Bill Rini

Oh Behave

"You have to write something on your blog about live players." A friend said that to me the other day and while I normally don't do requests I thought it was a timely subject as many…

What Online Poker Can Learn From The Dotcoms

The other night I was invited to get-together with some of my comrades from the old dotcom days. It was good to catch up and see people I haven't seen since HTML programmers with no…

Ed Miller's How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold'Em

I had the great pleasure of reviewing a pre-release version of Ed Miller's new book, How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold'Em . I call it a great pleasure because I've been a big fan of…

Thinking of Relocating to Thailand to Play Poker?

I've probably received a dozen emails since Black Friday from people interested in relocating to Thailand to play poker. I figure it's easier for me to just write a post for everyone…

How Things Became So Screwed Up At Full Tilt Poker

I haven't been able to stop thinking about how things could have gone so horribly wrong at Full Tilt Poker. None of the people I know there are stupid. Nor are they malicious. It's easy…

Is Zynga Ready For Real Money Poker?

Despite having already written a post about why I don't think Zynga will be a major player in the post-US legalization world , I still get asked by people what I think about the company.…

Who to Blame for Black Friday?

One of the things people have been reluctant to address is who is to blame for Black Friday and its aftermath. Well, I've done a little investigation and I can say with certainty I know…

A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales by Tommy Angelo

I am very tardy. Very, very, tardy. Tommy Angelo sent me a copy of his latest book "A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales" several months ago and I haven't gotten around to reviewing…

What You Could Buy With the $150 Million Full Tilt Owes Players

Full Tilt Payout Problems Exposed

Last week Todd Brunson tweeted that he had run into Howard Lederer in Las Vegas and that after telling him how short he was of cash Howard offered to pay him what he had locked up on…

PokerStars Statement Regarding AGCC Actions

Dear William Rini, We would like to bring your attention to the following two press releases: PokerStars Official Statement, June 29 2011 In light of today's news that Alderney Gambling…

Things Just Keeping Getting Worse For Full Tilt Poker

After the news that the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) had pulled the plug on Full Tilt Poker by suspending their license a lot of new news has hit the web. In no particular…

Phi Phi Island

Just to break things up a bit from the Full Tilt suspension news, here's what I was doing a few hours before the news broke.

AGCC Notice of Full Tilt Suspension

In the matters of:- VANTAGE LIMITED OXALIC LIMITED FILCO LIMITED And ORINIC LIMITED Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has today issued Hearing Notices under Regulation 46 of…

Breaking News: AGCC Pulls Full Tilt Poker's License

According to eGaming Review the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has suspended Full Tilt's gaming license. There's nothing on the AGCC website at the moment but according to…

Breaking News: PPA State Directors Playing at WSOP

I don't know why but the PPA felt that with thousands of players stuck with hundreds of millions of dollars on Full Tilt and Ultimate Bet and Barton set to unveil a new online poker bill…

Do You Have Money On AP or UB? You're Totally Screwed

If Noah Stephens-Davidowitz over at Subject Poker is to be believed Cereus' liability to players far, far, far exceeds cash on hand. How far? Try $54 million in liabilities vs. $5M - $6M…

A Couple of Big Announcements

When I came to Thailand a little over two years ago one of the biggest motivating factors in that decision was that I really didn't see much going on in the industry that seemed…

Three Outstanding Blog Posts

If Full Tilt's response to the Phil Ivey lawsuit has done anything it is that it has made people hate Full Tilt even more. In just one paragraph Full Tilt has managed to obliterate their…

TonyG Says Ray Bitar Has to Go

Recently TonyG said on Quad Jack's that the management team at Full Tilt Poker has to go. He said that Ray Bitar was the worst CEO in the industry. Actually he had far more racy words…