The fall out from Full Tilt Poker continues and now includes the arrest of Raymond Bitar, the CEO for Tiltware the company behind Full Tilt Poker. Mr Bitar is accused of running a ponzi scheme in which new investors/players pay money so that the existing investors/players can get paid. With these types of schemes the […]
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A Way Of Getting A Free Poker Stake
OK This is not a fool proof method and you’re likely to get into trouble with the local law enforcemennt officers. However, if you are desperate enough, dumb enough and highly motivated, here is a way to get potentially a free stake at poker or a free bet on the sport betting websites. First make […]
The Queen As A Poker Player
The Queen, is the longest surviving monarch in the world so in a poker school of thought she would be the ultimate grinder. A grinder is someone who can stay with the pack and be the last person standing. Playing their hand only when it is right and they will win. As a constitutional monarch […]
Is Online Poker Doomed?
This is a serious question because it seems that there is less fun poker players playing and more live games taking precedent for the casual player. The opposing argument is that companies such as 888 are posting big profits so the game must be doing well. This maybe good for them, but, a lot of […]
Sit And Go’s Are Cool
Playing SnG’s is fun, especially when you’re winning! I am slowly leaving tournament poker for the format of SnG’s. I have not won a tournament for a while, although I have cashed a few times. With SnG’s I tend to do well finishing in the money majority of the time and my win ratio is […]
Bank Holiday Means Rain
This Bank Holiday do not get a barbecue as the weather looks like it is going to pour down and the chill factor is going to be unbearable. Typical of this spring in the UK that the weather is shall we say ‘mixed’. When foreigners say that the British are obsessed with the weather, they are basically […]
Grinding In The Snow
Well that little sunshine was nice! It happened the week before the schools break up for Easter and now the children are off school it snows, brilliant! The weather gods have a sense of humour. While household all over the north of the United Kingdom resound to ‘I’m bored’ or ‘I want to play Kill […]
Online Poker Is A Game Played In Silence
Playing online poker can be noisy activity if you want it, but, lately I have been playing in total silence and it is working! Yesterday I won 7 SnG’s on the trot giving me the best ROI I’ve had in a long time. I decided to turn the music off, shut the door, and switch […]
Anonymous Online Poker Is Fair
Why is the concept of anonymous poker players still a controversial topic, I don’t know? Well I do if you are a user of poker tracking software etc, as it takes away a piece of information that you can use to beat other players and take away their money. Using these types of software is tantamount to […]
Reasons Against Online Poker
Sometimes a problem is not a problem when looked at a different point of view. Let me explain. If I saw a lightning bolt hit a tree did the tree make the choice to get in the way of a natural phenomena or did the tree have the right to exist in its environment without […]