Monthly Archives: July 2012

Hand of The Week – Week 53

You know how some players just love to check-raise? There are a lot of players who are very trappy by their nature and just love pulling off the check-raise. I swear some players would prefer to win a pot of … Continue reading

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Poll of The Week

When it comes to poker I always moan about my bad luck. But when it comes to royal flushes I must be the luckiest person I know. I got another one last week and I’ve had so many of them … Continue reading

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Friday’s Caption Competition

It’s Friday again. And that means of course that it’s caption competition time.  First off though, the password for the Freddie Mays Bounty tournament at 8pm tonight is: lordcola That’s in honour of Paddy Power’s victory against Lord Coe of … Continue reading

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Hand of The Week – Week 52

In last week’s Hand of the Week we saw how Gaelle Baumann bubbled the final table of the WSOP main event when she moved all in with A9o and got called by AJ. My initial feeling was that A9o was … Continue reading

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Poll of The Week

In yesterday’s blog there was a paradox.  How can something be fair but at the same time be unfair?  I’m talking about the ruling on a hand in this year’s WSOP. Here’s a link to the post. But to recap … Continue reading

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We’ll Meet Again

So the 2012 WSOP main event will take place without a female player after Elisabeth Hilles and Gaelle Baumann were eliminated in 11th and 10th places respectively. But it could so easily have happened. In last Wednesday’s Hand of the … Continue reading

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Friday’s Caption Competition

Hooray it’s Friday again – meaning of course that it’s caption competition time again.  First off though, the password for the Freddie Mays Bounty tournament at 8pm tonight is: squirrel This is especially appropriate for me . There’s been a … Continue reading

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Ready Steady Wait!

Out of a starting field of 6598 runners and seven gruelling days of poker, the final nine have been decided for the 2012 WSOP main event. There aren’t any household names on the final table. But there is a bracelet … Continue reading

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Hand of The Week – Week 51

This week’s hand of the week was the last one played in this year’s WSOP main event before the final nine players take the long break until October.  If you’d had a bet on a female player making the final … Continue reading

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Poll of The Week

This week I’ve an Olympics related poll for you. I think I must be naturally pessimistic but when I saw the odds on Great Britain’s prospective gold medal counts I thought I’d stumbled onto a great bet. The bookies seem to … Continue reading

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