Poker’s biggest cash games get bigger still October 1, 2009 A NEW book by writer and poker player Victoria Coren detailing her career in the game, called For Richer For Poorer, contains some fascinating descriptions of London’s pre-poker boom cardrooms and private games. In these shady games played by shadier high rollers, the gamblers and cardsharps would butter up wealthy poker enthusiasts to make sure [...]
Hannon’s charge Paleo looks best bet in an action-packed weekend October 1, 2009 JOHN GOSDEN has won the last two runnings of the Cambridgeshire (Pipedreamer ‘07 and Tazeez ’08) and is represented by our old friend Charm School tomorrow. Regular readers of this column will know that the horse in question has let us down twice already this season and is proving expensive to follow. Therefore, although the [...]
the PARIS INSIDER October 1, 2009 BONJOUR MONSIEUR, avez-vous vu le cheval, je me demande? Celui avec la veste jaune. C’est un champion qui va remporter la grande course. S'il vous plaît, puis-je placer 10.000 euros SUR LA MER LES ÉTOILES?” Turn around doff the cap at the lady wearing Chanel behind you in the queue and walk, don’t run, to [...]
IN-RUNNING TRADING HINTS October 1, 2009 ANYONE watching racing in front of a computer screen over the next few days should logon to Betdaq and use the exchange to trade in-running. They are charging only 1 per cent commission on all winning bets placed during any race and there are some cracking trading opportunities. To start with, Confront seemed to relish [...]
Fans blamed as Adebayor escapes ban October 1, 2009 MANCHESTER CITY striker Emmanuel Adebayor yesterday escaped a ban for his controversial celebration against Arsenal after the Football Association accepted he had suffered “extreme provocation”. Adebayor was initially charged with improper conduct for marking a goal against his former club last month by running the length of the pitch to parade in front of Gunners [...]
Broad injury is a pain in the backside October 1, 2009 ENGLAND are set to make an 11th hour decision on whether to risk fast bowler Stuart Broad for today’s crunch Champions Trophy semi-final with Australia. Broad bowled at full pace in yesterday’s practice session but is still struggling to recover from the small tear in his left buttock which he suffered in Tuesday’s defeat to [...]
Murphy sends Fulham top October 1, 2009 FULHAM (1) vs FC BASEL (0) FULHAM climbed to the top of their Europa League group with a hard-fought victory over Swiss side FC Basel. Captain Danny Murphy fired home the game’s only goal on 58 minutes after being set up by striker Andrew Johnson. Johnson was a threat throughout, and had a late penalty [...]
Lampard bullish ahead of Reds showdown October 1, 2009 CHELSEA midfielder Frank Lampard has hit back at critics who say the Blues are yet to click under new boss Carlo Ancelotti. The west Londoners head into Sunday’s crunch clash with Liverpool off the back of a scrappy win at Apoel Nicosia and a shock defeat at Wigan. But with nine wins under their belt [...]
Rolling subs is the way forward, says Johnson October 1, 2009 ENGLAND team manager Martin Johnson is backing the introduction of rugby league-style rolling substitutes to ensure that the Harlequins fake-blood scandal never happens again. The proposal is one of 16 being considered by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to restore the sport’s reputation. And Johnson admitted he agreed with the views of the RFU’s Image [...]
Pompey fail to pay players after Al-Fahim takeover hits cash-flow October 1, 2009 PORTSMOUTH insist the squad will be paid today after the club failed to transfer players’ wages earlier this week. The Premier League’s basement outfit blamed the failure on cash-flow problems caused by Sulaiman al-Fahim’s takeover and subsequent refinancing project. Portsmouth said in a statement: “There was a delay in the transfer of funds but the [...]