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I recently wrote about Ron Fanelli, The MadYank, and how he has admitted to stabbing and murdering a local Thai woman, Wanphen Pienjai, here in Thailand [view his confession]. The thing that really disturbed me about this whole incident was how Wanphen’s family was being impacted. In Thailand there is no real social safety-net. There [...]
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One of the reporters from the Phuket Gazette sent me video of the press conference where Ron Fanelli, the MadYank, confesses to the media that he killed Wanphen Pienjai. I’m still working on a post that will give details on how people can donate to a fund raiser we’re doing on Thailand Friends. My girlfriend [...]
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Looks like Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has earned a little money to help pay off his $2 million weight loss prop bet with Ted Forrest. Now he’s just $1,900,000 short. Not according to Mike though: So, I guess Mike is saying that he’s already paid off Forrest. True? Hard to say based on a single [...]
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One of the things that I’ve really begun to dislike about the WSOP is the constant barrage of silly prop bets. To me it seems as if people are saying, “Hey, I haven’t done anything noteworthy at the tables and I know the poker media are starving for a story so let me make a [...]
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I’ll take a break from my Vietnam postings to post a little something poker related. First off, thanks to Sebastian on Poker Affiliate Listings for this one. It’s Ilari “Ziigmund” Sahamies on the Finnish version of Fear Factor. Not for those with squeamish stomachs. Next up we have Phil Laak who was seriously mangled in [...]
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Technically the WPT says they’re looking for “opinionated” and “outspoken” people but I can read between the lines here. WPT is starting a new regular segment called the RAW Deal which will have an on air personality who rips apart the players. Here’s your chance to call the biggest names in poker complete donks! And [...]
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Have you ever dreamed about shoving all-in against Phil Ivey with 27o? My therapist is trying to help me with that but, me too! And now I can find out what it might be like. One of my old Full Tilt amigos, Ernest Hwang, sent me a message earlier this morning asking if I would [...]
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“A Mexican, a Jew and a colored fellow walk into a bar… The bartender looks up and says… Get the f*** out of here.” Some of you might recognize that as one of the many racist comments made by Clint Eastwood’s character in the film Grand Torino. It is also what Victory Poker pro player [...]
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I want to start off by saying that I am not bitter that I’m not in Las Vegas right now. Okay, a little disappointed that the Rini Inc. private jet doesn’t have enough fuel to get to Sin City but not bitter. That being said, this time of year seems so contrived to me. You [...]
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Ed Miller has a great article titled What To Do When They Won’t Fold. I’m not sure I can be any more descriptive than that so I’ll let Ed do the talking. PartyPoker’s Million Dollar Hand promotion is back in play. 15 Palladium Lounge points get you a card. As soon as they build up [...]
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I thought it was a joke when I first saw it but it appears to be real, UltimateBet is pimping out their “pro” player Tiffany Michelle. This is one of those kinds of ideas that when you’re sitting around the room brainstorming a new promotion and someone suggests something like this according to Robert’s Rules [...]
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I love the Google Suggest feature that offers suggestions on searches you might want to run based on searches other people have run in the past. Here’s what happens when you ask “Phil Ivey is ” and “Phil Hellmuth is ”
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Last week I said the Razz poker article that was coming up included one of my favorite all time poker stories. Instead of writing your standard how to play Razz article which you’ll be able to find in about 5 seconds on Google I’m just going to dive straight in and try to write something [...]
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Bluff Magazine recently announced their Power 20 of poker and I’ve seen several people comment here and there about who should or should not have been on the list. Before I give my views, here’s the list: 1. PokerStars 2. Full Tilt Poker 3. Mitch Garber 4. Howard Lederer 5. Ty Stewart 6. Doyle Brunson [...]
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When I originally watched the video of Michelle Tiffany and Neil Cavuto I was having a lot of problems with the video. I don’t know if that was my internet or something at Fox but I thought I would transcribe the best I could the interview for anyone else who might be having video problems. [...]
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About Bill’s Poker Blog 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.
After Party Poker I spent two years living in Thailand and travelling around South East Asia. I'm currently working at the World Poker Tour in Irvine, Ca. working on exciting projects taking online poker to the next level. More about Bill Follow Me Around The WorldA semi-complete list of my travels |
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