For years I have felt slightly old at any music concert I have attended but last week I had the pleaseant surprise of appearing to be one of the youngest at the gig.

I went to see Chris Farlowe who I had been introduced to (musically not personally) by a friend in Leeds who had gone through an Atomic Rooster phase. Click to continue reading...

The poker world has been waiting for 117 days for the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event to get underway and for the players, I am sure every one of them has had thoughts of taking home the gold bracelet and the huge pot of $9.1m.


So for those that have fallen by the wayside as the ‘November Nine' has been whittled down to the final two, to speak of their disappointment would be a massive understatement. Click to continue reading...

Striker shows off his undies after scoring Burnley forward Robbie Blake showed off a pair of personalised pants after scoring a midweek goal against Coventry. The striker had been given a pair of red undies with bearing the slogan 'BAD BEAT BOB' due to his dismal record in the Clarets' poker sessions. Click to continue reading...

24-year-old Denmark's Jesper Hougaard made poker history by taking down the first event (£1500 buy-in No Limit Texas Hold 'Em) at this year's Betfair World Series of Poker Europe event The bracelet is his second this year and makes him the first person bald player to win one at both the WSOP in Vegas and WSOPE. Click to continue reading...

I know. The title confuses me too but it does make sense in a way.

I read today that Le Boss has hinted at a signing if not two. I'm not taking anything that Le Boss says at face value anymore!

The amount of times that he had said something and the complete opposite has happened escapes me. Click to continue reading...

Soccer, or Football as it is known across Europe, is one of the most popular sports in the world today. The rules are so simple and all you need is a ball to start playing. Even if two people don't speak the same language, they'll have no problems coordinating with each other on the football yard.

Fans all over the world enjoy football betting through online sports betting sites like 888sport. Click to continue reading...

Played in my first Raise The River Premier League game last night and although was a bit intimidated firstly by the new site (had to play on Stars) and because I do not know the lads and ladies from the site that well.

If anyone is looking for a friendly poker community (more...) then hop right over there. Click to continue reading...

The 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE (more...) have just announced that it will be hosting its event under one roof in the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square London. The event which starts on the 19th September will feature four bracelet events, and begins with a new three-day long £1,500 No-Limit event. Click to continue reading...

Luiz Felipe Scolari senza limiti: il nuovo tecnico del Chelsea punta alla vittoria in tutte le competizioni inseguendo uno storico poker. Nell'ultima stagione i 'Blues', sotto la guida di Grant, hanno raggiunto 3 finali (Coppa di Lega, Champions e sprint finale in Premier), chiudendo pero' la stagione senza allori. Click to continue reading...

I've never had the confidence to write about my poker playing before. Any success I have had I have put down to luck and my opponents being fairly poor but I think I'm ready to start saying something

My level is either $5 or $10 mtts on Betfair Poker. I have occasionally moved up to $20 mtt and faired ok but I have yet to win a tournament at that level. Click to continue reading...

Well you can buy stuff on Ebay, pay for subscriptions and even by someone a drink but I never knew you could pay for playing poker with Paypal but you can!

I've heard some horror stories about the company but I've never had a problem with them. A colleague of mine will tell you, as often as you want to hear, how somebody tried to steal $600 from his account and how it's still limited and how fucking useless their support is but he's Scottish and is always complaining about something. Click to continue reading...

The one true universal city of Manchester has always suffered from being a testing ground for the antisocial policies of a centralised government. From the cotton mills and workhouses of the industrial revolution (sic) through to the supercasino and psychopathic football club ownerships of today, we are the laboratory. Click to continue reading...

Up to 250,000 German poker players are set to land on English shores this summer following Germany's decision to ban all forms of online gambling.

Armed with laptops and their cashcards these 'poker tourists' will spend up to six weeks at various UK destinations playing online ......and winning. Click to continue reading...

The probability that the three concluding crucial matches in Euro 2008 Qualifying Group E would go the way of Israel, Macedonia and Croatia is an occurrence that would be expected only once in every two millennia (544/1 was the accumulator price). If rarity is indicative of beauty and price then last night's encounter was a many splendored thing. Click to continue reading...

It is a pity that the geopolitical machinations of Israel don't receive the same degree of media attention as their footballing ones as page after page after page discusses the realities about to be unleashed onto our horizons.
Tomorrow's Israel versus Russia is a major problem not only for England, the Football Association, the media, the bookmakers, UEFA and the feelgood factor of a nation at large, it also has the potential to cause issues regarding the integrity of the game as a whole. Click to continue reading...

An investment banker once told me: "If you have a minority paying for the majority, you aren't going to get a vote for change". So it is with gambling. A prime example of this is provided by the attitude of the vast majority of European betting firms to in-running markets.
From the perspective of the punter, in-running markets offer many benefits. Click to continue reading...

What is the point of these international breaks apart from for the encouragement of xenophobic neo-nationalists from Serbia to England? All we get is non-competitive, manipulated matches that are virtually irrelevant in that UEFA (or FIFA with regard to the World Cup) have already determined who the desired qualifiers are to be. Following the original competition draw, the arrangement of the match calendar and the selection of the referees, not very much is left to chance. Click to continue reading...

Leisure punters should be aware that leading London-based bookmaker Premierbet is no longer in business and, although visitors to their website are being told that the site is "unavailable for essential maintenance work", the truth is that the company is not available for the essential payment of its debt obligations to clients.
Football Is Fixed have warned readers about this company previously (see: http://footballisfixed. Click to continue reading...

At a first glance, there might not appear to be much in common between the bookmaking and insurance industries. Think again. The two sectors are virtually identical.
The basic foundation of the business models for bookmakers and insurers involves the accurate analysis of risk assessment and management. These market makers have an aversion to risk and create strategies whereby any exposure is diversified and/or hedged away from the risk profile of the company. Click to continue reading...

Magical Thinking is a behavioural disorder or style that is very common among leisure gamblers. It should not, therefore, come as any surprise to know that Magical Thinking is targeted directly by those that would wish for you to gamble.
Every gambling sector incorporates this fallacious mode of "analysis" into their structure.
In Hong Kong and elsewhere in the Far East, the number 4 is regarded as extremely unlucky while the number 8 is full of harmonious resonances to the extent that, if you are trading the horseracing markets it is vital to take account of the market imbalances created by this illogical thought process ie there is generally only value to be found in opposing horse number 8 while backing horse number 4 is a good thing (obviously with all other factors taken into consideration). Click to continue reading...