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Can Chelsea recover from Champions League defeat?

It may not have been as heartbreaking as last season’s exit, but Chelsea’s latest defeat in the Champions League will hurt just as much. There were no handball shouts or last minute equalisers this time as Jose Mourinho’s dogged Inter side kept Chelsea at arm’s length for 70 minutes, before Samuel Eto’o finished the tie late [...]

Finding weaker players

It should come as no surprise that people make money from poker when their opponents make mistakes. If everyone played perfectly only the site would win as the money would just be passed around the table minus the rake. It should also be obvious that the more mistakes a player makes, the more we profit [...]

Can anyone thwart another O’Brien Derby success?

With an extraordinary 34 of the 101 entries for the 2010 Investec Derby, it is quite clear that Ballydoyle trainer Aidan O’Brien has set his stall out to register a first Derby success since High Chaparral won at Epsom in 2002, writes Elliot Slater. The strength in depth of the Irish handler is quite extraordinary and [...]

Lennon a topical local choice for Aintree spectacular

Without a win for nearly three years and having shown himself to be a specialist two-miler, Lennon wouldn’t appear at first glance to have a great deal going for him at Aintree, other than being named after one of Liverpool’s finest sons, writes Elliot Slater. It’s fascinating then that his shrewd County Durham-based trainer Howard Johnson [...]

2010 WSOP Schedule

The 41st annual World Series of Poker will be running from Thursday 27 May until Saturday 17 July, spreading a total of 57 events and the Ante-Up For Africa charity tournament. Things kick off in the usual style with the $500 Casino Employees event, a chance for the dealers, pit bosses and cashiers to be the [...]

French chaser may take National chance

One of the mystery horses of the 2010 John Smith’s Grand National is French raider Louping D’Ainay, a horse that missed much of last season and has yet to set foot on a racecourse this term, writes Elliot Slater. Campaigned almost exclusively at Auteuil, the 11-year-old has shown plenty of smart form, including when winning and [...]

Getting to grips with statistics

As someone who plays predominately online poker I am an advocate of third party software and in particular trackers and heads-up displays (HUDs). Some say it is unethical to use such software but it is available to everyone and nearly all sites allow it to be used whilst at their tables. There are a number of [...]

Everton defeat highlighted United’s frailties

I have to admit the tone of this blog has changed somewhat following the 3-0 win over West Ham on Tuesday night. The game couldn’t have come at a better time for United, in the immediate aftermath of a disappointing afternoon at Goodison where the side’s biggest weaknesses were laid bare once more. Sir Alex Ferguson [...]

Limit vs No-limit

On the surface fixed limit Hold’em and no-limit Hold’em look like almost the same game but with different betting structures attached to each. However, nothing could be further from the truth as comparing the two is like comparing science to art, two entirely different entities. Fixed limit is the science part of the equation in [...]

Ace-King early in tournaments

A major mistake players make during a tournament is going broke and losing all of their chips during the early stages of a tournament. Whilst Ace-King is a powerful hand many players overvalue its strength early in tournaments and seem to think they simply have to get their money ion with it each time [...]