April 2010

  • April 2010
  • Features:
    26 There’s an app for that: Poker on your iPhone
    32 EPT Berlin: Stephen Bartley reports from the scene of the crime
    34 Roland De Wolfe: Roland talks candidly about the trials of pro poker
    52 The truth about Nick the Greek and Johnny Moss: Johnny Hughes has the answers
    Thrills
    10 Snapshot: The Party Poker Premier League
    12 B.E.S.T.: Check out the Bluff Europe Super Tour Rankings
    14 The Beat: With Neil “Bad Beat” Channing
    16 Newswire: Rolling poker news from around the globe
    20 Wicked Chops Poker: The Who Would Have Thunk It column
    22 Nick’s Column: Welcome to Dad Central
    23 Dr Tom’s Poker Infirmary: Is your game sick?
    24 Phil Laak: Losing money…
    30 Raw Power: Nicky Power reports from the Irish scene
    42 UKIPT Manchester: The editor’s trip report
    50 Matt Perry: Is poker taking over your life?
    58 J. Tilly: Jennifer check in to the Commerce
    60 JJ Hazan: At the Paradise Poker Tour
    Virtual Felt
    62 Online Report: Snoopy talks to Jake Cody
    66 Trendspotting: Examining “player shapes” with PokerTableRatings.com
    68 Poker VT: With Jason “JCarver” Somerville
    Wisdom
    70 Caro: Poker tells to believe in
    72 Action Jackson: The trouble with tournaments…
    74 Pickleman: Deconstructing tournament structures
    78 The Unibet Open: Looks like they’re going to need a bigger boat
    80 Bonomo: Bounty Madness turns maths on its head
    82 Jason Mercier: Tips from the Player of the Year
    84 Paul Zimbler: Calling light (when maybe you should raise)
    85 Table Games: Dr Les meets the Venusian Mole People
    90 Grassroots: Supporting poker in the community
    96 Card Gang: The best value tournaments and freerolls around

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“I’m not sure readers will get the association,” says Roland de Wolfe, pointing at the enormous stuffed wolf we hired for his photo shoot. “Not that I know anything about journalism,” quips the former poker journalist.

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Over the past few years, live tournament structures have definitely got better. However, it’s not always obvious what the benefits are.

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By Johnny Hughes


In 1949, Nicholas "Nick the Greek" Dandolos (often spelled Dandolas) had his worst poker year ever. It was to haunt him for life and lead to one murder.

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As a recreational pursuit, tournament poker is a great option. For the professional player; however, only a deluded mug would see tournament play as a primary source income, using their own money at least. 

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Dear Dr Tom,


Say I 3-bet with A-K or A-Q, get called and completely miss the flop. It’s checked to me. Should I always c-bet?


Thanks,
Phill, Waterford