One thing that we’re all acutely aware of in the poker world is that we only have our good name. And you can’t borrow a bunch of money and then say, “Oops, sorry, I don’t have any money. I’m going to declare bankruptcy,” and then a month later you come back into the poker world …
I’m not going to pretend I saw Black Friday coming but PokerStars and FullTilt were on a path where I’m not entirely surprised at the outcome. Going back to the passage of the UIGEA I’ve been dismissive of their legal arguments about poker being a game of skill. I even predicted that their demise in …
I know this isn’t exactly only poker related but the inspiration for this post hit me in a poker room where they had some sort of promotion going on. I advertisement used a stock photo of a model that I’ve seen in several magazines, web banner ads, and other various places in and out of …
The Nearly Infallible Under-Over Line for No-Limit Hold’em At sports betting, there’s this thing called an over-under line. One feature of betting the “over” at sports is that if the game goes over, it’s over. You won your bet, and the rest of the game doesn’t matter. At no-limit hold’em, I have this thing I …
I was caught a little by surprise by this but Daniel Negreanu mentioned my recent blog post, What Full Tilt Should Have Said, in his recent weekly rant. Fortunately, he wasn’t ranting about me but was referencing my post about Full Tilt. Check it out around 4:25 in. Daniel says, “In other news, we had …