Some Insight Into Differences in Regulators
I 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…
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Black Friday
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Surprise, Surprise FTP Speaks and Says Little
A 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 articleJoe Sebok Gets Canned
First 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 articleBlanca Games Releases Statement Saying . . . Who Cares? It's BS Anyway
"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 articleAbsolute, UB, and PokerStars Get Raided in Costa Rica
Looks 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 articleBlack Friday, Affiliates and Other Stuff with Jeremy Enke Part II
I'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 articleBlack Friday, Affiliates and Other Stuff with Jeremy Enke Part I
Whenever 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 articleUB/Absolute Pull the Plug on US Gaming?
A 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…
Read the articleFull Tilt and PokerStars Allowing Cashouts . . . Soon?
Several sources seem to be reporting that Full Tilt and PokerStars have come to a legal agreement with the DOJ that gives the poker rooms back the use of their .com domains. They will…
Read the articleI Don't Get the PPA
Here is the email that the PPA sent out to members late yesterday. I sort of mulled it over a bit to give it time to sink in but I still don't get it. Now Is the Time We Fight Back! Dear…
Read the articleAnd The Numbers Are In - A Look at the Carnage
Poker Scout has done their weekly report and there are no real surprises. I like the fact that Scout decided to compare the post Friday period so we can get an early look at how the…
Read the articleWhy Bodog Wasn't Kicked Out of the US
I was listening to the QuadJacks stream earlier today and they kept bringing up this question and I have received a few emails asking the same thing. I don't have any contacts at the DOJ…
Read the articleThe Vultures Are Circling
I just got this email from Chili Poker today: MALTA, 17/04/2011 – Beat the Black Friday with the Chilipoker.com Purple Day In response to the Black Friday of the online poker,…
Read the articleThe Fallout From The Full Tilt / PokerStars Pullout
I said I was going to cover what this all means on a few topics when I got home and as I start to write this it's 6:07am and I've just spent a sleepless night on the bus from Phetchabun…
Read the articleOnline Poker Industry Black Friday
I have to apologize for being quiet lately. I've been in the backwaters of Thailand and the best I can get up here is GPRS which is about as slow as dialup so I've only been checking…
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