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One of the best aspects of poker is that it rewards those who can make the most astute observations and then form connections. Manuals about the game can help - they increase knowledge of plays, talk about probability and hand you a superb set of starting requirements. Indeed, the latter is the probably the best help you can receive – most leaks can be plugged by a simple reappraisal of opening strategies.

However, assuming a table full of players who understand the basics, it is the one that is most observant who will take the money in the long-term. Essentially, poker is game of character and manuals will never cover the full range of nuances. Awareness of people and the world …

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As one door shuts, another door opens.

The month-long Olympic Open Championship has nearly reached its dramatic conclusion. A four week tournament spanning four nations and we still await the winner to be crowned in Poland. On June 1 we will see who emerges Champion but as soon as that happens, we will be expected to starting offering full-throated backing to one of the nations in Euro 2008.

It is not easy following competitions, unless, of course, you are from one of the UK nations. In that case, get ready to kick-back, drink some beer and play some poker!

You may as well continue to follow the news on Bodog Beat as it might help offset the pain of failing to qualify for …

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British Bulldog takes on Uncle Sam in the England v USA friendly at Wembley tonight, so out of curiosity we decided to do a little experiment here at the Bodog office. Are people feeling the love or does this match invoke catatonia in all and sundry?

There are no surprises that no one budged a muscle, so the next phase in our research was to see if we could buy some cheap tickets online. And before you say internet auction websites we found tonnes. We can thus surmise from our preliminary findings that no one cares about the game!

We suspect that Fabio Capello caught wind of this (not our research - mind you with the Bodog name being bandied around dressing …

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The ‘not-so-bonkers-honest’ Britney Spears has regained her sanity and got her love life back on track for what will probably be a couple of weeks. It’s not the return of Adnan, K-Fed or her ex manager but new beau Jason Trawick does happen to be on the Britters payroll as her agent.  The girl certainly likes to s**t on her own doorstep.

On return from holidaying at Mel Gibson’s Costa Rican pad it wasn’t just a tan and a beer gut she brought home. Jason and Britney enjoyed some summer loving and according to an unnamed source ‘are very much an item’ and Jason is being credited for getting Britney back on track. Quite what track that will turn out to be …

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It’s a sad day when you can’t say what the hell you want, when you want! This is the life of the outspoken individual - they live by the sword and they die by the sword. Aye tis with a heavy yet proud heart that we speak of our own censorship (for trail-blazers this is all in a day’s work!) But can it go too far?

Perhaps we should ask outspoken Pittsburgh sports radio DJ, Mark Madden. Who? Some bloke we had to Google (but think shock jock Howard Stern or Chris Moyles a la Wikimedia). Anyhow said chap got fired for opening his cake-hole a bit too far and making outlandish comments about US Senator Edward Kennedy (no we don’t …

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When Tiger Woods talks about rehab he doesn’t mean in the Amy Winehouse sense of the word. He means getting his knackered left knee back into shape in time for next month’s US Open. Woods has been out of action since his second place finish in the Masters in April. He had surgery on the troublesome knee for the third time and said:

"Rehab is working. It’s been boring, but the leg is starting to gain some strength. I’m not a patient kind of guy when it comes to that."

We know, as the world number one said he would wipe the floor with the opposition for the rest of 2008, OK so he held three titles at the same time …

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Ah so Amy Winehouse has been scrubbed off the soundtrack of the new Bond flick Quantum Of Solace. Rumours are flying that the Rehab singer has been dropped after DJ mate Mark Ronson told reporters that he had axed his collaboration with Wino due to her not being "ready" to work on music.

Unless it’s the melody of the crack rocks or hubble bubble of the bong our Amy is out for the count! But Wino contrary to rumour said she had finished the song on the 24th May but isn’t sure whether it would get the go ahead from film bosses. To add insult to injury she could be replaced by bootlicious Bouncey Knowles to record the theme tune! Of …

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He might be a total boy wonder on the pitch, but old potato head Wayne Rooney is tying the knot (somehow we think the female population will get over it) with arch WAG Colleen McLoughlin next month. The couple will be jetting off to the Italian riviera on June 14th to marry in a former 14th century monastery.

Italian castles are so passé these days - well ever since Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes started the trend anyway!

But that isn’t the most interesting part of this little tit-bit. Oh no not by far - who’s providing the in house entertainment we wonder? No Gregorian chants, just Nicky, Mark, Kian and whatever the rest of Westlife are called (maybe). Manchester United’s football …

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