Scrawnybob's 4kingpoker Losses

New home for scrawnybob's 4kingpoker Poker Blog

2020-08-01T20:18:00.000+01:00

Scrawnybob's 4kingpoker poker blog (which was here until 2007) had moved into 4kingpoker.com main site then we moved the whole domain to 4kingbet.com in 2011

We have now amalgamated all of the 4king brand sites (4kingpoker / 4kingbingo / 4kingbet / 4kingcasino) in to a new relaunched online gambling guide ...

Check out our new home -

Gamblista.com - Online Gambling Guide for the Discerning Gambler

cheers Scrawnybob aka Gamblista

PKR Valentine, Doyles Brunson Arrest Rumour, Winners & Tony G Poker

2007-02-13T23:37:00.001+00:00

PKR.com Valentine Tournaments

PKR.com has a couple of special Valentine's Day tournament lined up with $1,700 in added prize money. If tournaments are your game then check out the $700 added Cupid’s arrow tournament – or if cash tables light your fire then maybe it’s time to get ‘Married to the flop’. Can’t decide? No problem, you can have fun with both -

Cupid’s arrow - Battle it out for a $700 added prize pool in the Cupid’s Arrow bounty tournament on February 14th at 20:00 GMT. We’re adding an extra $500 to the prize pool, but that’s not all. Felt any of our special bounty players and you’ll also win $50 cash ! So be on the lookout for PKR_Romeo, PKR_Juliet, PKR_Aphrodite and PKR_Eros.

Married to the flop - Play the cash tables where you’ll get the chance to get ‘Married to the flop’. Throughout Valentine's Day every time an all heart flop is dealt on any cash table with blinds 25c/50c or above the eventual winner of the hand will share in a prize pool of $1,000.

PKR Poker is simply stunning and the fastest growing poker site on the net. Our full review hightlights the amazing 3D poker site including video previews of the 3D environment, chip tricks, custom avatar creation & now they offer multi-tabling.

PKR Valentine Promo Video

4kingpoker Freeroll Tour Winners

Congratulations to Tishman who is the OVERALL WINNER of the 4kingpoker buy-in series winning with 28pts.

1st ......... Tishman 28pts ......... WINS additional $50
2nd ........ Harry Lime 22pts .... WINS additional $30
3rd ......... Cro_boy 21pts ......... WINS additional $20

Results PKR.com $50 freeroll - Game 20 of the 4kingpoker buy-in Tour

1. shugclk 10pts
2. davidxxxesp 9pts
3. wouttt 8pts
4. RollwitIt6567 7pts
5. karulo 6pts
6. IOPPPP 5pts
7. Sjonniej 4pts
8. hitman212 3pts
9. Euphoria4life 2pts
10. Horniedoll 1pt

Final Overall League Standings

1. Tishman 28pts
2. Harry Lime 22pts
3. Cro_boy 21pts
4. F A T 20pts
5. adrodysee 19pts
6. Arjonius 18pts
7. Depped 18pts
8. thefatvillian 16pts
9. Igotdanuts 16pts
10. rgchan 16pts

As webmaster at 4kingpoker I didn't think it fair to count my points in the league - But just for the record I scored a total of 61pts technically winning the league - I'm not going to be a tight ass and award 1/2 the prize money for myself ;-)

Doyle Brunson Arrest Rumour - False

The internet stikes again on the spurious and unfounded rumour mongering front - This time generating traffic for forum sites NWP & others with rumours that Doyle Brunson had been arrested. Proving to be hot air hours later it's yet another great lesson in internet marketing or a good example of why citizen journalism & blogging is unlikely to provide us with authoritive or factual information on the world around us.

Not wishing to further add further to what must have been a storm of traffic & some nice backlinks I will instead point you to another poker webmaster who made some sense of the whole thing and shot the right holes in the rumours - Thank God there are some people who actually question what they read

4kingpoker Losses

Not much to report this week, I haven't played much but this seems to have created a new problem -

Now I'm trying to get 2 hours worth of play into an hour sat at the table - Which unsuprisingly leads to me having a personal % to the flop ratio which must be in the high 90% range -

Clearly stupid, clearly unsustainable, clearly not a winning strategy.

I've always maintained that playing tight rock & only the top few hands won't lead to riches as everyone can see you waiting for AA a mile off but I've taken loose aggressive to new levels ...

You need to create uncertainty in your oppositions minds
Not get them thinking "IS THIS GUY EVER GOING TO FOLD ?"

Next week - Playing an hours worth of poker in an hour (no more no less).

Tony G Poker closes to US players

Tony G Poker has announced it is closed to US poker players.

This is a great shame and something Tony G has said he is personally gutted about. It should be noted that they're making every effort to make sure their exiting US players are able to transfer funds to other US friendly sites - Tony G might be mean on the table but he's proving to be a top man away from the table. With such a big personality (infamous in all the right ways) I think his site deserves to survive & thrive from non US players supporting the site.

Sign-up using 4kingpoker's links for a 200% Tony G Poker Bonus up to $400 - Tony G Poker is a small site on the relatively new Skill Games Network but the software is decent, has some great overlays in the tournaments & some nice promotions -

Knock out Tony G and get a bounty of $100 (Screen name "Loudmouth" & he plays as alot at all limits), $3000 Bad Beat Jackpot & Weekly $2000 Freeroll.

Tony G 144k pot on FullTilt Poker Million Dollar Cash Game

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

January Winners ... sjokkis came 1st with 50 posts and wins $30, Dazzler69 & jetnine came joint 2nd / 3rd with 40 posts and both get in $20 each ... All paid into their pokerstars player accounts

Win FREE $$$'s in your Poker Stars Account in the 4kingpoker forum posting jackpot challenge.

The top 3 highest forum posters in February will WIN a share of the MONTHLY JACKPOT split 1st 50%, 2nd 30% & 3rd 20% which will be paid into the winners PokerStars Accounts.

The monthly forum posting jackpot will be a guaranteed $50 pot so the top 3 posters will get at least $25 for 1st, $15 2nd & $10 for 3rd. Each forum post will add 10 cents to the monthly pot so if there are more than 500 posts the jackpot will grow over $50 ...

It's guaranteed to be at least a $50 Monthly Jackpot.

Bill Fillmaff bad beat at PokerStars.com - Bet support love him

Random YouTube Corner -

I thought slamdunk basketball was a made up sport but no apparently it's really a sport, like extreme ironing & ice golf.

This plucky Japanese chap seems to have a bit more hardcore version of what seems to be lazy man's short ass version of baseketball with what must be the world record longest slam dunk.

SlamDunk Baseketball Japanese Style
>
World Record Longest Slam Dunk

So I hope you've enjoyed reading some stuff about poker

Please use our links & check out 4kingpoker's reviews,
sign-up to some poker sites through our links,
deposit some cash & get playing ;-)

Good Luck at the Tables ... Cheers Scrawnybob

PKR $50 Freeroll, Mansion lose US payments, Jungle Poker 100K, New US payment methods

2007-02-03T12:57:00.000+00:00

Final $50 Freeroll Tour game at PKR Poker

It's the final game in the 4kingpoker Freeroll Tour which will be at PKR Poker on Sunday 11th February at 8pm GMT for a $50 freeroll.

PKR Poker is simply stunning and the fastest growing poker site on the net. Our full review hightlights the amazing 3D poker site including video previews of the 3D environment, chip tricks, custom avatar creation & now they offer multi-tabling.

PKR Video Preview

Sunday 11th Feb 8pm GMT - $50 Freeroll (Game 20)

4kingpoker Buy-in Tour Winners

Congratulations to Harry_Lime who is the OVERALL WINNER of the 4kingpoker buy-in series winning with 89pts.

1st ......... Harry_Lime ........ WINS additional $50
2nd ........ Katymaty ........... WINS additional $30
3rd ......... DarkRalph ......... WINS additional $20

Results Game 12 of the 4kingpoker buy-in Tour

1. raphyz 10pts
2. rossorena 9pts
3. katymaty 8pts
4. harry77 7pts
5. gonhuntin 6pts
6. Paspoil 5pts
7. Jenbar 4pts
8. DaChineseDutchGuy 3pts
9. DarkRalph 2pts
10. coinman1 1pt

Final Overall League Standings

1. Harry_Lime 89pts
2. Katymaty 50pts
3. DarkRalph 44pts
4. Braisco 41pts
5. gonhuntin 39pts
6. Scrawnybob 27pts
7. LDJ1s 20pts
8. Irongirl03 18pts
9. Donvic 17pts
10. charterboss 16pts

Mansion Poker leaves US market

Mansion Poker has announced it is no longer taking new US poker players due to problems finding a new payment processor.

