Category: Poker

The scandals keep coming in the online poker world. Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, karma hits the industry with a fucking gut-shot on the river.

The major events of recent weeks are as follows – …

Someone is trying to fuck with Australian online poker players. In my last article, I discussed poker’s ‘Black Friday’ – the banning of online poker in the USA. In that piece, I was relatively optimistic about the future of …

On Friday, 15 April, the US Department of Justice swooped. The three biggest online poker sites in the world – Fulltilt Poker, Pokerstars and Ultimate Bet, were closed to American players and their online accounts seized. In the Federal indictment, …

Poker is a game that glorifies dishonesty. It is a game where the lie has been raised to an art form. And I do mean art. Anyone who watched Phil Ivey 5-bet bluff Peter Jackson with Queen-high at the Monte …

I stare at the monitor. It is blank. Utterly non-responsive. This is the second time I’ve broken the laptop.

I’ve just smashed the keyboard with my fist after losing with QQ v A2 on the bubble of a World Series …

So the World Series has a day for the ladies: a 1000 dollar buy-in, ‘women only’ no-limit hold ‘em event. In the past I had mild indifference to this. I sort of felt like it I was a throwback to …

I type “Razztard” into the ‘player notes’. My opponent has done something stupid. This is my very clever name for a bad Razz player. I have a number of clever short-names like this; “Moron”, “SpasticStation”, “Checking raising C*nt” and “Bad …

There is a great story about Russ Hamilton’s win at the Main Event of the 1994 World Series of Poker. That year, first prize was for 1 million dollars plus the winner’s weight in silver. Benny Binion had decided to …

I’m heads up in the Shootout event at the Aussie Millions – winner moves through to the final table and some guaranteed cash for their trouble. Loser walks. I’m facing a river all-in on a board of Q-J-9-6-7 holding Q-T. …