Full Tilt Night With The Lakers
The FTP Marketing folks had some extra tickets for the Lakers game and they were raffled off. I won! We were in the VIP box area . . . Where we watched Howard Lederer hand off the game…
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Bill Rini
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Donkeys better than wives
A donkey is like a housewife ... In fact, the donkey is a shade better, for while the housewife may sometimes complain and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey…
Read the articleHow To Play The Hammer
Next time you want to regale the blogger community with your tales of playing the hammer, stop and ask yourself if your story is better than the photo above. This is a cash game, folks.…
Read the articleI Screwed Up - A Response To ZeeJustin
ZeeJustin has broken his silence to address what he did. While I give the man a golf clap for finally owning up to many of the things he attempted to dismiss in his initial post on 2+2,…
Read the articleAnswers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions on 2+2
Should I go pro? No. If you have to ask a bunch of strangers on a message board, you don't have the self reliance needed to be a professional player. I'm 12 years old and going to Vegas…
Read the articlePoker Has Jumped The Shark (again)
During my little posting hiatus, Wil Wheaton popped me an email regarding a post he did on poker jumping the shark. I sent him a response and he told me I should run with it but, as I…
Read the articlePoker Wisdom of Paula Abdul - Maximizing Straight Draws
Next in our exploration of the poker wisdom of Paula Abdul, we take a look at her advice on playing draws as conveyed in the song "Straight Up". Straight Up Lost in a dream Don't know…
Read the articlePoker Wisdom of Paula Abdul - Tournament Strategy
Following up on my post regarding Paula Abdul's poker wisdom in the song "Rush, Rush" I thought I would present some of her theories on poker tournament strategy which she so eloquently…
Read the articleA Tale of Two Blogs
I don't normally write posts for the sole reason pimping other blogs but there have been a few exceptions and I'll make another one to introduce you to two new blogs. The first is by 2+2…
Read the articleWicked Chops Blog Files
I did an interview with Wicked Chops (the fine people who brought you Phil Gordon for President ) over the weekend. I would tell you it's great but then again, I'm a little biased on the…
Read the articleThe Absurdity of Anti-Gambling Laws
According to various sources , Bodog founder, Calvin Ayre's mult-million dollar home in Costa Rica ('dem's US dollars, not Costa Rica Colons) to bust up an illegal poker game. Over 100…
Read the articlePokerBot Pro - Another Online Scam
Pauly emailed me this link the other day and I just can't help calling the guy on his bullshit. He's certainly not the first person to make such absurd claims but he happened to be the…
Read the articleI Choose to Accept Personal Responsibility
I ran across MrBossMan's blog the other day after he linked to my post on ZeeJustin's response to getting caught cheating. First, I don't think I agree with the overall premise of his…
Read the articleSoft Game Alert
Since Mikey is heading off to Japan soon we decided to hook up Sat. night and hit the Hustler Casino. Due to his preperations to depart the US, he didn't have a lot of cash on him so…
Read the articleTop 5 Reasons Why UB is Still Down
BlindSquirrel on 2+2 has a good post on Ultimate Bet's extended downtime: 5. They heard the only way to be absolutely safe on the internet is to not be connected to it. 4. It's a special…
Read the articleGambling again crowns Phuket's arrests inventory
woot! Gambling wins again! I always get a kick out of reading stuff like this. First, growing up and living most of my life in Los Angeles, I'm just amazed that people bother even…
Read the articleOnline Gambling Causing Credit Card Debt
I ran across this little piece of absurdity and thought I would take it head on. Online Gambling Causing Credit Card Debt It is the latest craze at the moment and everyone seems to be…
Read the articleZeeJustin Responds To Online Poker Cheating Charges
ZeeJustin responded to the thread on 2+2 in which someone posted that ZeeJustin had been caught cheating by PartyPoker. As you can see from his post, he really doesn't aplogize for his…
Read the articleZeeJustin Gets Banned From Party Poker
Regular readers of 2+2 are probably very familiar with tournament guru, ZeeJustin. According to a few different sources ZeeJustin had his accounts frozen at Party. According to Party,…
Read the articlePoker Marketing Backfires
Yes, another guerilla (or gorilla depending on your taste) marketing stunt. Online poker site Pokershow decided to drum up a little PR by putting up a video aimed at being offensive to…
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