tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112961462012-01-19T02:50:04.575-05:00Weekly recaps of the strange world of poker. Gossip, News, Rumors and more.KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.comBlogger5471100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-29194209667252647392011-12-12T09:00:00.001-05:002011-12-12T09:00:41.752-05:00

With the US online poker blackout in full effect and our favorite online poker sites either really seeming to screw it up with software changes or big brother demanding his blood money from the poker sites, I've decided to do something else with my discretionary income, and that is play fantasy football for money. I've been playing for a few weeks in the low stakes, big field tournaments on

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With the new hit shows, Storage Wars and Auction Hunters, there have been throngs of people exposed to the gambling that is buying storage lockers. My business partner and myself have even jumped into the game seeing if we can work out a way to buy storage auctions and liquidate the equipment. So far, we have bought 1 storage locker for $395http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif and pretty much

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-566478500568633802011-02-01T10:19:00.003-05:002011-02-01T10:21:51.483-05:00

Constantly updated online poker gossip, news and views is now being posted on our own domain, instead of this blogspot.com domain. You can check out the latest poker gossip and see what Haley has uncovered in the wide world of online poker. There is no shortage of entertaining posts and news, so if you haven't been, before, jump over the the new KAP blog and take a read. If you are looking to

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-61513083271088493232010-12-30T17:41:00.003-05:002010-12-30T17:43:30.531-05:00

Yes, indeed, and Haley has returned, too, to her KAP blogging ways. Bookmark this site -- and visit it often -- to hear some of the best scuttlebutt circulating in the poker world:The New Kickass Poker Blog

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For the average player trying to win big money playing casino slots online and trying to make the pro ranks in poker, the behind-the-scenes power moves don’t necessarily matter. As long as you’re still able to log on and play the game, most don’t rightly care who owns it.But some moves are just too big to ignore, like Blanca Games’ recent purchasing of the Cereus Poker Network.Why does this move

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-5595444343685942202010-08-11T17:54:00.002-04:002010-08-11T17:58:22.434-04:00

I love this time of year. The football bettors hit the sportsbooks with force and all the extra money in players wallets inevitably trickles over to the poker tables. Especially on sites like sportsbook and bodog that have large bases of football bettors. Plus, it's not a bad time for sign-ups to poker and gambling sites, either. I saw that a handful of the sportsbooks were rolling out nfl

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-36273420508758943132010-07-20T11:00:00.003-04:002010-07-20T11:08:41.490-04:00

I really don't know what to say about this terribly terrific poker song that my buddy John put up on his online poker site yesterday. Either a very elaborate level on some sort, an attempt at viral marketing, or just random luck but he was emailed an MP3 of a song someone produced about poker. John posted the song and sent me a link to check it out - it's too good not to share. Listen for

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-48467124499147861332010-07-05T12:29:00.003-04:002010-07-05T12:41:34.530-04:00

It looks like France, along with Italy are leading the way in regulated online gaming for their country. The details seem clear that while the player base is segregated into players at PokerStars.fr online instead of the majority of the player base at PokerStars.com. This seems similar to the PokerStars.it site and software that is aimed at the Italian player base. A couple of interesting

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-86386439256705056502010-06-28T12:23:00.002-04:002010-06-28T12:27:30.356-04:00

Phil Ivey, the most successful player in poker today, has just himself another win in his belt, and earned himself another place in poker's history books. Bringing his tournament winnings to over $13 million, Phil Ivey won Event #37 of the 2010 WSOP $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event and its $320K top prize.This bumps Team Full Tilt.net member Ivey up to fourth place on the All Time Bracelets rankings,

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-91953540384339629612010-06-01T13:19:00.002-04:002010-06-01T13:41:23.629-04:00

For a little more than $1 Million per letter, Slots.com mystery buyer is revealed to be the founder of the Bodog Brand group. The domain Slots.com was recently acquired for around $5.5 Million, it was one of the highest prices ever paid for a domain name. Sex.com and Business.com both sold for more, and according to Calvin Ayre, it is the second most valuable gaming domain behind Casino.com.“

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-26381990460165659262010-05-14T09:03:00.001-04:002010-05-14T09:05:44.824-04:00

As part of the 2010 World Series of Poker promotion at Full Tilt Poker, there is the Race To The Main Event, a leaderboard based contest that offers players chances to win one of fifty free $10,000 prize packages into the 2010 WSOP Main Event. And today, we’re revealing some of the shortcuts you can take along that route to get to the finish line and nab one of those prize packages before anyone

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-48934712597284630432010-05-06T11:23:00.002-04:002010-05-06T11:26:47.025-04:00

It’s always a party when a trusted poker room gives away a brand new luxury sports car, and it’s especially so when that poker site is Party Poker. The car is a Aston Martin DB9 Coupe and whomever finishes on top at the live final in London will “Dream the Dream” home with them.More exciting even, the PartyPoker Drive The Dream promotion is a freeroll based promotion, meaning that you can

