July 2008
Changing gears
Marcus Bateman / 31 July 2008 / Leave a comment
No poker player will ever be successful long-term if they only play one set style of poker....Read more »
Poker Clips
Marcus Bateman / 30 July 2008 / Leave a comment
One of the big problems facing technically sound players is getting their opponents to call or fold in situations that they would not normally. One of the ways to do this is with a well timed action or comment....Read more »
Tilt Control
Marcus Bateman / 30 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Tilt is the single hardest thing to deal with when playing poker....Read more »
Ch-ch-changes
Matthew Pitt / 28 July 2008 / 6 Comments
I have been re-evaluating a few things in my life recently and I have decided that it is time to make some changes. I have some goals, ambitions and dreams that I am yet to even start to try to...Read more »
Staying one step ahead.
Marcus Bateman / 28 July 2008 / Leave a comment
I was recently watching a snooker tournament where a commentator asked the great player Ronnie O'Sullivan how many shots in advance he thought while break building....Read more »
Omaha Position
Marcus Bateman / 28 July 2008 / Leave a comment
With the most important aspect of pot limit Omaha covered- that of good bankroll management (click here if you have not read the piece explaining why this is so critical), we can move on to the actual ins and outs...Read more »
Viva Las Vision
Matt Broughton / 28 July 2008 / 2 Comments
If only you could see what TheWaster has seen with these eyes......Read more »
The jbong Turbo+ Deep Stack Challenge. Week 6
jbong / 24 July 2008 / 2 Comments
So we enter the final 5 weeks of the league and its still anyones guess who will finish in the top 5. Well done to last nights winner jon16 who gets the 45 points and $378 !!!. This was jon's...Read more »
My welcome to poker on Betfair
Matthew Pitt / 24 July 2008 / 1 Comments
Although I am not obliged to, I have put my full bankroll onto the Betfair Poker site. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, it is easier for me to do a full write up of the games I play....Read more »
Bubble play
Marcus Bateman / 24 July 2008 / Leave a comment
How you play on the money 'bubble' of a tournament is critical to long term tournament success....Read more »
WSOP Mini Competition
Amy / 23 July 2008 / Leave a comment
WSOP 'Mini Cooper' competition winner takes front row seat at WSOP Europe Main Event Marcus Gustafson is buckling himself in for one of the sweetest poker experiences of his life after guessing correctly how many chips were in the Betfair...Read more »
Negreanu versus Hansen
Marcus Bateman / 23 July 2008 / Leave a comment
This is a truly great hand of poker, played between two of the most interesting and dynamic players of the modern game, Daniel Negreanu and Gus Hansen....Read more »
Tiredness Can Kill
Marcus Bateman / 22 July 2008 / 1 Comments
The higher you take your game in the world of poker, the more it starts to become as much a battle with yourself, as with the players at the table....Read more »
Poker Novice turns £3.50 into £10,000
Amy / 22 July 2008 / 1 Comments
It's not often you can turn some loose change into a big pay out in just a few days but Edinburgh man Tam Gourlay has managed to do just that....Read more »
Man Flu and satellites
Matthew Pitt / 21 July 2008 / 4 Comments
I have hardly played any poker for the past week as I have been suffering with some sort of virus that has knocked the stuffing out of me. What started as a runny nose and a bit of a head...Read more »
Chip stacks form WSOP market
Editor / 21 July 2008 / Leave a comment
As we all know, the World Series of Poker has now adjourned for what was a 117-day break with the Final Table beginning in November, and we can all still make money on the event even though none of us...Read more »
Slowplaying
Marcus Bateman / 21 July 2008 / 1 Comments
Slowplaying is one of the most over used plays amongst low stakes no limit players...Read more »
9 Tournaments, 3 Betfair Pros, 27 knockouts, $18,000 in prizes
Amy / 18 July 2008 / Leave a comment
The Betfair Pro's are back from Vegas and ready to return to the Betfair tables in style....Read more »
Pot Limit Omaha
Marcus Bateman / 18 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Pot Limit Omaha has become one of the most popular cash games in recent years....Read more »
The jbong Turbo+ Deep Stack Challenge . Week 5
jbong / 17 July 2008 / 1 Comments
Oh what a night !!! Well done paddy999 who was this weeks winner taking the 45 points and $348.00 for his efforts. 2nd place was taken by placid netting him 35 points and $232.00. The poker and banter this week...Read more »
