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Clonie Gowen: All Lingerie and No Vest?

Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2008 Live Tournament

In my tenure as a consultant for commercial lawsuits, I read more than my fair share of initial complaints. Early on I realized these complaints often overbet the pot with farfetched claims, many of which can’t be supported by facts. So I wasn’t totally surprised by the far reaching claims of Clonie Gowen’s complaint against Full Tilt [...]

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How the NFL Grinch Stole Online Poker II

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 Live Tournament

In the waning days of summer 2006, the recently appointed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and past commissioner Paul Tagliabue wrote Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-Va.) in an attempt to sway him to tag the UIGEA onto “must pass” defense spending legislation. Warner told them to go pound salt. But that didn’t slow [...]

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Day of the Dead, Tiffany, and Profs

Date: Sun, Nov 2, 2008 Live Tournament

Is that your dorsal fin or are you just happy to see us? — Overheard at the office on Halloween. While the boss dressed up as a man getting eaten by a shark, most of the rest of the office dressed up as the boss. It turns out that making fun of the boss was a [...]

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I’m shocked, shocked…

Date: Sun, Oct 26, 2008 Live Tournament

Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds? Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that there is gambling going on here! Croupier: Your winnings, sir. Renault: Oh, thank you very much Alan Greenspan: Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholder’s equity (myself especially) are in a state of shocked [...]

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Chicks (and Obama) Run Good

Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 Live Tournament

A couple of months ago, I got an email from Matt Showell over at PokerListings. It had something to do with a series of blogger freerolls. Between my day job, the book, and the few articles I was able to sneak in, I barely had time to pee. I had already reluctantly been passing on [...]

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One Step Beyond Tilt

Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 Live Tournament

I’m still surprised how similar the investment world is to the poker world - and how the people within those worlds are seemingly cut from the same cloth.  But to some extent they play the same ”risk versus return” game.  And while each set of players knows that probability and odds factor strongly in their result, they are also [...]

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Hello world!

Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 Live Tournament

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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The First Rule of Fight Club

Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 Live Tournament

You don’t talk about fight club Chris Moneymaker’s win was always a double-edged sword for the poker media. It began the Cinderella model of coverage with the requisite fairy tale ending — where the winner was not only the most skillful, but the most worthy of taking home the glass slipper. And the money that flowed [...]

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The First Rule of Fight Club

Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 Live Tournament

You don’t talk about fight club Chris Moneymaker’s win was always a double-edged sword for the poker media. It began the Cinderella model of coverage with the requisite fairy tale ending — where the winner was not only the most skillful, but the most worthy of taking home the glass slipper. And the money that flowed from online poker [...]

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Backlogged…But That’s the Way I Roll

Date: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 Live Tournament

For some reason, I thought my days were going to be much easier once the WSOP ended, but I was obviously just in denial. I keep thinking of these great ubber posts I want to do, but there really isn’t going to be ubber time until the Matusow book is completed - which is still [...]

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Backlogged - But That’s the Way I Roll

Date: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 Live Tournament

For some reason, I thought my days were going to be much easier once the WSOP ended, but I was obviously just in denial. I keep thinking of these great ubber posts I want to do, but there really isn’t going to be ubber time until the Matusow book is completed - which is still some [...]

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Spoiler-Free, WPT, and Sadly Sammy

Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 Live Tournament

I won’t write about the Main Event until it starts to air on ESPN.  I had no idea how many people don’t want to know anything until they see it on TV until I went to my home game last week.  With my work day starting at 4:00 am during the WSOP and not ending [...]

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Mikey, Vanessa, Barry and the Real World

Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2008 Live Tournament

I cringe a little every time a WSOP bracelet is awarded; one more I didn’t get to see in person.  But I cringe more for some than for others.  I missed Mike Matusow’s bracelet in the Deuce to Seven Lowball.  And since this WSOP will be the final chapter in Mikey’s book, I would have loved watching  this [...]

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WSOP Vampires and the Man Behind the Hat

Date: Sun, Jun 8, 2008 Live Tournament

Since the WSOP began, I start each day with a bitch-slap by my cat Sammy, delivered at 3:30am.  Alarm clocks have nothing on Sammy.  Sammy has extra big paws replete with extra toes, and his swat is like no other.  Also, Sammy’s need-to-feed is timed more accurately than the CS2 atomic clock. As I stumble through the dark living room, [...]

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