

We Wait Seven Weeks For A Winner Then We Get Two AT ONCE!

Amy / 10 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Pokerfecta is the big new promotion at Betfair Poker and offers up a huge progressive jackpot for any player who can pull off the feat of winning three MTTs in a week on the Betfair tables....Read more »

2007 WSOPE on TV This April

Amy / 10 April 2008 / Leave a comment

BETFAIR is excited to announce......Read more »

Turn 10 Cents into Mega Bucks This Easter Sunday

Amy / 10 April 2008 / Leave a comment

What is the 'Easter Beast'? It is a whopping $170,000 line up of GTD tournaments in just one day....Read more »

2008 World Series of Poker EuropeSM Presented by Betfair

Amy / 10 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Set For September 19 to October 1 in London LAS VEGAS - March 18, 2008 - The dates for the second annual World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair have been set, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., owner and operator of...Read more »

Betfair Is The Place To Qualify For WSOP

Editor / 10 April 2008 / Leave a comment

The 2008 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas is fast approaching and Betfair Poker will be sending their qualifiers in style....Read more »

Learning To Spend Money And Waste Time At The WSOP Academy

Editor / 10 April 2008 / Leave a comment

You can learn to play poker. You can learn to play poker in a classroom, just as you can learn to drive a car in a dodgem, learn to be an astronaut by playing a game of Space Invaders and...Read more »

Poker Rules And America's Arcane Poker Laws

Editor / 09 April 2008 / Leave a comment

DANIEL Negranu, poker professional, likes rules. He has eight of them. -No drinking alcohol the day before player (or even the day before that) -No socializing with people -Eating alone in my room the night before the tournament -8 full...Read more »

Your Top Five Casino Hates

Editor / 08 April 2008 / Leave a comment

ASKS John Grochowski: "What Would Make You Write Off a Casino?" "How bad would the experience have to be for you to vow never to set foot in the door again?" At a guess, the Casino Anorak says the bad...Read more »

Caution: LAG in training!

Matthew Pitt / 07 April 2008 / 6 Comments

There are two fundamental styles when it comes to playing poker, that of the Tight-Aggressive (TAG) and that of the Loose-Aggressive (LAG). Both styles have their own positive points and obviously their own negative points. Most of the books available...Read more »

Monday Video: A Royal Flush

Editor / 07 April 2008 / Leave a comment

IT'S Monday. It's that bad. It's worse. Anorak lightens the mood with an audio-visual Royal Flush. Take it away, Your Majesties......Read more »

Boy's Toys

Matt Broughton / 04 April 2008 / Leave a comment

Just how much help is TOO much help? Matt Broughton ponders......Read more »

Poker Is A Game Of Skill: Fact

Editor / 04 April 2008 / Leave a comment

POKER is a game of skill. Always. Well, not always. Or ever......Read more »

US Casino Legislation Gives Consumers What They Don't Want

Editor / 03 April 2008 / Leave a comment

THERE are almost 1,500 casinos in the USA. But how many more can there be?...Read more »

Heads Up the times they are a changing

Matthew Pitt / 02 April 2008 / 12 Comments

I was going to post this entry yesterday but I thought people may have taken it as an April Fool's prank. (writes Yorkshire Pudding) Yesterday I lost my job. No joke, it's entirely true, I no longer have a job...Read more »

Poker Players Get Lost In San Remo

Editor / 02 April 2008 / Leave a comment

TO Italy and the PokerStars European Poker Tour's event in San Remo. The €5,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event has pulled in 700 entrants. Well, that's what it says in the brochure....Read more »

Norway to Play Poker In Nottingham

Editor / 01 April 2008 / Leave a comment

YOU going to the Norwegian Poker Championships. You know, the event being staged in the frozen wastes of Nottingham....Read more »