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Phil Galfond’s, Let’s Make Some Changes

January 20, 2012 Online Poker

Phil Galfond recently wrote an excellent blog post that I both wanted to draw some attention to as well as respond to as Phil invited other people to share their thoughts. In a nutshell, Phil covers several different annoyances and problems with the way online poker sites operate. At the meta-level he seems to be [...]

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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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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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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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A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales by Tommy Angelo

August 9, 2011 Guest Writers

I am very tardy.  Very, very, tardy. Tommy Angelo sent me a copy of his latest book “A Rubber Band Story and Other Poker Tales” several months ago and I haven’t gotten around to reviewing it yet. I don’t really offer this as an excuse but life has been very busy for me lately. Black [...]

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Full Tilt Payout Problems Exposed

July 26, 2011 Is Online Poker Legal?

Last week Todd Brunson tweeted that he had run into Howard Lederer in Las Vegas and that after telling him how short he was of cash Howard offered to pay him what he had locked up on Full Tilt. He asked how much I had on tilt and I told him 150k.. He said come [...]

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Full Tilt Poker Can’t Say Anything But Has Plenty To Say (When It Suits Them)

June 5, 2011 Is Online Poker Legal?

Over the last couple of months since Black Friday Full Tilt has repeatedly stated that they can’t say anything due to the DOJ indictments. I partially addressed how odd this sounds in my post Full Tilt’s Money Woes. Full Tilt is acting like they have a gag order in place but none has been announced. [...]

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