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 …
My friend Michael who lives in Japan asked me to write VPN poker because he keeps getting asked about this topic and he’s getting tired of answering the same question over and over. Michael is an American who relocated overseas pre-UIGEA for school and work and much like myself he knows all too well how …
First off, I want to say that there are no “safe” poker sites. Even Stars and Tilt were never safe as we’ve just seen in the past week. So asking about whether some small skin on a poker network is safe is somewhat pointless. All you can do is look at the risk and decide …
The PPA just sent me this email: I don’t know what universe the PPA lives in but the DOJ’s decision had nothing to do with any grassroots pressure generated from PPA members. Sixty-five thousands emails and letters is a blip for government agencies. That’s about .02% of the US population. That’s only 5% of the …
I just got this email the other day from PokerStars Really? Your competitors have all got you in the crosshairs and are pulling out every stop to steal your customers away and the best you can offer if 50% up to $200? I’ve said in previous posts that I think that what happened could be …