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Don't know if anyone is still buying this? Anyway, I took out a years subscription at the start of the year, it was only £5 for 12 issues so I can't complain a lot. However.....

Up until about June time it was a decent read, there was always something of interest in it and it also had a decent poker section. The split was about 75% sports/betting related to 25% poker. Then they decided to do a complete turnaround. Poker was the main focus of the magazine with sports relegated to about 25% at the back. I didn't subscribe to a poker magazine (yes, it was only £5 but...) but IE insisted they would still be covering sports betting as they always did etc, just more focus/coverage of poker.

I then get this months issue with a covering letter inside - as of the start of next year they are ditching sports betting completely and just covering poker. They are now going to be a poker only magazine. Its good timing for me as its just the same time as my subscription runs out, which I won't be renewing.


Overall, I feel they are making a mistake (although I have a feelign their sales numbers probably don't agree with me) as there are already a few poker magazines on the go. There isn't any quality, that I know off, sports betting magazines out there so surely one such issue would have a captive market?

Its a shame but I also had to laugh as their byline at the top of the mag is "Serious about Poker, Serious about Sports betting".....aye, only for another month or so!