Tag: Jeff Kimber
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WSOP Europe – Chances galore, not sore
When the world’s poker elite come to London every September for the World Series of Poker Europe, it almost feels as if us Brits have home advantage, having played away from home for six weeks in Vegas. Of course home advantage doesn’t mean much in poker, but being able to wake up every morning in your own bed, […]
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UKIPT Manchester – Running up a stack is essential for big money
Having suffered a day-one exit at the year’s first UKIPT at DTD in February, I was determined to put on a better show at the Manchester leg. I’d seen all sorts of play in Nottingham, the odd really good player, but an awful lot of really odd players. People folding out of turn, mucking when checking was […]
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WSOP Part 3 – Premiership footballers play poker too
I’m not saying I’m having an unlucky run, but at the moment I feel like if I was one of Pamela Anderson’s triplets, I’d be the one on the bottle. Vegas is a place with nowhere to hide when you’re not running great, but rather than get you down you have to remain positive – we’re so […]
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WSOP Part 2 – Aggro and irksome players are always a big challenge
Phil Helmuth tweeted this week: “SO UPSET!! Even my tablemates felt bad for me! Took indescribable bad beats”. I used to think he was a bit of an idiot for talking like that…now I’m beginning to empathise. The $5k shootout was a tournament I was really looking forward to, 15,000 starting chips and generally a load of people […]