Texas Hold’em on the iPhone

Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008

There will be a day not too far off — in our lifetimes for sure, as the technology is already in play at 7-Elevens in Taiwan — when our cell phones and wallets are one in the same. No wonder there are so many issues about the transfer of funds via satellite, internet, bad beats, [...]

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Shame on You

Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008

Good piece on PokerListings naming the “Top 5 Etiquette Mistakes” at the brick-and-mortar tables. Their five faux pas: 5. Stalling 4. Stinking 3. Unmucking 2. Misrepresenting 1. Slow-rolling The one I think they left out — which I would put at number 2, probably — is Table Talk.

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Gulf Coast Poker Championships CancelledBeau Rivage in Biloxi Closed Temporarily

Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008

Due to Hurricane Gustav and the accompanying evacuations and flood threats, CardPlayer is reporting that the popular Gulf Coast Poker Championship series at the Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi has been canceled. Some of the preliminary events were a casualty, as well as the main event that was scheduled to start tomorrow. Beau Rivage and neighboring [...]

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Main Event Chip Leader Hires Roy Winston & Co. Dennis Phillips begins assembling his WSOPosse

Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008

Hmm, so whaddya know … I was apparently wrong in declaring the final tableists “too smart” to get outside assistance (from poker people, at least) in preparation for their big-time November sit-n-go. My only defense is that I musta been really drunk at the time when I was saying that stuff, so it probably doesn’t [...]

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RE: Best Poker Room in Vegas

Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008

There are 50 poker rooms in Las Vegas, so we thought you might appreciate the assistance of fellow degenerates in narrowing down the possibilities of where to play when you come to town. The votes have been tallied … and four places stood out above the rest … In what may or may not become [...]

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From G’s to Poker: Tuesday Night Line-up

Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video must be worth 1,000². Since ESPN is being cool with their vids, I certainly have no problem pimping their pimpage of tonight’s WSOP episode: OK, I’m excited. If the Scotty Nguyen episodes did anything, they did make coverage of the action that’s already been covered [...]

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RE: Scotty Nguyen Apology (3) (Getting closer to) The Real WSOP World

Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008

It seems like Otis and Amy and Mike Paulle are right … poker on TV is changing. For better or for worse may still be up for debate, but those of us who have seen the action firsthand seem to be agreeing that what ESPN is doing is better capturing the “reality” of the WSOP [...]

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RE: Brian Townsend Admits Multi-Accounting

Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008

JKPrevo over at PokerWorks adds his two cents to the multi-accounting debate, which I find particularly valuable because he … 1) admits that he, too, is a multi-accounter (and unlike Townsend in ‘08, a winning player!) 2) gives a great real-world example of how the letter of this online poker law doesn’t exactly add up with the [...]

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RE: Poker’s Fling with Politics

Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008

Once specific thing from the Bloomberg article Jen references below that caught my eye … it was the first time I had ever seen a numerical breakdown of the PPA’s money. (I know these are mostly public figures, because of the nature of political finance … but as far as I know, none of us [...]

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Poker’s No-Strings Fling With Politics

Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008

Poker is having an affair with politics and the mainstream media, and it seems to be one of those flings…not sure where it started or where it will end, or even what it means, but enjoying it nonetheless. Sure, the UIGEA was the first to act, but it was the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) who bought [...]

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Absolute on Trial?

Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2008

Jen, you know more about Absolute than I do, so maybe you already know … but I wasn’t aware that Scott Tom’s dad (what’s his first name? he won a 2008 bracelet, I know that much) may or may not be under indictment. Am also curious why any indictment in this case would be sealed.

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Clonie: The Musical?

Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2008

Best Poker Song Ever?!? Interestingly enough, Clonie is playing in South Africa this week — in the Sun City Million, the biggest tourney festival in Africa, a US$1.5 million guaranteed — without any of her Full Tilt cronies. Hmmm … (To be fair, the event is hosted by Shannon Elizabeth, who is one of her very [...]

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Bodog Unraveling?

Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2008

It certainly seems that way … either that or they’re just going through some rocky times that the tough-do-it-my-way billionaire who built the company didn’t want to be part of. [Gambling911] Reading this story makes a couple things “obvious” to me: 1. The US.gov is serious about the illegality of sports wagering online, as it really is [...]

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Pokerdoodle

Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2008

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