Betting on Online Poker - Five Gold Rings Online Festival

Never one to miss out on a betting market opportunity, Blue Square have opened a betting market on their forthcoming Five Gold Ring Festival. This is an online poker event running from December 11th - 15th.

The argument over poker being a sport or a game of chance has been raging for years now. There are plenty of areas in poker that involve skill which would put the game into the "sports" category. However, anybody who has played poker before will know there is a "luck" element in almost every game. This is an argument that is unlikely to be settled anytime soon. In the meantime, many of the popular online sportsbooks continue to offer betting on various poker events, suggesting their opinion of poker is that of a sport more than a game of chance.

Such is the boom in online poker you can now bet on online poker tournaments! Blue Square Betting have recently opened a book on their forthcoming Five Gold Rings event. Outright betting for the $500 No Limit Hold'em Main Event is now available on the BlueSq sportsbook web site.

If you fancy a flutter on this tournament, are you simply taking a wild stab in the dark? Or are there factors to consider? such as form and perhaps even respect between the players that may influence the outcome.

BlueSq price JimmySue and KaiserZoze as 25/1 joint favourites. These two are clearly excellent poker players with an impressive record on the Tribeca network - where BlueSq Poker is hosted. However, given the fact this event is likely to consist of hundreds of very good poker players, better value is found further down the list of players.

Djinnrummy is the superbly talented Jen Mason. Jen writes for various poker publications and is often found "updating" on the European poker circuit for the popular Blonde Poker forum. At 33/1 she represents great each way value, with the first four places being paid for that bet.

Even further down the betting list is Tikay and itbRookie. Tikay will be familiar to many poker fans as Tony Kendall, face of many televised poker shows in the U.K. itbRookie is one of the younger participants with a rock solid game and surely a big future ahead of him. Both are priced at 40/1. Kendall will naturally play down his chances of a cash finish here but without distractions he should be considered a huge danger to all the other players. Both players are good each way bets at that price.

Ed note: Make your bets on the Five Gold Rings festival at Blue Square Betting

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