New job

[swampster]

I'm starting on Monday at my new job as editor of Flush magazine. I know that quite a few PLers get this (as do I) so I'll be looking to get some input from forum guys. Ideas / news / tell me what you want to see in a poker mag, as there are a lot on the market. I'll be changing things around, bringing in some new sections and features, so any feedback, let me know.

Jon

[GotaFancy?(BPP)]

Nice one Jon - good luck with that What happened to Matt Broughton? He hadn't been in the job long

I dont actually get it any more, my free issues have dried up Have to be honest, I wouldn't pay for it at the moment either

Constructive feedback - I want a poker mag - not a "lads mag" - If I want a lads mag, there are plenty out there!!!
Big fan of Cas Berry's articles What he says seems to make a lot of sense to me, and he does it in an interesting way!!

[teaulc]

good luck in your new job, jon


trev,
this was taken from flush forum for your information


Hello all

I just wanted you guys to be the first to know that my time as Flush Editor has come to an end.

Thanks very much for all your participation and support.

If you want to follow my adventures you'll have to turn on your TVs or fire up www.skypoker.com

I am on every week night at 8pm with a new show called The Club, as well as my usual work on The Open (catch me tonight with Helen Chamberlain in fact!)

So, thanks again for your help.

Happy hunting.

Matt B

[swampster]

Originally Posted by GotaFancy?(BPP)

Nice one Jon - good luck with that What happened to Matt Broughton? He hadn't been in the job long

I dont actually get it any more, my free issues have dried up Have to be honest, I wouldn't pay for it at the moment either

Constructive feedback - I want a poker mag - not a "lads mag" - If I want a lads mag, there are plenty out there!!!
Big fan of Cas Berry's articles What he says seems to make a lot of sense to me, and he does it in an interesting way!!

I hear what you're saying about the laddish element - good to strike some kind of balance IMO. More gambling I think and possibly (I know it's a revolution there) someone who's not a girl on the front cover.

[Football-Tipper]

Yeah I must admit I prefer Poker Player the Flush, Like gaf said my free mags dried up and I didnt see enough in it to make me go out and buy it..

Hope you can turn it into a good read though

Football Tipper

[Valiant23]

Congrats on the new job Swampy.

I must be honest I haven't read yours but something that the other mags seem to ignore is the thriving live 'circuit' that is below the top tier.

There are buy in tournaments of all levels in most card rooms around the country and it would be nice to have a magazine that could do a decent review of them.

[Tom Hedonist]

I've been playing NLHE (albeit at small stakes) for about 8 months now. Very recently I've begun playing Omaha Hi.

During this time I've devoured as many articles as poss (online, books & mags). As a result I'm getting a bit fed up with the constantly generic articles about:

How to play pocket Aces (NLHE)
How to play pocket Kings (NLHE)
How to play AK (NLHE)
How to avoid tilt
Articles about Stu Ungar (he may have been great, but he's dead and I've read so much about him that I'm starting to feel as if I was related to him!!!)

I'd LOVE to see articles on a beginners guide to Omaha, OH Hi/LO, Stud or Razz. I really think variants are the future for the serious player, irrespective of what level they're playing at.

If you were really cute, you could run a series of begginer-to-intermediate articles on various different formats of the game, culminating in a series on HORSE.

I'd also suggest you need to try hard to increase your distribution, as its fairly rare I see Flush mag available.

Oh, and offer a discount exclusive to Punters Lounge

[Pocket Lady]

for the new job mate.

How about a story on internet players that win into live events ?

The success stories.

[teaulc]

Originally Posted by Pocket Lady

for the new job mate.

How about a story on internet players that win into live events ?

The success stories.

counts me out then

[runadrum]

good luck Jon

[voiceofjoe]

The flush news and interviews always seemed very dated in comparison to the 'dennis' stable of poker mags. i remeber one that mr broughton did which was in around january this year from an interview he had done at the previous years world series.

more info on the online pros as opposed to the american live pros - plus hopefully your attempts at sarcasm and humour will be better than mr broughtons - well to be quite truthful they could hardly be any worse could they

good luck swampy !!

oh and how about a little section on the poker blogs out there.

also forget the other gambling stuff, the racing post does it far better with far more upto date information - i could never understand the appeal of a monthly gambling mag, its hard enough prediticing a day before nevermind month before. As prices,form,runners etc were never accurate

[WASP]

Congratulations Jon


New Wife

New Job

Maybe it's time to get a haircut?



I cannot comment on flush I have never read it TBH

[mcgin]

Well Poker mags are 10 a penny at the moment, all pretty much offering the same content. News from the big tournaments, strategy articles that are fairly rubbish at the best of times and very little else. To be perfectly honest the only reason I get em is for the freerolls/added value tourneys that are offered in em. Rest of the content is pretty naff.
If you want to stand out from the rest of em try focusing on the people who are actually going to read the magazine. Thats what APAT has done and has done pretty well for itself.
I'm no expert, but try stuff like partnering with the local casinos, get some writeups on their weekly tournaments and stuff. Interviews with the winners there and the like. You could also jump on the web 2.0 band wagon and start getting some user generated content in the magazine, get your readers to submit articles for publishing see how that goes.

[swampster]

Originally Posted by mcgin

Well Poker mags are 10 a penny at the moment, all pretty much offering the same content. News from the big tournaments, strategy articles that are fairly rubbish at the best of times and very little else. To be perfectly honest the only reason I get em is for the freerolls/added value tourneys that are offered in em. Rest of the content is pretty naff.
If you want to stand out from the rest of em try focusing on the people who are actually going to read the magazine. Thats what APAT has done and has done pretty well for itself.
I'm no expert, but try stuff like partnering with the local casinos, get some writeups on their weekly tournaments and stuff. Interviews with the winners there and the like. You could also jump on the web 2.0 band wagon and start getting some user generated content in the magazine, get your readers to submit articles for publishing see how that goes.

hit the nail on the head mate - definitely want to get local casinos / card clubs involved, get the 'grass roots' in, cos they'll stay with you forever once they've got something that relates to them.

[Paul Ross]

Nice one mate.

It has to be "different" and I'm sure you're aware of that, what that difference may be, is down to you and getting ideas of people.

You have to be unique to get noticed but if you crack that, then you can be sure you will get loyal customers, as long as you remain unique.

Does PL get a plug then?

[Pocket Lady]

Originally Posted by Paul Ross

You have to be unique to get noticed but if you crack that, then you can be sure you will get loyal customers, as long as you remain unique.

Strip poker sure does get noticed !

[slick mick]

Seems to me the main reason people buy PP and IP is for the value of freerolls they have. The news articles they in both (but esp IP) are usually pretty old and the strategy can be interesting but if you've read a few decent books they're not that great.

[swampster]

i agree with the freerolls thing absolutely - Bluff Europe (where I am now) usually appeals to more experienced players who maybe arent that fussed about freerolls - as such we never run them. Flush definitely fits in that Poker Player bracket of laddish / everyday player readership (without being patronising) who want cheap tourneys.

[goater14]

The reason most of us here have subscriptions with PP and IP is the value ie 5 pounds for a 12 month subscription to PP. If you offer a 12 month subscription for under a tenner you would get alot of takers, I would,nt rush down to wh smiths to buy any poker mag but would take out a subscription just for the ease of it.

[Football-Tipper]

May sound funny this but I like the feel and look of pokerplayer where as Bluff always felt strange, a bit too rigid for my liking