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-44867315971625323402010-04-27T09:09:00.001-04:002010-04-27T09:10:20.023-04:00

Eric Baldwin, a member of Team UB.net (aka Team UltimateBet), finished in second place at the recent World Poker Tour event at the Las Vegas Bellagio, the WPT World Championship. For his accomplishment, Baldwin walks away with a cool $1 million. This just weeks after fellow UB.com pro member Liv Bouree walks away with first place in the EPT San Remo event in the 2010 Eutopean Poker Tour. A good

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-62979347052307833282010-04-22T11:23:00.004-04:002010-04-22T11:28:55.049-04:00

Odonkor1 Makes Appearance At Full Tilt PokerFull Tilt Poker was all a buzz this week as Swedish online poker player, Joel “Odonkor1” Nordkvist, made an unexpected appearance at the high-stakes, no limit poker games. The name “Odonkor1” has become a fixture in the online poker community since being nominated “Best Online Poker Player of 2009” in the PokerStars Scandinavian Poker Awards.It hasn’t

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-45192313121214347502010-03-26T09:27:00.001-04:002010-03-26T09:30:44.754-04:00

As Full Tilt Poker is gearing up for its two biggest events on every MiniFTOPS season, the site has just announced that it will be hosting a special online poker tournament for charity that lets players get as good as they’re giving.First the MiniFTOPS XV update. An exciting week of events has come and gone, but the largest shares of the $6 million guaranteed prize pool have still to be won. This

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Alex “AJKHoosier1” Kamberis is the latest online poker pro to join the esteemed Brunson 10.If you haven’t already heard, Doyle Brunson, the Godfather of Poker and figurehead of Doyle’s Room Poker, has been wrangling up the players he deems to be the brightest rising stars in online poker to form his own team of sponsored online poker pros: The Brunson 10. DoylesRoom currently ranks around 6th in

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-3278924217896964862010-02-23T13:08:00.002-05:002010-02-23T13:21:06.472-05:00

The Cake Poker Network is growing by leaps and bounds - and not just in its player base. The offerings of the Cake Network itself are also expanding like crazy, having added 8 new sites to its roster last week, including the official poker site of Phil "The Unabomber" Laak, appropriately called Unabomber Poker (URL: UnabomberPoker.com).Former World Poker Tour champion and World Series of Poker

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-61926185379522941392010-02-04T09:53:00.001-05:002010-02-04T09:55:21.460-05:00

Hey ladies! Do you want to be the next Vanessa Rousso, the sexy Go Daddy girl who made it big time in the live poker world and now is also one of the esteemed members of Team PokerStars. Or how about the next Annie Duke, one of the long-standing queens of the poker world who is now the queen of renewed and improved UB.net? If either of these prospects sounds appealing to you, then you might be a

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-44096233015292757252009-11-30T09:22:00.004-05:002009-11-30T12:12:04.427-05:00

It seems it was an early Christmas to many of the US poker players, card rooms, affiliates and everyday people. The Fed and the Treasury have given another 6 months window before they require banks to enforce the UIGEA regulations that were snuck in last minute in a must pass bill by some shady ass senators. Long story short, is that we've got 6 more months until they postpone the regulations

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Last week Wachovia Bank customers received a small hand note in their October statements. The hand note stated: You acknowledge and agree that "restricted transactions" as defined in the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 and Regulation GG issued there under are prohibited from being processed through your Account or any relationship between you and the Bank. In the event we

gulftritonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-42870578204651311442009-10-02T11:10:00.002-04:002009-10-02T11:19:24.681-04:00

This is my first time ever playing in an NFL suicide pool. The boys over at Poker Affiliate Listings in conjunction with Sportsbook.com put together a very cool NFL suicide pool. Not only is this fun to play, but there is a $3,000 prize pool up for grabs! We started with over 100 players and we're through half the field going in to week 4. How a suicide pool works is like this. Each week

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-64239855937659338312009-08-07T11:57:00.002-04:002009-08-07T12:52:09.626-04:00

Oh my... it turns out that someone found out that if you accept a rematch challenge from someone while playing sit n go's at PokerStars.com, while having an account balance of $0.00, then PokerStars will just let you play it for free anyway. The boys at 2+2 are all fired up and it will be interesting to see exactly how PokerStars handles the situation. Here's a guy who is either awesome,

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Man talk about a boon to poker! I bet ESPN is jizzing in their pants with the boon to poker that is sure to be Phil Ivey making the final table of the World Series. In our previous post we talked about Ivey and Esfandiari crushing the WSOP, well Ivey has made the November 9... the 9 final table members who now have to wait until November to finish the tournament. Who Benefits from Phil Ivey

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-4726586928472004182009-07-14T12:07:00.003-04:002009-07-14T13:03:18.589-04:00

