Archive for February, 2011
Honesty in Poker
Poker is a game that glorifies dishonesty. It is a game where the lie has been raised to an art form. And I do mean art. Anyone who watched Phil Ivey 5-bet bluff Peter Jackson with Queen-high at the Monte Carlo Millions in 2005 has seen a true artist plying his trade (If you haven’t […]
20 of the Best: Melbourne Storm
As we wait for season 2011 to get underway, the Making The Nut team will take a look back over the last 20 years to name the 20 best players at all sixteen teams. Merged teams will take account of both clubs pre-merger and the only rule is that a player must have played at […]
February 19 Racing Selections
Two quick side notes before we get to the results from last week and the February 19 selections for Flemington, Rosehill, Doomben and Morphetville. Firstly, whilst results for these selections will be presented on the basis of the starting price (SP), it’s often worth looking at the pre-post markets on Saturday morning to see if […]
Reality Bites
The monthly figures are in and they tell a sorry tale from the perspective of yours truly. My numbers are down and I’m being out-rated by my esteemed stablemates at Making The Nut. How do I pull myself from this funk? How can I save some face? Should I write harder and longer and in […]
The 2011 Punters’ Guide to the 2011 NRL Season
Rugby League season is nearly upon us and as the cricket thankfully winds down and the trials start to arc up, we all get that feeling deep down in the loins. It is February, right now, where we start thinking starting line-ups, draws, player moves, fantasy, long-term futures betting and the countdown to round one. […]
Remembering the Best
In Australian Rules football, club best and fairest awards mean plenty. The nights are an event, the results eagerly anticipated and the awards historical. Winners of each club’s best and fairest stretch back decades and are seen as a measurement of a player’s greatness. Sadly, in rugby league, we tend to forget. History is rarely […]
February 16 Golf Selections
After Miguel Angel Jimenez failed to bring me closer to financial independence for a second consecutive week, we leave the European Tour behind temporarily (at least for gambling purposes – there’s still an event this week) and move to the Northern Trust Open (USPGA Tour) as a number of the world’s best golfers use this […]
An Idiot’s Guide to the ANZ Championship
One issue that has been brought back to the forefront of my attention as a result of reactions to Making The Nut’s February 9 piece about Kelli Underwood and the role of women in sports coverage is that both female sportspeople and female journalists/ broadcasters rarely get the best of it when it comes opportunities […]
All Stars Shine Bright
This week’s instalment was set to feature my 2011 NRL preview but I was enamoured with the performances of some of the game’s stars on Saturday night. After last year’s All Stars success I thought the second edition would disappoint but despite the lopsided scoreline it was a high quality encounter. Here is my assessment […]
20 of the Best: Cronulla Sharks
As we wait for season 2011 to get underway, the Making The Nut team will take a look back over the last 20 years to name the 20 best players at all sixteen teams. Merged teams will take account of both clubs pre-merger and the only rule is that a player must have played at […]
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