Blog Posts & Reports

POKER and the ACADEMIA

Sounds a little highbrow doesn’t it? don’t worry it isn’t. It is just a look at the way the academics try to analyze everything including card games. For many, many years various disciplines of the academia have been trying to find what it is that drives human beings to participate in ...

UK Pub Poker

Where would you go to find a really good way to get to grips with the wonderful world of poker? Answer:- Join a local pub league! There are many of them around the country, they are a great place to learn the game without losing a fortune, and you meet new people ...

Another day another no dollars!

I headed for Blackpool on Sunday for the £150 + £15 gukpt tournament and was feeling pretty confident. I picked up Brian who won the draw via the Cumbrian Poker web site to take him down to play his free seat and talked pretty much bollox for the 2 hour ...

Blackpool £100 Deepstack

After a sleepless night of getting in and out of bed not really knowing what to do i decided to stay put, get some shut eye and head for Blackpool for the £100 Monthly Deepstack. This is a really excellent tournament with a good mix of good and bad players. ...

When Not To Play Online Poker

Its not always a good idea to join a tournament or sit at an online cash game, sometimes doing so is one of the biggest mistakes that we all make from time to time, there are the obvious points to make here but lets make them anyway. Never play when drunk Never ...

Why People Play Online Poker

It’s no secret that online poker is a booming business, it all goes back to 2003 and the “moneymaker effect” when an unknown accountant from Tennessee won a seat to the WSOP at online poker room – PokerStars. It sounds like a blockbuster film that Chris Moneymaker went on to win ...