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I was getting some harassing emails lately about updating my affiliate trackers to UB.com from UltimateBet.com and didn't think too much about it. UB kept telling me that it was about…
Read the articleI've had some people suggest that I seem to enjoy making negative predictions. I really don't. In fact, I actually hope most of the stuff I speculate about doesn't happen but I also call…
Read the articleI was wanting to write about this but haven't gotten around to it until now. According to Variety the World Poker Tour has re-upped with Fox Sports Net for another 3 seasons and in the…
Read the articleEarlier this month Gambling 911 ran a story titled, "Negreanu Poker Website Needs to be Boycotted." The reason for the author, Jagajeet Chiba, to call for a boycott was because Daniel…
Read the articleI recently wrote about Ron Fanelli , The MadYank , and how he has admitted to stabbing and murdering a local Thai woman, Wanphen Pienjai , here in Thailand [ view his confession ]. The…
Read the articleOne of the reporters from the Phuket Gazette sent me video of the press conference where Ron Fanelli, the MadYank, confesses to the media that he killed Wanphen Pienjai. I'm still…
Read the articleIn what I can only imagine is was an attempt to put me on tilt, 888 has proudly announced the release of a 3D client. Sorry, this is one of my pet peeve topics so I'm going to rant a bit…
Read the articleLooks like Mike "The Mouth" Matusow has earned a little money to help pay off his $2 million weight loss prop bet with Ted Forrest . Now he's just $1,900,000 short. Not according to Mike…
Read the articleI was sorting through some old news stories and I was wondering if anybody can spot the trend here: PartyGaming H1 revenues up, poker down We delivered another robust financial…
Read the articleOne of the things that I've really begun to dislike about the WSOP is the constant barrage of silly prop bets. To me it seems as if people are saying, "Hey, I haven't done anything…
Read the articleWe spent the day just sitting around the intersection of Bui Vien and Duong De Tham taking pictures and enjoying the sunny afternoon. Here are some of my favorite shots from the day.
Read the articlePretty balla, right? Not for a guy in my situation. But more on that later. Monday I left the hot, sticky, and polluted Bangkok to visit the hot, sticky, and polluted Ho Chi Mihn City…
Read the articleWe had a little party through Thailand Friends for one of our members. The plan of attack was a few drinks at one of the cheapest watering holes in Bangkok, Cheap Charlies, then to the…
Read the articleThough it's been pretty much common knowledge within various poker circles (tell your employees to not update their Facebook status with "Just got back from a business meeting in…
Read the articleThere's been a story that's been flying under the radar recently that Dr. Pauly wrote about and while I respect his views I think there is a different angle to this that many people in…
Read the articleI was scanning the news the other day and ran across something that made my heart start beating faster. The creator of such comical wonders as Old School and The Hangover, Todd Phillips,…
Read the articleEarlier I wrote about a radical change to the bwin (and thus entire Ongame Network) loyalty program codenamed Essence . It's not unusual that when I take a less than enthusiastic view on…
Read the articleOne of the weird things about living in Thailand is getting into the groove of how it can be so advanced and yet so backwards at the same time. Bangkok is a city of close to 12 million…
Read the articlebwin recently sent out this email to affiliates: Dear Affiliate Partner! bwin is pleased to inform you that a new algorithm called "Essence" will be introduced on Thursday, 15.07.2010.…
Read the articleAwhile back I wrote an article titled, Why Affiliates Will Always Trump Online Poker Rooms , the received a lot emails from poker room employees and some side-discussions with…
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