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6th of November

marius@thehendonmob.com (Poker News Round-up by Adam Noone) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:56 GMT

The World Poker Tour is all set for a change of ownership after shareholders this week voted to approve the sale of most of WPT Enterprise’s assets to PartyGaming subsidiary Peerless Media. It’s been an action packed few weeks for investors and management of WPTE, which not so long ago could do nothing right. After repeatedly posting big financial losses, losing its broadcasting slot on the Travel Channel and closing its online poker room it seemed as though WPTE was in big...

Get Automatic Updates from the Mob Database

marius@thehendonmob.com (the Mob) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:19:24 GMT

You can now get automatic notifications when player profiles are changed in the Mob Database, and when results or new tournaments are added. Like every other service we offer, this is entirely free of course.
Subscribe to your own profile and any other players you wish to follow; if results or pictures are a...

Inflation Adjusted All Time Money List

marius@thehendonmob.com (Simon Galloway) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:58:10 GMT

Every sport has thrown up largely unanswerable comparisons between legends of different generations. How would Nicklaus do against Woods if they could play together in their prime, with the same technology available? How would Joe Louis or Mohammed Ali fare against Mike Tyson? There will always be split views, but the general consensus lies with the modern day sportsperson having the advantage, taking athletic performance, technical understanding and everything into consideration. This is...

Guardian Series: The Full Tilt Late Night Poker final begins

marius@thehendonmob.com (Vicky Coren) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:26:42 GMT

What's this?

Victoria Coren
It's quite fun, this Guardian experiment. They're having a games slot every day - bridge, chess, that sort of thing - and I'm doing the poker one. It's aimed at the fairly new player, who might have watched a bit of poker on TV and just started playing with their friends and wants a few tips. So for the moment in the column I'm generally advocating caution and covering basics -...

It's back! Mob Forum League VI Starts 17th November

marius@thehendonmob.com (the Mob) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:31:38 GMT

The sixth Mob forum league will kick off Tuesday 17th November with $16,000 in World Series prizes added (4 x $4000 packages for the 2010 WSOP) plus thousands of dollars worth of added bounty prizes.
Those of you who've played before will know the score. Full Tilt Poker every Tuesday at 8pm UK Time (3pm by the Full Tilt ET clock). You'll find the tournament under the private tab in the tourament...

Omaha Hi/Lo Strategies by Perry Friedman

marius@thehendonmob.com (Tips From the Full Tilt Pros) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:56:19 GMT

The big difference between big-bet (Pot-Limit or No-Limit) Omaha Hi/Lo and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo is that the former plays much more like Omaha High. Low hands become much less valuable because of how often they get quartered.
If you get quartered in Limit games, you may not lose too much of your overall chip stack because the action is capped on every street. In Pot-Limit games, however, getting quartered can be much more expensive because you may have had to call big bets on both the turn and...

Dealer Miscall and Mucked Hand Wins the Pot

marius@thehendonmob.com (You are the Tournament Director) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:53:03 GMT

This one happened to a well known player at the ACF card room in France.
‘I am playing 200-400 mix at the ACF. The round is 2-7 triple draw. I bet the hand on every round, and draw one card.
I am heads up.
After the last change my hand is 45678, not the best 2-7 hand I have ever had. But as my opponent drew 1 card I tried a bluff. I bet and get called. There is about 3,000 in the pot.
I table my hand face up. It is displayed 86574. I say nothing. The dealer says "8-6" at...

30th of October

marius@thehendonmob.com (Poker News Round-up by Adam Noone) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:22:11 GMT

As was mentioned last week at the $15,000 main event of Bellagio’s Festa Al Largo Jack McClelland took the unusual step of keeping registration open up until the ninth level on day two, leading to some interesting choices from several well known players. Thirty players decided to skip day one completely including the perma-tardy Phil Hellmuth who entered proceedings during level seven, but within two hours he was unsuccessfully racing for his t...

What Is It You Actually Do for A Living?

marius@thehendonmob.com (Neil Channing 'Bad Beat') — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:26:40 GMT

When I was at school the careers department made you fill out a detailed questionnaire. It was actually more of a vocational aptitude test to attempt to match you to your perfect career.
It turned out I would make a good actuary.
An actuary is someone who works in the insurance business, whose job it is to assess the chances of stuff happening. He sets the odds on people’s houses burning down, people’s cars getting stolen and people snuffing it, by analysing where they live,...

Tilt Control by Ben Roberts

marius@thehendonmob.com (Tips From the Full Tilt Pros) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:07:15 GMT

About two years ago, I wrote On Cavemen and Poker Players, which talked about the importance of learning to control your emotions at the poker table. Since then, I’ve had time to further refine my views on this topic, especially when it comes to the concept of tilt.
To begin, let me state the obvious: tilt happens to everyone. In fact, it’s safe to say that tilt is one of the most feared words – and concepts – in poker. So, what causes tilt? Well, that’s dif...

