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The Weeks That Was

February 15, 2010 General Ramblings

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
7. Joe Cada
8. Barney Frank
9. Tony [...]

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Play Money Players Are Free to Officially Hate Me

February 14, 2010 Online Poker

Party Poker recently announced changes to their play money games which I’m sure many play money enthusiasts are going to hate. I guess I’ll add some more fuel to the fire by saying not only do I agree with Party Poker’s change but I was one of the people who supported such a change [...]

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Valentine’s Day in Thailand

February 13, 2010 Travel

Today is both Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day. Here in Thailand Valentine’s Day is celebrated but it’s not really a Thai holiday. Much like other consumer oriented holidays advertisers have sold the concept here but it has no real roots in Thai culture or tradition. Christmas is much the same. [...]

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Phil Gordon, Chris Hanel, The Wampler, and Me Roshambo for Cash

February 4, 2010 Poker

A few years back a bunch of us from Full Tilt went to Vegas to watch the young Mr. Hanel get married. One of the nights out on the town included a monster drinking session with Phil Gordon and some drunken roshambo’ing for cash.
The always lovely April was kind enough to capture [...]

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Bill’s Poker Blog Exclusive Freeroll on Chili Poker

February 4, 2010 Online Poker

After talking to the folks over at Chili Poker we decided that maybe we could do something to help promote their Dublin Deepstack Open tournament. I know it’s a bit of late notice but we were able to put something together I hope you’ll enjoy (and profit from).
The Dublin Deepstack Open is [...]

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The Week That Was and A Lesson in PR

February 2, 2010 Poker

I received a few different emails this week that were nothing unusual but for some reason they made me want to write about the subject of how to properly promote your product (most likely a website or poker room). I can appreciate that it’s tough getting a new website off the ground or even [...]

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The Tiffany Michelle Transcript

January 27, 2010 Poker

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 [...]

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Tiffany Michelle on Fox . . . Ouch, That Was Painful

January 27, 2010 Online Poker

I started to write a very similar post to this when Tiffany Michelle and Maria Ho were on the Amazing Race. During that same week they were running episodes of Celebrity Apprentice and had just watched several episodes of Annie Duke trying to relate even the most routine points into a poker analogy. [...]

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This time I made someone else at the poker table cry – Where are all the women in poker? by Robyn G

January 27, 2010 Poker

Every Saturday night my kids go to a sitter and its “date night” with my husband. Date night usually consists of eating and/or poker. In an effort to mix it up, I bought tickets to see Diceman (Andrew Dice Clay) at the Riveria. My husband’s a big fan, and I always enjoy a good comedy [...]

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