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From the monthly archives:

October 2006

After A Few Drinks

by Bill Rini on October 31, 2006

in Poker, Poker Humor

drunk poker

this is what the game looks like.

Great photo by Flickr user somedave

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Poker Face Pumpkin

by Bill Rini on October 31, 2006

in Poker, Poker Humor

The WPT Pumpkin

WPT Pumpkin

via Franklin Avenue

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Poker Job Interviews

by Bill Rini on October 31, 2006

in Poker, Poker News

Interesting little story about a Wall Street firm who challenges job candidates in a poker tournament. Company reps invite candidates to play in a freeroll and evaluate them on how they play.

The dealer was Jeff Yass. As cofounder and managing director of Susquehanna, his interest was in how the players approached their bets. And he was prepared to offer jobs to those who impressed him most.

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Poker Photo Caption Challenge 9

October 31, 2006 Poker

My Caption: After downing a glass of Jägermeister Bobby thought he had doubled up.
Submit your caption in the comments section.
Photo swiped from Flickr user Emmanuel de Maistre

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An Interview With Poker Coach Tommy Angelo

October 30, 2006 Poker

Somewhere in between all of the craziness of the UIGEA I spent some time on the phone with Tommy Angelo. Those of you who’ve spent some time on 2+2 probably know Tommy from his brilliant posts there. We had exchanged a few emails before I left LA and I had asked him if [...]

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Hacking Video Poker

October 27, 2006 Is Online Poker Rigged?

Really interesting story about some kids who decided to buy a video poker machine, decompile the code, and figure out a way to beat the system. Everything went according to plan until one of them got backroomed.
There comes a magical gambler’s moment when simple thrills magnify to become 3-D fantasies; a moment when greed [...]

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Fall Down and Go Boom

October 27, 2006 General Ramblings

Anyone having problems accessing the site over the last 24 hours should know that I was not raided by FBI. :-) The folks who handle my name server got DDoS’d and their upstream ISP took them offline in an effort to protect their other customers. The name server guys are trying to [...]

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October 25, 2006 Poker

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Poker Photo Caption Challenge 8

October 24, 2006 Poker

My caption: Our new video game gives you a first person shooter perspective like Quake except playing poker.
Photo swiped without permission from Flickr user mikeboehmer

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