Category: The Archives
A look back at the early days of the GGPoker blog. Kept as an online museum, recording the growth and development of GGPoker, the world’s biggest poker room.
Part 12 – July 1st, 2019 through July 31st, 2019 Originally posted: July 19th, 2019 Jean-Christophe Antoine interview with WorldPokerDeals Head of GGNetwork, Jean-Christophe Antoine spoke exclusively with WorldPokerDeals: WPD: Hello, Jean-Christophe! We appreciate you taking the time for this interview. To start, us a bit about yourself, how old are you? Are you married? […]
Part 11 – June 16th, 2019 through June 30th, 2019 Originally posted: June 19th, 2019 A Brief History of Poker Unlike a history of poker in briefs, thoroughly covered in our strip poker dressdown, this will be a compendium as concise as the facts and tugged strands permit. Regular readers will have already noted my penchant […]
Part 10 – June 1st, 2019 through June 15th, 2019 Originally posted: June 5th, 2019 Omaha Poker Strategy When I checked the content schedule to find our next outing was down the gold paved road of Omaha, my heart leapt for the fortuitous coincidence of it all. Just as we follow that winding yellowbrickroad to June’s […]
Part 9 – April 1st, 2019 through May 31st, 2019 Originally posted: April 10th, 2019 Fast Fold Poker Strategy Planning isn’t easy at walking pace, doubly at triple speed (doubly at triple sounds like racing parlance), but there’s grace in quickness. Like Bruce Lee said, we must be like water. Having recently introduced Rush&Cash, our […]
Part 8 – February 1st, 2019 through March 31st, 2019 Originally posted: February 20th, 2019 Video Poker evolution; from cam to Twitch RIP Radio Video killed the radio star, but empowered the Twitch idol. Welcome to TwitchWorld, where anyone can be famous for anything at any given time. There’s all sorts of reasons fans flock […]
Part 7 – December 1st, 2018 through January 31st, 2019 Originally posted: December 4th, 2018 The History of Strip Poker: Undressing the Game It’s not often an assignment lands on my desk and immediately brightens my day. There’s a definite ‘forbidden thrill’ in sitting up to the fullest in my chair to obscure my saucy […]
Part 6 – October 1st, 2018 through November 30th, 2018 Originally posted: October 1st, 2018 Free universal Smart HUD Our philosophy is all about levelling the playing field. While our views on fairness between HUD and gut players haven’t changed, we’re rolling out Smart HUD as a happy middle ground. Built to suit players on […]
Part 5 – February 1st, 2018 through September 30th Originally posted: February 21st, 2018 Introducing Vanessa Kade Another amazing poker player joins the ranks of the ever-growing GGPoker Twitch legion. Long-time cash game killer Vanessa is from that snowy Northern land of politeness and maple trees that we call Canada. As well as her successful poker […]
Part 4 – August 1st, 2017 through January 31st, 2018 Originally posted: August 29th, 2017 The Fitz End-Of-Month Tournament and Exclusive GGPoker Satellites Compete for your share of €30,000 at the Fitz End-Of-Month tournament. The Summer months are drawing to a close but the good times never stop here on GGPoker. We’re delighted to announce […]
Part 3 – April 1st, 2017 through July 31st, 2017 Originally posted: April 5th, 2017 The 3 People Sitting At Every Poker Table No matter where you play – online, live, in an established online poker room or in your best friend’s garage – if you sit at a full table, there are certain types […]
Part 2 – February 15th, 2017 through March 31st, 2017 Originally posted: February 17th, 2017 Poker in the Past: Poker Alice Alice Tubbs Alice Tubbs, better known as Poker Alice, was born in England in 1851 but moved to Virginia when was 12 years old. Alice was reared and received the majority of her education […]
Occasionally it becomes necessary to do some ‘house cleaning’; however, as we are all aware, it is imperative to remember our roots. One of the steps to achieving this goal is to tidy up the blog. We decided that instead of removing and deleting older posts, we would combine and republish the old posts, keeping […]
