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I was having a nice chat with my good friend and former Party Poker cohort Hilly a few weeks ago sitting in the Old German Beer House on Soi 11 and somehow the conversation drifted around to Zynga Poker. I grabbed my trusty iPhone and made a note as I told Hilly, “I always love [...]
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Bill’s Poker Blog is unusual. One day he’s writing about his travels in the Thai back country; the next day it’s Ultimate Bet’s affiliate program. When I found this quirky site in my web travels, I knew I wanted to make it a stop on my equally off-beat book tour. I’m touring my mystery novel, [...]
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I asked for some suggestions on what to do for my 1,500th post on Bill’s Poker Blog and I liked the one Vik sent in. Though, I probably will skip over a lot of detail Vik had suggested let me do a little stream of consciousness about this blog. Originally, this blog was about technology. [...]
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Well, I’m back from the backwaters of Thailand safe and sound. I’ll do a post about meeting Wanphen’s mother and children as soon as I can. Plus I’ve got pics and video to post too! Woo hoo! Okay, so first order of business is to demonstrate how not to go about link building. While I [...]
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I was getting some harassing emails lately about updating my affiliate trackers to UB.com from UltimateBet.com and didn’t think too much about it. UB kept telling me that it was about their “rebranding” which is all good for them and all but does introduce a pain in the butt for affiliates who might have to [...]
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I’m approaching my 1500th post here on Bill’s Poker Blog. That’s a lot of writing considering I’m rather wordy in most of my posts. This one is 1496 and I’m trying to think of something special to do for the big one five oh oh. Any suggestions? Bill’s Poker Blog Time Machine for September Will [...]
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It’s that time again. Just a trip down memory lane of posts that have appeared here on Bill’s Poker Blog during the month of September. 2009 Nolan “Balla” Dalla’s Attack on Democrats English Poker Open Day 3 Could You Get Away From This Hand? Is Online Poker Really Doing Well? Jason Newitt Sues Full Tilt [...]
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I’ve had some people suggest that I seem to enjoy making negative predictions. I really don’t. In fact, I actually hope most of the stuff I speculate about doesn’t happen but I also call it like I see it. I’ve written over and over again (going back to 2006) that Full Tilt and PokerStars would [...]
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I was wanting to write about this but haven’t gotten around to it until now. According to Variety the World Poker Tour has re-upped with Fox Sports Net for another 3 seasons and in the process got their timeslots locked in. Whereas before FSN more or less showed the WPT sporadically making it difficult for [...]
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888 is reporting poor numbers again and is pointing fingers at external factors. It’s the hip new thing if you’re a publicly traded gambling operation. Mostly it’s the “competitive” environment. I sort of hit on that trend in my post Why Smaller Poker Operators Should Shut Their Doors Right Now. 888′s CEO, Gigi Levy said [...]
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Not a terribly innovative promotion but Party is running The Snowball during the month of September. Basically it’s a tiered promotion where the more points you earn the bigger the prizes. The name Snowball comes from the fact that as you move up the 15 levels you keep the prize earned at the lower level. [...]
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We are pleased to offer all of the following promotions this month at Rakeback Report. Simply sign up for a valid account at a participating poker room and you will automatically be enrolled. September Promotions Site Rake Race Rake Chase Points Race Freeroll Cake Poker $60,000 Doyle’s Room $50,000 [...]
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Earlier this month Gambling 911 ran a story titled, “Negreanu Poker Website Needs to be Boycotted.” The reason for the author, Jagajeet Chiba, to call for a boycott was because Daniel Negreanu called Annie Duke a “f*cking c*nt.” The quote was from an interview he gave and he complained about the fact that Annie Duke [...]
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I just wanted to thank everyone who has sent money to help out the family of Wanphen Pienjai. We’re still not at our goal but we’re off to a good start. You can check out any of the threads below about Ron Fanelli or Wanphen to get all the details. Also, please, please spread the [...]
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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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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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