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Betfair pros prepare for heads-up battle

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:55:51 +0000

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.

Annette Obrestad in last 24 of EPT London Main Event

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:59:51 +0000

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 will all have one eye on the £850,000 awarded for winning the tournament.

Barry Shulman wins the 2009 WSOPE Main Event

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:48:40 +0000

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 coveted WSOPE bracelet and £801,603 for his efforts in a final with was jam-packed full of incident and excitement.

Betfair Poker By Numbers

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:38:54 +0000

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 interesting things they discovered whilst ploughing through the data from Betfair Poker during 2008*

Poker Hands: Four Fives

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:35:11 +0000

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

Poker Hands: Threes

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:07:25 +0000

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

Acting Like A Poker Player

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:18:44 +0000

"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?

Poker Hands: Tens

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:33:26 +0000

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

Poker Hands: Sixes

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:03:21 +0000

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

Poker Hands: Four Eights

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:28:02 +0000

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

Poker Laws And The USA

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:27:09 +0000

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.

Barack Obama's Poker Change

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:17:00 +0000

IN Las Vegas for the WSOP, Barack Obama arrives.

There is no escape. But what's that in his pocket?

Poker Pros Need To WIn

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:22:30 +0000

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 Las Vegas.

Poker: I Read Therefore I Play

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:30:55 +0000

CAN you learn to play poker from a book? If poker theory as useful as poker practical?

Phil Hellmuth And Old School WSOP

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:44:56 +0000

POKER is going mainstream. Poker has gone mainstream.

At the WSOP, over 4,000 players entered the $1,500 buy-in No-limit Hold'em event.

"Is poker popular?" asks Phil Hellmuth. "My face is on 12 million beer cans right now. This may be the coolest thing that has happened to me in my life."