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“Crushing the Microstakes” by Nathan BlackRain79 Williams

January 13, 2012 Online Poker

I just got done reading Nathan BlackRain79 Williams’ new eBook, “Crushing the Microstakes” and thought I would do a quick post to let people know about it. Coming in at a whopping 251 pages, Crushing the Microstakes is a fairly impressive eBook. Williams, who claims to be the winningest player at the microstakes, walks beginning [...]

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No Fight At All

January 13, 2012 Online Poker

I was reading a post on SpartanFox by Mark Gahagan which was pretty good but it had one big item that I disagree with. Gahagan discusses the war against better players that some sites are waging but I think he’s making a mistake including PokerStars into the bunch. First off, the other two rooms that [...]

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Getting a Fair Game in Online Poker

December 22, 2011 Online Poker

The other day, myself, Kim Lund, and Taylor Caby on Twitter talking about Bodog’s Patrick Selin’s remarks in a recent interview where he referred to winning players as “sharp players.” Slowly the conversation started to devolve a bit and we all decided that it was best handled via a medium other than Twitter so I [...]

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Reviewing Tri “Slowhabit” Nguyen’s “How I Made My First Million from Poker”

December 1, 2011 Online Poker

I just got done reading a pre-release copy of Tri “Slowhabit” Nguyen’s “How I Made My First Million from Poker.”  It’s definitely not your typical poker book and if you’ve read some of Nguyen’s previous books on poker strategy this is an entirely new look at the game. In many ways it will remind you [...]

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What is a Professional Poker Player?

November 22, 2011 Online Poker

I’ve been doing a lot of light reading lately and nearly every poker magazine article is written by “a professional poker player.”  Likewise, watching many of the televised poker events the commentators will often identify a player as a “professional poker player.” But just what the heck is a professional poker player? Is it someone [...]

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The Changing Business Model in Poker Media

November 16, 2011 Online Poker

Funny enough Hard Boiled Poker covered a topic I was pondering a blog post about.  I’ve written in the past about the poker media and how the fact that they derived a large percentage of their revenue from the very poker sites that they were covering tainted their motivation to dig too deep or ask [...]

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Get Ed Miller’s “How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em” From Bill’s Poker Blog

November 3, 2011 Online Poker

I’m such a big fan of Ed Miller’s new book, “How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em” I want to give you a copy for free (a $49.99 value). Here’s the deal: 1. Go read my review of Miller’s new book. 2. If you aren’t already following me on Twitter (shame on you) go [...]

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Ed Miller’s How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em

October 18, 2011 Online Poker

I had the great pleasure of reviewing a pre-release version of Ed Miller’s new book, How to Read Hands at No Limit Hold’Em. I call it a great pleasure because I’ve been a big fan of Ed’s writings over the years. I religiously read his 2+2 postings and was one of the first in line [...]

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How Things Became So Screwed Up At Full Tilt Poker

October 4, 2011 Is Online Poker Legal?

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about how things could have gone so horribly wrong at Full Tilt Poker. None of the people I know there are stupid. Nor are they malicious. It’s easy to go for the simple answer that Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, Chris Ferguson, and Rafe Furst are greedy, thieving, conmen [...]

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