Making Moves
I was reading about Party's latest software update and I saw that they have added two features that I think are questionable additions and one that is highly controversial but that, in…
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I give the online poker world a lot of grief for not quite getting what social media is about so I think it's only fair to point out when I see someone heading in the right direction.…
Read the articlePoker Perambulation's Take on "The Business" of Online Poker
One of my favorite poker blogs to read is Poker Perambulation by Ken. Ken's a smart, smart guy and very talented with his words so it's a pleasure to read his take on various issues in…
Read the articleRake and the Customer Experience
Kim Lund recently left bwin and has started a new blog about the poker industry. Though Kim and I don't always agree but he's got a bright mind and understands the business side of…
Read the articleExamining a Online Poker Site Promotion - Full Tilt's Take 2
You can really tell a lot about what's going on behind the scenes at an online poker site by examining the kinds of promotions they're running. I thought it might be fun to sort of…
Read the articleSocial Media Gone Bad - bwin Takes Heat Over bewinners
I've given heat to online poker sites that miss the mark using social media and it's time to do it again. bwin recently made some rather major changes to their affiliates program. The…
Read the articleOctober 13, Anniversary of the UIGEA
I know this is a little late but I had some problems with the website that prevented me from posting it when I wanted to. Yet another year has passed since President George Bush set pen…
Read the articleMonetizing Play Money Players
Yesterday I wrote a post on how Zynga will not become the next PokerStars in the event that the US legalizes online poker. One of my readers, zimba, posted in the comments: You elude to…
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I was having a nice chat with my good friend and former Party Poker cohort Hilly a few weeks ago sitting in the Old German Beer House on Soi 11 and somehow the conversation drifted…
Read the articleThe Big One Five Oh Oh
I asked for some suggestions on what to do for my 1,500th post on Bill's Poker Blog and I liked the one Vik sent in. Though, I probably will skip over a lot of detail Vik had suggested…
Read the articleLink Building FAIL
Well, I'm back from the backwaters of Thailand safe and sound. I'll do a post about meeting Wanphen's mother and children as soon as I can. Plus I've got pics and video to post too! Woo…
Read the articleWould Love to Hear the Story on UB's Failure to Obtain UltimateBet.com
I was getting some harassing emails lately about updating my affiliate trackers to UB.com from UltimateBet.com and didn't think too much about it. UB kept telling me that it was about…
Read the articleWhy Won't They Just Let 3D Poker Die An Honorable Death?
In what I can only imagine is was an attempt to put me on tilt, 888 has proudly announced the release of a 3D client. Sorry, this is one of my pet peeve topics so I'm going to rant a bit…
Read the articleIt's Confirmed: Party and bwin Merging
Though it's been pretty much common knowledge within various poker circles (tell your employees to not update their Facebook status with "Just got back from a business meeting in…
Read the articleRon Fanelli - Should We Feel Sorry For Him?
There's been a story that's been flying under the radar recently that Dr. Pauly wrote about and while I respect his views I think there is a different angle to this that many people in…
Read the articleUpdate on bwin Loyalty Program
Earlier I wrote about a radical change to the bwin (and thus entire Ongame Network) loyalty program codenamed Essence . It's not unusual that when I take a less than enthusiastic view on…
Read the articlebwin's New Rake Calculation
bwin recently sent out this email to affiliates: Dear Affiliate Partner! bwin is pleased to inform you that a new algorithm called "Essence" will be introduced on Thursday, 15.07.2010.…
Read the articleWhy Many Online Poker Rooms Are Failing
Awhile back I wrote an article titled, Why Affiliates Will Always Trump Online Poker Rooms , the received a lot emails from poker room employees and some side-discussions with…
Read the articleThe Perfect Storm
I was reading a piece on Bluff's website* about the "World Series Effect" on online poker sites. Generally, during the WSOP many sites temporarily lose some of their best players who opt…
Read the articleCompounding 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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