10 Power Tips for New Poker Bloggers
Probably once a week or so I get asked questions about blogging by some new poker blogger trying to figure it all out, or someone considering starting their own blog, or even old hands…
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Something Strange at MakePokerLegal.com
I stopped by to check out a story on the website MakePokerLegal.com which is run by Mike Matusow's brother Scott. I was sort of astonished to see this stat up in the corner of the page:…
Read the articleLoyalty Programs
Right now there seem to be a few people that I'm aware of who write about the online poker industry from an insider's perspective and aren't shackled with having to take on a corporate…
Read the articleThe BLUFF Power 20
Bluff Magazine has recently released their Power 20 of 2011. Like my amigo, F-Train , I and 100 other voters were asked to submit votes for who we thought were, as of this moment, the…
Read the articleEconomic Stimulus Plan: Legalize Online Poker [Infographic]
Sara over at OnlinePoker.org sent me a link to an infographic that they put together that summarizes where online poker is at currently. Basically it's making the case for legalizing…
Read the articlePoker Bots
A really good article/op-ed piece on Pokerati about poker bots Tim Chilcote. Tim sat down with Darse Billings of the University of Alberta Computer Poker Research Group, the folks who…
Read the articleConsolidation and Liquidity in Online Poker
Jonas Ödman, Vice President of Bodog Network, has taken a different view on the death of the shared network model that he's shared on the Calvin Ayre website titled Balkanization Not…
Read the articleIs the Shared Network Model Dead?
When I recently read that Party-Bwin was putting Ongame up for sale the first thought that crossed my mind is that this is basically a signal that the whole shared network model has been…
Read the articleGetting (A)Buzzed
In the comments on my post The Online Poker Arms Race Revisited Kim Lund referenced a post he wrote about Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth leaving UB titled, Annie Duke leaving UB. So?. In…
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I wanted to revisit a post I wrote not too long ago called The Online Poker Arms Race . Since that post Greg Raymer and PokerStars have announced that the two have decided to part ways.…
Read the articleAnother Link Exchange Winner
You would think that in a competitive market space that people would actually get better at what they do. Instead they just stay the same level of FAIL. Here's an email I got earlier…
Read the articleThe Online Poker Arms Race
Before I get started I wanted to take a second and thank Michael Jones over at Part Time Poker for bringing together three seemingly unrelated topics which I had been stewing on for…
Read the articleFull Tilt Poker Adds ZeeJustin Tournaments
With Full Tilt Poker's most recent software release comes what Full Tilt calls Multi-Entry Tournaments but what I like to call ZeeJustin Tournaments since they've essentially made…
Read the articlePokerStars Home Games: Almost But Still Not There
When I heard about PokerStars Home Games I got a little excited. I've long been a proponent of promoting online poker by promoting offline poker. I think there's potential in cultivating…
Read the articleWhy Do I Do This to Myself?
You know when you have a mosquito bite and you know you're not supposed to scratch it but you do it anyway? Or when you know you're not supposed to take those hot irons from the fire and…
Read the articleLove Me, Love Me Not
Dear bewinners, Your recent string of correspondence has left me confused and somewhat bitter. After all the good and bad times we've shared together I thought I deserved something…
Read the articleTommy Angelo, Gratefulness, Buddhism, and Becoming a Better Poker Player
Guest poster on Bill's Poker Blog , Tommy Angelo , read my post Holidays Overseas and sent me a link to something he had recently written that he thought was relevant. In his blog post,…
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My dad just sent me an email asking if I was doing anything special for Christmas. I was just thinking about this topic the other day and had been considering writing about spending…
Read the articleThe Fallout of the Failure of the Harry Reid Bill
It looks like the biggest fallout of the failure on the part of Harry Reid to duct tape the land based casino's his gambling regulation bill to anything will be that poker journalists…
Read the articleAnother Rigtard Email
I constantly get a stream of emails from rigtards. Some I post but 99% of the rest go in the trash. I don't know why they feel the need to write to me. For instance, my Proof That Online…
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