October 2012

  • October 2012
  • 36 Summer of Sam – It must be nice being Sam Trickett
    32 London’s Best Poker Pubs – Bluff does extensive research
    42 The British Poker Awards – A celebration of UK poker
    64 EPT Barcelona – Stephen Bartley reports
    Buzz
    8 Snapshot – The Partouche Poker Tour
    10 Newswire – Rolling poker news from round the globe
    14 The Beat – With Neil “Bad Beat” Channing
    16 Big Deal – Nick Wealthall is back on the scene
    18 Being Phil Laak – Burning Man 2012

    20 Cashing Out – What to do when chips become money
    22 Virtual Felt – Snoopy meets Sam Grafton
    26 Bluff European Rankings – Who’s hot and who’s not and whatnot
    46 The Irish Poker Awards – Voting is live!
    48 Raw Power – Nicky and Ciaran on the Irish poker scene
    52 Ogmore Poker Tour – Surreal banter at the tables
    54 De-Jen – Jennifer hits the Vic
    56 Road Gambler – Why cheating is exaggerated in poker history
    58 Laydown and die – Bluff searches for the world’s greatest laydown
    62 Local Heroes – Supporting poker in the community
    68 Dr Pauly – The continuing adventures of Dr Pauly Maguire
    Poker Academy
    70 Mike Caro – World of advice from a Mad Genius
    72 Pickleman – How much rake do you pay?

    74 The Wrap – Jeff Kimber on the evolution of the game
    76 PLO Quick Pro – C-bet sizing
    78 Action Jack – Paul Jackson on the art of the rubdown
    80 Hand Analysis – Ben Jackson figures out what he can beat
    82 The Maven – David Chicotsky on chronic limpers
    84 Cardrunners – Stop panicking and improve your decision making
    86 Lee Jones – Learn to play deepstack
    88 Live Scene – Poker games near you!
    96 Card Gang – Check out our latest freeroll

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In mid-September and in the aftermath of the sale of Full Tilt Poker to PokerStars, Howard Lederer surprised the poker community by finally breaking his silence and requesting an interview with PokerNews.com.

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It’s finally happened. After a year and a half of chaos, the players have been repaid and, on 6th November, will be able to log on to FullTiltPoker.com, access their funds and play poker. No one is champing harder at the bit than the world’s foremost action junkie Gus Hansen. He even gets his funny little avatar back.

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By Alex 'Pickleman' Rousso.


The rake for online cash games is usually capped at a certain amount – for most sites it’s $3 (or €3, etc.)*. This means that the higher you go up the stakes, the less rake you pay in relation to the big blind. In turn, this means the price of playing in terms of big blinds (BBs) goes up as you go down the levels.

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When facing an all-in or river bet, your opponent is either bluffing or value-betting, so your first step is to work out whether he can be bluffing says Ben Jackson. If the answer is no, then you have to work out whether there are any hands he is betting for value that you can beat.

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By Paul Jackson
I thought this month I would compose a compilation of rub downs that might amuse you or even inspire you to opt for a rub down of your own should the situation require it. Obviously, a rub down can be given by accident or, if deliberate, it can be just a bit of fun with someone you know will take it in a light-hearted manner. It can also be a deliberate act to put down someone for whom you have a lack of respect.