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January 3, 2010 Online Poker

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If you’re an investor I would be betting against PlayTech the operators of the iPoker network. According to TightPoker VC (Victor Chandler) Poker has [...]

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January Time Machine

January 1, 2010 Online Poker

I got a positive response from folks on my December Time Machine so I thought I would do it again in Jan.
Jan 2009
CAP and Meeting J Todd
Online Gaming Conference ICE in London
Online Poker Rooms Getting Stupid About Sponsorships
Back at Work
Wise Up Google
The Butoff By Tommy Angelo
Some Pics From the Trip
Very Quick Update
Jan 2008
Roundup [...]

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Rakeback Promotions for Jan

January 1, 2010 Online Poker

Rakeback Report Promotions
We are pleased to offer all of the following promotions this month at Rakeback Report. Simply sign up for a valid rakeback account at a participating poker room and you will automatically be enrolled.

Site
Rake Race
Rake Chase
Freeroll

Doyle’s Room
$30,000
 
 

Cereus Poker Network*
$8,000
$10,000
$10,000**

Cake Poker
$6,000
$10,000
$10,000**

Party Poker***
 
$23,000
 

Red Star
 
$23,000
 

Eurobet***
 
$21,000
 

Players Only
 
$16,000
 

Tower Gaming***
 
$15,000
 

Full Tilt Poker
 
$10,000
 

Carbon Poker
 
$10,000
 

Betfair Poker
 
$5,000
 

Boss Media Network****
$5,000
 
 

Cellsino Poker
 
$5,000
 

Power Poker
 
$5,000
 

Poker [...]

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Data Mining – Does Isildur1 Have a Case Against Brian Hastings?

December 24, 2009 Is Online Poker Rigged?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the big news in the nosebleed stakes poker circles these days has been Hastings cleaning Isildur1 for over $4 million in one session. It’s since been revealed that Brian Hastings, Brian Townsend, and Cole South spent some time combining their hand histories against Isildur1 so they could [...]

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The Week That Was

December 20, 2009 Online Poker

It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas here in Bangkok. The entire city is decorated up and the days have cooled off to around the low 90’s (32 C) during the day and a bone-chilling 70 degrees (21 C) in the evening. Brrrrr.
So what were the major stories in the world [...]

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Stop The Presses: Village Voice Discovers Poker is a Zero Sum Game

December 11, 2009 Online Poker

Sometimes you really have to scratch your head and wonder how people get paid to write such poorly researched content. Graham Rayman, writing for the Village Voice, demonstrates how to take an obvious fact and turn it into something scary in his piece (pun intended) Online Poker Requires Constant Influx of Suckers, Says Leaked [...]

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This is Starting to Get Out of Control

December 8, 2009 Online Poker

If you’ve been following the poker forums or poker news websites you’ve probably been as shocked as everyone else with these super nosebleed swings that have been going on recently. Tom “Durrr” Dwan drops $5 million in a month. Next Isildur1 drops $5 million in a single 24 hour period. What’s next? [...]

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Are Online Gaming Companies Better Than Brick and Mortar Casinos?

December 1, 2009 Is Online Poker Legal?

Lou Krieger recently posted something he didn’t link to the original source for so I can’t vouch for the fact that it was a full and complete representation of the opinions voiced but according to Jim Ryan, CEO of PartyGaming, “internet gaming companies can provide casinos with player data and customer tracking technology that’s far [...]

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The Game is Getting Tighter

November 16, 2009 Online Poker

Bluff Europe recently ran an article asking if there was a poker slowdown going on in the UK. While I commend them on being one of the first mainstream outlets to acknowledge that nearly every public poker site is reporting poor numbers, I think they arrive at the wrong conclusion.
Poker may very [...]

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