Overseas Online Poker Pro
I was reading a thread on 2+2 today where somebody asked what was the best country for a US citizen to live in as an online poker pro. As there seemed to be a lot of confusion and…
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Bill Rini
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Hamburg Trip Report
Instead of flying out of my usual Gibraltar airport I had to head about an hour up the coast to Malaga to catch my flight. The problem with Gibraltar is that you can fly anywhere in the…
Read the articleSecond Place at the Gala Casino
I haven't posted much lately so I thought I would hammer out a few thoughts. First up, I was finally able to seat myself at a real poker table last week. There aren't many poker rooms in…
Read the articleThe guy's a freak and a very weird dude.
I think everyone has at one time or another sent out an email that they would soon come to regret. In this particular case you've got two in one. First you have Howard Lederer's candid…
Read the articleMore Follow Up From Scott Matusow
Since announcing the website hack here Scott has since posted the following on the Matusow Truth Blog : Site was hacked into CLARIFICATION I DID NOT WRITE THAT POST ABOUT MIKE concerning…
Read the articleEd Miller vs. F-Train . . . Ed Miller Wins!
I saw that Ed Miller did a recent post about how the illegality of poker has made it that much more dangerous. It was interesting because I was going to pen my own response to it and…
Read the articleScott Matusow Responds
Scott Matusow, Mike's bro, who has commented here before left a comment in another thread so I thought I would highlight it in case people missed it. Not true, site was in fact hacked by…
Read the articleMike Matusow and His Brother Have Major Falling Out
I use Google Reader and I follow Mike's brother's site called the Matasow Truth Blog and was a little surprised to find this post on the site. I know longer work for Mike this site will…
Read the articleRumors Put Absolute Scam at $7 Million
According to Point-Spreads.com, AJ Green the man behind the Absolute scandal took down more than the $700K that Absolute is reporting. A former employee (who may have a bone to pick)…
Read the articleAbsolute Changes Story . . . . Again!
Here is a recent communication that went out from AP to players: Dear AP Player: I am the former Grand Chief of the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake and the owner of Tokwiro Enterprises…
Read the articleMan Up, Calvin!
Calvin Ayre recently posted a challenge to Scott Lewis of 1st Technology LLC. Ayre is suggesting that Scott Lewis and he have a $1 million MMA (mixed martial arts) brawl to be filmed and…
Read the articleAbsolute BS
From the "You Don't Really Expect Me to Buy This BS, Do You?" dept comes Absolute's explanation of what actually happened. According to MSNBC a source within Absolute who would only be…
Read the articleAbsolute Poker and Online Poker
I've been watching the Absolute cheating saga unfold over on 2+2 and P5's and am shaking my head. I was trying to hold off judgement until a clear story came out ( in case you want the…
Read the articleThe new phone book's here! The new phone book's here!
". . . Page 73 - Johnson, Navin R.! I'm somebody now! Millions of people look at this book everyday! This is the kind of spontaneous publicity - your name in print - that makes people.…
Read the articleUIGEA Rules Due Soon
Word on the street is that the long awaited rules that will provide the "how" part of the UIGEA will be out as soon as tomorrow and within a week at the latest. There will be an expected…
Read the articleSurprise! Online Gaming Doesn't Increase Addiction
I've long said that the argument that compulsive gamblers will increase due to the availability of online gaming was highly questionable and now it appears the British government has…
Read the articleIndia and Thailand
Warning: No Poker Content Sorry the updates have been a little sparse lately but I've been on the road and haven't had much time to do updates. I flew out of Gib last Wed afternoon. I…
Read the articleSo What Happened To Bodog?
When Bodog lost its domains and had to convert over to NewBodog.com there was much speculation over how this would impact the company. Well, now we have some answers. To be honest, I was…
Read the articleBodog / NewBodog Is Just The Beginning
I may do a more in-depth post at some point in the future but I think the thing many people are missing in all this Bodog/NewBodog mess is that this is an interesting legal tactic that…
Read the articleTom Grant Responds . . . Sort of
I sent Tom Grant an email asking for clarification in regards to how this whole mess had been suddenly sorted out. In my previous exchange with him he specifically said that he did not…
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