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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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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-19

January 19, 2012 Online Poker

My Tweets from this week. Today in Poker History: Neteller founders, John Lefebvre and Steve Lawrence, arrested today. Jan 15, 2007 # The (Not So) Great PokerStars Sit-Out of 2012 http://t.co/cGVYiDu1 # Congrats to @Freddy_Deeb. Freddy Deeb Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino Main Event: http://t.co/ItWqysHS # The Secret Value Of Winning Players [...]

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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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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-13

January 13, 2012 Poker

Alcohol proved to release endorphins; Scientist tests a “sober up pill” on drunken rats http://t.co/Q0IYvqrW # MGM CEO: “Internet Gaming Is Going To Pass in United States in 2012" http://t.co/RswiKa0s # Powered by Twitter Tools

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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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Poker Chip Cuff Links from Cuffitt

January 11, 2012 Poker

Seeing as how away from the office I normally just wear t-shirts or polo shirts, it might come as a surprise that I do have a decent collection of dress shirts. Most I had custom tailored in Thailand and just a little less than half I had made with French cuffs. So when Noah, from [...]

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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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Stax Poker Lounge at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek

December 20, 2011 Poker

If you’re in the Coconut Creek area you might want to check out the new Stax Poker Lounge opening up on December 27th. The new poker room will have 30 tables of NL and high-stakes action in a newly-constructed area of the Seminole Casino. They’ll be kicking off the grand opening with a “limited capacity” [...]

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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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