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January 2007

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From the 2+2 forums:

Subject: ATTN FULL TILT: Get your act together!

OK, I know somebody at Full Tilt is looking RIGHT AT THIS POST.

Many of your U.S. customers DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR RENT AND FOOD because you are not giving them a viable option to withdraw.

THESE PEOPLE TRUSTED YOU.

DO THE RIGHT THING, VERY VERY SOON. PLEASE.

And FTPDoug’s response:

We are working on a new food stamp promotion that we hope to have live by the end of the week.

And on a more serious note, we’re hoping to launch a new processor tonight.

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Looks like numbers have begun to stabalize a bit for Tilt and Stars though that stablization has been in just the last week so it’s difficult to say if this level holds, is a temporary pause on a continued decline, or a floor from which they’ll bounce off of.

The early Jan numbers from Stars might have been a little inflated due to a rare (for Stars) reload bonus. Players were likely playing a little more than usual trying to burn off their reload.

Tournaments this week were hard to compare week over week due to changeups in guarantee amounts.

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No Passport? No Problem(o)

by Bill Rini on January 28, 2007

in General Ramblings, Travel

Took a trip out the other weekend to do some food shopping at Carrefour. Carrefour is like a Target or Walmart type mega shopping center. They have everything from home appliances to fresh seafood. Being stuck where there’s only one supermarket (and the selection is quite modest), having a choice of products is one of those little tastes of home that you need to keep you sane.

But before we crossed the border I remembered that I forgotten my passport. We were already in the queue to enter Spain so we couldn’t turn the car around. We told the border control guy that I left my passport and he said we had to leave and then come back in and get it. That obviously seems a little strange as instead of letting us turn around we’re now making two illegal border crossings. But we complied and entered into Spain. When we looked at the line of cars waiting at the border control checkpoint it was about 1/4 mile long so we said screw it and went to Carrefour and figured we’d deal with the passport issue on the way back.

Driving back across the border the immigration guy asks for my passport. No passport. We tell him that I forgot it and that the other guy said to go out and come back in. Of course we didn’t mention that that was over an hour ago. Why volunteer incriminating information if you don’t have to? But he called my bluff and went and talked to the guys on the exit side and then he came back and asked how long ago had they told us to go out and come back in. I fessed up and they asked me for proof that I actually lived there. I had nothing on me. Nothing. Sure, a US driver’s license, some credit cards, and such. That I had. Anything even remotely indicating that I belonged there? Not so much. Well, except for a dry cleaning receipt which . . . he accepted! He waived us right in on nothing more than a dry cleaning receipt.

So, I’ve scanned a copy of the dry cleaning receipt (click on the image for a larger copy) so that others can use it as a proven valid form of ID should they also forget/lose/misplace their other identification documents.

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I’ve since purchased a wallet large enough to hold my passport as well as some credit cards as I’m not sure which other countries actually accept a dry cleaning receipt.

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Poker Photo Caption Challenge 31

January 28, 2007 Poker

My Caption: My goodness I’m beginning to think people intentionally take these sorts of photos and put them up on Flickr just for the pimpage they’ll get from me. I don’t really have a specific caption. I do have some questions though. First, why is he/she/whatever (can’t make it out from [...]

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Poker Photo Caption Challenge 30

January 27, 2007 Poker

My Caption: I’m not even sure where to start. Are they playing in a meat locker?
Comedy courtesy of Flickr user Squeegee Scott

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Moving This Weekend

January 26, 2007 General Ramblings

The postings might be a little light over the next few days. I’m moving into a new flat. The flat I moved into when I got here is leased by my employer and their lease is up. The landlord wants the place back to redecorate which is code for raising the rent. [...]

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Poker Photo Caption Challenge 29

January 26, 2007 Poker

My Caption: Another jackhole that doesn’t realize that currency has touched millions of hands and not everyone washes after they use the bathroom.
Pic stolen from Flickr user Squeegee Scott

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Boycott Online Poker

January 26, 2007 Is Online Poker Rigged?

When I first read Full Shill Poker’s post suggesting a boycott of online poker rooms I thought it was the stupidest thing I read in the last week (sorry, no lifetime achievment award here). Then I started to think about it and it may make sense. In fact it may be brilliant.
One of [...]

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January Peak Player Numbers

January 26, 2007 Is Online Poker Legal?

Numbers are via PokerSiteScout
The red line indicates the Neteller cutoff.
Some interesting observations:
* Stars was on a downward slope from the beginning of the year. The Neteller cutoff just steepened the curve.
* Full Tilt was hanging pretty steady around that 8000 number until the cutoff.
* The bill may be having a bigger impact than [...]

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