February 2009

February Poker Blog Review

Dave Allan / 28 February 2009 / Leave a comment

It's been another popular and busy month on the Betfair Poker Blogs with excellent contributions from our growing band of writers....Read more »

Blog Round-up: The Goatian, James Keys, Havin_A_Laff and TeamDobbs

Matthew Pitt / 27 February 2009 / Leave a comment

There is a little-known fact that when choosing a partner in life, men are attracted subconsciously to woman who have characteristics of their mother and females to males who resemble their father....Read more »

Rope a dope

Marcus Bateman / 26 February 2009 / Leave a comment

The term 'rope a dope' was first made widely known by Dan Harrington in his excellent series of books entitled Harrington on hold'em....Read more »

Preparing for a live tournament

Chris Edwards / 26 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Chris Edwards offers his thoughts on how he prepares for a live poker tournament both mentally and physically....Read more »

Bluffing in Limit Poker

Marcus Bateman / 25 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Bluffing in limit poker is much harder than in pot limit or no limit games. This is simply because the odds a player faces in limit hold'em are nearly always very good - and as a result folding too much...Read more »

Newcastle Trip Report (Part 1) - Warning No Poker Content!

Matthew Pitt / 24 February 2009 / 1 Comments

After all the recent talk of live poker on the Betfair site, I was itching to go play at any casino and feel the cards and chips between my fingers....Read more »

Long Term Plans

Marcus Bateman / 24 February 2009 / 1 Comments

Most poker players do not have very long plans to improve their ability. They may reach a stake where they can make a comfortable living and decide to pay less attention, or simply lose interest in learning and improvement when...Read more »

New to Live Poker? More Advice

Chris Edwards / 24 February 2009 / 2 Comments

Following up on recent articles about making the transition from online tournaments to the live arena, Chris Edwards, an experienced live player, offers up some useful nuggets of advice for making progress in the game....Read more »

Limp Callers

Nick Cantwell / 23 February 2009 / Leave a comment

I'm writing this on the back of a warm glow of winning back to back sit and go games, and my bankroll is currently sitting at its peak....Read more »

Falling back in love with poker

Matthew Pitt / 23 February 2009 / 3 Comments

Over the past couple of months, my love for poker has dwindled away, but after an amazing poker-filled weekend, my love for poker has returned and has a renewed vigour....Read more »

Poker Pride and Warfare

Marcus Bateman / 20 February 2009 / 2 Comments

On the 30th of November 1943 Adolf Hitler made what is now regarded as one of the greatest mistakes in military history....Read more »

Blog round-up: Animal, F-Badger, Jilted Generation and Small Stakes Hero

Matthew Pitt / 20 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Like a lot of poker players I have a dream. A dream that one day I will be able to be able to support myself financially by playing this wonderful game we call poker....Read more »

Inside straight draws

Marcus Bateman / 19 February 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the most problematic hands to play in hold'em for beginner players are inside, or 'gutshot' straight draws....Read more »

More Tips for the Live Poker Novice - A Bit of Etiquette

Matthew Pitt / 18 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Pitt believes knowing a bit of poker etiquette will enhance your enjoyment if you are new to to playing poker live....Read more »

Peter Jepsen revealed as new Betfair Poker Pro

Dave Allan / 17 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Danish poker professional Peter "Zupp" Jepsen has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with Betfair Poker....Read more »

Playing live for the first time? A few little pointers

Matthew Pitt / 16 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Pitt looks at some basic tips that will help anyone's first trip to a casino to play poker more enjoyable and less embarrassing....Read more »

Return of the Pud!

Matthew Pitt / 16 February 2009 / 8 Comments

For those of you who read this, let me apologise for the lack of updates recently. I am usually one of the more prolific of the Betfair bloggers but I have not been myself for a few weeks now and...Read more »

Blog round-up: Bluenose, Joppa Road, Rosie and Rossi

Matthew Pitt / 12 February 2009 / 4 Comments

Unless you are extremely rich or incredibly stupid, then you will be more than aware that the entire planet is in a complete, financial mess. Banks are being bailed out by governments, dole queues are expanding by the minute and...Read more »

Ability and Win Rate

Marcus Bateman / 12 February 2009 / Leave a comment

For every winning poker player, there are two key things that describe their ability and win rate. The first is the highest stakes that they are able to consistently beat. The second is the games that they can make the...Read more »

