Since I got Tivo I rarely see commercials. First off, I don’t watch that much television to begin with but more importantly, with Tivo I can skip the commercials. Still, I do love a good commercial and one that had me cracking up was the “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” commercial where some …
MSNBC is running a story about Londoner, Ashley Revell, who claims to be a professional gambler, placing a $135,300 bet on “Red” resulting in a $270,600 payoff. Just in case you’re thinking that the $135,300 bet might have been chump change to this high roller, it wasn’t. It was everything he owned. He even sold …
I spent the day with a scuba and travel buddy at the Songkran festival held at Wat Thai in the San Fernando Valley. Songkran is the Thai new year (currently 2547) and is a enthusiastic celebration. In Thailand the Songkran festivals are known for their water play. The Songkran period is a traditionally thought of …
Couldn’t find any juicy games when I logged into Paradise so I played a $5 + $1 SNG. Took first place. My strategiology? I played almost no hands for the first 3 orbits. When I did take down my first hand it was pretty beefy and then I just sat back and only played the …
The other day I wrote about Google and Yahoo pulling ads for online gambling sites. Well, TechDirt has a follow up on that where it seems the DOJ has been sending out some nastygrams to other sites as well. To steal a mantra of the youth today: Skateboarding Online poker is not a crime.