He flips over Aces, and the crowd goes wild...

marius@thehendonmob.com (Alex Rousso) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:47:58 GMT

A game of skill or chance? The talk of the US government reversing their decision which effectively banned online poker for their citizens has brought the question back to the fore. Sod games of chance, the way poker is going, it’s turning into a full on sport.
I came to this conclusion when I was giving a talk to a group of non-poker players about how it is possible to make money from the game. I couldn’t have made it any simpler for them. Believe me, I broke it down; I mean...

23rd of October

marius@thehendonmob.com (Poker News Round-up by Adam Noone) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:09:29 GMT

Earlier on this year Anurag Dikshit agreed to pay the US Department Of Justice over $300 million in fines over Party Poker’s acceptance of American customers up to 2006 without really putting up too much of a fight. It’s an amount none of us can really identify with losing from the bank account but it might seem reasonable that he would be keen to start rebuilding the Dikshit millions following this massive hit to his finances. That doesn’t actually seem to be the case at all...

Beginner's Luck

marius@thehendonmob.com (Alisha Smith) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:35:05 GMT

By Alisha Smith on 03/05/2007

Alisha Smith
I guess I have always had bit of a reputation as a serial games addict. You name it I have to win it. When my ex-boyfriend’s mum introduced me to the geeky world of Scrabble, I spent a whole week studying the Collins English dictionary learning the most ridiculous two and...

Playing Six-Handed SNGs by Scott Fischman

marius@thehendonmob.com (Tips From the Full Tilt Pros) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:23:40 GMT

Most people are familiar with the differences between one-table Sit & Go tournaments (SNGs) and other forms of poker. Because these tournaments only pay the top three finishers at a nine-handed table, the standard strategy is to play conservatively until the tournament becomes short-handed and then become more aggressive during short-handed play.
Many newer SNG players favor these nine-handed tournaments because the blinds only increase every six minutes, providing a good amount of play.

The Desperate Hours

marius@thehendonmob.com (Neil Channing 'Bad Beat') — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:44:21 GMT

Preparation is so important when going into a big tournament. If you're well rested, you've dealt with all those little interruptions that real life can throw at you, you've done exercise to get those endorphins flowing, and you've eaten enough so that you're not starving hungry, but not a heavy amount that will leave you sleepy and listless, then you'll definitely have a better time in the event.
In Australia I'd played the Aussie Millions with a hacking cough and a bit of a cold. In Ireland...

Reflections on My Results at the World Series of Poker

marius@thehendonmob.com (Matthew Hilger) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:43:11 GMT

A disappointing tournament
The 2008 World Series of Poker was extremely disappointing for me. I played 15 events and was able to manage only one small cash. This is particularly disappointing because I prepared harder this year than I ever have. There is no question in my mind that I was ready to take my game to another level. In most endeavors in life, if you work hard, you generally start to see good results. But in poker, you can work harder than you have on anything ever before, but ther...

16th of October

marius@thehendonmob.com (Poker News Round-up by Adam Noone) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:17:39 GMT

Mr Nice Guy Mike Sexton
Sure things tend to be pretty rare in poker but Mike Sexton being elected to the Poker Hall Of Fame is as close to a banker as you are likely to see. As a player, author, commentator and spokesman...

Should the Floor Change the Dealers Ruling?

marius@thehendonmob.com (You are the Tournament Director) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:13:34 GMT

This one was sent in by Phil Shaw.
Ok... £300 tournament at the Vic, last 2 tables, 5 getting paid... 300/600 blinds ante 100. Me (utg - 12000) dealt AK but before I can act Neil Channing (to my immediate left - 4000 ish) goes all in. I ask the dealer what the protocol is here regarding Neil's bet and he states that it goes whatever my action (i.e. limp, call or raise). Therefore I go all in to force everyone else out, at which point someone else says Neil should be allowed to take his...

Bluffing in Pot-Limit Omaha by Brandon Adams

marius@thehendonmob.com (Tips From the Full Tilt Pros) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:37:50 GMT

Bluffing can be one of the most profitable plays in poker. However, its success is often blunted by the fact that it's also one of the most misunderstood and over-used plays in the game.
In Omaha, players may find even more reasons to bluff - and to get themselves into trouble - than they do in Hold 'em because four starting cards can lead to huge draws and present almost irresistible opportunities to try and steal pots from opponents. The key to bluffing successfully in this game comes from...

Does His Line of Action Make Sense?

marius@thehendonmob.com (Matthew Hilger) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:52:53 GMT

A hand from the World Series of Poker
Event No. 3 of the World Series of Poker was $1,500 pot-limit hold'em. There was one particular hand I played that had a lot of interesting twists and turns.
The blinds were 50-100. I had about 7,800 in chips remaining. Everyone folded around to the button, who limped for 200. He had 4,650 remaining. This was not the first time he had limped, and he previously had folded to a pot-size raise after limping from the button. Dewey Tomko folded from the small...