Been Winning? What to do next

Marcus Bateman / 11 February 2009 / 1 Comments

So it's finally all come together, you have had a long winning streak at cash, final tabled a few big multi table tournaments or have just been destroying hundreds of sit and go's, your account is firmly in the black...Read more »

Mind The Gap Concept

Chris Edwards / 11 February 2009 / Leave a comment

When beginning in the game of poker one of the first aspects a player learns is what a good starting hand looks like....Read more »

Hi/lo Split Games - Don't Forget the High

Marcus Bateman / 10 February 2009 / Leave a comment

The high hand is usually seen as the weaker of the possible hands in hi/lo split games - simply because it cannot win the low as well, where as low hands can frequently develop into high hands which can win...Read more »

Playing Draws Fast

Matthew Pitt / 09 February 2009 / Leave a comment

In Texas Hold'em, being dealt a premium hand preflop or hitting the flop hard is a rarity. A large proportion of your time will be spent needing to draw to extra cards in order to improve your holding and to...Read more »

Sit and go and and a bit of snow

Nick Cantwell / 08 February 2009 / Leave a comment

After a bad few days at the cash tables, I was feeling a little low about my game, and was lacking in confidence, so I retreated back to my safe haven of the sit and go tournament tables for a...Read more »

Small ball - A Deeper Analysis.

Marcus Bateman / 08 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Small ball and long ball poker fundamentally rely on the analysis and knowledge of different types of odds in poker. Long ball simply relies on the odds of the hands of poker....Read more »

What went wrong?

Matthew Pitt / 08 February 2009 / 1 Comments

I am Yorkshire Pudding and I am a small stakes poker player. They say the first step to recovering from anything is to admit there is a problem to begin with. My problem has been trying to run before I...Read more »

A Song for Dave Ulliot

Matt Broughton / 06 February 2009 / 2 Comments

Betfair blogger Matt Broughton brings you a tribute to Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliot in this excellent Youtube video alluding to the pro poker player's hair...or lack of it! Funny stuff....Read more »

Poker Blog Round-Up - Everton Yorkie, Negreanu and the Random Poker Guy

Matthew Pitt / 06 February 2009 / 1 Comments

It seems like the recent cold-snap that has gripped the UK has had an effect on bloggers as there have been a severe lack of updates on all fronts. Even some of the more prolific writers seem to have taken...Read more »

Return of the World Series of Poker

Matthew Pitt / 05 February 2009 / Leave a comment

In little over 100 days, the longest-running, most prestigious poker festival on Earth returns to Las Vegas for its 40th year, where for 50 days, the world's best players and thousands of hopefuls will chase their dream of winning a...Read more »

Making moves

Matt Broughton / 05 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Last post I was harping on about a new-found interest in properly analysing key hands - something I'd not previously been too bothered about. However, after enjoying Gus Hansen's book 'Every Hand Revealed' I decided to start going back through...Read more »

Giving and Taking Free Cards

Marcus Bateman / 04 February 2009 / Leave a comment

The term 'free card' simply refers to any situation in poker where you either 'take' a free card by checking behind after an opponent checks, or by checking yourself, with the intention of 'giving' your opponent the chance to let...Read more »

Dealing With Bullies

Chris Edwards / 03 February 2009 / Leave a comment

If you are ever going to succeed in a poker game then confidence is one attribute you need in abundance....Read more »

Putting People To The Sword

Marcus Bateman / 03 February 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the main traits of the best no limit poker players is their ability to size up the best spots to really put people to the test - to force them to play a pot for all their chips...Read more »

4. Sammy Farha vs Oliver Hudson

Dave Allan / 03 February 2009 / Leave a comment

When the son of actress Goldie Hawn, Oliver Hudson, paid $10,000 to play in the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event, he will never have thought he would last just a single hand in the tournament but that is...Read more »

Showing Off Online

Matthew Pitt / 03 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Pitt looks at why mucking your hand even after pulling off an outrageous bluff might the best long term strategy....Read more »

Queens versus Kings

Matthew Pitt / 02 February 2009 / Leave a comment

For the vast majority of sports, male and female competitors have separate competitions, mainly due to differences in physical strength but poker is an entirely different beast....Read more »

Don't drink and text

Matthew Pitt / 02 February 2009 / Leave a comment

Howdy y'all! With the majority of us in England snowed in, I thought I would give you a little post to make you smile on this freezing Monday morning...Read more »