Poker Anorak
Five Top 21 Memory Tricks
12 May 2008 |
YOU'VE seen the film 21 and think card counting is for brainiacs only. It's not, anyone can do it. It's all about memory. Here are the top videos of memory:... Read more
Win WSOPE Entry And Cash WIth Betfair's Summer Offer
9 May 2008 |
HOW good are you at poker? Yes, yes, you once won a restaurant in a poker game; you've been banned from every casino in Hull; had it not been for some bad beatzzzz you'd be world champion. Now here's your... Read more
Tags: WSOPE
BlackJack Switch
7 May 2008 |
A QUESTION for John Grochowski: Q. What can you tell me about Blackjack Switch? The Poker Anorak has played the game. It's not easy, but, then, it's no harder than 21.... Read more
The Canadian Poker Chip Scam
6 May 2008 |
WHAT does a poker chip look like to you? It's not a trick question, and, no, there's no GSCE in Chipology for answers of between 200-300 words. Discuss. It's just that the Poker Anorak has just spotted a 20-year-old Canadian... Read more
Tags: scams
Convicts' Poker Is No Bull
2 May 2008 |
IT'S hard to look at the cards when there's an aroused bull approaching from the rear. Is that tell on the other's players face, a bead of sweat, or is it a line of snot flicked from the bull's flared... Read more
WSOP Vegas Will Break For 117 Days
1 May 2008 |
HURRAH! You've made it to the Main Event WSOP final table. You and eight others are now vying to win the millions. You're on a roll and keen to get on with it. You're as hot as Vegas on July... Read more
Poker Discriminates Against Men
30 April 2008 |
BIG news is that Ladbrokes is hosting its Third Annual Ladies Tournament This Weekend. It'll give the little ladies something to do while the menfolk are wathing the football on the telly, scratching themselves or playing a version of poker... Read more
MUSICAL poker, the Poker Anorak's Top Five Music hands:
28 April 2008 |
Playing Poker In Your Sleep
25 April 2008 |
HANDS up those of you who want to play poker for 24-hours straight. Not play for 24 hours by accident, unable to leave a game until closure, but go into such a marathon session with eyes wide open. Hands up... Read more
Tags: Tournament
For Whom the Poker Tells Tell
24 April 2008 |
THE Poker tell tells you things about the poker player. But what does it tell you? And if you stare at your opponent are you playing him or the cards? Poker is a game of odds. So do tells really... Read more
The Deal On Poker Films
23 April 2008 |
ANOTHER day and with it the chance to see another poker film. Hollywood is a barometer of the popularity of poker. When they stop making films about poker, you know the boom is over.... Read more
Tags: The Deal
Couting On The Poker Players Alliance
22 April 2008 |
WHAT do we want? We want poker. When do we want it? Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Give me a P... Well, no. Shan't. The Poker Anorak might be in America, but we should not go native.... Read more
Tags: Poker Players Alliance, US
The Monday Movie: See 21 And Die
21 April 2008 |
THE Number 21 is all over the place. Right now 21 is in the cinema. But 21 has also been on cakes, on doors and on signs pointing to destruction. Here's the video proof:... Read more
Tags: 21, Monday Movie
Playing Poker In Finland's Love Vacation
18 April 2008 |
IT'S Friday and, as ever, we turn to Finland's Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its plans to introduce a new amendment that would essentially leave Finland's online gamblers no place to play.... Read more
Tags: Finland
Poker Pros Turn To Crime To Play Vegas Big Hitters
17 April 2008 |
Would you steal from a bank? And is a bank a legitimate target, more so than, say, a casino, an orphanage or a blind man's purse? This is a hypothetical question and in no way suggests that you are a... Read more
Tags: Crime, Play Vegas, Poker Pros
Annette's WSOPE Call
16 April 2008 |
HOW do you win the WSOPE? In 2007, Annette Obrestad won. Here's how:... Read more
Top Five Poker Card Deals Ever
14 April 2008 |
Check this - THE Top Five Poker Card deals ever!... Read more
Tags: Monday Video, Poker dealing
Getting Caught In The The Semi-Bluff
11 April 2008 |
POKER pro Daniel Negreanu has some tips on "Dos and don'ts on semi-bluffing with big draws". As Negreanu says, a pair with a flush draw is a chance to pull off a semi-bluff - "making a bet or raise that... Read more
Tags: Semi-Bluff
Learning To Spend Money And Waste Time At The WSOP Academy
10 April 2008 |
You can learn to play poker. You can learn to play poker in a classroom, just as you can learn to drive a car in a dodgem, learn to be an astronaut by playing a game of Space Invaders and... Read more
Tags: WSOP Academy
Poker Rules And America's Arcane Poker Laws
9 April 2008 |
DANIEL Negranu, poker professional, likes rules. He has eight of them. -No drinking alcohol the day before player (or even the day before that) -No socializing with people -Eating alone in my room the night before the tournament -8 full... Read more
Tags: America, Poker Laws, Poker Rules
Your Top Five Casino Hates
8 April 2008 |
ASKS John Grochowski: "What Would Make You Write Off a Casino?" "How bad would the experience have to be for you to vow never to set foot in the door again?" At a guess, the Casino Anorak says the bad... Read more
Monday Video: A Royal Flush