Whilst this is bad news for American players it is a great opportunity for European and non-US poker players as they are continuing the huge $100K A Day Guaranteed tournaments into February. They've proved to be great value with massive overlay's and are only set to get bigger - $794,000 in the first 17 days in January. They will take place daily at 18.00 GMT - Don't miss it.

Poker ... Luck or Irony ?

New US payment methods - eWalletXpress

After Neteller, Firepay, InstaDebit & others announcedd they are closed to US / American poker players the good news is new payment processors are popping up to fill the gaps.

New Payment methods at sites open to US poker players ...

Bodog Poker - Two new methods eWalletXpress & NuCharge.

- Now using eWalletXpress.

We will be constantly updating our list of payment options for US / American players (see link below) but it will be a while before the new payment proccessors have established themselves and the poker sites have settled their preferred options.

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

January Winners ... sjokkis came 1st with 50 posts and wins $30, Dazzler69 & jetnine came joint 2nd / 3rd with 40 posts and both get in $20 each ... All paid into their pokerstars player accounts

Win FREE $$$'s in your Poker Stars Account in the 4kingpoker forum posting jackpot challenge.

The top 3 highest forum posters in each month will WIN a share of the MONTHLY JACKPOT split 1st 50%, 2nd 30% & 3rd 20% which will be paid into the winners PokerStars Accounts.

The monthly forum posting jackpot will be a guaranteed $50 pot so the top 3 posters will get at least $25 for 1st, $15 2nd & $10 for 3rd. Each forum post will add 10 cents to the monthly pot so if there are more than 500 posts the jackpot will grow over $50 ...

It's guaranteed to be at least a $50 Monthly Jackpot.

Puppy Feet Rap at PokerStars

Random YouTube Corner - Lego Rappers

More proof you can punt any old crap if you do a good youtube video. Getting Lego people to rap in "Circle Circle Dot Dot" by Jamie Kennedy & Stu Stone almost makes me want to go out and give it Gangsta ... I said almost.

Circle Circle Dot Dot

By Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone

Neteller closes to US players, Bodog Girls Pillow Fight & Mansion $100k A Day

2007-01-22T22:16:00.000+00:00

Final Buy-in Series game at Poker.com

It's the final game in the Buy-in Series at Poker.com this Sunday for a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added to the prize fund.

We have got an increased bonus offer at Poker.com for all our visitors and members. Sign up through 4kingpoker using BONUS CODE: 4KP300 and receive an increased 100% up to $300 bonus instead of the usual 100% up to $100.

You can also get a reload bonus at Poker.com - Players who have or sign up to Poker.com through 4kingpoker - Get a 100% up to $100 reload bonus using BONUS CODE: RELOAD4KP

Sunday 28th Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 12 buy-in tour)

More Info ... 4kingpoker Private Tournaments at Poker.com

Results for Game 11 of the 4kingpoker buy-in Tour

1. xTENSEx 10pts
2. Braisco 9pts
3. sexykitten78 8pts
4. LordDemo5 7pts
5. roneill33 6pts
6. cardie 5pts
7. DarkRalph 4pts
8. scrawnybob 3pts
9. BeoWulf84 2pts
10. katymaty 1pt

Overall League Standings -

1. HarryLime 82pts
2. katyMaty 42pts
3. DarkRalph 42pts
4. Braisco 41pts
5. gonhuntin 33pts
6. scrawnybob 27pts (N/A)
7. LDJ1s1 20pts
8. Irongirl03 18pts
9. Donvic 17pts
10. Charterboss 16pt

Neteller Closes to US Poker Players

Neteller has offically announced it has closed payment processing for US poker players. After arrests under the WIRE act & UIGEA bill in America.

FirePay have also ammounced they are alos withdrawing from the US Market.

Don't panic - Money is safe and sites are providing other eWallets & processors.

It's going to be a while before the full impact of Neteller withdrawing tranfers to online poker sites for US players. But sites are bringing in other eWallet options - Bodog Poker for example are offering two new methods eWalletXpress & NuCharge.

Information on how other payment processors plan to approach the Neteller news is coming through and new payment methods are being added on a regalar basis. We will update information as it is confirmed by the poker sites.

In the same way the signing of the UIGEA put everyone in a spin and running around like headless chickens - Neteller's withdrawl and the US putting pressure on the banking institutions is bound to make more waves through online poker.

Mansion Poker $100k A Day into February

Mansion Poker is continuing it's huge $100K A Day Guaranteed tournaments into February. They've proved to be great value with massive overlay's - $794,000 in the first 17 days in January. They will take place daily at 18.00 GMT - Don't miss it.

Sign-up using 4kingpoker's links for a 100% up to $1000 bonus - Mansion Poker has grown quickly and has alot of weak players & the guaranteed tourmaments are not to be missed.

European Poker Tour

PokerStars have added another date to the European Poker Tour -
EPT Warsaw, this will be the first ever Polish EPT event and will be at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Casino on 14-17th March 2007. Qualifiers are available at PokerStars from $5.50

EPT 2004 Final Table Monte Carlo

Bodog Poker Girls Pillow Fight

Bodog Poker Girls find a random excuse to have a pillow fight with each other and some random lucky guys at the WSOP 2006.

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

NOW RUNNING ... Win FREE $$$'s in your PokerStars Account in our poker forum posting competition.

The top 3 highest forum posters in each month will WIN a share of the MONTHLY JACKPOT split 1st 50%, 2nd 30% & 3rd 20% which will be paid into the winners PokerStars Accounts.

The monthly forum posting jackpot will be a guaranteed $50 pot so the top 3 posters will get at least $25 for 1st, $15 2nd & $10 for 3rd. Each forum post will add 10 cents to the monthly pot so if there are more than 500 posts the jackpot will grow over $50 ...

It's guaranteed to be at least a $50 Monthly Jackpot.

NB. All posts will be subject to the normal rules so duplication, spam, aff links etc will be edited / deleted as usual - Get posting & YOU could be a winner.

So I hope you've enjoyed reading some stuff about poker ...

Please use our links & check out 4kingpoker's reviews,
sign-up to some poker sites through our links,
deposit some cash & get playing ;-)

Good Luck at the Tables ... Cheers Scrawnybob

Titan Poker adds 2 EPT Dortmund satellites, WSOP 2007 Schedule & Bodog Celebrity Poker

2007-01-16T14:09:00.001+00:00

European Poker Tour EPT Online Qualifiers

Titan Poker has 2 super satellites for seats at the European Poker Tour Dortmund. One EPT package worth $9,000 will be awarded for every 30 players in the super satellites.

The Titan Poker online Super Satellites will be played on February 10th & February 25th at 15.30 EST. You can buy-in direct to the super satellite's for $300+$20 or win your seat at ongoing SnG's or Twice daily Multi-Table Qualifiers. You can even qualify for as little as $1+0.20

The Dortmund EPT Tournament will be held between 8th-11th March at Hohensyberg Casino, Germany.

The European Poker Tour is now in it's 3rd series and the sponsor's PokerStars are also running alot of EPT Qualifiers for all the EPT dates throughout Europe.

Phil Helmuth gets all beat up again

This time on NBC Poker After Dark ... And boy does Phil get wound up.

Phil Helmuth bitching part 1

Phil Helmuth bitching part 2

Phil Helmuth bitching part 3

Check out our UltimateBet Review and get 100% up to $650 bonus
at UltimateBet - Phil Helmuth's Poker Site of Choice

World Series of Poker 2007 Schedule

Harrah's announces World Series of Poker WSOP 2007 Schedule from June 1st to July 17th 2007 ... WSOP 2007 Schedule

Sunday Tournaments at Poker.com

We have 2 more $3+0.30 buy-in tournaments each with $50 added to the prize fund this Sunday 21st & 28th Jan at 3pm EST

We have got an increased bonus offer at Poker.com for all our visitors and members. Sign up through 4kingpoker using BONUS CODE: 4KP300 and receive an increased 100% up to $300 bonus instead of the usual 100% up to $100.

We have also organised a reload bonus for Poker.com players who have or are signing up through 4kingpoker - Get a 100% up to $100 reload bonus using BONUS CODE: RELOAD4KP our offer runs until the end of March 2007.

Sunday 21st Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 11 buy-in tour)

Sunday 27th Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 12 buy-in tour)

More Info ... 4kingpoker Private Tournaments at Poker.com

Results for Game 10 of the 4kingpoker buy-in Tour

Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added

1. atkmani 10pts
2. harrylime 9pts
3. Paspoil 8pts
4. tootalltim 7pts
5. jenbar 6pts
6. Skunkr 5pts
7. Cardie 4pts
8. Riverrunner79 3pts
9. bigjoo 2pts
10. Lindtner 1pt

Overal Leaderboard - 4kingpoker Buy-in Tour

1. HarryLime 82pts
2. katyMaty 41pts
3. DarkRalph 38pts
4. gonhuntin 33pts
5. Braisco 32pts
6. scrawnybob 24pts (N/A)
7. LDJ1s1 20pts
8. Irongirl03 18pts
9. Donvic 17pts
10. Charterboss 16pt

EPT Series 3 - Dublin

This has to be the biggest televised donkey fish call ever ... probably

From the recent Dublin leg of the European Poker Tour Series 3 ...
And I thought bad beats only happened to me.

