August 2011
Interview - Liv BoereeWe caught up with Liv in Las Vegas to talk about the WSOP, the state of British poker, the highs and lows of being a professional player and the phenomenon that is ElkY.
Viktor Blom - Isildur1Towards the end of October 2009, a mysterious force of nature known as Isildur1 ambushed the high stakes tables at Full Tilt, scattering the regs in his wake. His target seemed to be durrrr whom he proceeded to demolish in a matter of days, taking $5 million from the then undisputed king of heads up NLH and leaving the online poker community in shock. Isildur1’s style was hyper-aggressive.
July 2011
Interview: Jose ‘Girah’ MacedoThe man, the myth, the legend – the “Portuguese Poker Prodigy” is real, and his name is José Macedo! Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding catches up with one of poker's rising stars.
The Brit PackJesse May meets Jake Cody and Matt Perrins and spends some time on “The Pokerfarm”, the support network at the centre of British WSOP glory.
June 2011
Interview: Dusty ‘Leatherass’ SchmidtWith over 10 million hands in the bag, who better to talk to about Black Friday than one of history’s most successful online poker players?
Irish Open Champion Niall SmythLocal player Niall Smyth pulled a double whammy by not only winning the paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open for €550,000 but also being the paddypowerpoker.com Sole Survivor and netting an extra €100,000 from the bookies-slash-poker room. We caught up with the champ to find out how he did it.
Moorman1In 2009 Chris Moorman had the poker world at his fingertips. Playing up to sixteen tables at once, this prolific tournament grinder consistently topped the PocketFives rankings while routinely crushing the biggest tournaments on the internet. But then, last year his online results seemed to dry up. Had he been left behind by the changing face of the game? Had the King of Online Poker lost his mojo? Jeff Kimber finds the demise of Chris Moorman to be somewhat exaggerated.
May 2011
The Empire Strikes BackNothing divides poker player opinion like a bad beat jackpot, but love ’em or hate ’em, they’re going off like crazy down at the Empire, where the third has now been paid out in as many months. Casino Manager at the Empire Colin Hunt responds to the message board critics.
Interview with poker mind coach Jared TendlerHaving the right mindest is crucial to becoming successful in poker but is often overlooked by many players. We talk to top mental coach Jared Tendler whose new book, The Mental Game of Poker, will point you in the right direction.
Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott"The old mafia look? I put the TV on one day and everybody looked like me. They all had the shades and the suits on. And apart from that, my young girlfriend decided that I looked better with my hair like this."
Devilfish on his new look.