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Online Poker in 2013
Several years ago I wrote a couple of articles about the gap between online poker software and what players had come to expect from other, non-poker related, products. You can scan over the two posts here [...]
Greg Raymer’s Prostitution Arrest
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last couple of days, you’ve probably heard that 2004 WSOP Main Event winner, and all around good-guy, Greg Raymer was busted in a prostitution sting. The reaction in [...]
Ship It Holla Ballas!: How a Bunch of 19-Year-Old College Dropouts Used the Internet to Become Poker’s Loudest, Craziest, and Richest Crew
There was a lot of buzz going around about the Ship It Holla Ballas book going around and I had actually added it to my Amazon Wish List planning on buying it. Fortunately the publisher mailed [...]
Chris Ferguson Talks Business
Considering Ferguson’s recent settlement with the DOJ and his claim to have no idea that Ray Bitar was running his multi-billion dollar business into the ground, you gotta appreciate his advice on treating poker like a [...]
Affiliate Managers: Don’t do This!
Here’s an email someone sent me the other day. Hi ,my name is Morris ,and I’m the marketing manager of the XXXXX network skin www.XXXXXXXXXX. com , I write to you for introduce a very nice [...]
Fake Poker News
I know it’s difficult to tell sometimes but I do have a sense of humor. I think you need one in order to get by in a business that seems to get completely turned on its [...]
Poker Meme Launch
A few months ago, I was thinking about all of the negativity and drama going on in the poker world and I wondered if all of that energy couldn’t be channeled into something less soul robbing. [...]
Infographic: Fast Poker
iGame – Fast Poker Infographic – An infographic by the team at iGame [...]
Black Friday, Affiliates, and New Markets
While the impact on poker players and poker operators has been well documented not only in the poker community but also in the mainstream media, not a lot has been said about how affiliates were impacted. [...]
Rush Poker Patent Battle Coming? Guest Post by Planet Mark
When Full Tilt Poker launched Rush Poker in 2010 it was a breath of fresh air in an industry that hadn’t seen much innovation. Dubbed “the ultimate high-speed poker experience” the idea was so simple it’s [...]
Howard Lederer 2p2 PokerCast
I finished up listening to the Howard Lederer 2p2 PokerCast with Mike and Adam last night. Another, somewhat painful, three hours of Howard rehashing the rise and fall of Full Tilt Poker. I say painful because [...]
The Lederer Files: My Reactions
I think this sums up my reactions to various Howard Lederer statements made in Part I of the Parvis interview. [...]
I Don’t Know
If you felt like the Lederer Files left a lot unanswered, take a stroll down memory lane with Howard as he I don’t know’s it through the interview. [...]
The Lederer Files Parts 5, 6, and 7
Just got done watching parts 5, 6, and 7 and it’s just more of Howard seeming a bit out of touch. Howard laments the fact that people didn’t seem to be working towards resolution and people [...]
A Review of The Lederer Files (Parts I – IV) and Andy Bloch Interview
I’ve watched the first four episodes of the Howard Lederer interviews multiple times since they were released. I’ve read and re-read Andy Bloch’s interview with Diamond Flush. I’ve begun to write a post about both several [...]








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.

Proof That Online Poker Is Rigged!
why do so many aces always come out in online poker? yesterday i co
It’s a question of range: Guest Post by Carl "The Dean" Sampson
A great book on ranges is Ed Miller's Playing the Player http://www
It’s a question of range: Guest Post by Carl "The Dean" Sampson
Consideration of ranges has improved my game. I'm always learning so I
Book Review: The Mental Game of Poker 2
Hey Jeff, Yeah, it's difficult to review a book that some people ma
Book Review: The Mental Game of Poker 2
Great review Bill! Thanks for saying what needs to be said about bein