PokerStars.com 100% bonus Use BONUS CODE: first2007

4kingpoker Losses

My run at Poker.com has come to a disapointing end yet again. I was massively up at one stage and then down to showing a modest 2x profit. A nice steady session clawed back up another $400 which went in the space of 4 or 5 bad beat hands - I had KK crushed by AK for $100+ all-in (preflop) which was just the start of the stats defying run.

A few hands later I had a King high flush draw (diamonds) on the flop, hit a king on the turn. Figuring I was ahead with top pair (I was) and a good flush draw I decided to get the other player committed to an all-in, he calls with just an ace of diamonds (nothing paired etc) and of course the diamond hits on the river - The bad beats just kept coming and a $400 profit on the session turned into a crippling $600 loss which now puts me down to under $50.

Bodog Poker - Jamie Gold Celebrity Poker

WSOP 2006 Winner Jamie Gold takes on a random bunch of clebrity poker players most of whom I've never even heard of.

Bodog Poker has more fish than you can shake a rod at, really easy to win games and an instant 10% bonus on any deposit.

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

Poker.com $300 bonus & reload, More Sunday Tournaments & Dont Try this at Home

2007-01-08T15:27:00.000+00:00

More Sunday Tournaments at Poker.com

Following our $50 freeroll at Poker.com we are there for the next 3 Sundays for some $3+0.30 buy-in tournaments each with $50 added to the prize fund.

We have got an increased bonus offer at Poker.com for all our visitors and members. Sign up through 4kingpoker using BONUS CODE: 4KP300 and receive an increased 100% up to $300 bonus instead of the usual 100% up to $100.

We have also organised a reload bonus for Poker.com players who have or are signing up through 4kingpoker - Get a 100% up to $100 reload bonus using BONUS CODE: RELOAD4KP

Sunday 14th Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 10 buy-in tour)

Sunday 21st Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 11 buy-in tour)

Sunday 27th Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 12 buy-in tour)

High Stakes Poker - First Show

This is some footage from them first show in the first series of the High Stakes Poker TV cash games.

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

Best Bluffs of the WSOP

A collection of the best bluffs from the 2003 World Series of Poker. Some useful tips and advice from the poker pro's on how to bluff in poker and how not to.

4kingpoker Losses

After previous blow ups at PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker my deposit at Poker.com was doing really well. Having turned $300 within a week into $1800. No suprise that the wheels have come off in a couple of harrowing sessions and I'm now down to around half ($900) which is pretty poor. Hopefully leaving it for a day or two I can get back into the right frame of mind to play a decent game ... I've knew I was going to play badly but sat down all the same which is just lame ... If your hearts not in it then better to leave it.

On a more positive note we had our first home poker game for a while on Friday night. It was a bit of a crazy night - Fatboy played well and had the most Full Houses I think I've ever seen, but he played them well and made the most of the good cards - I didnt put him on most of them and he managed to slow play the right ones and bet at the right ones. I palmed off alot of chips early doors wasting alot of bets to see the flop only to get re-raised of bet off what were for the most part terrible draws anyway.

Thankfully I got my act together half way through and managed to fold a bit more and then hit some cards finishing up on the night - which covers the damage from the last home game.

Poker Chip Tricks meets World Cup Football

This chip clip from Lazydork.com - hell this much effort and I don't think you can call him lazy - nice one & very cleverly done.

More ... LazyDork.com

Random YouTube Corner - Don't try this at home

Well there are chip tricks and there are chip tricks, not sure if this counts but I guess it's not a messy as trying it with Jacobs crackers ...

So you've read some stuff on poker
which I hope you've enjoyed ...

Good Luck at the Tables ... Cheers Scrawnybob

NEW Poker.com bonus 100% up to $300, More Tony G trash talk & Will It Blend ?

2006-12-19T17:41:00.000+00:00

Our Private Tournaments at Poker.com

And in January Poker.com will be hosting 4 private tournaments for members of our 4kingpoker forum. We will also have an exclusive 100% reload bonus in January for players who have already signed up to Poker.com through 4kingpoker (Code to be announced).

Sunday 7th Jan 3pm EST - $50 FREEROLL
(Game 19 freeroll tour)

Sunday 14th Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 10 buy-in tour)

Sunday 21st Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 11 buy-in tour)

Sunday 27th Jan 3pm EST - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 12 buy-in tour)

Negreanu Suprised on HSP

The Magican makes an "all-in" move on High Stakes Poker much to the suprise of Daniel Negreanu ... Almost Speechless

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

Starting January ... Win FREE $$$'s in your PokerStars Account in our poker forum posting competition.

The top 3 highest forum posters in each month will WIN a share of the MONTHLY JACKPOT split 1st 50%, 2nd 30% & 3rd 20% which will be paid into the winners PokerStars Accounts.

The monthly forum posting jackpot will be a guaranteed $50 pot so the top 3 posters will get at least $25 for 1st, $15 2nd & $10 for 3rd. Each forum post will add 10 cents to the monthly pot so if there are more than 500 posts the jackpot will grow over $50 ...

It's guaranteed to be at least a $50 Monthly Jackpot.

Once I can get the system backend to figure out monthly top posters we will start the monthly challenge. All posts will be subject to the normal rules so duplication, spam, aff links etc will be edited / deleted as usual - Get posting & YOU could be a winner.

More Tony G Trash Talk

I don't Tony G could ever be accused of not speaking his mind, but man does he like to drive it home ... scary guy but does have a nice site.

4kingpoker Losses

After last weeks blow up online at PokerStars & Full Tilt Poker I deposited at Poker.com as I needed to fund the private tournaments running in January. Anyway after barely a couple of hours play I'm $180 up. I'm fully expecting a random meltdown sometime soon which will probably see the profit and my bankroll disapear but you never know ... I might actually keep the gremlins at bay.

But at least I don't try to bluff Phil Ivey ...

4kingpoker Private Tournaments

Sunday 7th Jan - $50 FREEROLL
(Game 19 freeroll tour)

Sunday 14th Jan - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 10 buy-in tour)

Sunday 21st Jan - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 11 buy-in tour)

Sunday 27th Jan - $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
(Game 12 buy-in tour)

Random YouTube Corner - Will It Blend ?

Came across this purely because it was on the YouTube homepage. A great piece of viral marketing by a company who makes food blenders. Basically this guy tests household items to see if they will or won't blend. So far they've blended mobile phones, lightbulbs, pens, cans, crowbars & rake handles ...

more ... Will It Blend

So you've read some stuff on poker
which I hope you've enjoyed ...

Now use the links & check out our 4kingpoker reviews
sign-up to some poker sites through our links
deposit some cash & get playing ;-)

Good Luck at the Tables ... Cheers Scrawnybob

European Poker Tour Qualifiers at PokerStars, Bill Fillmaff's Puppy Feet & Classic Rainbow

2006-12-11T10:59:00.000+00:00

Qualify for the 3rd EPT season at PokerStars

The first satellites for Season 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT) have now started on PokerStars. PokerStars are currently hosting daily satellites for EPT3 events with buy-ins starting from as little as $11.

The Tour starts in Barcelona, continues in London, Baden in Austria, Dublin, Copenhagen, Deauville in France, and culminates with the Monte Carlo Grand Final, which is again taking place at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, starting on March 28, 2007

19 year old poker player Jeff Williams won last years EPT Final in Monte Carlo ...

"Genius" Bill Fillmaff Donks at PokerStars

Hitting a straight draw on the river with puppy feet calls for a rap if your The 1998 Worldwide Poker Champion Bill Fillmaff.

The donkey killer then takes down the blinds moving all-in with pocket cowboy's ... A move you won't find in Doyle Brunson's Super System ... but it's in the Fillmaff Secret System. You'd be mad to use it but crazy not to check it out.

Bill has become something of an online legend for his match-ups with Phil Helmuth - maybe Phil has no manners but I guess he has a sense of humour.

Learn more from the "Genius" that is Bill Fillmaff

4kingpoker Forum Posting Jackpot Challenge

Coming Soon ... Win FREE $$$'s in your PokerStars Account in our poker forum posting competition.

The top 3 highest forum posters in each month will WIN a share of the MONTHLY JACKPOT split 1st 50%, 2nd 30% & 3rd 20% which will be paid into the winners PokerStars Accounts.

The monthly forum posting jackpot will be a guaranteed $50 pot so the top 3 posters will get at least $25 for 1st, $15 2nd & $10 for 3rd. Each forum post will add 10 cents to the monthly pot so if there are more than 500 posts the jackpot will grow over $50 ...

