Marcel Luske Rocks!
Check out Pauly's post about Marcel Luske giving Spaceman's buddy, Charlie, a phone call from the WSOP while Charlie was in the hospital with cancer (the story is near the end of Pauly's…
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Bill Rini
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Bonus Whoring vs. Getting a Paper Route
Abulafia made some interesting observations in a post that was in response to some of my previous bonus whoring commentary. Specifically he says: I've lost count of the amount of posts…
Read the articleMemorial Day
Unfortunately, I find myself unable to fully articulate my feelings on this day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Instead, I thought I would link to a nice…
Read the articleDesigning The Perfect Online Poker Room
The other night HDouble mentioned that he had forwarded a link to my post about how poor online poker software is to one of his co-workers at FullTilt. In addition to being somewhat…
Read the articleBonus Whoring
It seems my recent post on bonus whoring has set off a industry-wide chain of events resulting in many players being booted from online poker sites. Ok, maybe I've got delusions of…
Read the articleThe Wisdom of Bonus Whoring
Exclusive Report Learn how you could make a living playing poker. One of the common topics you'll see mentioned in the poker blogosphere is bonus whoring. Of course, bonus whoring is the…
Read the articlePlay Poker Like The Chemos
In this amazing new book you will learn how to use cancer to your advantage at the poker tables. Felicia Lee Dyer will show you how you can beat the world's best players using little…
Read the articleThe PokerTracker Guide: A Review
I feel late to the party (no pun intended) in writing my PokerTracker Guide review but I wanted to make sure that I had given the product a full and thorough analysis before making any…
Read the articleThe Sorry State of Online Poker
Despite the amazing increase in popularity of online poker the quality of the services being offered has failed to make any sort of significant improvement. Even the newer sites that are…
Read the articlePokerCoaching.com: A Review
A couple of weeks ago I posted a link to a 2+2 post I ran across that I thought was particularly interesting . Dan Mezick, the author of the 2+2 post, emailed me and we struck up a bit…
Read the articleA Couple of Nights At Commerce
What a crazy poker weekend so far. After swapping a few phone calls with HDouble we decided to hit Commerce Friday night. Seems all the poker pros haven't left Commerce just yet. While…
Read the articleStages of Development
I ran across a few interesting links that I thought I would throw out there without much commentary. I'm mostly doing the sans impression thing because I'm still absorbing some of this…
Read the articleNowhere to go but down
I was able to hook up with the crew at the LA Poker Classic at Commerce. Felicia and Glenn , HDouble, Grubby , StudioGlyphic (our organizer, Phil), Mr. and Mrs. Can't Hang, FHWRDH,…
Read the articleThinking About Recipe for Poker Success
On my recent trip to Madrid I thought it would be a good idea to print out several hundred pages of 2+2 and blog posts. Some were oldies but goodies and others were of the newer variety…
Read the articleWPBT December 2004
Ok, so it seems I�m not the first one to get out my World Poker Blogger Tourney trip report (damn you Pauly, Felicia, and FlipChipPro). I�m not really sure to start but to say �Wow!�…
Read the articleReliable Online Poker Tells
Many players will tell you that online poker tells either don't exist or are difficult to judge. That's a load. All the online pros know the tells but it's some sort of unspoken rule…
Read the articleProof That Online Poker Is Rigged!
One can hardly read any poker forum without running across individuals claiming that this or that site is rigged . Usually they are humiliated with the forum "experts" rudely telling…
Read the articleEver Wonder What Fish Think?
Every now and then you see a player make a move so wickedly stupid that you have to wonder what in the hell was going on in their mind. For instance, the other night at Hawaiian Gardens…
Read the articleBad Beat Remedy
Last night I was playing $100 Buy-In NL at Hawaiian Gardens and in just a few hours had built up a nice little castle of yellow chips. Then I got bad beat in one of those hands you…
Read the articleThe Hammer
I got to serve up The Hammer* for someone's Thanksgiving dessert. Preflop: Hero is BB with 7s, 2d. UTG folds, UTG+1 raises , MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, SB…
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