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Scotsmen, Chinese Food, & Flush Draws

 So the European Tour (poker variety) has reached sunny Barcelona. It’s 8pm one balmy evening in late May and an assortment of the UK’s finest poker players are trotting across the Harbour to the Marina top floor Chinese Restaurant (well, there’s a limit to how much fish you can eat in one week). 

Falling Between Two Stools

When I played poker as a pastime I would dabble in both tournaments and cash games, particularly live. I would bust out of a tournament and ten minutes later you would find me sitting in a Hold Em or Dealers Choice cash game, carrying on where I thought I had left off. I didn’t think any more of it, a game was a game and that was that.

Mental Warfare

 Online poker can be the most mentally tiring game known to man, not only because of the thought process involved in decision making, but also as a result of the inevitable highs and lows the fluctuations can have on your emotional state. At times, it really is a case of mental warfare, and those who remain consistently disciplined during this...

Barcelona World Heads Up

  It’s been a while since I updated the blog, so I thought I’d better make the effort. I’m not running too well at the moment, so to be honest it’s a chore to sound cheerful.  

It's Nice To Be In Control

 In my twenties I lost fortunes gambling. It took a while before I sought help, via both psychotherapy and from group meetings at places like Gambler’s Anonymous to discover some of the deep rooted sources that lay behind the addiction that I had developed. Really they are too private for mentioning here, although a few close blondeites ...

An Apology

 I have a confession to make. Last week at Blackpool, Jen and I were 30 minutes late for Day 2 of The Blackpool Championship, and, whilst tikay did his best to entertain the crowd, a skill that he is yet to master (ducks), it was clear to all that your blonde team were substituting the work ethic of updating for the sheer joy of the Big Dipper...

Third Time Lucky?

  I am just overwhelmed at the moment with the recent poker opportunities I have been given. Having failed in my first ever TV poker event at the Ladies' UK Open, I was given a second chance at the Ladbrokes Ladies' competition a few weeks ago at Riverside studios. I feel I played well but busted out a disappointing 18th after losing a big pot...

A Tribute To Siddy - Part 2

 I stood up somewhat sheepishly and approached the giant with caution. Thankfully, he did not turn to face me, he just carried on talking in a soft, pleasant voice. “Si di young un, tha can elp me to peg t’ nets out if tha wants. That’s a grand dog tha’s got there, I bet he’s a middlin ‘unter.”  P...

It's A Funny Old Game...

 So there I am, bemoaning my luck and generally considering radically altering my game when suddenly it all clicks…splitting the £50 rebuy at Luton last Wednesday, winning the £20 rebuy outright last Thursday, fifth in the £100 rebuy at the first Triple Bill event on the Friday and second in the P4C at the Western on S...

Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks

 Well, the big day arrived, my PNL (Poker Night Live) debut beckoned, and I was unusually nervous about it. I mean, 4 hours is enough time for folks to find out just how much (=little) I really know about poker, and it's hard to 'hide' for 4 hours. Worse, my presenter, in this case Tom Sambrook, knows his onions, so, unlike dear old Jonny Goul...