It's guaranteed to be at least a $50 Monthly Jackpot.

Once I can get the system backend to figure out monthly top posters we will start the monthly challenge. All posts will be subject to the normal rules so duplication, spam, aff links etc will be edited / deleted as usual - Get posting & YOU could be a winner.

4kingpoker Losses

I've had one of my usual big blowout online - I was doing ok playing at Full Tilt Poker and I'd been building up reasonably steadily. That said I'm playing alot more aggressively trying to pick up marginal pots that the other players are scared of and generally trying to setup a table image of stealing alot of pots in the hope that when I hit a big hand I can take down a big pot.

Anyway I'm playing at Phil Ivey's $1/2 NL table (he's out of town)

I'd been getting under everyones skin having taken down 4 or 5 pots in a row when I get Big Slick - AK on the Big Blind.

Preflop the betting came round to me, with several calls and a moderate raise by the Button, I re-raised and we were down to the two of us with a nice sized pot.

Flop comes down 3 Ace 3

So I'm first to act with 2 pair aces & 3's but the board showing 2 clubs. I raise twice the pot wanting to take out the flush draw and putting him on high cards or a high pocket pair. He re-raises me all-in and I figure he's gone for the steal before and lost a couple of hands to me so I call.

He turns over AA ... Gutted & I lose a big $386 hand ... Ouch

That pretty much took me out (I've been reckless with my bankroll) so I'm going to be down in the cheap seats to lick my wounds.

But at least I didn't lose my head playing Rodeo Poker ...

Random YouTube Corner - Classic Rainbow

We've had random weather, fete watch & now more childhood TV favourties. I found this clip from a classic episode of Rainbow from the 1970's it's totally unedited - Unbelievably the script writers got it through but it was the age of innocence and great entertainment for kids & parents alike.

So you've read some stuff on poker
which I hope you've enjoyed ...

Now use the links & check out our 4kingpoker reviews
sign-up to some poker sites through our links
deposit some cash & get playing ;-)

Good Luck at the Tables ... Cheers Scrawnybob

Playing Poker in UK Pubs & PKR $50 Freeroll

2006-12-07T10:50:00.000+00:00

UK set to Legalise Playing Poker in Pubs

As recently reported in the Sunday Times the UK government is planning to loosen up gambling regulations. Currently playing card games for cash in pubs requires a special permit. The new legislation is expected to allow playing poker and other card games for cash in all pubs but restrictions are expected. So far the most likely option is a cap on a players maximum loses - expected to be around £10 per night. The reforms to the UK pub licencing laws & regulations would take effect in 2007.

I personally think this is long overdue - Considering the legal state sponsored mugging via the National Lottery has been in full swing for years ... Promising billion to 1 odds at life changing money I hardly think £10 for a pub league or tournament buy-in is going to turn the nation into a bunch of hardcore gamblers.

Let's be honest about it the lottery did that years ago and some crazy statistic like 60% of lottery ticket buyers think buying £10 of tickets and scratch cards is a good way to provide for their pension.

If people seriously believe that - They don't need gambling legislation ... They need to be locked in a padded room.

We've been allowed to play certain pub games like cribbage for cash legally for years but only for penny change. I have fond memories of hours spent in the pub over a pint and a crib board to bring home a hansome profit of 25p at the end of a night ... The idea of a tenner from each player up for grabs is positively mouth watering.

More ... Sunday Times Article
Green light for Playing Poker in UK Pubs

Aussie Millions 2007 Crown Casino Preview

The 2007 Crown Casino Poker Championship known as The Aussie Millions is this January from the 16th - 19th at the Crown Casino, Melbourne, Austrailia. With an estimated $5 million prize pool for the main event.

Big names expected so far are Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Marcel Luske, Mike Sexton, Barry Greenstein, Clonie Gowan, Joe Hatchem, Kenna James, John Juanda, Scott Fischman & Tony G who recently won the BetFair Asian Poker Tour.

So who won the Aussie Millions in 2006 ?

New Zealander Lee Nelson who also picked up 3rd place in the BetFair Asian Poker Tour, 1st place in the Grosvenor World Masters this year and has a string of other final table places over the past few years.

So you think you can multi-table ?

I'm not a big fan of multi-tabling to be honest.

OK so the arguement goes that if you play more tables you need to make less profit from each to make the same hourly win rate. That seems logical but for me going past 2 tables makes my head hurt and means you have next to no idea about the players your up against.

This might be ok for the micro low tables where everyone is going to be an idiot or make the big hands fairly obvious then playing tight and very slective is the best approach - but that really is just grinding. If your only going play premium hands I think that shows and at even just marginally higher stakes creative play on less tables is more profitable IMHO.

From what I can figure out multi table fans really go for straight play and premium hands - so if your on a table against someone you figure or know is in 3 or 4+ games then think about what they're capable of ... They're not going to get too tricky with marginal and drawing hands but they're going to have something to win big on with the hands they do play.

For me I prefer and have better success (relatively) playing a single table (or 2 max) aggressively and much more tactically - this means I may appear loose and crazy alot which means a very good chance of getting my big hands paid. If your sitting with 6+ games active and folding everything apart from big hands often it means you won't get paid when you hit and you miss alot of safer opportunities to pick up those mid size pots no-one is sure of.

Anyway there you go if you have money to burn you can hook up 4+ screens and multi-table on 16-20 games ... Crazy bankroll requirements but hey I'm sure these guys swear by it ... I'd love to know what they're hourly target is.

Pain Free move to New Look Blog ?

So this week I'm 4 days late posting this being Thursday. A combination of a bit of a cold, other work needing attention and deciding to move the blog onto the beta google thing explains the delay. So hopefully now after hours last night tinkering and pretty much wishing I hadn't - I now have a blog which actually has the same colours as 4kingpoker main site, which is something.

On the negative side Google's so called easier to use beta blogging thing isn't quite so slick ... yet. Limited colour choices means even the standard link colour blue isn't available and seems like everytime I change something for the sidebar stuff in HTML it looses the formating on the previous stuff which is annoying. Still I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

4kingpoker Losses

So far I've only played a couple of hours or so in the last week, I didn't take the 250% re-deposit bonus Poker Heaven offered me in the end. I like PokerHeaven alot as the players are weak passive but I really need to check out the growth of juicy players now at FullTilt Poker, I'm up around $100 there and seem to be clearing the bonus quicker than I expected. I've also been playing PokerStars which also seems to have got juicier than I remember it, so far I'm up around $150 at Stars after not much play at all.

Wordsicles & Political Correctness Gone Mad

It's been a while since I've ranted about my pet hate ... Meaningless business jargon ... (I'll give Phil Hellmuth a rest as I think he's been doing some charity work recently). Wordsicles are those totally pointless buzz words idiot business & marketing types chuck around like confetti to give obvious concepts some kind of supernatural and zen like status.

So we've had "blue sky thinking" to the point it's become part of the language so those uber trendy muppets have to get to the new new thing ... "brain salad" "thought salad" ... so now instead of sending your under stimulated underlings off for some "blue sky thinking" they're gathering round to "toss some thought salad" ...

bullshit merchants

And as if having trendy wanabees coming up with daft ideas wasn't enough. The political correctness brigade are jumping in on the act ... Now don't get me wrong I'm all in favour of equality and totally against racism, discrimination and all for sticking up for minorities but this is just bolox.

Apparently the PC police of the motivational business & training junkets are no longer sending their droids ... oops I meant staff / delegates off to do some "brain storming" they now have to call it "mind mapping" due to brain storming being a type of very rare brain fit ...

Now I don't wish to seem dismissive or disrespectful of unfortunate people who have suffered from these brain storms or their families & friends ...

But equally I see little benefit for them knowing some stupid PC motivation coach has banned the term which clearly like many other words (proper ones at that) have several meanings ...

The sad thing is in all this political correctness we've actually lost genuine humanity and manners and replaced it with some half assed "have a nice day" (like I give a sh*t) culture.

Now you've read some stuff on poker, use the damn links, check out our 4kingpoker reviews, sign-up to some poker sites using our links, deposit a load of cash and get playing ;-) oh & Good Luck at the Tables ... Cheers Scrawnybob

FullTilt Poker overtakes Party Poker, Iggy moves on & Online Qualifiers for 2007 Aussie Millions

2006-11-27T09:36:00.000+00:00

FullTilt Beats Party Poker ... FullTilt becomes 2nd biggest Site.

FullTilt Poker has over taken Party Poker to become the 2nd largest poker room online. Whilst Party Poker player volume has taken a severe beating after withdrawing from US online poker, FullTilt has continued to accept American online poker players and has reaped the rewards. PokerStars also staying with US players has maintained its dominance and number one position by a wide margin.

