A Classy Response to a $4 Million Win
In case you've been living under a rock, Brain Hastings recently took down Isildur1 for the tune of about $4 million in a single session which could quite possibly be the largest single…
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Stop The Presses: Village Voice Discovers Poker is a Zero Sum Game
Sometimes you really have to scratch your head and wonder how people get paid to write such poorly researched content. Graham Rayman, writing for the Village Voice, demonstrates how to…
Read the articleThis is Starting to Get Out of Control
If you've been following the poker forums or poker news websites you've probably been as shocked as everyone else with these super nosebleed swings that have been going on recently. Tom…
Read the articleA Taste of Thailand - December 6, 2009
I decided to try a new Mexican food joint that opened up on Soi 14 called Los Cabos. Well, they haven't officially opened yet. It's more like a soft launch while they work the kinks out.…
Read the articleAre Online Gaming Companies Better Than Brick and Mortar Casinos?
Lou Krieger recently posted something he didn't link to the original source for so I can't vouch for the fact that it was a full and complete representation of the opinions voiced but…
Read the articleThe Game is Getting Tighter
Bluff Europe recently ran an article asking if there was a poker slowdown going on in the UK. While I commend them on being one of the first mainstream outlets to acknowledge that nearly…
Read the articleThe One Handed Update
As mentioned previously it looks like I did a number on my right arm. Things have improved quite a bit since my last post though I'm still limited to typing one handed. I would say I'm…
Read the articleHalloween Pics
Just some pics from the Thailand Friends party at Det5 on Soi 8 in Bangkok.
Read the articleOne Handed Typing . . . Not What You Think
I swear I have a lot to write about but you might have to wait another week or two for it to appear. Allow me to explain . . . Last Tuesday morning I awoke and my right arm was still…
Read the articleAre Network Operators A Core Problem In Rakeback?
eGaming Review had a pretty interesting guest blog post by Tom Galanis, director, GameOn Affiliates. Basically, his premise was that the problem with rakeback has less to do with the…
Read the articleA Swing and a Miss AKA Bodog Network's Rakeback Solution
So, tell me if this sounds like a good business model: The more money you spend with us the less we value your business. If that sounds counterintuitive it's because it is. It's also the…
Read the articleAn Arresting Development in Bangkok
I had been doing some research for a post I'm writing about what the poker scene is like here in Thailand and one of the people that I contacted ended up relaying a story that is so…
Read the articleNolan "Balla" Dalla's Attack on Democrats
Nolan Dalla recently wrote an interesting article that I think is worth a look for Americans. In the article Dalla points out that one of the biggest obstacles for legalized gaming in…
Read the articleIs Online Poker Really Doing Well?
Nearly every week I read Poker Scout's industry analysis and they triumph more and more growth. This month was better than last month and year over year the industry is growing at an…
Read the articleJason Newitt Sues Full Tilt . . . Howard Lederer and just about anybody else he can get his hands on
kudos to Pokerati for catching this one. Anybody who has spent some time around the big Vegas events probably knows Jason Newitt or as he's often known online as JDN. For several years…
Read the articlebwin Getting into MMOG gaming?
Recently it was reported that bwin purchased Dutch massive multiplayer online game MMOG gaming company UnitedGames. Some of the people I've spoken with have expressed some confusion…
Read the articleHarrah's Goes with 888 for Poker Platform
I know a lot of people assumed that with former Party Gaming CEO Mitch Garber taking the helm at Harrah's WSOP Online division that Party was as good as owned by Harrah's now that Party…
Read the article7 Famous Poker Players Who Have Had Brushes With The Law
Oh we love to look up to our poker heroes but many of them haven't exactly always set the best of examples away from the table. Here we present the top seven (technically eight) poker…
Read the articleParty Poker Takes Huge Gamble on World Poker Tour
By this point everyone and his or her mother has heard that Party Gaming came in and stole WPT from Gamynia Limited. I actually heard rumors about Party being the mysterious "other…
Read the articleMel Judah Took a Picture of Me in the Bathroom
I'll explain the title later . . . keep reading. I had really been looking forward to the Asian Poker Tour in Macau for many reasons (in no particular order) 1. Who in gaming doesn't…
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