You might have read Marty Smyth’s recent blog from the 888.com UK Poker Open. I also played this event in the Boylepoker.com colours and while I didn’t win the $250k first prize on offer, I did manage to make the semi-final and scrape back a few dollars!
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When you look at the European poker “circuit”, there’s almost a two-tier feel to it - Premiership and Championship. If you’re prepared to front up £5,000 to play a poker tournament, or better still, if you can find someone else to front it for you, it’s Leicester Square, Budapest, Amsterdam and maybe even a trip to the Bellagio in between. Well for some. Read more

“Tough times make tough people” preached Benny Binion.
 
Never has this statement been more apt than in today’s economic climate. Boffins using terms like ‘credit crunch’ and ‘economic turmoil’ make me sick. You see, poker players are unaffected by a “recession”. Read more

Maybe they watch too much poker on ESPN but those Ennis boys and girls are going mad for their prop bets lately. Not satisfied with the thrill of taking part in a poker tournament they look to enrich the experience by adding a proposition bet. Only two weeks ago a player turned up to the Ennis 100 game dressed as Napoleon…on a Sunday. Is nothing sacred anymore? Read more

I don’t consider myself to be a man with a violent disposition. Apart from having a generally sunny demeanour, I am too short and way too unfit to look for fights; an ungenerous but dispassionate onlooker might even label me as something of a coward.

So how is it that the cardrooms of Southern England and their mostly disreputable occupants have the capacity, on occasion, to turn me - in my mind at least - into a foul and frothing beast that would cause the Incredible Hulk to cower meekly in the corner? Read more

As much as we love to while away our afternoons writing humorous blogs for your enjoyment, we do have a lot of work to do and occasionally social lives to enjoy (except for Gerry), which also place demands on our schedules.

So, without (much) further ado, I introduce the guest blog section, a place where poker players and passing strays can voice their thoughts about anything and everything related to poker.

If you’re literate and you have something interesting to say (it helps if its poker related) write a paragraph or two and send it into us at care@boylesports.com: mark it for the attention of Lisa.

If I’m in a good mood I’ll put it up.

LOL,

Lisa