Other poker sites are continuing to consolidate and buy out other sites, notably the iPoker / Playtech buyout of the Tribeca Europe operation which will see the migration from Tribeca to the iPoker Network of sites like VC Poker. Playtech boasts this will make the iPoker network the largest NON US focussed poker network in the business. The move is certain to boost player volumes for existing sites on the network like Titan Poker & Noble Poker over the next few months.

Guiness & Poker Blog ... Iggy Moves Home

The single most successful poker blogger - Iggy is to continue his Guiness & Poker Blog famed for uber posts and random thoughts at a new home, having teamed up with the PokerWorks / Pokernews conglomerate he can now be found here - Iggy's Blog.

Which leads me into thoughts about my own very humble blog ...

Scrawnybob's 4kingpoker Ramble ... Iggy wannabe / Iggy I ain't

I started this blog as something of an after thought ... after launching 4kingpoker.com with no clue about setting up an internet poker site or blogging.

One piece of reoccuring blogging advice which I've probably ignored is to personalise your blog or maybe have an alter ego.

I'm pretty sure my personal life is of little or no importance beyond my small part of the universe and I'm not about to recast Scrawnybob as some kind of poker superhero but I should at least make my blog a little more friendly & personal.

OK so here it is - I'm no beer drinking high stakes poker player with masses of wit and wisedom to impart but at least my name isn't Muriel and I don't have 45 cats and an "exciting" photographic collection of teapot cosies as a basis for my blog.

I am Scrawnybob, an average joe poker player from the UK. Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, but hopefully I'm always learning more about poker. I setup 4kingpoker.com around a year ago having sat on the domains for 18mnths watching the easy money of the poker affiliate boom pass me by until I finally decided to give it a go.

After several attempts at giving the blog a structure, a purpose and an aim I think it's time to give up on having a plan and just chuck anything in which I think might be interesting ... and as I am unlikely to come close to blogging on a daily basis I'm just going try to get something up once a week.

At the end of the day anyone reading this ... read it quick & just get on playing poker - If you find any of my reviews etc useful ... Please sign up to the sites using my links here or at 4kingpoker.com ;-) deposit some cash and get playing online poker.

Back in my corner of the world I spent the weekend down at a nice cottage in Wales with a few surfy types and ended up playing poker with chocolate coins for chips (it was that or jigsaw pieces / crunchy nut cornflakes) ... great fun and I'm sure I could have cleaned them all out if we hadn't all started eating away at our chip stacks ... It's was great to see a full table of new poker virgins enjoying the game for the first time and a great reminder that it's not all about updating bonus offers and keeping track of promotions / dates and all the affiliate stuff.

The Phil Helmuth Corner ... More Ranting, Bitchin & Moaning

This time Annie Duke takes the flack from Phil Helmuth the self appointed "Genius" of Poker.

2007 Aussie Millions ... Online Qualifiers & Satelites

My recommended sites with qualifiers & satelites for the 2007 Aussie Millions - FullTilt Poker, PokerStars, Titan Poker, Poker.com, Mansion Poker & UltimateBet

The Random Non Poker Stuff ... Waste your life with YouTube

You Tube is my new pet waste of time, along with 90% of the rest of the connected world. There is just so much cr*p on there but I still can help watching it ... So I feel obligated to post it up and waste your time too.

$10 Million VC Poker Grand Slam Tournament, Dog's Play Poker & Why I Hate Phil Hellmuth

2006-11-21T16:13:00.000+00:00

Dog's Play Poker ... Donkey's dressed in Dog's Clothing

Phil Helmuth Bitching - Again

Personally I bloody strongly dislike Phil Helmuth (I won't say hate because I've never met the bloke). But seriously - World champion poker player or not, 50 WSOP in the money finishes or not & youngest prodigy poker genius or not ...

Phil Helmuth you seriously need to get some damn manners - you are frankly a spoilt brat and when it doesn't go your way a total tw*t.

Check out the 2nd to last hand Hellmuth played in the 2006 WSOP ... Seriously rude to an amateur, bitching an moaning like he'd been dealt 3 aces and got cracked - but no he had AK off the other guy had K 10 suited. The guy was close to braining Phil and I think if I'd been sat there I'd have lost it. Hellmuth comes out with his patent "He can't even spell poker" ... You know what Mr Bigshot Poker Champ, you can't spell manners ... Give me Mike the Mouth anyday at least he has a sense of humour.

4kingpoker News ... I've been changing a few things on 4kingpoker.com to try and get it all a bit more newsy and easier to navigate ... Not sure about the colour changes from blue to black yet but it's definately a more interesting read. If anyone is actually out there check it out and give us some feedback.

Random Stakes Poker ... Never bet your house on a hand.

Extreme Strip Roulette, That Jamie Gold Lawsuit & Negreanu makes Hellmuth meltdown on HSP

2006-11-16T14:16:00.000+00:00

Extreme Strip Roulette ... Are you a Gambler or a Poker Player ?

That Jamie Gold WSOP Winner Lawsuit ... Every two bit wanabee lawyer & poker blogger seems to have an opinion on the lawsuit which has seen half of Jamie Gold's 2006 WSOP frozen. But I came across an interesting piece in Law School Dropout's Poker Blog which seems to cover the whole thing with alot more credible legal thoughts than I've seen elsewhere.

High Stakes Poker ... Negreanu puts Phil Helmuth into Meltdown

4kingpoker losses ... Still got a few pennies at Full Tilt Poker but basically floundering around having still not recovered from one of my patent "dump my bankroll" sessions. Although today I received a tempting 250% re-load bonus offer from Poker Heaven which I will probably take up and make this my final attempt to beat my demons and beat those juicy cash games ... But we'll see.

Blind Man's Bluff Poker ... The future of Poker & it's NOT Omaha

Hellmuth gets a beating at High Stakes Poker

2006-11-15T17:47:00.000+00:00

4kingpoker News ... Playtech / iPoker buys Tribeca Europe for $75m

Playtech (iPoker Network) announced on Monday it had agreed to buy part of rival Tribeca Tables Europe for $75 million. Bringing with it sites currently operating on Tribeca's software platform including VCPoker, PaddyPower, Blue Square & Expekt.

Phil Hellmuth makes quickest All-in move Ever ... Phil Hellmuth who is notoriously bad at winning in cash games made a brief apperance on High Stakes Poker and swiftly blew $150,000 in the space of a few hands.

I'm really getting into watching High Stakes Poker on TV ... Basically it's an ongoing cash game open to the poker pro's who stump up a minimum $100,000 buy-in. Daniel Negreanu has suffered a bit of a beating and not recovered from losing a massive hand against Gus Hanson who made quad 5's against Daniel's Full 6's & 5's .. that's a tough beat which Negreanu handled with true professionalism, unlike Hellmuth who is in danger of blowing up in classic style. It was really entertaining to see Phil Hellmuth's patent high speed all-in call against Barry Greenstein ... Man I love to see Hellmuth suffer.

4kingpoker Losses ... Easy come, easy go at FullTilt Poker for me this week. I managed to burn off $100 of profit in about 10mins and swiftly followed it with most of the rest of it yesterday.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... Next tournies will be at UltimateBet when we get the confirmed times / dates they will be up soon.

I played Clonie Gowan at FullTilt Poker & Survived UltimateBet / Absolute Poker Merger Rumours

2006-11-09T16:52:00.000+00:00

4kingpoker Losses ... I've been playing a bit at Full Tilt Poker the last couple of days which has been great fun & a bit of profit. The cool thing I have found is that if like me your not a big fan of the cartoon avatars & bright graphics ... you don't have to put up with them ...

Go into the options menu and you can make the site really clean and simple - No avatars & just dark simple background or set for somewhere in between. It's really made a difference, that and the increase in fish playing at the site ... FullTilt is nothing like the hardcore tougher site it used to be ... Play the Pro's & Beat the Fish.

Anyway I'd been sat in at a $0.25/0.50 NL cash table for a while when I noticed that yes I was on a celebrity table ... Clonie Gowan no less who was playing for her favourite charity The National Ovarian Foundation. Phil Ivey was also in the house on the $1/2 tables I think. FullTilt has a great line-up of pro players you can actually play and chat to, I'm not into the celebrity thing but I have to admit it is kind of nice to come away from a table able to say you didn't loose all your chips to a pro ... I'll leave Phil and $1/2 tables for another day.

Chris Ferguson slices carrot's at the Poker table

Anyway I managed to turn about $40 into $200+ yesterday and was doing well this morning until a couple of hands, this one was a real shocker ...

I hit a low flush on the flop and figured I needed to bet big to get the one card chancers away from what was a decent pot - so I'm sat with about $170 at the table and last to act, so I let them bet and then go over the top for all their money (about $60 a piece - damn it if they don't both turn over clubs, so 3 made flushed on the flop and 9 of the clubs in the deck are out ... Unreal.

