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A Pudding Abroad: Venice
I am writing this blog entry sat on an acid green ergonomic plastic chair at the far end of Marco Polo airport in Venice, around me are scores of people all panicking about missing their...
Two Hundred Not Out: Month In Review
The month of January is almost done and dusted and what a rollercoaster ride it has been at the tables. Not including whatever I play today I have played a total of 200 tournaments during...
Turbo Tournaments
Turbo tournaments are gaining in popularity both in online poker circles and in the live arena but there are a core section of poker players who are dead set against them. They often cite the...
I Think My Stubble Is Magical!
Hi there fishes, Yorkshire Pudding here updating my little piece of the internet with claims that my facial hair is actually magical and that I could become very rich by plucking out the little black,...
John Tabatabai On Being a Professional Poker Player
You may recall an article from earlier this week regarding the Team Betfair GSOP VIII Online Trials that detailed Betfair Poker giving away 500 GSOP VIII tickets worth $15,000 in total! Well it goes a...
Goodbye Variance. Hello Variance
Since the start of 2012 I have been splashing around at the Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) cash tables with varying degrees success. By varying degrees I actually mean I have been eating like a mouse...
Poker Gods Do Not Like Brags
One of my personal, non-poker New Year's resolutions is to organise my time better than I usually so I have taken to using electronic post-it notes on my laptop screen. It's a smart little program...
Pud's Poker Resolutions
Just like a large number of people will have done I have made a number of New year's resolutions that I am hoping are going to help transform my life both at and away from...
First Session Of The New Year
First of all happy New Year to the six people who read this blog and the three who stumble across these pages by accident whilst looking how to cook the perfect Yorkshire Puddings. I really...
Telling The Story Of A Bluff
One of the most fun, exciting and exhilarating moves a poker player can make at their table is a bluff. Anyone who tells you differently is simply wrong. The very act of bluffing goes against...
Well That Didn't Go As Planned
Mid afternoon yesterday I decided, on a whim, to go and play some live poker in Leeds. Despite the fact both my live and online game is rustier than a 1972 Ford Cortina I was...
Make Betfair Poker Your Home For 2012
The year is rapidly coming to a close and poker players around the world are busy analysing their databases and results from the past 12 months and making plans for 2012. At the very top...
Let's Get This Show Back On The Road
If I had to sum up my playing of online poker during 2011 in a single word it would have to be "disappointing" mainly because non-existent is essentially two words! In cash games I bet...
The Art Of Folding
Everyone talks about poker as being a game of pure aggression where betting and raising are the best plays to make in the vast majority of situations but unless you are a rare breed of...
