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Dickhead Dealers: An Insult To Poker

Last week I wrote a post having a pop at certain types of players that drive dealers nuts, but sometimes the dealers get out of line and piss players off, so this week I’m going to turn my rude and... Continue Reading →

Don’t Hate The Game: Hate The Player

I did a brief interview with The Welsh Paxman of Poker, Lee Davy, this week and he asked me if I thought that Poker Dealers got treated well at the table. (Read that interview on CalvinAyre.com here.) The short answer... Continue Reading →

Chatbox Chumps: A Total Pain In The Poker?

I was playing a $5 online tourney the other day, it was the last four tables from around 1000 players, and the game was, predictably, intensifying. The top prize was about $1500, which is a large bankroll injection for anyone... Continue Reading →

Poker Culture: A Spiral Of Silence?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog slagging off DTD. I went there, and felt like they didn't have a product designed for me, like I didn't really belong there as a micro-stakes player, and I had a... Continue Reading →

The Name’s Bond, Social Bond.

"Did I play poker last night with an evil-genius?"

The Imperceptible Check

"I have dealt tables, usually finals, where everybody knows what they're doing, and nobody's trying to look 'cool', they just state their action, and the game moves quickly."

Phil Ivey: Cheat Or Genius?

Let's count the ways casino operators hate Phil Ivey... no, can't do it, there's just too many of them! Embedded in 60minutes of waffle about meathead American Foozball players, there's an extended biographical interview with Ivey where he is very... Continue Reading →

Online Poker Cheating Documentary

A documentary about the Ultimate Bet/Absolute "super-user" scandal. Scary stuff for online players, and very hard to defend against to exclusive live players who like to say the online game is "fixed" because they can't keep up. It won't stop... Continue Reading →

Can’t Care. Won’t Care! Is That Fair?

"There was a sense of shock when she left the table. The Re-Raiser was apologising profusely. I don’t think one player there thought he had made anything but a genuine mistake, his integrity was not in question at all. The soundness of the ruling came under serious fire."

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