At the end of today I'm pretty much where I started from yesterday but it's been fun and I have to say FullTilt has grown on me massively.

Who has the most bling at FullTilt - Lederer or Seidel ?

Full List of the Poker Pro's at Full Tilt Poker ... Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Jennifer Harman, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Clonie Gowen, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, Allen Cunningham, Barny Boatman, Ross Boatman, Joe Beevers, Ram Vaswani, Aaron Bartley, Farzad Bonyadi, Alan Boston, Steve Brecher, Richard Brodie, David Chiu, John Cernuto, John D'Agostino, Roland de Wolfe, Layne Flack, Perry Friedman, Rafe Furst, Kristy Gazes, David Grey, Berry Johnston, Alfredo "Toto" Leonidas, Jeff Madsen, Greg Mascio, Robert Mizrachi, Carlos Mortensen, Greg Mueller, David Oppenheim, Stuart Paterson, Ben Roberts, Huckleberry Seed, Keith Sexton, David Singer, Gavin Smith, Mark Vos, Lee Watkinson, Paul Wolfe & Steve Zolotow.

Phil Ivey cloned at FullTilt Poker

4kingpoker Tournaments ... Results from last nights $50 freeroll at Poker.com
which was the 18th game in the tour.

1st ... vladedoty ... 10pts
2nd ... Mariettas ... 9pts
3rd ... TOMAS02 ... 8pts
4th ... EVOFQ450 ... 7pts
5th ... STEINY2004 ... 6pts
6th ... rgchan ... 5pts
7th ... TishMan ... 4pts
8th ... Auburn99 ... 3pts
9th ... mustymusk ... 2pts
10th ... LordDemo5 ... 1pt

Overal leaderboard after 18 games.

1. scrawnybob 61pts (N/A)
2. Tishman 28pts
3. Harry_Lime 22
4. Cro_boy 21pts
5. F A T 20pts
6. adrodysee 19pts
7. Arjonius 18pts
8. Depped 18pts
9. Igotdanuts 16pts
10. rgchan 16pts

The final 2 freerolls will be played at UltimateBet & PKR 3D poker ... dates to follow soon.

4kingpoker News UltimateBet and Absolute Poker merger rumours continue to fly around with announcement expected this week. The resulting poker room would become a bigger player in the market but as yet it is unclear who's software etc would be utilised ... Most likely is using the UltimateBet software and player interface with Absolute Poker's better backroom, marketing and affiliate setup. As a result of the US online gambling bill more mergers and aquistions are likely and there are more rumours including possible talks between Ladbrokes Poker, Party Gaming & 888.com / Pacific Poker ... One thing for sure as a result of the US Bill the poker business is unlikely to look the same in a years time as it does now.

PKR $250 bonus, full review & promo videos - showing chip trips and 3D features

2006-11-06T19:08:00.000+00:00

4kingpoker Tournaments ... We have another $50 freeroll game at poker.com on Wednesday 8th Novemeber at 5pm EST, which will be the 18th game in the 4kingpoker freeroll series.

With only 3 games left to play in the current freeroll tour it's still wide open and their is an additional $100 of prizes for the top 3 overall ... the leaderboard looks like this ...

TishMan 24pts

harry lime 22pts

Cro_boy 21pts

FAT 20pts

adrodysee 19pts

ArjonPH / Ajonius 18pts
depped 18pts

thefatvillain 16pts
Igotdanunts1 16pts

ALLTHAT1111 14pts

rgchan 11pts
BDMK 11pts
Bogdanbet 11pts
darkralph 11pts

10pts ... tking888, woods61, truushot, chopper, 2zstrong, four ducks, frankovic22, pokerchamp69, scott145, w00t169, knapping1

9pts ... sexykitten78, ateamcrew, Souldive, Braisco, angelfck, argen, Birdman420, Beeeee, bagheera, PACOBAD4

8pts ... KASScro, FUSION, cantbluffme66, K-OS, digger02, thebull02, el Reyes, jim4488, uzi5mm, Kalan

7pts ... REJBON, Justa7, poka902, grgam12, ASAKING, midnightprelude, hacksaw, littlegrave3, 1rainbow1, BadIn10tions,

6pts ... rsj1962, Drumgower1, terhulk, middleweb, ubdofllfc, phatazz, junker 2005, 1reicke, StarAngel, Paspoil

5pts ... donvic, Bruner, adatomate, JJuper, Rudyrudeth, jtw1942, MrRounders7 (track), baywater99, napst3r, CA CA DEL TORO, MrsCaper, rodman, cjh88, WEST AUCKLAND, TxJoker, 2tg32468

4pts ... herforthenuts, jackreacher12, ace0vspades, PokerKing1188, drkneenie, dp66, bornesupreme, gti339, GmanIV, TriBal, AngieBlack, rockyviborin, PokerGoddess666, smjkrj

3pts ... Ashley111, Rajkos, TDLorg, Devils Gun, VJ Ceccola, climberboy52, Borny, Lavibore

2pts ... roneill33, 2ztrong, theENDofYOU, Dentelle, nickdeangelo, erikser, neuman357, chiphustlen, mrzola, a28gal, ChipsThe Party, peasandgravy, Robertz

1pt ... Stinger12, BuRner418, Cortina, VegasJp, Billy007, rambejr77, wirralguy, K1ng, DeadMagiK, Merid, Stinkee, Zhentozz, Rooofdog

Current Leaderboard in the 4kingpoker buy-in tour with 3 games to go ...

Harry_Lime 73pts

Katymaty 41pts

DarkRalph 38pts

gonhuntin 33pts

Braisco 32pts

Scrawnybob 24pts

LDJ1s 20pts

Irongirl03 18pts

Donvic 17pts

charterboss 16pts

Terrier01 14pts

10pts ... Remington69, LittleGrave, DomEast, Stinkee

9pts ... IamTishMan, Androdysee, Henry14ro

8pts ... Darkxhand, Davis8815, Bruner86, roneill33, Ray101bass

6pts ... rafaelbryan, lagrangell, agapoker

5pts ... TDLorg, MsRounders

4pts ... Dazzler69, Ovafan, Gatordad

3pts ... Craven115, MauritoJ, Jenbar, Kanyezee

2pts ... Badin10tions, Cidul

1pt ... Ionniec

4kingpoker News ... I'm working through a bit of a re-design on the homepage to make the site updates a bit more visible and try and get the information and navigation more logical.

More Poker.com Private Tournies & WSOP 2006 Final Hand

2006-11-04T11:26:00.000+00:00

We have been in the process of moving house over the last weekend and the place is still a bomb site so not had much chance to blog or keep up with the forum. Starting next week I'm going to try and get the blog full of more inteesting content. I have been looking at putting up poker related youtube videos on 4kingpoker and after some early fiddling around I think it's going to be better putting any interesting finds up in the blog rather than on the main site ... so watch this space.

Poker Heaven Bonus & Review

4kingpoker Losses ... Definately had no time to play after a rubbish showing in the last 4kingpoker tournie which I think was the only action I got this week.

Funny hand took me out I got Q9 in middle position and short stacked decided to limp in calling the low blinds ... Flop came down 994 which made me trips but not the best way round anyway with a flush draw on the board I decided to try and keep a lid on the hand and hope to just pick up a few chips to keep me going. Turn comes down a 4 so now sat with a Full House and feeling alot more confident and hoping the other guy would hit the flush and I could double up ... Long story short we end up all-in and he turns over 44 making quads ... shit happens.

And to kick off the Poker Tube - Here is the final hand on the final table of the WSOP 2006 which saw Jamie Gold the Winner of the World Series of Poker 2006.

Gus Hanson & Daniel Negreanu clash on High Stakes Poker.

And now the from the bizzare to the rediculous ... And there was Senator Bill Frist worried about online poker ... hell ban fireworks clearly we're all retards.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... We have a couple more tournies on at Poker.com this Sunday and the following Wednesday

Sunday 5th November 3pm EST - Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
4kingpoker buy-in tour game 9

Wednesday 8th November 5pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 18

Added to all the action at Poker.com we have the WEEKLY $250 FREEROLL at Titan Poker which is open to all sign-ups to Titan through 4kingpoker (use BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker).

Poker Ban - Online Gambling Bill Signed & Latest Poker Site Statements

2006-10-16T12:44:00.000+01:00

Poker Thoughts for the week ... US Poker Ban

Now known as Black Friday in online poker circles the Online Gambling Bill / Port Security Bill was signed by President George Bush on Friday 13th October, 2006.

