COLUMNISTS

March 2013

PerceptionPerception

By Nick Wealthall


It’s hard to get to the truth. Often, perception is everything, rendering the truth of the matter irrelevant. I was reminded of this recently when my social media timelines filled up with praise for the footballer and pants model David Beckham.

A New Method of Cheating A New Method of Cheating

By Johnny Hughes


In Austin, Texas, a cheater took many thousands of dollars from several of the underground games with a new way to cheat.

Corbett Confidential Corbett Confidential

Gossip from our mystery man at the heart of Irish poker . Well, actually it's just Ciaran Corbett with his eyes blocked out, but hey...

Raw Power Raw Power

Nicky Power reports from the Irish poker scene

Virtual Felt Virtual Felt

Adam "Snoopy" Goulding snoops around the world of online poker

The Beat The Beat

Neil "Bad Beat" Channing surveys the affairs of the gambling classes

February 2013

The BeatThe Beat

Neil "Bad Beat" Channing surveys the affairs of the gambling classes

Dick-swinging with Nick Wealthall Dick-swinging with Nick Wealthall

This is a column about dicks. It’s about literal dicks, metaphorical dicks, dick-swinging and the dicks who swing them.

Benjamin “Ben” Thompson: The Old West’s Deadliest Gunfighter was an Englishman, Part 3 Benjamin “Ben” Thompson: The Old West’s Deadliest Gunfighter was an Englishman, Part 3

By Johnny Hughes.


In 1880, at the urging of many, Ben Thompson ran for Austin’s city marshal. The Austin Statesman endorsed him, saying, “He is well and favorably known to everyone in the city, and is in every way worthy of the confidence and support of the people.”

January 2013

Wealthall: ElectionWealthall: Election

Nick Wealthall spells "poker"