Black Friday, Affiliates, and New Markets
While the impact on poker players and poker operators has been well documented not only in the poker community but also in the mainstream media, not a lot has been said about how…
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Player Account Segregation Explained
There seems to be some confusion about what player account segregation means and how this all plays out in the recent DOJ action seizing bank accounts and poker sites being unable to pay…
Read the articleFull Tilt (Seemingly) Following PokerStars Lead With Affiliates
I had long ago changed over my player account on Full Tilt to my overseas address but had forgotten that there was even a physical address associated with affiliate accounts. I received…
Read the articleInteresting Black Friday Links to Share
Wanted to show a little link love to some people who have written some really great stuff recently. First off, Dr. Pauly (don't call him Paul) has a bit of a rant about PokerStars…
Read the articleLooking At Affiliates
When I was on 2+2's Pokercast the other day and Mike and Adam asked me about the impact on affiliates. It was a tough one to answer on the spot and very difficult to answer in a podcast…
Read the articleThe European Offensive
It looks like everyone is taking a crack at Stars and Tilt right now. Everyone is attempting to kick them while they're down and take advantage of the fact that their marketing staff is…
Read the articleOnline Poker Needs an Attitude Adjustment
Again, just like yesterday's post, The Value of Free , today's post is partially inspired by Kim Lund's great post Why PokerRoom.com was five years ahead of its time. And it's also…
Read the articleWhy Social Media is a Fail for Most Online Poker Sites
View the original embedded media sme_bw2010_jay_baer_v1 from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo . I was watching this video and couldn't help but think about all of the mistakes online poker…
Read the articleBest Segue EVAR
As a blogger it's often difficult to find things to write about or to relate what you want to write about into a poker theme. Fortunately for me, my writing sucks and I make no attempt…
Read the articleKarim Wilkins Speaks Out on Mr. Marcus' Comments
Kudos to Karim for calling it like it is. Wilkins said: "These days networks like iPoker, Entraction, Boss and Microgaming will seemingly give an online skin to anyone with a few hundred…
Read the articleFoot, Meet Mouth. Mouth, Meet Foot. - Or Mr. Marcus Backpeddles
Well, no sooner had I finished posting about William Hill's stance on rakeback when I go back over to eGaming Review's site and see that Mr. Marcus got pwned by affiliates who pointed…
Read the articleWilliam Hill Sounds Off On Rakeback
There was a recent article in eGaming Review quoting William Hill Online COO Peter Marcus making an appeal to the industry to reject rakeback [what is rakeback?]. He pleaded with the…
Read the articleWhy Affiliates Will Always Trump Online Poker Rooms
Before I got into the online poker industry I was always amazed at how much money poker rooms threw at affiliates. I thought they were stupid because most of the sites that were…
Read the articleThe Futility of Affiliate Programs for Poker Bloggers
I've had more than a few conversations about affiliate programs with my fellow bloggers and I'm becoming more and more convinced that any attempt to generate significant income via these…
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