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Five Top 21 Memory Tricks

12 May 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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

Tags: Las Vegas, WSOP

Poker Discriminates Against Men

30 April 2008 | About Editor

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

Tags: ladbrokes, women, WSOP

MUSICAL poker, the Poker Anorak's Top Five Music hands:

28 April 2008 | About Amy

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Playing Poker In Your Sleep

25 April 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

HOW do you win the WSOPE? In 2007, Annette Obrestad won. Here's how:... Read more

Tags: Annette, WSOPE

Top Five Poker Card Deals Ever

14 April 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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

Tags: casino, hates, lists

Monday Video: A Royal Flush

7 April 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

POKER fashion. Shiny T-shirts and Comfi-Slax. Until now.... Read more

Tags: Fashion

The Top Five Worst Poker Songs Ever

17 March 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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

Tags: Crime, media, Poker

Poker Players For Democracy

12 March 2008 | About Editor

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

Tags: politics, USA

Poker's Deadly Sins

11 March 2008 | About Editor

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

Tags: Books, Tips

Monday Movie: Soap Opera Poker

10 March 2008 | About Editor

THE Monday Video: Poker on the telly...... Read more

Tags: Monday Movie: Soap Opera Poker

Poker Legend Backs Obama

7 March 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

NUDITY in Las Vegas. The Mirage casino is opening its Bare lounge.... Read more

Tags: Las Vegas

Monday Video: Poker Tricks

3 March 2008 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

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 | About Editor

THREE pieces of poker advice. Want to know what they are?... Read more

Tags: Tips

Honouring Your Debts At Poker

14 February 2008 | About Editor

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

Tags: Crime, Debts

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