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My 50k Weekend
8 November 2006
Phil Shaw, aka Jackal69 on PokerStars, had a superb time of it in a couple of big weekend multi-table tournaments
As ever, I wasn’t expecting much of a reward from the weekend tournaments on PokerStars (it’s hard to be disappointed with such an attitude), but the onset of dark winter nights and the lure of some tasty events saw me return to my favourite site for the first time since its World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) a month ago.
Despite hurrying home after a local fireworks display the Sunday Million, which I chopped three months ago for $75,000, came and went uneventfully so I registered for the $200 $15 HORSE event and also the big $100 $9 no limit holdem rebuy event to raise my sprits, both starting at 12.30am London time.
Never have two such different events sat side by side – the standard... Read More...
Sunday, Lovely Sunday
17 November 2006
Poker Verdict blogger Phil "Jackal69" Shaw on what it's like to win the PokerStars Sunday Million
As Sundays go, 23 July 2006 didn’t look likely to be anything out of the ordinary – the daytime, I recall, was spent cycling up and down the Lea Valley in East London and drinking Magners amid the trendy bars and Nathan Barley impersonators of Hoxton Square, before returning home with the expectation of an early bath and a tournament or two.
This lack of preparation had become indicative of my form in recent Sunday Millions on PokerStars, where I had not managed to get within a country mile of the final for well over a year despite at one point managing three consecutive (and heartbreaking) top 50 finishes, including a 12th place, before that. However, much as doctors have the Hippocratic Oath to guide them, most decent poker players live by the maxim ‘thou shalt not murder thy chips’, and so it was with an open mind and good grace...
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The Best SNG Players On The Net
8 December 2006
Phil Shaw plays online Sit n Gos with the best players out there. Who are they?
With recent legislation closing sites like PartyPoker to American customers, PokerStars has become the de facto home of Sit ’n’ Go (SNG) poker. So now seems like a good time to take a look at the best long-term players on that site as well as who has been making waves after coming across from other sites.
Here then, in no particular order, are ten of the best online poker players currently playing at the mid ($200-$300) and high level ($500-$1k) nine-seater SNGs:
BigJoe2003
Perhaps the most visible migrant from PartyPoker, both due to high volume play in the $500 and $1k events and claiming... Read More...