I now have my $22 TCOOP ticket ready to use and was considering which of the 7 possible tournaments this might be best spent on. While some of this decision will be out of my hands due to social commitments, I thought it would be useful to go through the list and discuss the pros and cons of the available events from a purely value perspective.

If you have not yet got your free ticket,  Continue Reading »

Grab yourself a $22 token for entry into the TCOOP this week – this one is a no-brainer for anyone with an account already… and is available on top of your usual welcome bonus for those without!

Here is what you need to do: Continue Reading »

Update: Well, that idea went down like the proverbial lead balloon! No problem, my view is that if I never try things which do not work out… then I have not tried enough things. Going to add one article over there first (well, link to it from there) today. Then time for a ’social media re-think!’. Mark.

Announcing a brand new idea for the new year today. From Monday 9th I will be posting new SNG Planet strategy content to our Facebook group first… and then linking it in with the rest of the articles here on the main site a week(ish) later. I have 2 fantastic articles already in the pipeline – and will make this a month long trial with at least 1 more article promised per week. Continue Reading »

Anyone else enjoying a surge in motivation for the New Year? 2011 was a challenging year business-wise for me. I’m happy to have come out fighting to the extent that I have now had 2 record months in a row in terms of revenue – despite my income being halved post Black-Friday. At the same time I’m sooo glad that tough year is over!

2012 is going to be the year I break through to the next level – I’m going to out work, out create, out write and out rank the competition! Continue Reading »

Started working yesterday after my xmas break, it feels great – I’m just not the kind of person who can do nothing for very long without getting frustrated. Most of my focus at the moment is on my site reviews, with some new thinking behind these as well as new words. This post will also cover 2 excellent promotions for tournament fans in Jan ’12 – one from Party and the other from Stars. Continue Reading »

2012 approaching fast, and with it an opportunity to make a ‘fresh start’ with your poker game, or maybe become more disciplined about improving certain aspects of an already solid system… New year resolutions do not need to be about losing weight, getting fit or giving up those pleasures in life! I thought I’d put together a list of 100 possible poker new year resolutions to choose from… some serious, others light-hearted. Continue Reading »

We all have a dream of an early $2 Million xmas present for taking down the biggest Sunday Million ever on the 18th Dec – in the $10,000,000 version of the weeks biggest poker tournament… Well, someone will get it!

Between now and then, there is a great opportunity to give your poker bankroll a significant boost – via satellite qualifiers to this big event. Continue Reading »

Most of my ‘Planet Corp Update’ posts are forward-looking. With a crazy year drawing to a close I thought it was time for a reflective post.

In many ways, 2011 was characterized by one event for my business – Black Friday. However, looking back at the year and blaming this for all my issues would miss some important parts of the picture. I made some strategic mistakes, some big ones and some smaller ones… Continue Reading »

Mentioned here before that I am becoming uncomfortable with the relative size of Pokerstars compared to their rivals. While I wanted to expand on my thought process, every time I wrote things down it ended up sounding like a vague anti-Pokerstars paranoid rant.

So, time for a better balanced post. Which will have to start with an admission… I play at Pokerstars more than any other site – and think they are great!
Great on all counts. Continue Reading »

Quite a weekend ahead, with a world-record attempt at Pokerstars and the release of promotions at several other major sites. This post is one of my irregular roundups which give a critical look at what is on offer for fans of poker tournaments, SNGs and satellites – highlighting which are worth your time and effort. Continue Reading »