May 2008

Blogs and prop bets

Matthew Pitt / 31 May 2008 / Leave a comment

I don't know what is going on but I have seriously lost my mojo! No matter what I do I just can't seem to win! I think one problem has been that I've not stuck to one specific discipline and...Read more »

LAST CHANCE TO QUALIFY FOR THE WSOP

Amy / 30 May 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair have Seven More WSOP Packages - Join Betfair for the WSOP Frenzy!...Read more »

Poker and Crime: The Myth

Editor / 30 May 2008 / Leave a comment

NOT too long ago - it was yesterday - we wondered why it is that poker players get such a bad press? We were still thinking of this when leafing through our copy of the Observer, one of Sarnia in...Read more »

Play Omaha Poker For Easy Pickings

Editor / 30 May 2008 / Leave a comment

ANNETTE OBRESTAD - out Annette Obrestad - "learns how to play Omaha and comes third in her first ever WPT event!" Sounds good. But this is Omaha tournament play - so how good is it?...Read more »

Annette Comes Third In WPT Omaha Event

Amy / 29 May 2008 / Leave a comment

ANNETTE OBRESTAD learns how to play Omaha and comes third in her first ever WPT event...Read more »

Casinos To Spy On Parents

Editor / 29 May 2008 / Leave a comment

WHAT is it about gamblers that people who don't gamble are so suspicious of? Over the newswires, the Poker Anorak gets this message: "Deadbeat parents, listen up: Win big at the casino tables in West Virginia or Colorado, and your...Read more »

WSOP's Poker Pills

Editor / 28 May 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Poker Anorak has long bemoaned women only poker tournaments as being divisive and insulting to women and men. It's not tennis, US politics or snooker; it's poker....Read more »

Monday Video: Poker Hands

Editor / 27 May 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Poker Anorak trawls the web for the best poker videos. And today continues our poker hands masterclass: Five great pairs......Read more »

At the micro-stakes crossroads

Matthew Pitt / 26 May 2008 / 5 Comments

Anyone who knows me knows that I change my mind about what I want to play with alarming regularity. In the past I have set myself silly little challenges that I have kicked to the kerb as soon as the...Read more »

Poker Player Grand Prix winner!

nono / 23 May 2008 / Leave a comment

May 16 2008 saw over 40 poker players compete in the final of the Poker Player Magazine's Poker Grand Prix for a prize pool of £15,000 including the 1st place prize of a WSOP package of £12,000 with the popular...Read more »

Poker Soundtrack

Editor / 23 May 2008 / Leave a comment

OVER on the Betfair forums jamesbeckton wonders: "WHAT is the best music to play poker to?" Allez likes Sebastian Tellier and Sigur Ros. That is the same M. Tellier who is singing France's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. You...Read more »

How To Build A Big Poker Stack

Editor / 22 May 2008 / Leave a comment

"Don't be afraid to gamble." So says Daniel Negreanu, who has a vested interest in you gambling because without your cash the gaming industry in which he makes his living would have no money to pay him....Read more »

John Tabatabai On Poker Chess

Editor / 21 May 2008 / Leave a comment

GREAT days at Betfair where the Poker Army is growing in ranks. Having passed the initiation - an hour say in dark room listening to Phil Hellmuth on loop, followed by cheese nad nibbles - John Tabatabai joins Sorel Mizzi...Read more »

Pud makes progress

Dave Allan / 20 May 2008 / 3 Comments

It wasn't Betfair pro bloggers Annette or Sorel who lasted longest in the Bluff Europe Magazine Freeroll 2008 but their more prolific colleague Yorkshire Pud....Read more »

John Tabatabai joins Team Betfair

Editor / 20 May 2008 / Leave a comment

TABATABAI JOINS POKER'S NEW WORLD ORDER John Tabatabai joins Sorel Mizzi and Annette Obrestad on Team Betfair John Tabatabai has become the latest rising young poker star to join Betfair's elite team of talent. The 23 year old takes his...Read more »

Poker Chat Is Hell

Editor / 20 May 2008 / Leave a comment

http://ftrain.blogspot.com/AT the poker table, a conversation is being struck up: "Where are you from?" she asks. "New York City." "New York City! How about that. We're from Arkansas! What do you all think about Mrs. Clinton up there?"...Read more »

Hand Histories and Happy Birthday!

Matthew Pitt / 20 May 2008 / 2 Comments

I've not played a great deal over the past couple of days as Mrs P and I were dog-sitting for her mum whilst she had a weekend away in sunny Blackpool. I did take my trusty laptop but I couldn't...Read more »

Betfair Poker Update

Editor / 19 May 2008 / Leave a comment

If you've logged into Betfair Poker today you may have noticed a few new changes......Read more »

Rodeo Poker: Raging Animal Goes All In

Editor / 19 May 2008 / Leave a comment

EVER play poker with an animal? They have:...Read more »

Pud the businessman!

