September 2008
Goodbye and good riddance to September!
Matthew Pitt / 30 September 2008 / 2 Comments
To say it was an awful month at the tables is an understatement, it was an absolute shocker! After a fantastic August, I had plans on September being following in the same vein and me being bankrolled for NL50 in...Read more »
Poker Ego and Etiquette
Marcus Bateman / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment
It is immediately apparent to anyone that walks into a major poker tournament that there is a huge amount of ego amongst many players. This can range from simple confidence, all the way to constant claims of how good they...Read more »
US young gun showing no Mercier
Editor / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Well the Americans are setting the pace again in event 3, the £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha, at the World Series of Poker Europe with the action reaching a climax, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
Annette and Tabatabai clash again
Matthew Pitt / 30 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Reigning WSOPE Main Event champion, Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad, once again butted heads with the 2007 runner-up, John 'Kunkuwap' Tabatabai, this time in the £5,000 Pot-limit Omaha tournament....Read more »
John Juanda in top form
Matthew Pitt / 29 September 2008 / Leave a comment
When a poker professional is playing well and hitting cards it can be a deadly combination. One player who is doing both at the £1,500 No-limit Hold'em Event at the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe is John Juanda....Read more »
Phil Ivey out before the first break!
Matthew Pitt / 29 September 2008 / Leave a comment
No-limit hold'em can be a cruel beast at the best of times, but it seems to save its nastiest beast for the biggest poker tournaments, just ask Phil Ivey....Read more »
Identifying players and adjusting your play
Marcus Bateman / 26 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Poker is mostly a game about people. Although it has cards, a large luck element and different ways of betting, at it's core it is simply a game of psychology. Each player has their own views on the game, their...Read more »
A Man on Form
Matthew Pitt / 26 September 2008 / Leave a comment
A large influencing factor in poker is a player's confidence. If a player gets into the mindset that he or she is down on their luck then they generally play poorly due to their negative state of mind. One man...Read more »
Tips on increasing the number of tables you can play
Marcus Bateman / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment
In my opinion, being able to play multiple tables at once is the single greatest feature of online play. The ability to play numerous tables, coupled with the much higher rate of turnover of hands that virtual shuffling allows, enables...Read more »
Norwegian lands Best Newcomer award.
Editor / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The European Poker Tour has honoured Season 4's top performers but sadly for Team Betfair pro, Annette Obrestad, she missed out on the award that she had been nominated for, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
Yanks mount their challenge.
Editor / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Event number two of the World Series of Poker Europe is well underway and the American contingent is doing very well for itself, not least by the man who is known as the 'Tiger Woods of Poker', writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
US young gun leading the way
Editor / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The first event of the World Series of Poker Europe - the £1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament - has now been whittled down to a final table and a young American is in prime position to land the first gold...Read more »
Online vs Live.
Editor / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Every since Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker after qualifying by winning a $40 satellite at an online poker site, the number of players in major live tournaments, who predominately ply their trade online, has exploded....Read more »
Stop losses
Marcus Bateman / 25 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The single hardest thing to cope with in poker is losing money. No matter how objective, or how detached from the money you become, you will always have to struggle to stay composed in the face of big losses....Read more »
Has anyone seen my bankroll?
Matthew Pitt / 24 September 2008 / 6 Comments
My horrific run has continued over the past few days and my bankroll has been severely depleted, I am nowhere near busto but I have dropped around half of my bankroll and it stings. I have made a few poor...Read more »
Limping big pairs.
Marcus Bateman / 24 September 2008 / Leave a comment
This concept shows brilliantly how fluid the general consensus on the 'correct' poker strategy can change. When I first started playing seriously around six years ago, this was a very common strategy advocated by many....Read more »
Relaxing at the 2008 WSOPE
Matthew Pitt / 23 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Playing in a major poker tournament, whilst fun and exciting, can actually be a tiring and stressful experience. Players can find themselves sat in the same position for up to fifteen hours a day, calculating pot odds and working out...Read more »
No-hopers get Devil backing.
Editor / 23 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Dave Ulliott has long been considered the finest poker export from the UK having spent a long time at the top in the limelight, and he has now been drafted in to front a new poker TV show and offer...Read more »
The best seats / the worst seats
Matt Broughton / 22 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Having recently been out to Las Vegas for the WSOP I was looking forward to heading back there with absolutely no work commitments to get in the way of actually sitting down and playing some poker. A decade ago, taking...Read more »
Advertising
Marcus Bateman / 22 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Advertising is an extremely important part of any poker players game at the mid stakes or higher (at the low stakes it is useless as mostly the players are too weak to notice it, and/or respond to it)....Read more »
Razor running hot
Matthew Pitt / 22 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The sharks will be descending on London over the next month or so for the second running of the World Series of Poker Europe and one who is proving to have bigger teeth than most right now is John Phan,...Read more »
Poker legend starts war of words.
Editor / 19 September 2008 / 1 Comments
Johnny 'The Oriental Express' Chan, one of the most successful poker players ever to grace the Earth, has added a little spice to the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe by branding fellow professional, Phil Hellmuth a "sissy person" who...Read more »
Poker in the Sky
Editor / 19 September 2008 / 1 Comments
Yesterday Betfair marked the arrival of the World Series of Poker Europe to London with 'Poker in the Sky'....Read more »
Is poker to get a sporting chance?
