Crazy Rigtards
Because of my Online Poker is Rigged parody post as well as the many posts I've done on why online poker is not rigged I get a lot of heat from rigtards. Rigtard is a name I ran across…
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Warning: Eight Tips on Pitching Your Idea to an Online Poker Room
As a poker room manager I get pitched a lot of ideas. I'm sort of used to it because during the heady dotcom days I worked for AOL and then later for eToys . When I would go to industry…
Read the articleSome People Just Don't Listen
After writing this post on affiliate managers who make little or no effort to learn anything about your site before spamming you with an affiliate offer, I get yet another one! Yes, with…
Read the articleThe Dumbing Down of Affiliate Managers
I know that not everyone reads my blog. For instance, my market penetration in the Amish community is very low. And if the affiliate manager who recently contacted me is Amish, a…
Read the articleBetsson Live in Estoril, Portugal
I just got back from Estoril, Portugal (that was true when I first started working on this post) where we held the Betsson Live Estoril tournament. The Casino Estoril where the event was…
Read the articleMore On Sponsorships
From the beating a dead horse department: I ran across an interesting article in eGaming Review regarding sponsorships at the WSOP. As you might recall I recently posted about this issue…
Read the articleOnline Gaming Conference ICE in London
I just wrapped things up at the International Gaming Expo (IGE) . My flight on Tuesday was delayed coming in due to weather so by the time I got checked into the hotel and freshened up…
Read the articleOnline Poker Rooms Getting Stupid About Sponsorships
I was reading the other day about how PokerStars has banned its players from playing on Poker After Dark. I guess the argument goes that outside of the US Full Tilt Poker is all over…
Read the articleBack at Work
Well, I've finally started to get back into the swing of things after a nice little holiday. Geesh, where did I leave off last time? Well, I had another former Party colleague come out…
Read the articleBangkok Dangerous
I haven't posted an update in awhile and I've been getting lots of emails about various things so I thought I would shoot off a quick one just to get everyone up to speed. There was no…
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Funny story that is typical Bangkok: A friend of mine wanted to catch a bite to eat and go up to Vertigo for drinks (she had never been before). There's a Korean BBQ place up near my…
Read the articleFlattening the Hierarchy of Cheating in Poker
While I usually agree with Nat Arem on a lot of topics I'm not sure I can go along with him on his Hierarchy of Cheating in Poker. In case you are too lazy to go read his post allow me…
Read the articleThe B-Word
Just to prove the point that the person who coined the phrase "getting there is half the fun" was either a liar or traveled to some pretty crappy places, I sat on the tarmac waiting to…
Read the articleGoodbye Gibraltar
I decided to leave Party Gaming awhile back. I notified the MD and we worked out a succession plan. Last Friday was my last day in the office. First off, before any 2+2 wild rumors start…
Read the articleThe "Skill Game" Argument For Online Poker To The U.S. Politicians
As a long time reader of Bill's blog, when I saw there was an opportunity to write here, I knew I couldn't pass it up. My expertise really falls further on the business and affiliate…
Read the articleGetting All Juiced Up
The always articulate Haley Hintze left a comment on a post I made the other day about online poker being rigged which I wanted to respond to. I felt that it would make a better post…
Read the article10 Questions With Rafe Furst
I did this with Rafe a few weeks ago but just got way too caught up in some things in my personal life that I never got around to posting it. My apologies to Rafe for not getting to it…
Read the articleHow Easy Is It To Rig Online Poker?
I received the email below from a software engineer who has experience working in the online poker industry. He asked that I not include his name but I can attest for the fact that he's…
Read the articleOnline Poker Isn't Rigged . . . Again!
After working so hard to make it on my top ten list Ed Miller seems to have posted something that I disagree with. It's the dreaded " online poker is rigged " argument again. Granted, Ed…
Read the articleThe Value of Content
I received an email tonight from Chris at Part Time Poker informing me that the submitted story I posted here titled History of Texas Hold'em was stolen from his site. Not wanting to…
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