Compounding Bad Decisions
Back in April I shared my thoughts on Betsson's strategy of opening a separate room on Entraction and offering rakeback . Now they have Betsson and Betsson Euro Tables. The Betsson Euro…
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Could Legalized Poker in the US Kill the Affiliate Business Model?
In the past I've written about the future of online poker but a rather well-known affiliate sent me an email recently and in my response I threw out a scenario that would not be very…
Read the articlePlaying the Lotto: ZOMG It's Riggedz
I was reading an interesting article about a two year old study that shows that poor people spend approximately 9% of their wages buying lottery tickets. I've always felt that this was…
Read the articleSigh: Online Poker Still Isn't Rigged
Someone just posted a comment on my 2005 post about why online poker is not rigged and I think it brings up some interesting points I haven't necessarily covered before. So instead of…
Read the articleThe Future of Online Poker
I kind of get a kick out of how all so many blogs and poker news sites get so excited whenever some relatively minor development happens in regards to the legalization of online poker in…
Read the articleUB/Absolute Wishy-Washy Multi-Account Policy
Just the other week UltimateBet and Absolute seemed to crack down on players having an account on each skin on the CEREUS network . This week they seemed to have done a complete 180 and…
Read the articleWhen Rakeback is a Bad Idea
While most of my posts typically defend rakeback and rakeback affiliates (since I am a rakeback affiliate myself) I'm also quick to point out when rakeback is a bad idea. I recently…
Read the articleAmerican Gaming Association Follows Bill's Poker Blog Strategy
Pokerati posted recently regarding rumors that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will introduce a bill to legalizing online poker. DanM speculated: Hmm, interesting. Now the purpose of…
Read the articlePokerStars Following Bill's Poker Blog Strategy
I can't find the official announcement from PokerStars but I see the following story posted word for word on several different websites. I'll link to one of them just in case anyone…
Read the articleNot All Online Poker Traffic is Created Equal
Dominik Kofert recently emailed me to make me aware of an analysis document they had produced over at PokerStrategy.com . Dominik is someone I've had the pleasure of working with on a…
Read the articleRush Poker at Full Tilt Poker - What Impact Will It Have on Poker?
There has been a lot of talk recently about Full Tilt's new Rush Poker. If you're not familiar with it, basically the idea is that instead of waiting for hands, the moment you are out of…
Read the articleIncredible Odds
I had the pleasure of meeting a local musician here in Bangkok the other night. Actually I had seen him playing over at Moonshine's once or twice but he stopped in to say hello to my…
Read the articleThe Sky is Falling for Affiliates
It was recently announced that Full Tilt Poker is placing a 3% cap on margins rakeback affiliates can offer. What that means is that Full Tilt was once telling affiliates that you can…
Read the articleScathing Review of Senator Jon Kyl
It's not often that you see a conservative website rip apart a Republican but Big Government does exactly that. They focus on Kyl's childish attempt to block Treasury nominees in order…
Read the articleSEGA Poker Room Launches
Dan over at Pokerati.com posted a news bit about SEGA's new poker room. Unfortunately, since it's closed to US and Japanese players you can't even view the site if you're coming from one…
Read the articleDid We Learn Nothing From The Dotcom Boom?
I just ran across this article on Bluff about Tell Gaming offering stakes in their poker room for loyal players. Online poker site and casino www.tellgaming.com is giving players the…
Read the articleWill the Economic Recovery Boost Online Poker?
During the downturn that followed the banking collapse in the US and Europe many CEOs of publically traded companies were quick to cite the global economic crisis as the reason for…
Read the articleJohn Stossel Calls Jon Kyl Freedom-Killing Nanny-State Senator
Usually it's the Democrats in the US Congress that look to push legislation that tells us what is good and not good for us but Jon Stossel has a great little blog post about Senator Jon…
Read the articleShort PlayTech Stock
If you're an investor I would be betting against PlayTech the operators of the iPoker network. According to TightPoker VC (Victor Chandler) Poker has been sending out notices to players…
Read the articleSetting Poker Goals in 2010
Ah, tis the season when we make resolutions and we buy one-year gym memberships that will never be used after Feb. I've seen many people writing about their poker goals for the next year…
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