Editor / 19 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The sporting public has been treated to a veritable feast of activity over the last few months or so with plenty going on around the world, but there is the inevitable deflation when it all ends, writes Rob Eddy....Read more »
How many hands to play
Marcus Bateman / 19 September 2008 / Leave a comment
This is probably the most contentious issue in poker today - which is better, the loose style favored by many successful players, or the super tight style employed by players like Phil Hellmuth? The answer to this is probably neither,...Read more »
It has only taken six months
Matthew Pitt / 18 September 2008 / 2 Comments
My very first entry (more...), here on this blog touched on how much I hate public transport and the lack of freedom I have had due to not owning a car. Well, it has taken six months but Pud is...Read more »
Multiple level thinking
Matthew Pitt / 18 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Texas Hold'em is a game that, on the surface, is very easy to learn. This simplicity makes it appealing to scores of players worldwide. However, things are not always as they seem and once you start to delve deeper and...Read more »
WSOPE preview: the £1.5k hold'em event.
Marcus Bateman / 18 September 2008 / Leave a comment
This is a new addition from last year, and one which appears to be much more like the regular $1.5k buy in events that they hold during the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas....Read more »
WSOPE Preview - The Main Event.
Marcus Bateman / 18 September 2008 / Leave a comment
This is obviously the big one, and will be the tournament with the largest prize pool and the most prestige of the WSOPE. Last years winner was none other than Betfair's very own Annette Obrestad, who scooped the million pound...Read more »
The importance of the up cards in seven card stud.
Marcus Bateman / 16 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Many players who have started out just playing hold'em or Omaha often struggle with stud games when they first play them. This is probably because stud games require a much greater attention to detail than flop games, due to the...Read more »
No Limit v Fixed Limit: Art v Science
Matthew Pitt / 16 September 2008 / 1 Comments
There is a saying I poker that goes along the lines of "Fixed limit Hold'em is a science, whilst No-limit is an art form." Having played a ton of both I can confirm this to be true....Read more »
WSOPE preview: the £5k Pot Limit Omaha.
Marcus Bateman / 15 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Pot Limit Omaha has exploded in popularity in the last few years, with it now being the game played the most regularly, for the most money, of any of the poker variations on offer....Read more »
Spotting mistakes.
Marcus Bateman / 15 September 2008 / 1 Comments
There is an old poker saying (I think it is from Amarillo Slim, but don't quote me on it) that 'if you can't spot the idiot at the table than you're it'. This is a good piece of poker wisdom,...Read more »
WSOPE preview: The H.O.R.S.E event.
Marcus Bateman / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Last year this turned out ot be one of the most star studded tables of the WSOPE, with Hendon mob regular Joe Beevers, Chris 'Jesus Ferguson' and Jennifer Harman-Traniello all making the final table. In the end it was a...Read more »
Isolating.
Marcus Bateman / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Isolating a player is one of the most effective plays in no limit hold'em. The term 'isolate' is used to describe a situation where you make a raise that gives you a very good chance of playing the pot one...Read more »
Being first in
Marcus Bateman / 12 September 2008 / Leave a comment
One of the most important concepts a player has to get to grips with late on in tournaments is the importance of being the first player to bet - or being 'first in'. This is particularly true when you are...Read more »
Hand ranges
Marcus Bateman / 11 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The observation and use of hand ranges is critical to becoming a good poker player....Read more »
Dealing with the nut hunters
Marcus Bateman / 11 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Due to how soft the pot limit Omaha games have become in recent years, there seems to have developed a specific player class at the tables which simply sits back, hits nut hands and takes advantage of any player going...Read more »
Fancy play syndrome
Marcus Bateman / 11 September 2008 / Leave a comment
The idea of 'fancy play syndrome' was first pointed out by the 'mad genius' of poker - Mike Caro. What he is referring to is when players start making overly complex plays that are simply not profitable over the long...Read more »
Betting out of position
Marcus Bateman / 10 September 2008 / Leave a comment
This play has become increasingly popular in recent years, mainly due to the fact that some of the most popular professionals (in particular Gus Hansen), have started to use this move on a regular basis....Read more »
Lucky eights
Matt Broughton / 09 September 2008 / Leave a comment
There's something magical about returning from a poker game late/early enough that the sun rises as you drive home. Sharing the near-empty 4:30am roads with delinquent foxes kicking over dustbins and smoking cigarettes (I think I saw one lighting up)...Read more »
Scotty Nguyen
Marcus Bateman / 09 September 2008 / Leave a comment
This is a video of Scotty Nguyen winning this years $50,000 buy in WSOP H.O.R.S.E event....Read more »
Folding the nuts
Marcus Bateman / 09 September 2008 / Leave a comment
Pot limit Omaha is basically the only game in poker where there is a good case to fold the nuts in certain spots. The clearest example of this is the nut straight in specific situations....Read more »
Heartbreak at the WSOPE
Matthew Pitt / 07 September 2008 / 2 Comments
You may recall that I had been staked for three of the $55 WSOPE (more...) qualifiers on Betfair and that I had played one with no success. Well, over the past couple of days I have played a further three...Read more »
WSOPE Satellites
Matthew Pitt / 04 September 2008 / 2 Comments
I played the first of my three $55 WSOP Europe (more...) satellites last night and despite not winning a seat to the super satellite on September 7 (more...), I left with a ton of confidence. (writes Yorkshire Pud)...Read more »
WSOPE Mega Final Seat Winners From The jbong Challenge
jbong / 01 September 2008 / 2 Comments
Well Done to ... why do that ... read 'em ... Katchit Kid ... Pseudoman and PK01 ... Who all won a $550 seat in the WSOPE Mega final this sunday 7TH September, here on Betfair poker for finishing in...Read more »
