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Zynga Ready for Real Money Gaming or Trying to Hide Failures?I signed up on Red Kings maybe two years ago (I don’t really remember when). I was mostly interested in doing some competitive research on them. I don’t think I even made a deposit. But, these guys have continuously spammed me non-stop ever since. Here’s a screen shot of my inbox from just the last couple of days.
Really? You need to send me 2 emails a day? I don’t get two emails a day from some of my good friends. When did we become such good buddies?
You’re doing it wrong!
Anybody else have examples of poker rooms that go overboard trying to get you to play?
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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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I have the same problem with celebpoker
i know its ridiculous. its stopping me from visiting- the more i go on there the more spam i build up. im just going to forget about it soon. they think its there gain i think but its there loss.
New apartment settled into, right?
No shooting?
Be nice to get a confirmation.
I always try to have a seperate account, it becomes very annoying, especially if i’ve not deposited a few weeks i become a hit list for spamware.
Hey Ken,
Yes, thanks for asking. I am settled in now (have one more trip to make to pick up stuff). Shooting has stopped. Most of the problems have gone. Looks like they’ll lift curfew tonight at 4am.
Bill
Pfff, I have the problem with these smaller sites, as well as those “mailing lists” poker tips spam which offers no means of unsubscribing…
Jake
stay away from Red Kings Poker, I fear the staff are playing to rip people off,
just look at this handhistory, it is the last hand I will ever play at the Red Kings site.
it is perfectly clear this guy knew he was going to make a full house, I mean WHO ? would make that kinda play with J7 off? , it’s so obvious he knew I didn’t have pocket aces, and he knew he would make a full house, don’t tell me rigging doesn’t exist! just look at the hand history, redicilous! I could have had pocket aces! but he still continues raising. well, I guess he also knew my holding, after this hand was over I immediatly cashed out all my money. and I will never go there again. this site is a scam! and fair play is not in their vocabulary.
Table: Folsom [106381446] (LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $0.05/$0.10, Real money)
User: RANJi
Button: seat 10
Players in round: 5
Seat 1: everfor ($0.28)
Seat 4: RANJi ($2.65)
Seat 7: slashkpit ($9.11)
Seat 9: Razorscutle ($7.10)
Seat 10: ARMAGEDON61 ($4.77)
everfor posts small blind ($0.02)
RANJi posts big blind ($0.05)
—
Dealing pocket cards
Dealing to RANJi: [6s, 6c]
slashkpit folds
Razorscutle folds
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.10
everfor folds
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.15
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.20
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.25
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.30
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.35
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.40
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.45
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.50
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.55
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.60
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.65
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.70
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.75
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.80
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.85
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.90
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.95
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.05
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.10
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.15
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.20
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.25
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.30
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.35
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.40
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.45
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.50
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.55
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.60
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.65
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $1.70
RANJi raises $0.10 to $1.75
ARMAGEDON61 calls $0.05
— Dealing flop [Jh, 4d, 4h]
RANJi bets $0.05
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.10
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.15
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.20
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.25
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.30
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.35
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.40
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.45
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.50
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.55
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.60
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.65
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.70
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.75
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.80
RANJi raises $0.10 to $0.85
ARMAGEDON61 raises $0.10 to $0.90
RANJi calls $0.05 [all in]
— Dealing flop [Jh, 4d, 4h]
— Dealing turn [3s]
— Dealing river [Js]
—
Summary:
Main pot: $5.32 won by ARMAGEDON61 ($5.06)
Rake taken: $0.26
Seat 1: everfor ($0.26), net: -$0.02
Seat 4: RANJi ($0), net: -$2.65, [6s, 6c] (TWO_PAIR JACK, SIX)
Seat 7: slashkpit ($9.11)
Seat 9: Razorscutle ($7.10)
Seat 10: ARMAGEDON61 ($7.18), net: +$2.41, [7c, Jc] (FULL_HOUSE JACK, FOUR)
***** End of hand R5-106381446-89 *****