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Over the last couple of months since Black Friday Full Tilt has repeatedly stated that they can't say anything due to the DOJ indictments. I partially addressed how odd this sounds in my…
Read the articleOkay, I've already started receiving emails from friends wanting to know how accurate The Hangover II is to real life in Bangkok. First off, let me say that it's about as accurate as The…
Read the articleAs I have been speculating/predicting for some time now, that Full Tilt's inability to pay back customers is a cash flow issue, seems to have been finally confirmed. Recent reports…
Read the articleBarry Carter was kind enough to send me over a copy of the book he and Jared Tendler wrote, The Mental Game of Poker . I'm not a huge fan of poker psychology books mostly because their…
Read the articleJust got off the phone not too long ago after doing a call-in segment on the 2+2 PokerCast. They're reviewing what's gone down in the month or so since Black Friday. I was also on the…
Read the articleI had a conversation with someone in the know at PokerStars who helped clear up some issues concerning how the different regulatory bodies work and why Stars was able to pay out their…
Read the articleIt is in times of trouble that you truly learn the nature of people (or organizations). Since Black Friday I think we've seen the character of a lot of organizations. Stars stepped up to…
Read the articleA full month after Black Friday Full Tilt representative FTPDoug (actually, the real FTPDoug left the company a long time ago and they just use the name since he had some credibility on…
Read the articleThere seems to be some confusion about what player account segregation means and how this all plays out in the recent DOJ action seizing bank accounts and poker sites being unable to pay…
Read the articleI want to preface this article by saying that as one of the first people to join the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) when the group was founded back in 2005, I feel they have done a…
Read the articleFirst off, I want to say that as far as I know I've only met Joe Sebok once a few years back at the WPBT event at Imperial Palace. He came with Barry Greenstein who was speaking before…
Read the article"I triple guarantee you, there are no American soldiers in Baghdad." Starting with the UB and Absolute Poker scandals this company has about as much credibility as the former Iraqi…
Read the articleLooks like law enforcement in Costa Rica has been very busy lately. Not sure of the exact order of the raids but supposedly the Organismo de Investigaciones Judiciales (OIJ) raided the…
Read the articleI'm continuing my conversation with Jeremy Enke. Jeremy is the founder of the largest poker affiliate forum in the industry at PokerAffiliateListings.com . Jeremy has been a poker…
Read the articleOnline poker is illegal in the US! There, I said it. The PPA is never going to say it. The online poker sites are never going to say it. And many players and industry people have…
Read the articleWhenever big events happen in the online poker industry I try to reach out to people who I respect and might have some insights not necessarily being presented in the news. Most of the…
Read the articleWe've had a few weeks to see how each of the indicted online poker sites would handle themselves in a crisis and I think it's been long enough that one can grade their performance. Below…
Read the articleI had long ago changed over my player account on Full Tilt to my overseas address but had forgotten that there was even a physical address associated with affiliate accounts. I received…
Read the articleWanted to show a little link love to some people who have written some really great stuff recently. First off, Dr. Pauly (don't call him Paul) has a bit of a rant about PokerStars…
Read the articleA lot of this is still in the rumor phase but this blog isn't exactly the New York Times or anything and some supposedly official statements confirm what is being discussed on 2+2 and…
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