August 2012

  • August 2012
  • Features
    32 Cover Story: Antonio Esfandiari – The 18,346,673-Dollar Man
    36 The London Poker Festival – This September is all about poker
    42 World Series Highlights – All the best bits
    52 A Brit and a Bracelet – Craig McCorkell represents
    56 How the Brits do Vegas – Invaluable advice for the Vegas Virgin
    Buzz
    12 Newswire – Rolling poker news from around the globe
    16 The Beat – With Neil “Bad Beat” Channing
    18 Big Deal – Nick Wealthall lowers his expectations
    20 Being Phil Laak – Random musings from the Unabomber
    22 Cashing Out – What to do when chips become money
    24 Virtual Felt – Snoopy meets Jamie Burland
    28 Bluff European Rankings – Who’s hot and who’s not and whatnot
    40 Raw Power – Nicky Power Reports from the Irish poker scene
    46 De-Jen – Jen Tilly is back in Vegas
    49 Ogmore Poker Tour – Representing the Valleys at the WSOP
    62 Road Gambler – Johnny Hughes on Wyatt Earp
    64 EPO – The English Poker Open is back!
    66 Partouche Poker Tour – Brace yourself for a €50m Main Event
    Academy
    68 Pickleman – Alex Rousso spots a worrying trend in tournament poker
    70 Action Jackson – Flairy adventures at the GPS Edinburgh
    74 Ben Jackson – Hand analysis with Jackson Junior
    76 The Wrap – Jeff Kimber on the demise of PLHE
    78 PLO Quick Pro – Bluffing with blockers
    80 The Maven – Exploiting weakness during endgame
    82 Alex Fitzgerald – How to be a Moneymaker
    87 Live Scene – Poker games near you!
    96 Card Gang – Check out our latest freeroll

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By Ben Jackson
In general, if I have a hand that is just a bluff-catcher, I try to keep the pot as small as possible by checking back on either the flop or turn to bluff-catch the river. So the action usually goes bet-check-call or check-call-call, and most the time you are in a spot where you beat no value hands so you need to work out whether your opponent is bluffing or not on the river. There are two hands I recently played which are interesting and illustrate the principle.

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Meet Craig McCorkell, the only Brit to pick up any bling in Vegas this year. We’re chuffed because we highlighted him as one to watch out for in our WSOP preview. And he was wearing one of our patches!