The latest news & statements from the poker site are below:

Poker Sites remaining open to US players after the US Online Gambline Bill has been signed -

Poker.com

Bodog

Jungle Poker

Absolute Poker

UltimateBet

Mansion Poker -

Full Tilt Poker

PokerStars

DoylesRoom

Poker Sites withdrawn from US and now closed to US poker players -

Party Poker / Party Gaming

Pacific Poker / 888.com

Paradise Poker

PokerRoom

HoldemPoker

EuroPoker

Hollywood Poker

Action Poker Network - Action Poker, Poker in Canada, Tiger Gaming

William Hill

InterPoker

Sun Poker

Titan Poker

All Cryptologic Sites

All Boss Network Sites - PokerHeaven

PKR 3D Poker

VC Poker

BetFair Poker

Ladbrokes Poker

WPTonline Poker

JetSet Poker - which has ceased all operations

Poker Heaven Bonus & Review

4kingpoker Forums ... Hot & New threads in the forums.

Saga ... Jamie Gold WSOP winner gets sued

Poll ... Who is your favourite make poker pro ?

Poll ... Who is your favourite woman poker pro ?

4kingpoker Losses ...

4kingpoker Tournaments ... We have scheduled up more tournaments at Poker.com over the coming month with a mix of $50 Freeroll's & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added.

Wednesday 18th October 7pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 15

Sunday 22nd October 3pm EST - Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
4kingpoker buy-in tour game 8

Wednesday 25th October 7pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 16

Sunday 29th October 3pm EST - Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
4kingpoker buy-in tour game 9

Wednesday 1st November 7pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 17

Added to all the action at Poker.com we have the WEEKLY $250 FREEROLL at Titan Poker which is open to all sign-ups to Titan through 4kingpoker (use BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker).

More US Online Gambling Bill - Ban on poker in US

2006-10-09T10:51:00.000+01:00

Poker Thoughts for the week ... US Poker Ban

Well everyone in the industry seems to be wandering around in circles, running off in different dierections or jumping of cliffs like lemmings.

Due to all the legal implications either real or perceived, NON US poker forums like 4kingpoker that do not operate as poker rooms are struggling to know what the future holds.

The internet is a global means of communication and yet the US online gambling bill (a US law regulating the tranfer of money from the US to online gambling sites) seems to be potentially effecting just about everything and everyone else in the world interested in playing poker either online or in live games ... This IMHO seems to be ethically wrong.

I'm not going to get into the whole "US Poker Ban or Not" debate ... why ?

Well because everyone including lawyers and legal eagles seem to have found little concensus - On the one hand sites like PartyPoker and Pacific Poker (both traded companies) have made it clear and have withdrawn from the US poker market. On the other most sites seem to be taking either a clear stand that as don't operate out of the US therefore the law does not apply and they feel it goes against international trade law, or they are currently continuing "business as usual"

The most important thing from a players point of view is that the reputable sites are assuring players their money is safe on their poker sites.

It's true that the new bill does only restrict the payment via banking systems from the US to a gambling / poker site and therefore some argue that this is not a US poker ban. But the interesting thing will be how much the US government take this view also.

One thing is clear that everyone will be watching and waiting to see what happens once the bill is signed and the 720 days for the banks to implement it are up. Let's face it US banks / credit cards haven't been dealing with poker sites for a good while already so many are predicting business as usual ... Neteller is still planning to operate and it is unclear whether the bill has any hold over a European payment system or not.

In short it seems that online poker for US players is still the grey area that it was before the bill was passed.

The most startling factor is how the online gambling bill ever got to this stage in the first place. Senator Frist has managed to attached it to the port security bill which was guaranteed to pass no matter what was attached to it. However many are expressing concerns that such an irrelevant piece of law could be attached so easily - maybe these voices will multiply in the halls of power and cut the bill out all together.

For legal reasons (ie. I'm NOT a lawyer) I would advise all players around the world to always check the legal status of playing online poker in their country of residence - and I do NOT encourage anyone to break any laws which may apply in their country of residence. Any statements by the poker sites regarding whether sites are "open" or "closed" to US players are quoted directly from the respective sites and are NOT the views or opinions of 4kingpoker or this blog - They are in thepublic domain and reproduced purely for entertainment / information purposes.

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4kingpoker Forums ... Hot & New threads in the forums.

Saga ... Jamie Gold WSOP winner gets sued

Poll ... Who is your favourite make poker pro ?

Poll ... Who is your favourite woman poker pro ?

4kingpoker Losses ... Managed to have a great morning on Poker.com (which incidently looks brilliant since the graphics redesign) and played $130 dollars up to just short of $500 in the space of a couple of hours. Come the afternoon and yes the inevitable happens - I play looser more speculative poker and p** it all away ... well I've ended up in modest profit. Again this proves that if I concentrate - I WIN but if I get cocky and push too much - I LOSE ... As they say ... It's not rocket science.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... We have scheduled up 6 tournaments at Poker.com over the coming month with a mix of $50 Freeroll's & $3+0.30 buy-ins with $50 added.

Sunday 15th October 3pm EST - Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
4kingpoker buy-in tour game 7

Wednesday 18th October 7pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 15

Sunday 22nd October 3pm EST - Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
4kingpoker buy-in tour game 8

Wednesday 25th October 7pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 16

Sunday 29th October 3pm EST - Poker.com $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added
4kingpoker buy-in tour game 9

Wednesday 1st November 7pm EST - Poker.com $50 FREEROLL
4kingpoker freeroll tour game 17

Added to all the action at Poker.com we have the WEEKLY $250 FREEROLL at Titan Poker which is open to all sign-ups to Titan through 4kingpoker (use BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker).

4kingpoker News ... As a result of the US gambling bill my time has been stretched trying to figure out what it all means - long story short nobody really know with any certainty.

US Online Gambling Prohibition Bill - US Poker Ban ? The End of Online Poker in US or NOT ?

2006-10-02T08:29:00.000+01:00

US Passes Bill - A Ban on Online Poker ???

The US house of Representatives has passed a bill about gambling transactions over the internet ... Not by fair or legitimate means - But by stealth ... By attaching the Online Gambling Prohibition Bill to the Port Security Bill making it a sure vote.

The Port Security Bill was important and virtually guaranteed to pass no matter what was attached to it ... Underhand or What ??

But is this really a Ban on Online Poker in the US ???
Is this the end of online poker in America ???

Well the inevitable panic posting in forums has been around for a while and this is unlikely to slow it down but it's important to keep some perspective on the bill and everything surrounding it.

Firstly the bill never was and isn't an outright crystal clear ban of online poker in the US. The bill aims to restrict online gambling by prohibiting the use of electronic payments, including credit cards ... That is NOT the same as banning online poker.

OK so it may make things tougher to play in the US but the bill has NOT suddenly made playing online poker in the US illegal ... Which seems to be what alot of panic forum poster seem to think.

At least for the moment it looks like Neteller is a valid means of depositing and withdrawl at online poker sites ... It looks like the bill will take up to 9 months to be fully implimented and in the meantime Neteller, a Euopean company with no US based holdings appears to plan to continue it's business until they're told they can't.

Obviously the most logical thing to do would be to legalise online poker and make some fat taxes, but a few zealots in government find the idea so terribly bad they seek to ban it - They knew they couldn't ban it so they've sneaked in a bill designed to make it harder to make the real money transactions in the US. They even had to do that on the back of another bill in order to get it through ...

Online poker illegal in the US ? ... I think not
The end of online poker in America ? ... Lets hope not

Online Gambling Prohibition Bill Update ... Pacific Poker / 888.com have announced they are ceasing their US accounts which is close to half their business. Other poker sites like Party Poker / Party Gaming are assessing the situation. It's too soon for US players to panic ... The bill will probably take 9 months to impliment, its unclear how effective it will be and how keen the banks and institutions will be to enforce it.

4kingpoker Losses ... Not much play at the moment as I'm tied up following the situation with the new bill that has gone through in the US.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... We had a great buy-in game at Titan on Sunday with 23 entries fighting over a $119 prize fund. HarryLime yet again proved victorious taking 1st place although he was short staked when there were 3 or 4 players remaining. Andodysee came 2nd in the heads up against Harry but it was a good battle.

Results 1st OCT Game 6 at Titan Poker

1. HarryLime 10pts
2. androdysee 9pts
3. davis8815 8pts
4. DarkRalph 7pts
5. agapoker 6pts
6. TDLorg 5pts
7. Dazzler69 4pts
8. Irongirl03 3pts
9. raybassman 2pts
10. LDJ1s 1pt

4kingpoker Buy-in Tour Overall

1. HarryLime 55pts
2. katyMaty 25pts
3. Scrawnybob 21pts (N/A)
4. Braisco 20pts
5. DarkRalph 20pts
6. Irongirl03 18pts
7. LDJ1s 17pts
8. Charterboss 16pts
9. Terrier01 14pts
10. gonhuntin 14pt

Our next game is on Wednesday 4th October - $50 FREEROLL at Ultimatebet 7pm EST

And we now have a regular weekly $250 FREEROLL on Sundays 6pm EST at Titan Poker
Open to all players who sign-up to Titan through our banners / links using BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker ... Find it in the Titan Poker lobby ... Sunday Private FR

4kingpoker joins $250 Titan Private FR

2006-09-25T11:15:00.000+01:00

4kingpoker Losses ... Not much success online at the moment so I was really looking forward to our first home game for several weeks on friday night.

