August 2012

Planet Mark's Blog. Thoughts, News And Strategy For Poker Tournaments Of All Sizes

All The Stars / Full Tilt Links (And No Respin Of The News!)

Great news yesterday, Full Tilt are coming back and everyone looks like getting repaid. I have collected links to the main news sources / parties involved and key commentators below. I do not have...

Kens Hand Of The Week - Playing Against Aggressive Check Raisers

One of the things that a lot of players struggle with is dealing with a lot of aggression from opponents.  They find it more difficult to play against these players.  Now it is true that...

My Love-Hate Relationship With Pokerstars, Part 38925

Back to one of my ‘pet’ topics for a post to end the week – Pokerstars. I do not often play poker during the week these days, running my websites has me in front of a computer all day, so I need...

Party Poker Get On The Fast Poker Bandwagon

First there was Rush, then Zoom, then Speed Holdem – and now (drumroll please!) Fast-Forward Poker, the all new ‘pooled’ poker game from Party Poker. I just went for a test-drive at the lower...

Reasons For Both Poker Players And Webmasters To Look Forward To Autumn 2012

Today is the national day of my adopted home, Hungary… and it’s a 35 degree C scorcher! I am doing the sensible thing and sitting in my air conditioned home office and working on websites. What is...

iPoker Network Warning: Withdraw From Smaller Skins *Now*

Well, I’m not usually one to be melodramatic – after 6 years in the poker business you end up kind of jaded to the news! This weekend I have been doing a lot of work on the upcoming iPoker Network...

2 Big Poker Tournament Events And 1 Smallish Reload

September is always a great month to be an online poker fan. Sites who have been quiet for the summer come up with new promos to get people back to their tables – and the World Championship kicks...

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