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Betfair pros prepare for heads-up battle

Dave Allan / 08 October 2009 / Leave a comment

Fresh from their World Series of Poker Europe and EPT London exploits, Betfair pros Annette Obrestad and John Tabatabai will tonight be sitting down and taking on some of the world's best No-limit Hold'em players in a Heads-up Grand Slam....Read more »

Annette Obrestad in last 24 of EPT London Main Event

Dave Allan / 06 October 2009 / Leave a comment

It took just under 11 hours of play to whittle down 111 players to the final 24 in the £5,000 EPT London main Event. Each of the remaining players is guaranteed to go home with at least £17,000 but they...Read more »

Barry Shulman wins the 2009 WSOPE Main Event

Dave Allan / 02 October 2009 / Leave a comment

After an epic 17 hour battle, which finished as the sun came up this morning in London, Barry Shulman won the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event after defeating Daniel Negreanu in the heads up stages. Shulman wins the...Read more »

Betfair Poker By Numbers

Dave Allan / 05 December 2008 / 2 Comments

In an effort to answer the age-old question of whether poker is a game of skill or luck, Betfair Poker have been crunching through the stats on their site, and the results are intriguing. Below are some of the more...Read more »

Poker Hands: Four Fives

Editor / 10 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Fives......Read more »

Poker Hands: Threes

Editor / 08 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Tens......Read more »

Acting Like A Poker Player

Editor / 07 July 2008 / Leave a comment

"WOMEN seem to make naturally good poker players, because we're good at reading body language and non-verbal communication, interestingly enough what half of the game is about." Who said that?...Read more »

Poker Hands: Tens

Editor / 04 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Tens......Read more »

Poker Hands: Sixes

Editor / 03 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Sixes......Read more »

Poker Hands: Four Eights

Editor / 02 July 2008 / Leave a comment

Continuing the Poker Anorak's look at poker hands: Four Jacks......Read more »

Poker Laws And The USA

Editor / 25 June 2008 / Leave a comment

TO New Mexico, where the New Mexico Gaming Control Board is investigating whether a poker tournament hosted earlier this week in Akela by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma was "improper". For improper, read illegal....Read more »

Barack Obama's Poker Change

Editor / 24 June 2008 / Leave a comment

IN Las Vegas for the WSOP, Barack Obama arrives. There is no escape. But what's that in his pocket?...Read more »

Poker Pros Need To WIn

Editor / 20 June 2008 / Leave a comment

FOR the past six years an amateur has won the WSOP Main Event. Poker is not football's Premier League or the Formula 1 procession - in poker anyone can win. But still the poker pros rock up to play in...Read more »

Poker: I Read Therefore I Play

Editor / 19 June 2008 / 1 Comments

CAN you learn to play poker from a book? If poker theory as useful as poker practical?...Read more »