Amsterdam, Affiliates, and Models
As some of you may have picked up from my Twitter updates I was off to Amsterdam this last weekend for the Casino Affiliate Conference. I wanted to get out and spend some time with…
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Fold or Check?
I have been having a debate about a topic and thought I would throw it out to my readers to give me some additional data points. There are some players of online poker who feel that it…
Read the articleJonathon Little Dumped?
According to The Poker Shrink Full Tilt Poker has dropped Jonathon Little due to him letting someone else play his account. "Despite having a great year on the WPT, Jonathan Little is no…
Read the articleTwo Interesting Articles on Online Poker
For those of you craving some poker content; feast away: I ran across two interesting articles the other day I thought I would share. First comes from The Sentinel and profiles a young…
Read the article2007 Prediction Scorecard
As the end draws to a close and the good and bad of the UIGEA has mostly played out or has progressed far enough to identify trends I thought it would be a good idea to go back over what…
Read the articleOverseas Online Poker Pro
I was reading a thread on 2+2 today where somebody asked what was the best country for a US citizen to live in as an online poker pro. As there seemed to be a lot of confusion and…
Read the articleThe guy's a freak and a very weird dude.
I think everyone has at one time or another sent out an email that they would soon come to regret. In this particular case you've got two in one. First you have Howard Lederer's candid…
Read the articleMan Up, Calvin!
Calvin Ayre recently posted a challenge to Scott Lewis of 1st Technology LLC. Ayre is suggesting that Scott Lewis and he have a $1 million MMA (mixed martial arts) brawl to be filmed and…
Read the articleSurprise! Online Gaming Doesn't Increase Addiction
I've long said that the argument that compulsive gamblers will increase due to the availability of online gaming was highly questionable and now it appears the British government has…
Read the articleSo What Happened To Bodog?
When Bodog lost its domains and had to convert over to NewBodog.com there was much speculation over how this would impact the company. Well, now we have some answers. To be honest, I was…
Read the articleIt's July 10th. Do you know where your anti-gaming regulations are?
Not much to post about the anti-gaming regs since . . . they don't seem to be here yet. On a side note: Now that the final numbers are in for the WSOP Main Event, it's funny to see how…
Read the articleUltimateBet = UltimateFraud?
I wanted to relay a recent experience I had with UltimateBet that is beginning to concern me. I've had an account on UB for many years. I've played there from time to time but I don't…
Read the articleGambling Fears Overblown?
A few days ago I did a post which was a response to Focus on the Family's talking points against legalizing online gaming. Many of their points harp on sensationalistic claims about how…
Read the articleAA KK QQ
Man, what a hand. I actually had the lead in the betting on this hand! The funny part is that Aces never raised the entire hand.
Read the articleSomeone More Negative Than Me
I know many of you never thought you would see the day when I'm the optimist regarding the legality of online gaming so get ready for a shocker. Last week I wrote a post about how I…
Read the articleSen. Jon Kyl Doesn't Just Hate Online Poker
Our dear friend Sen. Jon Kyl who was kind enough to protect us from ourselves by driving through the UIGEA now wants to protect US citizens from another evil; information. Despite the…
Read the articlePoker Bots Can Bluff
New Scientist has an article about some researchers that have created a bot that has learned to bluff in a game called lerpa (here's a link to the detailed theory behind the experiment…
Read the articleThe State of the State of Online Poker
As we begin approaching the six month marker since the Neteller crackdown in January I thought it would be a good idea to take a look back and see how the online poker world has changed.…
Read the articleMeanGene Takes on Senator Jon Kyl
I really don't have much to comment on this other than to say that MeanGene has probably summed up everything I felt when I read Senator Jon Kyl's boasting about the UIGEA. Go give…
Read the articleWhat Can Barney Frank Really Do?
Of course, everyone is giddy with excitement now that Barney Frank has declared his intention to have the law overturned. Being the glass half-full type of guy that I am, I'm waiting to…
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