June 2008

Monday Video: Poker Queens

Editor / 30 June 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Poker Anorak's Monday Video: Queens......Read more »

Prop bets and a WSOPE freeroll

Matthew Pitt / 27 June 2008 / 4 Comments

Although I was in the middle of a run of 13 tournaments without cashing, I decided to offer some of the members on Raise The River some action on a prop bet I made. I took $150 of action that...Read more »

The jbong Challenge .. Week 2

jbong / 26 June 2008 / Leave a comment

So we enter our second week of the league !!! And its all to play for still. 1 win can put you straight into the top 5. I have to take my hat off to read`em,who not only finished in...Read more »

BIG BETFAIR WINNERS

Amy / 26 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Congratulations to our latest Pokerfecta Winner el Timba...Read more »

Filling The WSOP Void

Editor / 26 June 2008 / Leave a comment

PADRAIG Parkinson says the delay to the WSOP Main Event Final 9 is a disaster. Parkinson recalls 2002 WSOP winner Robert Varkoni, a man less than charismatic and media hungry....Read more »

Annette - Most people thought I was a boy!

Dave Allan / 26 June 2008 / 1 Comments

Most people believed Annette Obrestad was a male when she first started playing online poker the WSOPE champion has revealed in a recent interview....Read more »

Betfair make football and poker go hand in hand!

Amy / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Betfair Poker's latest Daily Freerolls have been a footie fan's dream as the goals fly in at Euro2008....Read more »

Unlucky for some

Matthew Pitt / 25 June 2008 / 6 Comments

I am currently going through a torrid time at the tables, having failed to cash in the last 13 tournaments I have entered! It seems no matter what I do, I simply cannot win. If I have a pair then...Read more »

Poker Laws And The USA

Editor / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment

TO New Mexico, where the New Mexico Gaming Control Board is investigating whether a poker tournament hosted earlier this week in Akela by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma was "improper". For improper, read illegal....Read more »

Barack Obama's Poker Change

Editor / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment

IN Las Vegas for the WSOP, Barack Obama arrives. There is no escape. But what's that in his pocket?...Read more »

"NEWS": A new report says the 2007 Christmas season had the fewest miracles on record. Jerry Yang blamed.

Matt Broughton / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Poker Slang Top 5 Hands

Editor / 23 June 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Monday Video - and a look at the Top Five Poker Slang hands:...Read more »

Poker Pros Need To WIn

Editor / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment

FOR the past six years an amateur has won the WSOP Main Event. Poker is not football's Premier League or the Formula 1 procession - in poker anyone can win. But still the poker pros rock up to play in...Read more »

Sweden's #1 Female Player joins Team Betfair

Amy / 19 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Michaela Johansson, a 23 year old from Sweden, has signed a sponsorship deal with Betfair Poker. She will represent Betfair Poker during the Main event of the WSOP in Las Vegas, starting July 3rd, and in WSOPE in September in...Read more »

Poker: I Read Therefore I Play

Editor / 19 June 2008 / 1 Comments

CAN you learn to play poker from a book? If poker theory as useful as poker practical?...Read more »

The jbong Challenge .. League Week 1

jbong / 19 June 2008 / 6 Comments

What a night !!! Tiltmonster steam's to top spot with a well deserved 1st place after taking me out and winning his Betfair hoodie and 5 bounty points and cashing $510 !!!. A cracking heads up between Tilt and nurderSVW...Read more »

Phil Galfond Upsets The Faces

Editor / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment

CONGRATULATIONS to Phil Galfond. You may know him by the name OMGClayAiken. Galfond worked his way through a talented field to win the $817,781 first prize in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys event. Oh, and the all important poker...Read more »

WSOPE Final Table Delayed - For A Nice Cup Of Tea

Dave Allan / 18 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Just weeks after the announcement that ESPN will be delaying the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event for a 4-month long advertisement break, Melted Felt can bring you a shocking exclusive on this year's European Version...Read more »

Hallelujah! Praise be Rule 36

Matt Broughton / 17 June 2008 / 2 Comments

Apart from the obvious general excitement of the tournament, something I'm very much looking forward during the 2008 WSOP is the introduction of Rule 36....Read more »

Random? Moi?

