January 2009

  • January 2009
  • Cover Story: Dario and Luca – Bluff catches up with two Italian Stallions
    PKR Live 2008 – Check out PKR.com’s new live festival
    2008 – A Look at the best bits from last year
    EPT Warsaw – Bartley is out man in Poland
    Thrills
    The Beat – With Neil “Bad Beat” Channing
    Newswire – Rolling poker news from around the globe
    Our Kelly – Derek Kelly reports from the Irish scene
    Wicked Chops Poker – Irreverent poker backchat
    Being Phil Laak – Random thoughts from the Unabomber
    Dr Tom’s Poker Infirmary – Is your poker game sick?
    Nick’s Column – Nick Wealthall joins the Bluff team and experiences immediate bad karma
    PRO-spective
    Grassroots – Supporting poker in the community
    Lucky 18.com breaks out! Check out our favourite online casino
    Financial Betting – Spread your bets, people!
    Jurisdictions – Why they matter
    Caribbean Poker Cruise – Shelly Rubenstein sets sail with Cryptologic
    Virtual Felt
    Online Report – All the latest from PokerVerdict.com
    Pickleman – Ever wondered how many poker players are losers? Pickleman has
    Vivek Rajkumar – How to be unexploitable
    Sit-n-go – With David “Raptor” Benefield
    Poker Lab – Bluff tests online poker networks
    Wisdom
    Mike Caro – The Mad Genius gets on his soapbox
    Lee Jones – Why position is everything
    Action Jackson – Paul visits the Belgian Poker Tour
    Rizen – Training a November Niner
    Jeff Madsen – Boy Wonder crunches some numbers
    Navarro – Bluff and double-bluff
    Rick Theobold – The ins and outs of bankroll management

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While perusing the shiny new Bluff Europe Forum last week, I came across a quote that got me thinking about one of the common misconceptions in poker. The quote, admittedly a throwaway comment, was that 99% of poker players are losers overall. Whether or not anyone really believes the figure is that high, it reminded me that most people vastly overestimate the percentage.

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Dear Dr Tom,

I’m on the bubble in a live a tournament and I’m one of the chip leaders with a stack of about 190k. It’s late and we’re playing down to the money – the rest of us will come back tomorrow to play for the title.

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Vespa bikes, leather jackets and cool looks... Bluff Europe meets up with two Italians keen to take on the world. Ladies and gentlemen, let us introduce you to Dario and Luca.