July 2009

Poker blog round-up: dD, Steve Holden, Vizer, Joppa Road and Julius Goat

Matthew Pitt / 31 July 2009 / Leave a comment

This week's poker blog round-up contains some stalkers, bad beats, people quitting poker, some sick, a few funny videos and Rick Astley! Where else on the net could you find such a mixed bag of blogs all on one page?...Read more »

Reviewing Sessions

Marcus Bateman / 31 July 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the most important aspects of being a successful poker player is how you behave during the down time when you are not playing. Being able to take time out and look closely at how you are playing is...Read more »

They think it's all over...

Matthew Pitt / 30 July 2009 / Leave a comment

...it is now! I've finally managed to make it to the 10,000 hand mark at $0.02/$0.04 and feel like hanging myself! Jesus it was stressful and something I would not like to repeat....Read more »

Understanding your statistics

Matthew Pitt / 29 July 2009 / Leave a comment

You often hear player, myself included, banging on about their playing statistics obtained through tracking software such as Holdem Manager and Poker Tracker but what do they mean and what is optimal?...Read more »

Step aside, there is a new Jesus in town - Boku87

Matthew Pitt / 28 July 2009 / Leave a comment

A couple of months ago, a SNG grinder by the name of Thomas Boekhoff hatched a plan at his home in Osnabruck, Germany that would initially see him ridiculed but would ultimately make him a household name in online poker...Read more »

Poker blog round-up: Raptor, Green Plastic, Acbarone and Scampmanio

Matthew Pitt / 24 July 2009 / Leave a comment

It's poker blog round-up time and although the past week or so has been a bit of an anti-climax after all the goings on in Vegas, there have been some excellent blogs written, a selection of which are mentioned in...Read more »

Calling pre flop in no limit hold'em

Marcus Bateman / 23 July 2009 / Leave a comment

The great Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson has often been quoted as saying that in no limit hold'em tournaments that he basically never flat calls pre flop. He either comes in raising, or if confronting an opening raise, is merely thinking about...Read more »

Into The Dragon's Den

Matthew Pitt / 23 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Pitt tells of JJ Hazan entering the TV show Dragon's Den in search of backing from a host of multi-millionaires for his poker venture.Read more »

Feeling the burn

Matthew Pitt / 22 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Matthew Pitt aka Yorkshire Pudding starts his fitness regime but suffers a set back in his 10k hand challenge.Read more »

The Poker Players Alliance

Matthew Pitt / 21 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Unless you have been living in a cave for the past three years or indeed are relatively new to online poker then you will have heard about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, or UIGEA as it is more commonly...Read more »

Lack of regulation in the US - Poker players concerned

Matthew Pitt / 20 July 2009 / Leave a comment

A survey of online poker players, following action in the United States to seize funds of gamblers, has revealed that more than half are not even aware their money may be at risk, but more than three quarters of those...Read more »

November Nine Odds - Betting on the WSOP Final Table

Dave Allan / 20 July 2009 / Leave a comment

The betting market for the World Series of Poker Main Event Final table is quickly taking shape on Betfair with chip leader Darvin Moon the current favourite to take down the coveted bracelet....Read more »

Poker blog round-up: Hit Squad, ex-Snowman, Foxwoods Fiend and It's Orange Not Red

Matthew Pitt / 17 July 2009 / Leave a comment

The past couple of days have been really exciting for me mainly because the World Series of Poker Main Event was in full swing and some of the big names were still in. Reading and writing about the Main Event...Read more »

Cheeseburgers are on me!

Matthew Pitt / 16 July 2009 / Leave a comment

Whilst I haven't played an extra 2-4k hands as I originally planned at the end of my last post, I have managed to play around a thousand hands taking me close to 2,000 hands played in five days, which is...Read more »

Dealing with regulars

Marcus Bateman / 16 July 2009 / Leave a comment

At the mid and high stakes, you will start to regularly encounter the same players day in and day out, as the group of players grows steadily smaller with the rising stakes. As these players will typically be profitable players,...Read more »

The London Skyline Built ...and then Destroyed

Dave Allan / 15 July 2009 / Leave a comment

It seems Bryan Berg enjoys the destruction of his creations just as much as he takes pleasure in building his works of art....as long as they are filmed....Read more »

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

Matthew Pitt / 13 July 2009 / Leave a comment

On Friday afternoon I finally started my No-limit Hold'em challenge by firing up the Betfair Poker client, sitting myself down at four cash tables with astronomical blinds of $0.02/$0.04 and started to grind towards my goal of 10,000 hands....Read more »