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Shaq takes on poker players in new “Shaq Vs” series

Rumour has it that a new series of “Shaq Vs” is coming out, where basketball legend, Shaquille O’Neil will take on poker players at their own game.  Now where there’s smoke there’s usually fire, so hold onto to your seats, buckle up and stay tuned folks!
The popular Shaq Vs TV show is where the big [...]

Sustaining performance

Sounds like a title for a self help book for the bedroom…
But what I actually meant, is to talk about how hard it is to sustain performance and keep winning.  There is nothing like sport to bring you down to size, after victory.  It is the teams or individuals that manage to win consistently that [...]

Russian Poker – The New Frontier

There have always been a couple of good Russian poker players on the circuit.  But now there seems to be quite few more Russian players that are finishing at the top of the leader boards.  15 Russians have cashed thus far at the WSOP, thats not bad at all!!
So far at the WSOP Vitaly Lunkin [...]

Big swings in poker fortunes

Phew.. how do you live with these huge swings in poker fortunes that the poker pros go through?  I was reading that Tom Dwan was over US$ 4 million down year-to-date.  No matter who you are, that has to hurt.  But now it seems that he has had a bit of luck and managed to [...]

How to win at Poker, and also how to lose…

One thing about playing sport is that it teaches you from a young age how to win and also, more importantly… how to accept defeat.  Nobody likes a poor loser that behaves badly as soon as they lose.  There are certain things that you do at the poker table and certain things that you don’t.
Learning [...]

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