Matt Broughton / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Cower in fear. Matt Broughton's brain has burst open and the yolk's on you!...Read more »

Phil Hellmuth And Old School WSOP

Editor / 17 June 2008 / Leave a comment

POKER is going mainstream. Poker has gone mainstream. At the WSOP, over 4,000 players entered the $1,500 buy-in No-limit Hold'em event. "Is poker popular?" asks Phil Hellmuth. "My face is on 12 million beer cans right now. This may be...Read more »

Poker Magic: Three Top Tricks

Editor / 16 June 2008 / Leave a comment

POKER tricks to educate you on a Monday:...Read more »

A look at Annette's blind win tourney

Dave Allan / 15 June 2008 / Leave a comment

A forum poster recently asked how Annette could have won a 180-player online tournament without looking at her cards....Read more »

A poorly Pudding, poker and Kerplunk

Matthew Pitt / 14 June 2008 / 7 Comments

Sorry for the lack of updates but I have had a ton of life stuff going on so I have not hit the tables or had the inclination to write anything at all. However, I have played a few tournaments...Read more »

Slow Rolling On The Poker Forums

Editor / 13 June 2008 / Leave a comment

NO sooner has the Poker Anorak spoken of slow play then a row breaks out on the poker forums. Says Garybet: "I've heard that slowrolling is the lowest of the low. Does what you did just now make you a...Read more »

The jbong Turbo + Deep Stack Challenge .. 11th June 08 Results

jbong / 13 June 2008 / 3 Comments

Well Done to sucrose who takes the champions medal for wednesday nights performance and a well deserved 1st place, plus prize money of $456.00 after a cracking heads up with PK01 who walked away with 2nd prize money of $304.00...Read more »

Australians Spend More On Gaming Than Food

Editor / 12 June 2008 / Leave a comment

DID you know that Australians spend far more on gambling than they do on food? In 2006-07, the land Down Under spent almost AS$91.5 million, or AS$4350 per head, on food, Bureau of Statistics figures say....Read more »

Slow WSOP Play Is OK For UK

Editor / 11 June 2008 / Leave a comment

SLOW play at the WSOP. On Saturday, the six-handed final table was slow. It took 212 hands to eliminate the last five players. A glance at the statistics shows that the game almost 100 hands without an elimination....Read more »

The jbong Turbo Deep Stack Challenge

jbong / 11 June 2008 / 5 Comments

Jbong's weekly challenge, starting 18th June, is a tournament open to all betting.betfair and Betfair forum users. The 10 week leaderboard event will also have 5 free seats to the WSOPE satellites....Read more »

Las Vegas Casino Rocks To The Big One

Editor / 10 June 2008 / Leave a comment

TO the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, for the USA Rock Paper Scissors League's big hand-off (that right?). Indeed, dear readers, what else to do when in Vegas between WSOP games then keep a supple wrist....Read more »

Am I a lucky fish?

James Keys / 09 June 2008 / 1 Comments

In the last couple of days I've posted on my blog my profit/loss for 2008, clear for all to see, along with a detailed graph of my cash game winnings....Read more »

Monday Video: The Straight

Editor / 09 June 2008 / Leave a comment

CONTINUING the Poker Anorak's look at great poker hands: The Straight......Read more »

The Pudding MTT Express

Matthew Pitt / 07 June 2008 / 3 Comments

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to grind the cash games until the end of the year and then make the switch to MTT's but this has now changed. I spoke to a friend during the...Read more »

I wish I was in Vegas

Matthew Pitt / 05 June 2008 / 3 Comments

I've still hardly played any poker in the first five days of June mainly because I have been far too busy with life stuff, but I am around $50 to the good so I can't really complain. With the WSOP...Read more »

Betting On The WSOP Winner

Editor / 05 June 2008 / Leave a comment

So who is going to win the WSOP? And would you bet on the outcome? Welcome to the 39th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Wager on the satellite events if you must but all the real action is...Read more »

The Roots Of WSOP

Editor / 04 June 2008 / Leave a comment

The World Series Of Poker is almost upon us and Cardplayer magazine looks at the roots of the tournament....Read more »

Poker, Politics And Power

Editor / 03 June 2008 / Leave a comment

IN "Poker group has important allies on Hill", politico looks at the US poker lobby....Read more »

Monday Video: The Poker Flush Top Five

Editor / 02 June 2008 / Leave a comment

THE Poker Anorak continues our look at poker hands with the top five poker flush videos of all time (possibly)......Read more »

Congressman's Son Goes Mental Playing Poker

Dave Allan / 01 June 2008 / Leave a comment

Everyone has a right to enjoy themselves when playing online poker but some people can take things a little too far as seen in the following video....Read more »