January 6, 2010
- I may have a better feel for this
I have played two more sessions of $200 six handed PLO since last post and I have further success to report. I won $97 last night and a further $191 the previous session which now takes me nearly $900 ahead on the year so far. I have dropped down to one table and I find [...]
December 12, 2009
- It’s a different world out there
There has been some sick action in the nosebleeds over the past week with Isildur1 who is probably now Viktor Blom losing an estimated 4.2 million to Brian Hastings. That is 4.2 million of the money that he has won handed back.
I reckon that Isildur1 had been the most analysed poker player on the planet [...]
December 10, 2009
- Expected value is key
I had an e-mail a few days ago from someone who was confused about the Isaac Haxton video and my comments about it. Simply it is to do with various factors and the main one being how expected value is more important as the field size shrinks.
Let us look at a six handed example, you [...]
December 4, 2009
- There are more connections than what you think
After more than 20 painstaking years in the betting, casino and poker industry, one of the things that strikes me about them is in how they share common ground in so many different areas. The process of making money in sports betting is akin to making money in financial trading and especially with the arrival [...]
December 3, 2009
- Finding value in online poker
At times you have to admit when you are not good enough or you have to admit if your game or method of operation needs improving. With me this has been a constant and unfortunately a natural process. The gambling industry changes so rapidly that taking any amount of time away can leave you seriously [...]
December 2, 2009
- Attention Attention Mr Goodwin
I can’t really speak for any other online poker players but I am here to defend online poker player kind. At no time in my life have I ever played online poker in my underpants. It just isn’t feasible in my household and if I ever tried that with my missus then I would get [...]
November 29, 2009
- A quick word from a World Class player
Online poker has changed…….I mean seriously changed. A few years ago you could look at the players who were considered “World Class” and they are far different to the players who are considered “World Class” today. Its like the old series of Late Night Poker on Channel 4, I remember those shows and the players [...]
November 24, 2009
- You have to learn from these guys
There is no doubt that the new generation of young kids have changed poker and even though they have undoubtedly made the online poker games tougher, they have passed on their knowledge and educated us all. Today’s video features a short interview with one such “kid”……Hac Dang. After watching this video and seeing him for [...]
November 19, 2009
- All out aggression
Today’s video shows a final table from a WPT event won by Scotty Nguyen. In fact it only shows one hand as the heads up confrontation lasted for just one hand. Both players had a similar chip count so whoever won this hand was basically the champion. I love the WPT shows, sure they are [...]
November 14, 2009
- Tom Dwan Finally Signs for Full Tilt
Looks like Full Tilt Poker finally got their man in Tom Dwan alias “durrrr” as he became their newest red pro. One can only imagine just what sort of financial package that he will be on given the level of interest that he generates on the site. Maybe though he might just need the money [...]
November 12, 2009
- Isn’t Tournament Poker Great When You Win
It’s a long time since I last won a poker tournament (unless it was an SNG) either live or online poker. But the feeling that Joe Cada must have had when he won the big one must have been something else. I don’t think that the adrenalin rush of going very deep in an event [...]
November 5, 2009
- Do you read Supersystem?
The great book Supersystem by Doyle Brunson was perhaps one of the first poker books that I ever read. Well actually the very first book was Big Deal by Tony Holden which sort of got me started in poker.
Today’s video shows Brunson at his very best, I think that when he reads people then he [...]
