August 2009

Which direction now?

Matthew Pitt / 31 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Well that's another 10k hands played at the micros and this time it went more to plan with me winning by a decent rate although it's all relative of course....Read more »

Two Months, Two Million - Episode One

Dave Allan / 28 August 2009 / Leave a comment

The first episode of the eagerly anticipated poker documentary, 'Two Months, Two Million' hit the internet last week and, in my opinion, was worth the wait....Read more »

Poker blog round-up: Phil Galfond, Lorin Yelle, and No Limit Grinder

Matthew Pitt / 28 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Sorry if any of you tuned in last week expecting to find the weekly poker blog round-up and found that there wasn't one. I decided to take a week off to recharge my batteries and recharged they are so carry...Read more »

Building big pots with draws

Marcus Bateman / 27 August 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the hallmarks of good hold'em players is that they nearly always try and fire out or raise when they flop a big draw (either a two card flush draw or open ended straight draw - both of which...Read more »

Fullflush and Feldman face off as Annette_15 reaches Late Night Poker Final

Dave Allan / 27 August 2009 / Leave a comment

A number of months ago, a player appeared out of nowhere at the high stakes No-limit Hold'em tables and proceeded to not only take on the biggest names but also beat them too. Forums were full of the posters asking...Read more »

Talking at the table

Marcus Bateman / 26 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Human beings like to communicate. Even the most introverted of us need some kind of verbal contact, and as a result of this, much information can be gained from changes in style and substance of language when at the poker...Read more »

Peter Jepsen targeted by scammers!

Matthew Pitt / 26 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Betfair sponsored pro, Peter 'Zupp' Jepsen was recently one of many targets of a scam designed to obtain login details for their poker client....Read more »

The Power of Shame

Marcus Bateman / 25 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Poker is a social game, and as such, most of the regular human emotions are demonstrated at the tables. One of the most powerful of these is shame. Shame is incredibly important in poker, as it nearly always breeds predictability...Read more »

Pennsylvanian court rules Poker is a game of chance

Dave Allan / 25 August 2009 / Leave a comment

A 65 year old man from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania faces having a criminal record after a court ruled that poker is a game of chance and not skill....Read more »

Big Mark eyes Million Dollar prize on Betfair

Dave Allan / 24 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Mark Heathfield, alias Big Mark, took a step closer to winning $1 Million last weekend when winning the regional final of Betfair Poker's Free Million Dollar Game....Read more »

Back to the grind

Matthew Pitt / 24 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Those of you who have followed my progress, or lack of, will know that when I write my blogs I do not prepare them as such, instead I just sit down and write as it comes to me. However, this...Read more »

Playing Multiple Tables

Matthew Pitt / 24 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Following on from Marcus Bateman's excellent article on increasing the number of tables you play in order to reduce the dreaded variance, I thought I would give some tips on how to progress from playing a solitary table to becoming...Read more »

Leniency with Losers

Marcus Bateman / 24 August 2009 / Leave a comment

This is one of the most obvious, yet constantly ignored, pieces of table etiquette in poker, and one which pays big dividends if adhered to....Read more »

Take on the Pros at Betfair Poker

Dave Allan / 21 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Show you have what it takes on the poker tables by playing our four Betfair pros this August. Who knows you might be one of the lucky players to walk away with exciting prizes and bonuses....Read more »

Hellmuth added to Caesars Cup line-up

Dave Allan / 19 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Phil Hellmuth and reigning WSOPE champion John Juanda are the latest confirmed members of a star-studded Daniel Negreanu captained Americas team at the inaugrual Caesars Cup to be held on September 26 at the Empire Casino in London....Read more »

Increasing Tables to Reduce Variance

Marcus Bateman / 17 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Arguably the hardest thing to deal with when playing poker is the variance involved. Poker is a game where even the best players can have extended losing streaks over quite large numbers of games, and the mental frustration of this...Read more »

Poker blog round-up: Oi2ange, MSBB, Ballcup and Manic-Michael

Matthew Pitt / 14 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Can you feel your fingers twinkling? Can you feel your nose wrinkling? Can you feel your topknot twitching? You're getting that Fimbley feeling! Oh dam, wrong feeling, it's meant to be the Friday feeling. Anyway, here's a few blogs for...Read more »

How to play cash games - by Anthony Fish

Dave Allan / 14 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Our old friend Anthony Fish has resurfaced on the Betfair cash tables no doubt skint from his STT experience. We caught up with Anthony as he logged onto the Betfair Poker client and he kindly agreed to talk us through...Read more »

Psychological Techniques

Marcus Bateman / 14 August 2009 / Leave a comment

In his memoir: Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People, Amarillo Slim describes a heads up match against the phenomenally successful poker player Betty Carey, where he negated a considerable skill difference between them (the next time they...Read more »

Two Months Two Million

Dave Allan / 13 August 2009 / Leave a comment

If you are a fan of high-stakes poker and also like documentaries then G4TV.com has just the show for you. Airing for the first time on Sunday 16 August at 2100 Eastern Time, the show "Two Months Two Million" promises...Read more »

Senator Menendez attempts to legalize online poker in the USA

Matthew Pitt / 13 August 2009 / Leave a comment

On Thursday 6 August, Senator Robert 'Bob' Menendez officially introduced bill number S 1597 otherwise known as the Internet Poker and Games of Skill Regulation Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act....Read more »

Consensus

Marcus Bateman / 13 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Poker is like any society, in that it comes to general consensuses over how and why to behave, which change gradually over time until previous views on what were right and wrong are barely recognisable to the current ones....Read more »

Adjusting To Very Different Games

Marcus Bateman / 12 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Some poker games are extremely predictable. Be it a table online full of grinders, a home game where everyone plays similar styles, or a table in a casino full of amateurs, sometimes games play in a very obvious style. On...Read more »

Tips to Refresh your Game

Matthew Pitt / 11 August 2009 / Leave a comment

If you regularly play a substantial amount of poker or have been in the game for a significant length of time, you may have started to find your love for poker waning a little and it starting to become a...Read more »

Live poker here I come!

Matthew Pitt / 10 August 2009 / Leave a comment

Let me start off by apologising for the lack of updates over the past week or so, I really don't know what happened. I had a really unproductive week where I got bugger all done and then my Scouser mate,...Read more »

Online poker addiction risk only moderate

Matthew Pitt / 10 August 2009 / Leave a comment

If you talk to any "real world" person who does not play online poker then you will probably have had them ask you if you are addicted to playing or if poker is really full of degenerate gamblers looking to...Read more »

Overplaying Aces in Omaha

Marcus Bateman / 10 August 2009 / Leave a comment

This is one of the most fundamental mistake you see bad Omaha players make over and over again. They look down at aces, make a big re-raise pre flop, then lose a massive pot on a scary board to someone...Read more »

Poker blog round-up: Rubbish, Dungbeetle and Shipshape715

Matthew Pitt / 07 August 2009 / Leave a comment

I've had a massively unproductive week this week and I honestly don't know where the time has gone. Whenever I have sat down to do anything I have ended up either getting distracted by something or having to run some...Read more »

Weak Holdings Out Of Position

Marcus Bateman / 06 August 2009 / Leave a comment

This lethal combination of factors probably busts more players than any other. Weak players consistently play weak hands out of position, and although neither of these factors is necessarily bad in isolation, combined it is a recipe for total disaster....Read more »