Matthew Pitt / 18 May 2008 / 3 Comments

Sorry for the lack of updates (writes Yorkshire Pud) but I have been uber busy over the past few days. I have actually written a piece about a typical poker table but I'm hoping to get that posted on another...Read more »

Poker Players' Alliance Lose And US Poker Players Busted

Editor / 16 May 2008 / Leave a comment

HANDS up who thought the Poker Players' Alliance would overturn Washington State's ban on playing online poker for money? So that's - none of you. Well, have we got news for you......Read more »

Poker Player Grand Prix

Editor / 15 May 2008 / Leave a comment

BetfairPoker.com is proud sponsor the Poker Player Grand Prix for the 4th year. This year the winner get's a £12,000 package to the WSOP in Las Vegas!...Read more »

How Not To Win And Waste Time At The WSOP

Editor / 14 May 2008 / Leave a comment

MORE on the stop-start WSOP, which starts in a few weeks, ends a few days later for a few months and starts again for a final flurry. Writing in the Houston Chronicle, Daniel Negreanu considers the matter and says that...Read more »

PPA Challenges Washington's Poker Ban

Editor / 13 May 2008 / 1 Comments

OVER in America, that land of the free, Lee Rousso is taking the stand. Rousso is the Poker Players Alliance's (PPA) Washington State representative. And today he is court to explain in five million words of less why Washington's state's...Read more »

Five Top 21 Memory Tricks

Editor / 12 May 2008 / Leave a comment

YOU'VE seen the film 21 and think card counting is for brainiacs only. It's not, anyone can do it. It's all about memory. Here are the top videos of memory:...Read more »

A good start to May at the tables

Matthew Pitt / 10 May 2008 / 7 Comments

I've been reading a ton of blogs (writes Yorkshire Pud) over the past week and one thing that became apparent was the amount of people who had a poor month at the tables during April, myself included, and that they...Read more »

Win WSOPE Entry And Cash WIth Betfair's Summer Offer

Editor / 09 May 2008 / Leave a comment

HOW good are you at poker? Yes, yes, you once won a restaurant in a poker game; you've been banned from every casino in Hull; had it not been for some bad beatzzzz you'd be world champion. Now here's your...Read more »

Done Up Like The Nines At The WSOP

Editor / 08 May 2008 / Leave a comment

YOU wait, that's what you do - especially if you're a finalist at the WSOP Main Event. When the tenth player loses, there will be a 117-day break before the final nine get to play the final table. Why not...Read more »

BlackJack Switch

Editor / 07 May 2008 / Leave a comment

A QUESTION for John Grochowski: Q. What can you tell me about Blackjack Switch? The Poker Anorak has played the game. It's not easy, but, then, it's no harder than 21....Read more »

STAX#RATING™ Returns to Betfair

Amy / 07 May 2008 / Leave a comment

Find out your Poker IQ on Betfair...Read more »

What makes a great poker player?

Dave Allan / 07 May 2008 / 2 Comments

Having consulted a range of experts, poker pros and industry know-alls, we determined that the key criteria are, in no particular order: MTT form - The biggest titles, cashes and fame all come with winning the biggest tournaments in the...Read more »

The Canadian Poker Chip Scam

Editor / 06 May 2008 / Leave a comment

WHAT does a poker chip look like to you? It's not a trick question, and, no, there's no GSCE in Chipology for answers of between 200-300 words. Discuss. It's just that the Poker Anorak has just spotted a 20-year-old Canadian...Read more »

Multiple tables, mtts and Southport

Matthew Pitt / 04 May 2008 / 2 Comments

I said in my last post that I was going to cut my hair as a sacrifice to the Poker Gods (amen) and for once it seems to have paid off! Since shaving my barnet I have cashed in a...Read more »

Play Poker With Paypal

Editor / 02 May 2008 / 1 Comments

PayPal have accepted Betfair Poker to handle gambling transactions, allowing poker players to deposit and withdraw via Paypal....Read more »

Yes, I am still alive..

James Keys / 02 May 2008 / Leave a comment

It's been a long time since I posted my WSOPE report but to be honest there's not been a lot going on in between, until recently that is....Read more »

Convicts' Poker Is No Bull

Editor / 02 May 2008 / Leave a comment

IT'S hard to look at the cards when there's an aroused bull approaching from the rear. Is that tell on the other's players face, a bead of sweat, or is it a line of snot flicked from the bull's flared...Read more »

A Slave To Variance

Matthew Pitt / 01 May 2008 / 1 Comments

I will be glad to see April leave us as it has been a very rocky and frustrating time indeed. In one of my earlier posts I mentioned that sometimes no matter how perfectly you play poker you can still...Read more »

WSOP Vegas Will Break For 117 Days

Editor / 01 May 2008 / 1 Comments

HURRAH! You've made it to the Main Event WSOP final table. You and eight others are now vying to win the millions. You're on a roll and keen to get on with it. You're as hot as Vegas on July...Read more »