Ended up being a very mixed night as I blasted through my chips early on. Cashed up twice in the first hour and got beat on two big hands which was frustrating but I didn't feel I did the wrong thing ...

I flopped the nut straight and correctly slow played knowing that the guy after me wouldn't be able to leave chips out on the table. Sure enough he raised £5 after 2 of us checked to him - the player on my right folds and I raise over the top to £10 still feeling confident I was enough ahead, the next card didnt help him but I then pushed all-in and he called turning over two pair - better than I expected but still ahead until the river makes him a full house.

The rest of the night seemed to be going his way - big change and we were all getting pounded - Long story short I ended up putting £60 in play and only managed to break even my the end of the night - not great but at least I got back square.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... We have a couple of games on this Sunday 1st October - The 6th game in the Buy-in Tour and a new format with Titan Poker which will be a weekly $250 FREEROLL at 6pm EST which is a joint private freeroll with a couple of other poker forum sites, this will replace the Titan Series and should be fun to play a private freeroll but up against some new players.

3pm EST at Titan Poker for a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added -
game 6 of The 4kingpoker Buy-in Tour.

6pm EST at Titan Poker for a $250 FREEROLL open to all players who sign-up to Titan through our banners / links using BONUS CODE: 4kingpoker
Titan Poker Sunday FR

4kingpoker News ... I've finally got the top 10's done so we know have separate tables and summary reviews for our top 10 recommended poker sites ranked for -

Best Poker Bonus

Easiest to Win Poker Sites

Best Poker Software

Best New Poker Sites

Boggest Poker Sites

Best Poker Sites for Mac

Best Poker Site Overall

Also we've added cards suit icons to the emotion thingy's in the forums so now you can post up bad beat's etc using them - which should make them alot easier to understand.

Titan Poker's Joanna Krupa Launches Poker Titan - $1 Million Dollar Guaranteed Tournament

2006-09-11T09:05:00.000+01:00

Poker Blog of the Week ... All In Poker Blog
Poker Barney has a the makings of a really good blog covering various issues like the investigation into WSOP ME payouts and his thoughts on why is poker so addictive ?

A regular player at PokerStars Barney has the answer to many poker related questions like ... Is the PokerStars Million full of fish ? and has even developed a Free PokerStars hand replayer which is a really useful online tool for players at PokerStars ... Nice one PokerBarney

Poker Site Pick ... StashPoker.com
StashPoker.com is on the cutting edge of cool - Offering tips to learn poker the easy way ... Lean back and relax with the 7 most important aspects of Poker by watching their 7 video tutorial clips. With good reviews take advantage of 7 lucrative poker bonuses & free money.

With a focus on UK poker and an authority Virgin Poker offered by one of the most trusted companies in the world. They have a $100 freeroll promotion on if you sign-up and play Virgin Poker ... StashPoker.com is a very slick site you should check it out.

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4kingpoker Losses ... I've been playing at PokerHeaven quite profitably until I had a random turn (yes again) and started playing in the $1/2 games (way above my bankroll) with some success then a disasterous run of luck. Not really bad beats but just really big hands with heavy match-ups ... losing my ace high flush to a full house on the river a few times, KK losing to Ace rag when I'd got the player all-in pre-flop ... That kind of thing. Anyway I'll start building up again steadily.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... After yesterday's cancelled buy-in tournie at PokerHeaven which was a major disappointment given that we have a fair few play money players there I've managed to get next Sunday's tournie changed to a $50 freeroll.

Sunday 17th September, 3pm EST at PokerHeaven $50 freeroll - game 14 of The 4kingpoker Freeroll Tour.

4kingpoker News ... We have a couple more new sites coming into the reviews soon. I'm also going to be adding another free to enter competition and I'm working on some sort of incentive posting reward system.

PKR 3D Poker launches Real Money + 50% up to $250 Bonus

2006-09-04T09:36:00.000+01:00

4kingpoker Losses ... I've been playing a bit at PokerHeaven on the Boss Network. I really like the software and the players truely suck, so much so that even I can make a bit of money ... Up $130 so far from playing about 3 hrs in the $0.25/0.50 NL cash games ... not sure how long that will last though.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... The 1000th member celebration freeroll at DreamPoker went well this weekend. We had 69 players and a host of regular and new faces ... Hayden1009 took 1st place with DomEast coming in 5th and Rgchan in 6th place. I finished a not very impressive 39th having got a bit enthusiastic with a couple of early hands and then hitting a long spell of duff cards ... I had a pocket pair once but 55 wasn't going to get me anywhere so managed to blind myself away - Great fun though.

The next weekend we're at PokerHeaven for game 5 of the 4kingpoker buy-in tour. $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added on Sunday 7th September at 3pm EST and then back at PokerHeaven the following Sunday for the 6th game in the league series.

4kingpoker News ... The forum has grown to over 1000 members which is great and I'm hoping to be spending more time in the forums. Social Bookmarking has now been added to the site and I am now working on improving the layout on the articles sections and getting the top 10 review sections finished so that we have top 10 reviews for bonus, software, weak players, biggest, mac, new & overall.

4kingpoker.com celebrates 1000th member with $100 DreamPoker FREEROLL

2006-08-31T13:17:00.000+01:00

4kingpoker 1000th Member $100 DreamPoker FREEROLL ...
To celebrate the 1000th member joining the poker forums we are holding a $100 FREEROLL this Sunday (3rd September) at 3pm EST.

This tournament is open to all members with 2+ posts in the forum.

Get posting to qualify ... All players with 2+ posts will recieve the password via PM on the day of the tournament. Players who have 5+ posts automatically have access to the passwords section and can register early.

Good Luck and hope to see you at the tables - Cheers Scrawnybob

Poker.com 100% Bonus + $35,000 in Freerolls

2006-08-28T19:19:00.000+01:00

Poker Blog of the Week ... The Cards Speak
Full and frank poker blog with loads of info and thoughts. Really well written and interesting with overview of other decent poker blogs too.

Poker Site Pick ... StacksBack.com
StacksBack.com aims to be a simpler, better internet poker portal, with more useful information in less time. With solid rackback offers, decent poker bonus reviews and a growing poker articles section.

4kingpoker Losses ... I've been working so much on the sites I haven't had a chance to play online. We've not organised a home game for ages but hopefully we'll get back on it in September when everyone has done the holiday thing.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... Nice result for Littlegrave who came 1st in the Titan game battling with HarryLime who finally finished 2nd. Sunday's game was the fourth game of the 4kingpoker Buy-in Tour.

Next I plan to get the couple of September games at PokerHeaven on the Boss Network. I really rate the site as the players really are bad, there is a reasonable volume of games and the software isn't a total eyesore like alot of the easiest to win sites.

There will also be a couple of freerolls to organise in September - Will be looking into getting some of the newer sites to host these.

4kingpoker News ... I've working on the social bookmarking side of things this week, so we now have links for tagging our poker site review, poker news & poker strategy articles. So for anyone who is into social bookmarking ... Please link to our pages and also the blog.

PokerRoom.com $5 million Poker Classic

2006-08-21T09:32:00.000+01:00

Poker Blog of the Week ... Mean Gene Poker Blog
"Pittsburgh's most decorated poker blogger, which I admit is like being the best shortstop in Greenland". Really good poker blog with lots of articles and thoughts on poker and other things besides.

Poker Site Pick ... DrawDead.com
DrawDead has grown from it's orginal focus of daily freeroll listings. And now offers a great range of Poker Bonus Codes & reviews. Their
Pro Poker Player Profiles have info and pictures of some of the big names ... Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Anne Duke & many more.

4kingpoker Losses ... Not had much time to play, but enough time to get through my bankroll at Ultimatebet, yet again proving I can win well at peak times and pi** it all away playing during off peak.
Nice bit of progress at Noble Poker tripled my meager bankroll - unsuprisingly playing at times when there was a better volume of games - picking out juicy 0.25/0.50 NL cash games.

4kingpoker Tournaments ... The next game planned for this Sunday at Titan Poker which is the 4th game in the 4kingpoker Buy-in Tour on Sunday 27th August 3pm EST for a $3+0.30 buy-in with $50 added.

4kingpoker News ... Still snowed under just getting fundamentals sorted on the site - I'll be really glad when I have the basis of all the sites sorted and then I can actually take part in the tournies and the forum a bit more.