A very interesting week. WSOP well into the grind now. William Hill Online COO Peter Marcus shouts into the wind about rakeback, then backpedals when affiliates become critical of his comments, and finally Rake The Rake co-founder Karim Wilkins blasts Marcus and tells him the problem is with the skins not the rakeback affiliates.
Also on Bill’s Poker Blog last week was news that 888 and Party Gaming are in agreement with me that legalized poker in the US might not be such a great thing for current operators, my thoughts shared with industry magazine eGaming Review, and the launch of Poker Affiliate University.
And for those who like to follow my travels, my loathe of Pattaya, Thailand and tales from my first trip there.
Some interesting jobs were posted on Poker Job Search this week:
Polish Community Manager – Poker
Hindi Community Manager – Poker
Poker Operations Manager
Director of Marketing – Poker & Casino Brands
Head of Acquisition
And we even had a 10 question interview with Chris, the man behind Part Time Poker, about what it’s like to work in the online poker industry as an affiliate
Remember, if you work in the industry and would like to take part in one of these interviews, please let me know. Also, tell your HR department about the site and tell them that they can post openings for free.
Over at Rakeback Report we had news about an Absolute $25K bounty tournament, PartyPoker’s Genius promotion, and the FTOPS XIII schedule.
Have a good week at the tables and keep reading Bill’s Poker Blog
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Players Only | $16,400 | ||
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| Cellsino Poker | $5,000 | ||
| Power Poker | $5,000 | ||
| Poker Nordica | $5,000 | ||
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* Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet (UB) ** May not be available to all players *** Poker Heaven, Fortune Poker, InterPoker, Paradise Poker
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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