Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

#oscars #boataccident #progress #vickycoren

We have all the best threads and more this week in our Community Weekly Round-Up.

Oscars betting

The Oscars Selfie

It's one of the biggest betting markets of the year, have you got any tips for the Oscars? 

Personally I think Birdman, Boyhood and Eddie Redmayne are strong favourites in the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor categories respectively. 

However, I am genuinely having a big flutter against Julianne Moore in the Best Actress category. She is such a huge favourite with the bookmakers and the Oscars judging panel have a history of purposely 'snubbing' nominees when the media think they are an overwhelming favourite. 

If you have an opinion visit our thread, and maybe even make the most of some of our free bet offers.

GIF of the week

The GIF thread is still my personal favourite and this week I particularly enjoyed this offering: 

Funny boat gif

Challenge of the Week

Steady progress

A new challenge thread has been opened by Maestro1309 who had something of a rough 2014, but is approaching the new year the right way. 

In particular I love the title of his challenge thread, which I believe perfectly sums up that progress is slow, steady and incremental - rather than a magic bullet. 

So check out - Today I am better than yesterday and no so good as tomorrow

LOL of the week

As a poker player I always feel 'proud' when Vicky Coren crushes it on comedy panel shows like this:

Join us next week when we will be announcing a generous new iPoker promotion and more. 

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.