Matusow Can’t Pay Prop Bet?

One of the things that I’ve really begun to dislike about the WSOP is the constant barrage of silly prop bets. To me it seems as if people are saying, “Hey, I haven’t done anything noteworthy at the tables and I know the poker media are starving for a story so let me make a …

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August Time Machine

One Night in Saigon

Yes, it’s that time again where we go back and look at all the hidden treasures that were published in August. 2009 Party Poker Takes Huge Gamble on World Poker Tour Gambling Capital Gibraltar Unsafe Full Tilt Ad Parody Pics From APT Party Mel Judah Took a Picture of Me in the Bathroom Hong Kong …

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It’s Confirmed: Party and bwin Merging

Though it’s been pretty much common knowledge within various poker circles (tell your employees to not update their Facebook status with “Just got back from a business meeting in Stockholm” if you’re denying merger rumors in public – haha), the PartyGaming / bwin merger has finally been confirmed. According to the PartyGaming website: The proposed …

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The Week(s) That Was

The other day I ran across this video of WPT CEO, Steve Heller, being interviewed about some of the changes coming to the WPT. I guess I missed when they announced that Heller was taking over as CEO. I used to work for Steve when I was at Party so I dropped him a line …

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