The Force is Strong

Funny video clip that I have to give a hat tip to DanM over at Pokerati for posting on his site. If you have funny video clips like this or other funny poker related posts we’re having a Carnival of Poker where you could get international fame and recognition . . . or a link …

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Update on bwin Loyalty Program

Earlier I wrote about a radical change to the bwin (and thus entire Ongame Network) loyalty program codenamed Essence. It’s not unusual that when I take a less than enthusiastic view on things I’m contacted by folks from the room to “explain” their side and hopefully get me to come around to their line of …

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Taste of Thailand

One of the weird things about living in Thailand is getting into the groove of how it can be so advanced and yet so backwards at the same time. Bangkok is a city of close to 12 million people from all over the world. A truly international city. Yet, up until a year or two …

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Asian Poker Tour Philippines

Just wanted to give a heads-up on how you can win a package to the Asian Poker Tour (APT) in the Philippines. Party Poker is running satellites for a $6,000 APT package. I went to the APT in Macau last year and it was great (Mel Judah took my picture in the bathroom) so the …

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The Carnival of Poker

While doing my July Time Machine post I ran across a bunch of posts I did about hosting a Carnival of Poker and it got me to thinking about hosting them again. The idea is rather simple yet people try to make it much more complicated because they think there’s a catch. There isn’t. Basically, …

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