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October 2010

Poker and Social Media Guest Post by Yair Panet

October 31, 2010 Guest Writers

Several months ago Yair emailed me about something I had written on Bill’s Poker Blog. We ended up exchanging a lot of insights and ideas though there were some key things that he and I had entirely different views on. It’s difficult for most online gaming personnel to exchange ideas and openly discuss certain topics [...]

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Quick Link Dump and Poker on Entourage

October 25, 2010 Online Poker

Ran across a few interesting things recently that I wanted to share. I don’t really have enough to say about any specific one to write an entire post so I thought I would just mash them up here and let you enjoy :-) The Key To Cleaning Up At Poker? Quantum Physics A story over [...]

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Poker Perambulation’s Take on “The Business” of Online Poker

October 25, 2010 Online Poker

One of my favorite poker blogs to read is Poker Perambulation by Ken. Ken’s a smart, smart guy and very talented with his words so it’s a pleasure to read his take on various issues in the world of poker. He recently wrote a post regarding my last post, Rake and the Customer Experience titled [...]

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Rake and the Customer Experience

October 20, 2010 Online Poker

Kim Lund recently left bwin and has started a new blog about the poker industry. Though Kim and I don’t always agree but he’s got a bright mind and understands the business side of online poker so it’s always good to exchange ideas. He recently wrote a post on his new site titled, The Price [...]

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Examining a Online Poker Site Promotion – Full Tilt’s Take 2

October 18, 2010 Online Poker

You can really tell a lot about what’s going on behind the scenes at an online poker site by examining the kinds of promotions they’re running. I thought it might be fun to sort of deconstruct Full Tilt’s recent Take 2 promotion and try to make some guesses about what’s going on over there. Here [...]

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Social Media Gone Bad – bwin Takes Heat Over bewinners

October 17, 2010 Online Poker

I’ve given heat to online poker sites that miss the mark using social media and it’s time to do it again. bwin recently made some rather major changes to their affiliates program. The response from the affiliate community has been less than enthusiastic. One of the biggest issues, which I agree with, is that the [...]

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October 13, Anniversary of the UIGEA

October 17, 2010 Is Online Poker Legal?

I know this is a little late but I had some problems with the website that prevented me from posting it when I wanted to. Yet another year has passed since President George Bush set pen to paper and put into effect the UIGEA. I remember watching the press conference on one of the 24 [...]

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October Time Machine

October 11, 2010 Online Poker

Oops, I forgot to do the time machine for October so I’m backdating this one. 2010 Poker and Social Media Guest Post by Yair Panet Quick Link Dump and Poker on Entourage Poker Perambulation’s Take on “The Business” of Online Poker Rake and the Customer Experience Examining a Online Poker Site Promotion – Full Tilt’s [...]

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Guest Post by Mike: Dealing with a downswing

October 7, 2010 Guest Writers

Dealing with a downswing Managing a large downswing is one of the most difficult things you will have to cope with as a poker player. Ideally you would be able to completely ignore downswings and keep yourself focused on your long term expected win rate but the pressure and stress of running badly for a [...]

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