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Cloud Poker

It's been a very busy week of poker, and in particular some long term poker planning.... Read more

One piece of advice I was given quite early on in my poker career was to try and get into the mind of my opponents. Here I try to get into the mind of a very weak STT player. I... Read more

Tags: poker humour

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

Tags: poker humour

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

Tags: betfair poker, cash poker, killing snowmen, sng

I reached the target I had set myself, and I was moving up to the dizzy heights of NL20. It had taken some serious grinding, and I had reached $480 from nothing playing NL10 - so I was ready to... Read more

Tags: light hearted poker, poker gods, poker humour, stepping up in limits

I had just watched a video on Deuces Cracked so I decided to take what I had learnt to the Betfair $NL20 tables. These tables can be pretty weak, but there are a few regulars who you don't want to... Read more

Tags: being patient, betfair poker cash games, waiting for good hands

I started keeping records last Monday. It was a bad day to start keeping records - as I lost last Monday.... Read more

Yep. I am. Not in a cowering behind the sofa (why does nobody use the word couch anymore??) kind of way - but intellectually scared.... Read more

2009 is nearly upon us, so I thought it time to set some poker and non-poker goals for 2009.... Read more

Tags: poker aims, poker for dummies

First things first. I've had the flu. And being a man, everyone automatically says that I have "man flu" - which is the same as saying "a slight cold". But I have been genuinely ill...you know how I can tell?... Read more

Tags: man flu, playing maniacs, playing poker at strange times

I played in the "John Crawley Benefit" poker game at the Empire, Leicester Square the other week.... Read more

Tags: Betfair Poker, John Crawley, Liv Boeree, live poker, Multiple Sclerosis

Bert and Ernie are sitting in the living room, and Bert is playing the Sunday Million on Pokerstars on his laptop.... Read more

Tags: bert and ernie, poker comedy, pokerstars, sunday millions

I recently made the transition from playing tournament poker exclusively to playing cash poker whenever I hit the tables. And this has been an eye-opener - and has bought with it a complete change of mindset.... Read more

Tags: 2 2 forums, AK, AK in cash games, anna kournikova, big slick

I don't often play live poker, but last year I played in a live game - and I managed to get a nice read on an opponent.... Read more

Tags: blackjack, live poker, poker novice, the moustache

Hi and welcome to my new home on the net! So first I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Nick, but in poker circles everybody knows me as "Cloud" (struggling to come up with an original poker name, I happened to... Read more