Counting cards can reveal that Christian Elliot has been the biggest climber up the ladder of the world Series of Poker (WSOP) leader board which is used for the main event.

The United Kingdom poker star started the 2nd day at the lofty position of 174th but slowly but surley gathered up pace and managed to get to 6th place at the end of the day.

It was recorded that the second day was a great success and Elliot made the largest jump at Victoria Casino at the centre of London’s Leicester Square.

Elliot did find himself with 231,900 chips which was only 100,000 behind the main player and leader Andy Bloch.

The other usual suspects are Eric Siedel, who was in third place after the epic action and massive jump from Elliot, and Canadian WSOP legend Daniel Negreanu, who is just behind in 9Th which means he went down.

There is 1player who actually has a title which he won at the start of the month is Danish star Theo Jorgensen, who cashed in on the £5,000 Omaha event.

So I was bored the other day and i was trawling through some of the great hands you can watch on youtube and I came across, the guy Scotty Nguyen just has whats known in the industry as alls of steel and how to rub it in after the hand is over. Watch.

The great bit is a the start when he says 21 like he is raising to 21 thousand and its actually only 12 thousand then he re-raises a guy who has Ace, 10 against a 3, 8 off suit to over 100,000.

The cheek of it afterwards he shows the hand and takes the mick by saying he thought he was playing Black Jack and chasing the 21.

I love the fact that the Legend took down some wannabe in a shell suit track suit who thought he could mix it with the big boys.

This is an old clip but Daniel Negreane is playing one on one with a old time player called Jerry Russ and for most of the match Jerry called out what card he thought was coming next, then when it finally came down to it on the last hand when both players were all in Negreanu turns the table on its head by calling out what the turn card will be and the river and predicts both getting him a straight flush to win the match.

Now I’m playing a match next week and I’m thinking if it can work once I’m sure it can work twice so I’m going to try it as a put off technique but video it as it happens to prove it if it works.

What this clip of Negreanu who again reads another player and predicts the cards again this guy really does have a sixth sense.

I need to get some mystic meg skills or learn how to read players better rather than drinking all game long.

The wsop is over and no one would have said it would have taken a record 484 hands that award the winner with the greatest crown available in poker which was awarded at Leicester square in London. Take a bow John Juanda who claimed the title for America which is also  first plus claiming a massive $1,598,587 jackpot. Now if we look at the actual stats you will find that the final wasn’t easy for John Juanda and he earned that cash!

The actual time for this was 19 hours and 10 minutes and took 484 hands to complete. This is now in the Guinness book of world records and is the longest final ever at the World Series of Poker and I don’t think it will ever be beat!

So who is John Juanda?

The now legend has entered the WSOP 45 times and he has been on the final table 23 times. Born in Indonesia the new poker star now resides in the USA in which he studies MBA.

This is obviously John Juanda’s largest win of jackpots but if you track his earlier career he has won multiple  $100,000 pots so we knew he could eventually do it!

There is a poker match being hosted locally to me near Manchester, and it will gather some of the best poker players from the area and give out some of the biggest prizes I have seen for a general poker match. It is said that the prize of nearly £100,000 will also tempt in some of the worlds best but I’m yet to believe this until it happens.

The entry fee is £1000 and will see over 200 players but only 110, so far have registered. The expected attendance should be over 200 and hopefully will generate the best poker around here for years. The match is scheduled for October the 17Th and unfortunately for me I will be away and not able to join in the fun.

Last time the match was held its main prize was £50000 and hundreds of people of turned up and luckily I bagged a last table seat which earned me a few grand but I’m sure when people here about the tournament that is back in town they will jump at the chance despite the entrance fee. So will you be interested as just let me know and I will send you the details? Some people have Jennifer Tilly will be there so why miss out.

Counting cards can announce that one of the major poker sites out there is doing an amazing offer of sign up and simply receive £600 free to bet with. Betfair is running this offer for a week only and will honour the offer as long as you spend the money in house, any winnings you can acquire you can keep and take home and spend on what you like. I signed up and gambled all the six hundred in only ten minutes as it wasn’t mine, and ended up winning over £200 which I put into one of my regular accounts and bet quite a bit of it on the football for this weekend. If you also sign up-to William hill you can get £250 but only if its your first time. Here’s a list of the other offers I found: