In response to the 2015 Aussie Millions 'Rake Debate'
In a recent article, poker pro Daniel Laidlaw and former Crown Poker and Aussie Millions TD Christian Vaughan debated on the rake increases announced as part of the 2015 Aussie Millions schedule. Now,...
View ArticleTime Out with Dean Blatt
2014 has been a pretty good year if you’re Dean Blatt.The Melbourne local has produced some of the most consistent results that we’ve seen in the country in quite some time. A third place in the Aussie...
View ArticleTime Out with Bruno Portaro - The Bolord Double
Last Sunday, Melbourne’s Bruno ‘Bolord’ Portaro won the High Roller at the Poker SA Diamond Series. Then, the next day, a horse Portaro part-owns and which is named in his honour had its first win...
View ArticleProp betting to better health
In my last blog post I spoke about how my year wasn't going in the direction I wanted it to, and that everything needed to change. It's been a bit over a month since I made that post and I'm happy to...
View ArticleIntroduction to Wealth Management
After my extremely fortunate score at the ANZPT Melbourne, it began to dawn on me how crucial a player’s response to a large score is and how different my response would have been a few years ago. I...
View ArticleTime Out with Minh Nguyen
Minh Nguyen has been well known on the Australasian poker circuit for a long time but in 2014 it was his brother Edison Nguyen who was getting all the attention. Well, that was until just a few weeks...
View ArticleTime Out with 2014 ANZ Player of the Year David Lim
With an exciting year coming to a close we extend our congratulations to all players who were successful during the year and those who picked up up one of the major tournament titles. One of the...
View ArticleUltimate slowroll or simple misunderstanding?
The latest poker video to go viral comes from the recently completed PaddyPoker Irish Open. You’ve probably already seen it, or at least heard about it. It comes from the final table and has been...
View ArticleDaniel Laidlaw: Poker and Antifragility
Australian poker player Daniel Laidlaw discusses the effect a book called 'Antifragile' had on his thinking about poker and how the concepts relate to being a poker professional. _ I'm on holidays at...
View ArticleA new era for Poker Asia Pacific
It’s Saturday afternoon and I’m writing my final piece for Poker Asia Pacific. I’ve got the Saturday horse races streaming on one monitor and the AFL streaming on my iPad. I couldn’t be more content.A...
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