Poker

1. Keeping up with the tilt flow

   

   Particularly if you are playing short handed or heads up poker, the observation and reaction to this concept will win you a huge sum of money in the long run. As players start to tilt, their game deteriorates in a...
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2. South Africa bans online poker

   

   First we had the United States of America trying to ban online gambling with the passing of the UIGEA, then we had a number of European countries such as France and Italy making it difficult for gambling sites to operate...
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3. The Betfair Poker Interview: Paul "Dr. Pauly" McGuire

   

   A couple of weeks back I shared a review of Paul "Dr. Pauly" McGuire's new book Lost Vegas: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker. The book chronicles McGuire's experiences as a poker tournament...
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4. Hi/Lo split - suited babies

   

   Some of the very best starting hands in Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo are referred to as 'suited babies'. These are hands with three low (by low we mean any cards between an ace and an eight), suited cards, and recognising...
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5. Complaining about luck - consequences on behaviour

   

   Everyone knows the player type - sitting morosely at the table, moaning to anyone who will listen about the beats they have gone through that day, how cruel life is, how bad they are running etc etc. On the face...
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Recent Posts

1. Teddy Sheringham swaps goals for chips in Portugal

   Matthew Pitt / 01 September 2010 / Leave a comment

   Teddy Sheringham is better known for scoring goals than he is stacking poker chips but that could soon change as he finds himself down to final 24 players of the EPT Vilamoura Main Event....
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2. Dwan getting owned by jungleman12

   Matthew Pitt / 31 August 2010 / Leave a comment

   When Tom "durrrr" Dwan announced that he would play anyone, except his good friend Phil "OMGCLAYAIKEN" Galfond at heads-up Pot-limit Omaha or No-limit Hold'em and beat them, offering them three-to-one odds on doing so, the online poker world was tingling...
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3. Quitting strange games

   Marcus Bateman / 31 August 2010 / Leave a comment

   During the large discussion of the cheating accusations involving Sorel Mizzi, a point came up that was largely unrelated, but stuck a chord with me when looking at many of the guys brought up purely on online poker go into...
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4. WSOPE Event 3 Qualifier - August 29

   Matthew Pitt / 30 August 2010 / Leave a comment

   Event 3 of the 2010 World Series of Poker Europe, the £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em event, is only 18 days away and two more players have won the chance to take JP Kelly's crown after finishing in the top two of...
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5. Who Gets Your Vote for the Poker Hall of Fame?

   Short-Stacked Shamus / 27 August 2010 / Leave a comment

   Matthew Pitt reported earlier in the week regarding the 2010 Poker Hall of Fame. By visiting the World Series of Poker website, one can still submit nominations for this year's class until next Tuesday, August 31. Once the nomination process...
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