08 March 2010

» “The Pants Principle”

There is an unfortunate dilemma that afflicts all UK casinos when setting rules for poker games – they have to prevent the vagabonds and scumbags from taking advantage, at the expense of other players.

03 February 2010

» Decisions…

When most people play a session of poker, they tend to view that session in terms of how “well” they’ve done, which means how much money they’ve won. They’ve been in a couple of big flips, won all of them, and they think they’ve played well, despite running way above expectation.

12 January 2010

» Who the f$$k is Isildur1?

Towards the end of October, a mysterious entity known as “Isildur1” ambushed the Full Tilt tables and sent shockwaves through the online poker community. Within the space of a few days, he was playing some of the biggest names at the highest stakes available, often seated with the max and playing up to eight tables simultaneously.

15 October 2009

» Blogging the WSOPE final table

I would like to recite from my fuzzy memory – It all began at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square London where, fresh-faced and organised, I rocked up to the Press Room on the opening day to begin coverage of the World Series of Poker Europe.

27 August 2009

» Warming up for the WCOOP

The PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker commences next week and oooooooh isn’t it exciting! Yes, after the FTOPS managed to attract mammoth fields - generating hundreds and thousands of dollars for each event’s prizepool - the WCOOP is looking to follow suit and also smash their own guarantee of over $40 million.

05 August 2009

» Let the Games begin...

The FTOPS begin tonight and many of the online poker community will be logging on to Full Tilt to play in Event #1 $200+16 Super Stack with a massive $1 Million guaranteed. However playing all these events could be exhausting not to mention a tad expensive...

17 July 2009

» There will be blood!

Greetings fine warriors of the e-Age! On this day I shall spill my heart out to Bluff Europe readers and in turn, when the crunch time arrives, there will be blood.

17 June 2009

» The WSOP has arrived and so have I

Combine the sweltering heat, the sticky keyboards and the constant trips to the water cooler, not to mention the consistent murmur of poker whatnot and the merry cash games in the boss’ absence, and you should get a rough picture of what the Bluff Europe office is like in the months of June and July.

03 April 2009

» 0.333333 reoccurring cents per hour

I always get excited when I hear of the imminent launch of some really interesting new poker product. This is not because I’m inspired by the creativity and tireless endeavour of the innovators within this industry, although I am... sometimes.

01 January 2009

» 2008: What The Year Meant To Poker

One of the reasons why I personally like New Year so much more than Christmas is the way in which all good publications issue lists of the defining moments of the year before. It’s handy for those of us who have been working too damned hard or just too damned busy couped up in an online poker room. So what did 2008 mean to poker?