Tam "BigTam" Gourlay qualifys for $7 and cashes for $21k
Editor / 17 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Tam "BigTam" Gourlay opened his Betfair account on Friday and had qualified for the WSOP Main Event by Sunday. Betfair's Estelle Bentall speaks to Tam....Read more »
Largest Cash Pots
Marcus Bateman / 17 July 2008 / Leave a comment
This is a film clip of one of the largest cash pots ever seen on television....Read more »
Multi Tabling
Marcus Bateman / 16 July 2008 / Leave a comment
As mentioned in part one, the ability to play numerous tables at once is a great benefit to playing online....Read more »
The jbong Turbo+ Deep Stack Challenge . Week 4
jbong / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment
So after 4 weeks the league is still wide open and there for the taking !!!. Well done to this weeks winner who is one of my forum team mates EthanJohn who gets the 45 points and prize money of...Read more »
Annette takes down major tournament in Las Vegas
Dave Allan / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Annette Obrestad will return from Las Vegas $50,000 richer and that's despite being too young to play poker in any of the world famous casinos on Las Vegas's seedy strip....Read more »
Online Versus Offline
Marcus Bateman / 15 July 2008 / Leave a comment
As the dust settles after this year's WSOP, we can clearly see what a massive effect the internet has had on poker....Read more »
The jbong Turbo+ Deep Stack Challenge . Week 3
jbong / 14 July 2008 / 2 Comments
Well done to PK01 who was a worthy winner in week 3 of the league, 45 points to you along with your prize money of $318.00. Its taken me 3 weeks to get to the final table, But .....Read more »
Too fat,Tufat and grinding it out
Matthew Pitt / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment
It is nice to see that the Poker Gods (amen) have not forgotten me whilst I was away for a week and are still providing me with glorious bad beats and cooler situations to raise my blood pressure!...Read more »
Implied Odds
Marcus Bateman / 14 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Implied odds are one of the most important concepts in no limit hold'em games....Read more »
Back from an enforced break
Matthew Pitt / 10 July 2008 / 2 Comments
About a week ago I was sat on the sofa, fingers at the ready (writes Yorkshire Pud), about to start an article for the Betfair WSOPE site when my laptop decided to go and die on me!...Read more »
Poker Hands: Four Fives
Editor / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Fives......Read more »
Prone to MASSIVE tilt......worse than me!
Dave Allan / 09 July 2008 / 1 Comments
Don't want to believe the following player notes all came from the same poker degenerate but that's what Bill Rini is saying on his blog. Some classic lines though........Read more »
Poker Hands: Threes
Editor / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Tens......Read more »
Laak stunt upstages Hellmuth
Dave Allan / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Although Phil Hellmuth made his entrance on Day 1D in a US Army Jeep flanked by a bevy of beautiful girls, the poker brat was upstaged by Phil 'Unabomber' Laak who played the whole day incognito dressed up as an...Read more »
Acting Like A Poker Player
Editor / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment
"WOMEN seem to make naturally good poker players, because we're good at reading body language and non-verbal communication, interestingly enough what half of the game is about." Who said that?...Read more »
Poker Hands: Tens
Editor / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Tens......Read more »
Poker Hands: Sixes
Editor / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Sixes......Read more »
Let's get this show back on the road
Matthew Pitt / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Anyone who knows me from the poker world (writes Yorkshire Pud) will tell you I am a sucker for starting challenges then binning them after a week or so. I mentioned in my last entry that I had started a...Read more »
GO ON - SERVE YOURSELF A DOUBLE SCOOP THIS JULY!
Amy / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Get on Betfair Poker's daily tournaments this July and double winners will scoop a huge $25,000 bonus cash prize or a package to the WSOPE!...Read more »
2008 World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair.com
Amy / 02 July 2008 / 1 Comments
2008 World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair.com - Announces Tournament Schedule...Read more »
Poker Hands: Four Eights
Editor / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment
Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Jacks......Read more »
