Comments on: Poker Blogs http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/ Bill Rini's Poker Weblog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:11:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Poker http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-22096 Poker Sun, 21 May 2006 09:31:37 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-22096 Personal, non-canned posting like this should be a reason to link/read blogs not artifical crap that can be read in a book or 2+2 forum. Keep up the great postings Bill, and make sure you flag me down next time you’re playing Craps/Blackjack while hammered :) Personal, non-canned posting like this should be a reason to link/read blogs not artifical crap that can be read in a book or 2+2 forum.

Keep up the great postings Bill, and make sure you flag me down next time you’re playing Craps/Blackjack while hammered :)

]]> By: JoeSpeaker http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18335 JoeSpeaker Mon, 01 May 2006 20:30:08 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18335 Billy Legend wins again! Thought it's not about winning. Is it? I dunno. What I meant to say before going a schizo there is Well Said, Sir. Billy Legend wins again! Thought it’s not about winning. Is it? I dunno.

What I meant to say before going a schizo there is Well Said, Sir.

]]> By: TripJax http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18330 TripJax Mon, 01 May 2006 20:18:52 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18330 I was going to bring up the same thing CJ did, but he has already done so, and you've done a good job of following up in the comments. Bill, you've got a great thing here...keep it up. I was going to bring up the same thing CJ did, but he has already done so, and you’ve done a good job of following up in the comments.

Bill, you’ve got a great thing here…keep it up.

]]> By: CJ http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18321 CJ Mon, 01 May 2006 19:25:42 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18321 Fair enough, Bill. I would agree that there was a bad stretch of charity events, but I think it's because when one was successful, everyone wanted a piece of the action. I've played in very few and really haven't felt much of a push to promote many more. Just a small point to quibble in a good post. Fair enough, Bill.

I would agree that there was a bad stretch of charity events, but I think it’s because when one was successful, everyone wanted a piece of the action.

I’ve played in very few and really haven’t felt much of a push to promote many more.

Just a small point to quibble in a good post.

]]> By: Drizztdj http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18318 Drizztdj Mon, 01 May 2006 18:09:08 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18318 (-EV game + -EV state of drunkness = +EV) Personal, non-canned posting like this should be a reason to link/read blogs not artifical crap that can be read in a book or 2+2 forum. Keep up the great postings Bill, and make sure you flag me down next time you're playing Craps/Blackjack while hammered :) (-EV game + -EV state of drunkness = +EV)

Personal, non-canned posting like this should be a reason to link/read blogs not artifical crap that can be read in a book or 2+2 forum.

Keep up the great postings Bill, and make sure you flag me down next time you’re playing Craps/Blackjack while hammered :)

]]> By: Bill http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18317 Bill Mon, 01 May 2006 18:07:05 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18317 CJ, No. Not all charity events are bad. The problem is when it becomes a fad to hold charity tournaments. There was one point several months back where people I had never even heard of were going around begging blogs to post something about their charity tournament. It's one thing if a long-time member of the community has a charity tournament. It's a completely different thing when some guy who has had his poker blog for 2 months wants people to help someone five places removed. And recently it has cooled off a bit but there was a period where they were a little too often and from people a little too new to the group. I think my statement on too many charity tournaments is perfectly congruent with the rest of my post. I played in the Charlie one and in several others but since then I've become a little more selective over time as I think some people have abused it. Bill CJ,

No. Not all charity events are bad. The problem is when it becomes a fad to hold charity tournaments. There was one point several months back where people I had never even heard of were going around begging blogs to post something about their charity tournament.

It’s one thing if a long-time member of the community has a charity tournament. It’s a completely different thing when some guy who has had his poker blog for 2 months wants people to help someone five places removed.

And recently it has cooled off a bit but there was a period where they were a little too often and from people a little too new to the group. I think my statement on too many charity tournaments is perfectly congruent with the rest of my post. I played in the Charlie one and in several others but since then I’ve become a little more selective over time as I think some people have abused it.

Bill

]]> By: CJ http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18316 CJ Mon, 01 May 2006 17:47:07 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18316 Hmmm... I was so in agreement with you until this: "Whether it be the 600th charity tournament this week to help someone’s sister’s, boyfriend’s, uncle’s good friend with a hangnail... the concept of what this community is has morphed from a group of people who shared a passion and became friends into something where people use the community as a form of validation." Are you saying that using this community to raise money for great causes is a bad thing? I think that's one of the BEST things about this community!!! We never would have raised the money for Charlie Tuttle... or the money for cancer... or the money for Bobby B... without this community we created. I don't think we need to have them every week, but I don't feel like we've been inundated with them either. Hmmm… I was so in agreement with you until this:

“Whether it be the 600th charity tournament this week to help someone’s sister’s, boyfriend’s, uncle’s good friend with a hangnail… the concept of what this community is has morphed from a group of people who shared a passion and became friends into something where people use the community as a form of validation.”

Are you saying that using this community to raise money for great causes is a bad thing?

I think that’s one of the BEST things about this community!!! We never would have raised the money for Charlie Tuttle… or the money for cancer… or the money for Bobby B… without this community we created.

I don’t think we need to have them every week, but I don’t feel like we’ve been inundated with them either.

]]> By: Scott Chaffin http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18312 Scott Chaffin Mon, 01 May 2006 16:18:59 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18312 Right on, brother man. I'd add that there's room on the internet for both kinds of blogs - the power-law types who are maximizing their monetizations, and the Roosters and Fat Guys who just like chewing the fat about cards and booze and cigars. Right on, brother man. I’d add that there’s room on the internet for both kinds of blogs - the power-law types who are maximizing their monetizations, and the Roosters and Fat Guys who just like chewing the fat about cards and booze and cigars.

]]> By: Joaquin Ochoa http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18311 Joaquin Ochoa Mon, 01 May 2006 15:07:04 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18311 I liked this post. Yet, I think that one thing was missed via the importance of blogs...friendship, man. Serious, I love playing cards with Bill until 5am when he has to put on a tournament at 8am the next morning. Walking with Maudie around the MGM and just chatting. You know, these things can't have a $$ value. Shit, i didn't even know people were making money off their blog...i figured that if you played 20/40 15/30 30/60 such as yourself that the few bucks you make on the blog would be nice, but no big thing...figure you win a lot more playing cards than you do via sponsorship. But that is my narrow minded opinion... I liked this post. Yet, I think that one thing was missed via the importance of blogs…friendship, man. Serious, I love playing cards with Bill until 5am when he has to put on a tournament at 8am the next morning. Walking with Maudie around the MGM and just chatting. You know, these things can’t have a $$ value. Shit, i didn’t even know people were making money off their blog…i figured that if you played 20/40 15/30 30/60 such as yourself that the few bucks you make on the blog would be nice, but no big thing…figure you win a lot more playing cards than you do via sponsorship. But that is my narrow minded opinion…

]]> By: Xorply http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18307 Xorply Mon, 01 May 2006 05:21:53 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/2006/04/30/poker-blogs/#comment-18307 Damn Bill, you've just made me completely rethink how I want my blog to be viewed. I thought I wanted it to just be a running blog of my poker activities, but I want it to be read, and you've made me realize I need to be more insightful and thoughtful in my approach. Thanks for the nudge. I've been reading you for a while and this is one of the best posts you've made. Damn Bill, you’ve just made me completely rethink how I want my blog to be viewed. I thought I wanted it to just be a running blog of my poker activities, but I want it to be read, and you’ve made me realize I need to be more insightful and thoughtful in my approach. Thanks for the nudge. I’ve been reading you for a while and this is one of the best posts you’ve made.

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