Punters gonna punt, and punters come in all shapes and level of IQ and financial wealth. This is not an accusation of stupidity. Of the people who dismiss all learning of previous humans, a very tiny percentage absolutely do change the world. Life is a matter of faith and some punters are not followers the church of maths and statistics.
The news about Kassouf has really upset me. I wrote this a couple of years ago about how I think he’s a massive twat, but I am still shocked to hear that he robbed off a mate. I’m really confused... Continue Reading →
I’m very sure this is going to be one of those blogs where I weigh in on something I don’t understand because I don’t play poker at a level where chops I’m involved in have any real value. No lives... Continue Reading →
Another week, another high-profile angle-shoot. My therapist has just helped me get over the audacity of Alec Torelli’s video regarding his “not an angle-shoot” angle-shoot on PNIA, and now I have to deal with an angle-shoot incident from British poker... Continue Reading →
This blog was inspired by this video, Selbst v Baumann in the WSOP ME. It’s a good hand if you haven’t seen it already: https://youtu.be/Dd_VJ6l29-k I advocate studying poker, if you want to make a profit, or even just... Continue Reading →
I stumbled across a conversation on Twitter this week about a player selling action in a large comp. From what I could understand, it was a $5k buyin live tournament, and the player in question was a serious and winning... Continue Reading →
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 →
If you’ve been playing online poker for a while, or reading the various poker forums, you will be familiar with the concept of the “Cash-Out Curse”. If you aren’t, it’s fairly self-explanatory, but I’ll explain it anyway to pad out... Continue Reading →
A good part of my normal micro-tournament schedule is made up of Progressive Knockout tournaments (PKOs). If you don’t know what they are, they’re a crazy form of bounty tournament where a percentage of the buyin is attached to each... Continue Reading →
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