Well it looks like we got another good batch of posts this month.
Adam LaBare gives some advice on winning online MTT’s.
The Cloud delivers the lowdown on poker avatars.
Poker Moments has the scoop on the age old question “What Does It Mean To be Lucky In Hold ‘Em?”
Abe at Poker Moments shares his wife’s views on Quakers and poker.
The Mind of CL Russo brings us a trio of posts:
- Atlantic City
- Of Red-Headed Sluts and Dead-Live Play
- If this is what the quality of the next hundred posts is going to be like…
Last but not least, Mattazuma’s Revenge shares the Best Las Vegas Story Ever
This Carnival of Poker was a little light. I guess folks aren’t interested in a little free love? Maybe we’ll just write it off to Summer Slowdown and the WPBT event this month. Anyway, if you want to take part in the Carnival of Poker, please see the info page and submit your posts!
Remember: The next Carnival of Poker will be Aug 20th. Please submit your posts by Aug 19th.
Related posts:
- Low Ball Poker by Dave Editor’s Note: Dave has written some interesting stuff about low...

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Hi, my name is Bill Rini and this is my poker blog. I've been blogging about poker and the poker industry since around 2003-ish. Like most people I started out playing poker as entertainment in home games whenever we wanted to sit around and smoke cigars, drink beer, and eat pizza, and needed a good excuse. I started playing online shortly after the first online card rooms opened and it wasn't long before I was playing 20, 30, or even 40 hours a week or more. One day I received a phone call about a program manager position at Tiltware which was the company that consulted to Full Tilt Poker on software development and marketing. After Tiltware I spent about 2.5 years working at Party Poker where I was the poker room manager.
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Oh, crap! I forgot. I had some great posts (by others) bookmarked, too!
Next time. Sorry, Bill.
Just one point of clarification. I share few to none of my wife’s Quaker views on poker. However, I did stop playing for a short while, and I believe I called this the “Quaker approach” to poker.
abe