SINCE 2003 / PAGE 54
A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
Dear PPA Member: As the summer temperatures continue to rise, so does the heated debate in Congress over banning online poker. The Poker Players Alliance is working to ensure that the…
Read the articleSomeone on the BARGE list posted the following response that they received from Senator Feinstein. I've seen a few other people who wrote their elected reps get the same form letter from…
Read the articleI ran across this article other other day that attempts to justify bot usage and cheating at online poker and I just couldn't resist responding. After getting some feedback on my…
Read the articleRyan and I caught the five o'clock showing of Miami Vice at the Brenden Theatres at the Palms. It's a beautiful theatre that reminds of the Arclight in Hollywood. The one thing I could…
Read the articleFinally allowed to wake without the aid of the hotel staff , I call April and I head back over to the Rio around 1am. When I get there, they've opened up the main room to spectators…
Read the articleAfter fleeing my room like a refuge in order to avoid the constant nagging of the cleaning staff , I headed over to the Rio to do some meet ups and check out what has become of our fair…
Read the articleBack in May Phil Gordon invited some of us to a charity event he was throwing in Hollywood. I just noticed that Poker Pro Magazine picked it up and I appear in a photo with Phil.
Read the articleMy first night in Vegas was an evening of statistical improbabilities. I roll into the Tropicana around 10:30pm. Despite the trash I talk about the place I love it like Iggy loves the…
Read the articleI ran across a post on the CardsChat blog and while I agree with some overall premises raised by the author, I have to point out some mistakes in his logic. First off, the author's main…
Read the articleExcellent post over at TechDirt. With the House of Representatives moving yesterday to try to ban online casinos in the US, you'd think that would be bad news for those casinos -- many…
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