Senator Feinstein Hates Online Poker
Someone on the BARGE list posted the following response that they received from Senator Feinstein. I've seen a few other people who wrote their elected reps get the same form letter from…
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Why Poker-Bots are justifiable - A Painfully Ignorant Point of View
I ran across this article other other day that attempts to justify bot usage and cheating at online poker and I just couldn't resist responding. After getting some feedback on my…
Read the articleOnline Casinos: Hey Congress, Thanks!
Excellent post over at TechDirt. With the House of Representatives moving yesterday to try to ban online casinos in the US, you'd think that would be bad news for those casinos -- many…
Read the articlePokerBot Pro - The Scam Continues
Several months ago I wrote about a product called PokerBot Pro. In that post I line by line ripped apart the marketing claims of the software publisher and exposed it for being a…
Read the articleJohn Gollehon Gets Cranky
I read this over at The Poker Gazette and thought I would give some play by play: Much like Garrison Keillor's fictitious schoolchildren of Lake Wobegon, all poker players think they are…
Read the articleLetter From the Poker Player's Alliance Regarding H.R. 4411
Dear PPA Member: Thank you for all you do to promote and defend the great game of poker. On Tuesday, July 11, 2006, American poker players were dealt a bad hand by the U.S. House of…
Read the articleUnsafe Poker Rooms Part Deux
So I emailed Noble Poker customer support telling them that I view this a major security issue ( click here for the full story ). Noble's response was that this really isn't an issue at…
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Here's an idea that Paul at UK Gambling Forums suggested; Let's shame these rooms into cleaning up their act. If you're scratching your head and wondering what I'm talking about, check…
Read the articleAnalyzing tuff_fish's Game
When I finally caught my breath from laughing at Tony's (tuff_fish) videos ( mentioned in this post ), I started to really think about what his biggest problems are. From my perspective,…
Read the articleEverybody Wants To Call Me Like Crazy When I Don't Have Anything
This has to be one of the funniest things I've seen in a looooooooong time. Go check out some of the videos. This guy is an instant-classic. While he's got more than his fair share of…
Read the articlePoker Rooms and Encryption
The UK and Ireland Poker Blog has an interesting bit of news people may want take note of. It seems several poker rooms store your username and password unencrypted in the registry on…
Read the articleGood Read, Wrong River in the PokerStars Blogger Tournament
Sunday PS Freeroll 2200 and change players have filtered down to 150 or so. I've got a bigger than average stack 29255 (average was maybe 22,000). Blinds are 800/1600 and I'm UTG +1. I…
Read the articleFull Tilt Poker Releases New Client
Full Tilt Poker released their new client today. The look at feel are updated with some new goodies thrown in. Click on photos for larger image The main lobby gives a good indicator for…
Read the articleMore Details Emerge Regarding PokerHost.com
According to Gambling911, the hacker who hijacked PokerHost.com's website earlier today might be an (former) employee. Sources close to PokerHost.com confirmed this afternoon with…
Read the articlePokerHost.com Mystery Solved?
After a little sleuthing (e.g., Google searches, etc) it appears that the earlier story about the F.B.I. takeover of PokerHost.com is a hoax. Well, not really a hoax so much as not being…
Read the articleWelcome, You're Busted - Has the FBI Taken Over PokerHost.com?
Click on the photo for a larger view I haven't figured out what the dealio is here but it appears that PokerHost.com has been taken over by the F.B.I. I've never played there before so I…
Read the articleHow Can You Be So Wrong?
Ran across this beauty the other day and I couldn't help but tear it apart. "Lawless" Internet proving costly for gamblers By Kate Holton Wed May 24, 8:01 AM ET Scary headline that grabs…
Read the articleShakeup Going on at Party
I'll likely write more on this at some point but for the moment I thought I would just throw this out there: PartyGaming founders quit board Two of the founders of online poker site…
Read the articleAnother Blogger Comes to the Conclusion That Online Poker Isn't Rigged
Here's a nice little blog post that takes a similar (to my own) but different approach to the question of whether or not online poker is rigged. Basically inkedmn does the math and comes…
Read the articleI Can Afford to Gamble
Interesting little piece over at CNN about the American Gaming Association's survey which seems to indicate that people who gamble online tend to be more affluent than most people think.…
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