Last night we had the first ever Exponetic poker evening. In attendance were (in clockwise order as we were sat around the table): Me Lucja Wszola Chris Sainsbury James Bebbington Nick Grimshaw Ben Isaacs This was the practice hand and it’s difficult to tell from this shot whether James is bluffing or not: Chris was …
The first ever Exponetic Poker Night is coming up on Friday so in preparation I have so far done the following: Bought some poker chips Watched the Cincinatti Kid Played my first game for months on Party Poker Taunted the opposition I think that’s all the preparation that’s necessary and I’m sure exactly the way …
Darren’s blogged the poker night at Steve’s place. There are some good photos in here: Poker night at Steve’s
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We played poker last night, as you can see from this photo which I shall use if ever I join the national rifle association in the states. Coming soon: Shooting some commies.
888, which owns Pacific Poker, is planning to float on the stock market, probably following the succes that Party Poker’s owners (Partygaming) have had. They’ve set a price which values the company at between £546.1m and £714.6m, although there are rumours that it’s cut its valuation following Partygaming’s profit warning. For anyone looking to invest …
I’ve just finished Dan Harrington’s book on Texas Hold ’em, called “Harrington on Hold ’em”. It’s actually the first poker book I’ve read, although I’ve been playing almost entirely online for a few months now. For anyone who doesn’t know, Dan Harrington is a very succesful poker player with a reputation for very tight, solid …
Writing Trying out PartyPoker.com I wasn’t too happy with the interface and a few other things about the way the game plays there A day or two later writing In defence of PartyPoker.com I felt a bit better towards it. Now, after only a few days of playing there, I’m starting to think that I’ll …
Yesterday I tried out Party Poker, and honestly didn’t take to it as much as I have Pacific Poker. (My initial experiences are here.) Playing for longer last night I did notice some improvements, though. (Note that my experiences may be coloured by winning a 54 person satellite to get to a Poker Den satellite.) …
I’ve been playing on Pacific Poker for a while now but, spurred on by a visit to the Poker Den today I thought I might see about trying to win myself entry to that. It looks a slightly bizarre tournament, to be honest, but does have the advantage of being less than 5 minutes walk …