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Opinion Pages

Controversial, edgy, opinionated or just general news. You will find it all here in our opinion pieces but our selected poker journalists.

Don’t get yourself killed, you’re no Duhamel

Don’t get yourself killed, you’re no ...

Feb. 20, 2012, rick.dacey

Most pro poker players have a skewwhiff sense of everyday money. While this is an essential quality if you're going to regularly take part in $10,000 crapshoots and bluff-catch in high stakes cash games, this carefree attitude can backfire and, quite frankly, I'm surprised that it doesn't more often. While ...

Are Poker Players Homophobic?

Are Poker Players Homophobic?

Feb. 16, 2012, Rob.King

This week, Jason Somerville took probably one of the hardest decisions in his poker career. He came out as being a Gay man. That makes him, to my knowledge, only the 2nd openly homosexual professional poker player, standing beside Vanessa Selbst. You can read his excellent blog post here. While ...

Whos Is the Best Poker Player?

Whos Is the Best Poker Player?

Feb. 7, 2012, Jeff.Kimber

Who is the best poker player in the world? It’s one of those questions that everyone has an opinion on, few people agree and there’s no satisfactory way of quantifying it. Despite that, various institutions award a ‘player of the year’ award worked out in their own way, and recently ...

WPT Downhill?

WPT Downhill?

Feb. 5, 2012, Jeff.Kimber

The World Poker Tour rolls into Venice this week, less than two months after it last landed in the north-east Italian city. The WPT Venice Grand Prix is the second stop of 2012 after WPT Dublin, but is actually the 15th of 23 stops for the WPT, taking in North ...

General Poker News

Poker news straight from the cow's mouth.

Monday news briefing

Monday news briefing

Feb. 20, 2012, Pokerfarm

iPoker splits in half It seems as though one of the biggest poker networks is going for decentralization of their player pool. According to an article posted last week on Pokerfuse, the iPoker network is on the verge of splitting their action across the board. The biggest and most profitable ...

Antonius Joins The Premier League

Antonius Joins The Premier League

Feb. 17, 2012, Pokerfarm

Patrik Antonius joins the Premier League And when we say Premier League, we’re not thinking about football. The Party Poker Premier League line-up is richer for one of the most recognized names in the poker world. Antonius will be joining the other 15 title candidates in Vienna on April 4th ...

$3000 added in Titan Tournaments

$3000 added in Titan Tournaments

Feb. 15, 2012, Pokerfarm

Titan Poker are hosting a variety of exclusive tournaments for Pokerfarm players with over $350 added in small buy in tournaments every week this month, culminating in a massive $1500 freeroll in March. What's more, players can play all these tournaments completely free if they take advantage of the exclusive ...

Premiers League Seats Up For Grabs

Premiers League Seats Up For Grabs

Feb. 12, 2012, Pokerfarm

Join the all-star cast of Premier League Poker — for free! Starts: 00:00 ET, 6th February, 2012 Ends: 23:59 ET, 18th March, 2012 PartyPoker is giving away nine seats to its flagship Premier League poker event. Starting this week and running all the way until March 18, PartyPoker will run ...

Talking Hands

Macau Cash Game - Sam Trickett

Jan. 4, 2012, Hand played by Pokerfarm

Macau Cash Game - Sam Trickett
Sam is used to playing in some of the biggest poker games in the world but it doesnt mean you dont need to hold your nerve to pull off a bluff like this. This was the biggest bluff of Sam Tricketts Career to date, and could well be the biggest one...

Matt Giannetti Final Table WSOP

Nov. 29, 2011, Hand played by Pokerfarm

Matt Giannetti Final Table WSOP
Matt Gianetti talks about the hand that he feels was the most crucial for him at the 2011 WSOP November Nine Final Table between himself and Pius Heinz.

$200k Guaranteed Ongame Tournament

Nov. 1, 2011, Hand played by John_Hewitt

$200k Guaranteed Ongame Tournament
John Hewitt, playing here as "speculator", discusses a hand from a recent online tournament which propells him into one of the chip leaders. Find out what factors prompted his play.

WSOPE Calling All Streets

Nov. 1, 2011, Hand played by MartinsAdeniya

WSOPE Calling All Streets
Martins Adeniya, fresh off a final table in EPT London, played this hand on WSOPE Day 1 against Will The Thrill Failla.