December 2013

  • December 2013
  • Winter may have arrived but we've got plenty to warm cockles this month. We catch up with Daniel Negreanu, look at the thorny issue of bum hunting and spend time with Jake Cody. Jeff Kimber will teach you some fake tells and James 'SplitSuit' Sweeney explains why a HUD isn't as useful as you think it is. Plus all the usual news, comment and strategy from the world of poker.

    Read the full interview with Daniel Negreanu here.

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Eve Goodman rounds up the Manx action.

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Benny Binion, father of the WSOP, was a man of many contradictions: wise but illiterate, a marketing genius who always told the truth. Generous to his friends, hospitable to his customers and dangerous to his enemies, Johnny Hughes remembers Binion through his own words.

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By Adrienne ‘talonchick’ Rowsome.

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Andre Coimbra on turning $100 into $100,000.

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Meet “True Irishballer”, a man who has been causing quite a stink on Twitter recently. Angry, opinionated and burning with righteous conviction, it’s time to give Baller his own column. His opinions are his own…

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Why Europe must open its borders to poker players.

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Says Nick Wealthall

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We chat with triple crown winner.

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Strong poker players have always preyed on the weak. So why, then, is accusing someone of bum-hunting such a grievous insult, and how is it different from practicing good game selection? Eve Goodman investigates.

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Neil Channing on Newcastle live, UKIPT and the Hall of Fame.

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With recent talk of whether banning tracking software would be good for online poker, James “SplitSuit” Sweeney leaps to the defence of the HUD, arguing that the edge it affords is overstated and misunderstood.

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The Rendez Vous à Paris, a stellar few weeks of poker at the ACF, culminated in the WPT Grand Prix de Paris last month. “Mad” Marvin Rettenmaier relates his adventures.

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Aspers Stratford is two-years-old this month. John Scanlon, Head of Poker at Aspers, reflects on the challenges of building a burgeoning poker community in the East End.

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Alex Rousso on a new format.

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Adam Goulding snoops around the world of online poker.

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It's not as simple as just doing the opposite of what you did last time says Jeff Kimber.

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You know, some people pretty much interview themselves.