We’ve had a few weeks to see how each of the indicted online poker sites would handle themselves in a crisis and I think it’s been long enough that one can grade their performance. Below I’ve given each poker site a grade and explain why they received the grade. PokerStars C- While PokerStars was not …
Wanted to show a little link love to some people who have written some really great stuff recently. First off, Dr. Pauly (don’t call him Paul) has a bit of a rant about PokerStars stiffing him. Seems he received a form letter saying that affiliates will not be paid on US players they sent in …
It seems PokerStars has sorted out their policies on cashing out for US players. Perhaps signaling that this is truly the end for US players, you will need to cash out your entire account balance when you place your cashout request. Wire payments will be available for amounts over $50,000. All others will get paid …
I was just thinking about this the other day but I remember some poker rooms running promotions where you earned tickets and then those tickets would enter you into drawings for prizes. I remember them specifically at Party because I helped design some of the promotions. But I’m pretty sure that other poker rooms have …
I was reading F-Train’s analysis of the charges brought against Stars, Tilt, and Cereus and while 90% of the time I think he’s dead-on, this time I think he’s letting his emotions get in the way of seeing things from a practical point of view. In his piece The Search for the Real Victim he …