The Perfect Storm
I was reading a piece on Bluff's website* about the "World Series Effect" on online poker sites. Generally, during the WSOP many sites temporarily lose some of their best players who opt…
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A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
Compounding Bad Decisions
Back in April I shared my thoughts on Betsson's strategy of opening a separate room on Entraction and offering rakeback . Now they have Betsson and Betsson Euro Tables. The Betsson Euro…
Read the articleImage Dump - Bangkok Protests, Hua Hin, and Random Stuff
Ever since I had to move because of the protests I've been somewhat internet challenged. I could hijack a wireless signal but the speed was close to nothing. Maybe some low-level web…
Read the articleWhat the World Series of Poker Means to Me
I want to start off by saying that I am not bitter that I'm not in Las Vegas right now. Okay, a little disappointed that the Rini Inc. private jet doesn't have enough fuel to get to Sin…
Read the articlePoker Player Montel Williams Told to Spark One Up by Cop
As many folks know, Montel Williams is a poker player and he's even been trying to organize a poker tour. I had the pleasure of meeting him out in London during an affiliate conference…
Read the articlePoker During the World Cup in South Africa
Tamas Nador sent me a little write-up about the poker scene in South Africa for anybody who is down that way for the World Cup and gets the poker bug. The legal situation is similar to…
Read the articleCould Legalized Poker in the US Kill the Affiliate Business Model?
In the past I've written about the future of online poker but a rather well-known affiliate sent me an email recently and in my response I threw out a scenario that would not be very…
Read the articleBpauk Daeng – Thailand's Gambling Game
I swear I've never played this game because gambling is illegal in Thailand. :-) Bpauk Daeng is a Thai gambling game that is very popular here in Thailand. It's somewhat like Baccarat…
Read the articlePlaying the Lotto: ZOMG It's Riggedz
I was reading an interesting article about a two year old study that shows that poor people spend approximately 9% of their wages buying lottery tickets. I've always felt that this was…
Read the articleSigh: Online Poker Still Isn't Rigged
Someone just posted a comment on my 2005 post about why online poker is not rigged and I think it brings up some interesting points I haven't necessarily covered before. So instead of…
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