7 April 2008 |
IT'S Monday. It's that bad. It's worse. Anorak lightens the mood with an audio-visual Royal Flush. Take it away, Your Majesties...... Read more
Tags: Monday Video
Poker chip tricks make you more attractive to women
31 March 2008 |
Poker tricks are used by men who turn to magic and the wonder of illusion when they can't get a girlfriend. All you need is camera, a chip and a lonely man. Here are some of the most memorable:... Read more
Tags: Monday Video, Poker Chip Tricks
On Supercasinos And Fudge
27 March 2008 |
WHEN Manchester was told it would host the new supercasino there was much snapping of braces and popping of bottle tops. When the Government decided that there would no supercasino in Manchester there was much gnashing of teeth and popping... Read more
Tags: manchester, supercasinos
Woody Harrelson's Grand Poker
20 March 2008 |
WOODY Harreslon, the actor, plays poker. He is, accordingly, a celebrity poker player. And - shock of shocks - Harreslon is starring in a new film in which he plays One Eyed Jack Faro, a poker player.... Read more
Tags: Entertainment, The Grand, Woody Harrelson
Poker Fashion For Donkeys
18 March 2008 |
POKER fashion. Shiny T-shirts and Comfi-Slax. Until now.... Read more
Tags: Fashion
The Top Five Worst Poker Songs Ever
17 March 2008 |
We can't all be Kenny Rogers. In fact, only one of us can, although many do look like him. But anyone can try to write a decent poker song. Anyone,. Talent is no bar. Here are five of the worst:... Read more
Tags: monday video, poker music
Can You Learn To Play Poker In School?
14 March 2008 |
CAN you learn to play poker in school? Not at school. Many players begin playing poker at college. This is the question as to whether poker can be taught in a classroom?... Read more
Tags: America
Poker Is More Sporting Than Athletics
13 March 2008 |
WHAT kind of a press does poker get? The game is more controlled than many others. Think of cheating in athletics and allegations of corruption in football. But still poker can toss up the headline: "Online Poker = Cheating, Robbery,... Read more
Poker Players For Democracy
12 March 2008 |
A poker game in New Mexico has decided the outcome of an election. It is democracy in evidence. Well, it beats deciding who wins on Hanging Chads.... Read more
Poker's Deadly Sins
11 March 2008 |
DO you know what the deadly sins of poker are? You may not have known poker has any deadly sin. But it does.... Read more
Monday Movie: Soap Opera Poker
10 March 2008 |
THE Monday Video: Poker on the telly...... Read more
Tags: Monday Movie: Soap Opera Poker
Poker Legend Backs Obama
7 March 2008 |
THE US Race For The White House has been going on for months; longer than a cash game at the Shady Glenn Rest Home.... Read more
The Casino Affiliate Convention
7 March 2008 |
IF you are a publisher you can become an affiliate, earning money when someone signs up to a casino via your organ. The Casino Affiliate Convention is already the largest event for online gambling affiliates. Six years in, with the... Read more
Tags: The Casino Affiliate Convention
Naked Casino In Las Vegas
5 March 2008 |
NUDITY in Las Vegas. The Mirage casino is opening its Bare lounge.... Read more
Tags: Las Vegas
Monday Video: Poker Tricks
3 March 2008 |
POKER is not all fun. Poker can be - whisper it - dull. Oh, come on, all that waiting for the next player to move, sitting down and looking at your hands... Pass the time by learning some new tricks:... Read more
Tags: Monday Video
Pamela Anderson Cites Fraud In Great Poker Romance
28 February 2008 |
POKER'S most romantic couple, walking busted flush Pamela Anderson and straight-to-tissue box home movie star Rick Saloman, are going their separate ways. But instead of divorcing Paris Hilton's co-star, the former "Baywatch" babe has cited "fraud" in court papers filed... Read more
Tags: Pamela Anderson Cites Fraud In Great Poker Romance
Annette Obrestad Could Be Stu Ungar
26 February 2008 |
IT'S the award season. And Annette Obrestad has been awarded the Golden Hand prize plus two other accolades at the second annual Scandinavian Poker Awards in Copenhagen. Annette thanks her mum, her dad, her cousins, her first teacher, the King... Read more
Tags: Annette Obrestad Could Be Stu Ungar
Plugging the Poker Robots
22 February 2008 |
Poker Anorak wonders whether R2D2 and his mates are going to kill the atmosphere of live play...... Read more
Tags: poker robots
How old should you be to play poker?
21 February 2008 |
Or to put it another way, at what age did you become a responsible gambler? In America a teenage gambler has netted Borgata a record $105,000 fine... Read more
Money Management and Poker Players
20 February 2008 |
Anorak considers how to avoid being the 'Northern Rock' of Texas Hold'Em...... Read more
Tags: bankroll, money management
Three Pieces Of Advice
19 February 2008 |
THREE pieces of poker advice. Want to know what they are?... Read more
Tags: Tips
Honouring Your Debts At Poker
14 February 2008 |
YOU always settle your debts and collect your winnings. You play online - there is no escaping payment, no IOUs and no rubberised cheques. But life in the casino is different. At the Claremont Club in London's Berkeley Square, two... Read more
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