http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk Poker Information for the UK Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:34:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like many before me I started my poker career by playing fixed-limit Hold'em online. Only being able to bet, and therefore lose, a specific amount on each street appealed to my novice psyche. The very thought of being able to lose an entire stack during a single hand quite frankly ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/limit-versus-no-limit-science-versus-art-3577/ 2 x WSoP Bracelets, diamond encrusted 14 karat gold! It seems that the cookie man TJ Cloutier may well be struggling this year as a Pawn broker is advertising 2 of Cloutiers bracelets on ebay, sparking rumours that the great man is busto. Looks like the original owner has already received his cash ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/for-sale-3574/ Evolution or devolution? Call it what you will but it certainly won't leave you bored anymore! Yes online poker has changed and quite drastically, obviously you can play normal ring games on Full Tilt too but if you are feeling adventurous press the Rush Poker button. What is it exactly? Well first ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/full-tilt-rush-3568/ Travelling across the UK and visiting many poker rooms, it has come to my attention that as in any business there are good and bad staff. It is a personal bugbear to myself of chatty dealers. It is nice to be on friendly on terms with dealers and to chat with ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/standards-3565/ Recently Dusk Till Dawn have been holding affordable deepstack freezeouts, with their Super 50 and 20twenty weekends. During this time I have been amazed to hear people tell me what a crapshoot these competition become at the business end (and sometimes before). Quite frankly these statements amaze me but I ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/crapshoots-3561/ You often hear the phrase from poker players about the 'feel' they get in certain spots or against certain players. To be honest, I think that a lot of the time, players use the phrase 'feel' to somehow defend a play which they know deep down was incorrect. If only ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/what-is-feel-3553/ After the terrible events in Haiti this week, I was glad to see some of the main poker sites doing their bit to try and offer financial assistance. Pokerstars, Full Tilt and Cake have generously announced that they will match all donations made via their sites and I can say from ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/poker-sites-and-players-team-up-for-haiti-3549/ I often write nonsensical pieces about specific emotions I get whilst playing poker and this another of those; so if the last few have bored you senseless then please switch off now. As per most Thursdays, this week I was down at Hartford Social Club with my mates having an average ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/that-feeling-3541/ With his 'Black Belt Poker' online poker/training site on the ipoker network, Neil Channing took part in the network's online 'monthly million' this week. Playing with many of his site's players, horses and posters, Neil almost took it down but eventually settled for the $104,000 second place spot. Known more for ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/channing-almost-takes-down-monthly-million-3535/ Although I'm not a huge fan of the Poker Channel Europe and rarely watch it, some of you might be interested to know that they're showing the final of the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure high roller event from 9pm tonight and coverage will run for eight hours (or longer if required). Although there won't ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/catch-the-pca-high-roller-event-tonight-on-pce-3531/ Is it just me or does everything you hear about dusk till dawn just make it seem better than it already is? Maybe I'm bias, but I think that whilst it's around UK poker players should appreciate what a truly great poker venue they have at their disposal. Anyway, I was ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/even-more-value-at-dusk-till-dawn-3527/ Black Belt Poker, the poker site which tries to offer more than your average card room has come up with another appealing offer for there clientele. The Black Belt Boot camp which is scheduled to run May 8th-9th 2010 11am-7pm will not only offer the chance to learn from top ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/win-a-trip-to-vegas-with-black-belt-and-bluff-europe-3524/ Like most of the poker world, we were saddened to see the loss of one of the genuine poker 'characters' in Mr Amir Vahedi last week. If you can't quite place Vahedi, he's the Iranian fella with the big cigar that made the 2003 WSOP ME table entertaining to watch. Interestingly ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/rip-amir-3518/ Its has been revealed in a leaked report from the Department of Culture Media and Sport that the UK government will be looking to target online gaming providers who target UK residents. The report which is a response to a government wide search for way’s to increase money from taxation ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/poker-room%e2%80%99s-on-alert-as-uk-government-looking-for-dough-3512/ This week in my local game, I coined the phrase 'Poker Tourettes' much to the amusement of my friends and opponents, Wilko and Tourist. This isn't intended as a cheap gag at those that suffer with the terrible affliction (even though I can't resist laughing at times), it's just the ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/poker-tourettes-3499/ The next stop on the Masters of Poker tour is sunny Gran Canaria which if like me you’ve been arse deep in snow for the last five day’s, well then the thought of jetting of to the Canary islands for the €1,000+€100 buy-in main event that takes place from Jan. ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/online-qualifiers-for-european-masters-gran-canaria-3496/ With the field anticipated to break all sorts of non-US field size records after a day 1A entrance of 669 players, UK player and Pokerstars qualifier, Wayne Bentley, is head and shoulders above the rest of the field with a stack size of 329,500 chips from his starting stack of ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/uk-poker-player-tops-early-chip-count-in-pca-3492/ Popular online poker room paddypowerpoker.com have announced that they will be running a series of $10 rebuy Irish Open Super Sat's every Monday evening starting at 8pm UK time. The tournaments will start Monday, January 11th and winner swill move on to the Super Satellite stage which will guaranteed at ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/win-your-way-to-the-irish-open-for-10-3489/ So as my last piece explained we were having a cracking day out at the DTD 20/20 in December in which I played pretty terribly but managed to consume plenty of ale and a lovely burger whilst my travel companions managed to consume even more lager and cash for over four grand. I ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dtd-2020-weekend-part-deux-3483/ Me and my mates usually have a little poker road trip over the festive period. When we weighed up our options there was only one serious choice, the DTD 20/20 on 27th/28th December. The Sunday game saw the poker room at capacity with alternates in play and a £8.5k first prize. We opted ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dtd-2020-weekend-3475/ Online poker professional Dusty ‘LeatherAss’ Schmidt has again proven there’s more to the online poker scene than a bunch of blokes trying to make a few quid. Dusty who is a renowned twoplustwo poster and has written a book about poker available here, spent 30 hours, most of it out doors ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/leatherass-but-heart-of-gold-3472/ Tony ‘G’ has revealed in his latest blog posting that not only does he know for 100% certainty who the near mythical ‘Isilidur’ account belongs to, but he is also now close to securing a staking deal with the online phenom who is widely believed to be Swedish player Viktor ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/is-isiludr1-set-to-become-a-g-man-3468/ One of my favourite blogs is located here, the two contributors are Travis "The Dirrty" Rose and Lorin Yelle. The reason I enjoy this blog so much is because it’s fantastically well written and offers some very thought provoking ideas in digestible chunks, I promise a look back through this ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/why-do-people-hate-short-stackers-so-much-3465/ I’m not sure if this is anything or just a sign of the changing times in poker we have seen over the past few years with the death of the weak/passive players that used to frequent online and live poker. This morning I decided to play a little bit of ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/sign-of-the-times-3462/ So what do you get a man for Christmas who has everything .......... A Divorce? Seriously though, who gives a fig? But as other sites seem to be reporting on Phil Ivey's marriage break up, I suppose we can use this news in the gossip section :) What is more interesting to ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/iveys-xmas-3459/ I really like the BBC2 sketch show ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look’, a particular favourite skit is ‘Number Wang’ where contestants take part in a quiz show with totally impenetrable rules and where the quiz master just keeps throwing numbers at them. This reminds me when I first started playing poker ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/numberwang-3453/ Habits are like warm beds, easy to fall into and bloody hard to get out of, especially when you have to get up to go to work(Sorry,  back to the office tomorrow and its on my mind!). I have recently been struggling a bit with my game, a lot of ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/dangerous-habits-3447/ After the Monte Carlo Event and side events taking up the third weekend in December, the 20/20 event at DTD started today with the second event tomorrow (Bank Holiday Monday). Just to remind you all what the 20/20 weekend is all about; It is a £100 one day event 10,000 ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/2020-with-bells-3441/ After our recent report on Chris 'Moorman1' Moorman's recent continued run of form, it appears that Cardplayer have recognised this UK star's achievements and currently have him in fourth place in their Online Player Of the Year rankings. After a great year which saw the young Brit taken on as the ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/moorman-fourth-in-opoy-rankings-3442/ Come on then ..... who's got what? MP3 players, Chip Guards, Sunglasses (in winter), iPod's/iphones, Chip Sets, Tables, Apparel ....... what was in your stocking? Review your gifts in the comment box in the bottom, personally I had nothing (thank you, I have a life now) but I do own an iphone ... http://www.ukpokerinfo.co.uk/poker-related-gifts-3438/