SINCE 2003 / PAGE 9
A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
Over the last couple of months since Black Friday Full Tilt has repeatedly stated that they can't say anything due to the DOJ indictments. I partially addressed how odd this sounds in my…
Read the articleOkay, I've already started receiving emails from friends wanting to know how accurate The Hangover II is to real life in Bangkok. First off, let me say that it's about as accurate as The…
Read the articleAs I have been speculating/predicting for some time now, that Full Tilt's inability to pay back customers is a cash flow issue, seems to have been finally confirmed. Recent reports…
Read the articleBarry Carter was kind enough to send me over a copy of the book he and Jared Tendler wrote, The Mental Game of Poker . I'm not a huge fan of poker psychology books mostly because their…
Read the articleJust got off the phone not too long ago after doing a call-in segment on the 2+2 PokerCast. They're reviewing what's gone down in the month or so since Black Friday. I was also on the…
Read the articleI had a conversation with someone in the know at PokerStars who helped clear up some issues concerning how the different regulatory bodies work and why Stars was able to pay out their…
Read the articleIt is in times of trouble that you truly learn the nature of people (or organizations). Since Black Friday I think we've seen the character of a lot of organizations. Stars stepped up to…
Read the articleA full month after Black Friday Full Tilt representative FTPDoug (actually, the real FTPDoug left the company a long time ago and they just use the name since he had some credibility on…
Read the articleThere seems to be some confusion about what player account segregation means and how this all plays out in the recent DOJ action seizing bank accounts and poker sites being unable to pay…
Read the articleI want to preface this article by saying that as one of the first people to join the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) when the group was founded back in 2005, I feel they have done a…
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