Category: Home Poker

Nov 17
New poker blind timer – Sound volume and Saving

There’s a new version of PokerDIY Tourney Manager in town. You can now control each sound effect and speech bite (yes, PTM announces the blinds and tells you what’s going on) as well as a couple of other cool new features. PTM also saves the last used layout backgrounds and tourney configuration (Color-ups, addons, rebuys) […]

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Sep 25
Sit Go Poker – SitNGo – Avoiding Bad Beats, It’s a Skill

Avoiding bad beats is one of the most important skills to learn in poker. Poker players at any level just hate it when they get a bad beat, they are are the most annoying and frustrating hands in the game! So what are they, and more importantly, how can you go about avoiding bad beats? […]

Jul 20
Social Networking For Poker Players

Social Networking Poker Since the web 2.0 explosion over the last 3 years with the likes of myspace, facebook, Bebo and the like, social networking has taken interaction between likeminded groups and individuals to another level. As this media has expanded it has captured the imagination of many web developers and we can now see […]

Jul 20
iPhone Poker App Review – Blind Timer

App: Blind Timer Cost: £1.79 Developers: digitalsyrup.com I came across this app and I though would just be a glorified stopwatch. However once I installed it and loaded her up I was plenty surprised at what lurked under the surface. The App is called “Blind Timer” and can be found by searching the app store […]

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Jul 20
Running the Perfect Home Game – Part 4 – Rules and Structure

Hi and welcome to our final part of this 4 part series “Running the Perfect Home Game”. In the past 3 sections we covered playing cards, chipsets and lastly the different poker tables available on the market. If you have missed any of this articles or want to recap them head over to our “Home […]

Jul 20
Running the Perfect Home Game – Part 3 – Poker Tables

Hi and welcome to part 3 of our guide to the perfect home game, in part one 2 we looked at the different poker chipsets available and which is right for your home game. If you missed it or just want a recap you can read it here (shark-stats.co.uk/articles) In this part of the 4 […]

Jul 20
Running the Perfect Home Game – Part 2 – Poker Chipsets

Hi and welcome to part 2 of our guide to the perfect home game, in part 1 we looked at the different playing cards available and which is right for your home game. If you missed it or just want a recap you can read them in our Home Games section. So moving on to […]

Jul 20
Running the Perfect Home Game – Part 1 – Playing Cards

In this 4 part series we will look at the key aspects that make a home poker game run effortlessly on your part. As the host this is going to be your main priority, I have been to several home games where it took over an hour before the cards were in the air. In […]

Jul 19
Share your poker chipsets with our poker chip calculator

One of the cool new features in the latest version of the PokerDIY Tourney Manager chip calculator is the ability to share your poker chipsets easily on the web. Instead of writing it out by hand I can copy and paste it with a single click… Actions speak louder than words, so let me just show you – […]

Jul 16
Potential home poker game in East London!

In the last 8 months I reckon I have played about 3 games of live poker and 0 of online poker! For me, that;s bad! I’m on hols in South Africa at the moment and gagging for some home poker action! Hopefully my good mate Warren and hook us up with his buddies for a home game in good old […]