With the field whittled down to only 64 players, poker superstar Phil Ivey and Antonio Esfandiari, aka 'the magician' are near the top of the chip stacks and primed for a final table run. Nothing would be more exciting for poker than to have Phil Ivey and Esfandiari at the final table of this years WSOP. As poker fans and poker as an industry, this would be another great boost that could propel

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-8465279835020709192009-06-23T19:36:00.018-04:002009-06-23T19:52:04.865-04:00

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Jeff Lisandro had clinched his second WSOP bracelet at a Seven Card Stud event. Well, the guy is continuing to light up the tables. He took down his third bracelet at the $10k Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event, walking away with over $430,000 in prize money.Along with Phil Ivey and Brock Parker, Lisandro is a multiple braclet winner for the 2009 WSOP.Frankly, had

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-46219757128572489202009-06-16T19:04:00.015-04:002009-06-16T19:13:58.977-04:00

Last week, the news broke that checks from Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars were bouncing higher than Clonie Gowen's hopes for a FullTilt payout. We blamed the incident on good 'ole Phil Hellmuth because he always looks like he's up to something shifty.We're happy to say (sort of) that Hellmuth had nothing to do with the mess. The real story is that federal prosecutors swept down and froze the

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-52893377494953368912009-06-09T18:21:00.005-04:002009-06-10T11:15:50.306-04:00

Say it ain't so!A couple of weeks ago, folks began noticing their Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars checks were bouncing. Making matters worse, Instant eChecks (the company that processes deposits and withdrawals for a ton of poker players) was down.The rumors are flyin' and FullTilt.com and PokerStars haven't released any official comments yet. We're certain they'll get the mess sorted out soon.

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It's time to take a brief sabbatical from the usual shenanigans erupting throughout the poker world. The 2009 World Series of Poker has officially launched. It seems like the entire poker community has dropped what they're doing to watch or participate.No emotional outbursts from Phil Hellmuth.No boxing matches between Hansen and Jorgensen.We can't even find a good reason to post a shot of

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-80132639450438307342009-05-26T18:40:00.005-04:002009-05-26T18:47:16.453-04:00

When Duke and Rivers squared off on the last season of Celebrity Apprentice, the two butted heads. Rivers had a few "not so nice" things to say about the good-natured Duke, including a subtle comparison between her and Hitler (yes, that Hitler).But, wait... there's more. Good 'ole Joan went further in saying that any money that poker players donated to charity was "blood money."The poker world

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-91616373271276482202009-05-19T16:11:00.003-04:002009-05-19T16:17:15.966-04:00

Tom Dwan has been having trouble keeping his head above water lately. He was riding high into 2009 after crushing the competition during 2008. This year has been a different story.For awhile, it seemed as if he were racing to purge as much cash as possible on the Full Tilt tables (see our Full Tilt review). He busted out of the gate at the beginning of 2009 and spent no time hemorrhaging nearly

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-62397540181149438012009-05-12T15:01:00.005-04:002009-05-12T17:40:57.901-04:00

Say what you want about Daniel Negreanu - and many people have - the guy has an enormous heart. On June 25th, he's holding a charity golf event for the Lili Claire Foundation.The event will blend Negreanu's passion for golf and poker, and bring together 30 teams. A celebrity poker pro will be assigned to each foursome though it's unknown which pros will be participating. Also, it's worth noting

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-49682461725117439782009-05-05T17:59:00.004-04:002009-05-05T18:08:17.923-04:00

This just in...The case between Clonie Gowen and Full Tilt Poker has been officially dismissed. If you're just joining the poker world (where have you been?!), let's get you up to speed.Former Full Tilt player and sexy promoter Gowen said she was promised 1% of the company a few years back. That little slice of the pie was estimated at $40 million.Of course, the promise wasn't written down.

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-8459882720046023262009-04-28T18:21:00.002-04:002009-04-28T18:28:38.987-04:00

Gus Hansen, one of the high-fliers of the poker circuit, is a hard one to track. In the course of a few months, the guy makes and loses more money than the GDP of small countries.As of April 20th, he was down $3.3 million for the month. However, 8 days have passed since then, so it's anybody's guess where he's standing now. For example, in just 24 hours on April 24th, Hansen banked $1.1

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-50829791110963146962009-04-21T13:50:00.003-04:002009-06-04T11:45:30.438-04:00

Here's some poker news that's hot off the presses...The domain Bodog.com may once again be in the hands of the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group. If you've been around the online poker circuit for awhile, you might remember that Bodog, marketed in the U.S. by Morris Mohawk, lost a bunch of property domain names in 2007. It was due to a patent infringement case filed by 1st Technology, LLC.Apparently,

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-9466897817167647012009-04-14T18:36:00.004-04:002009-04-14T18:43:16.656-04:00

According to Poker King, a few tongues have been wagging about Clonie Gowen's case against Full Tilt Poker being thrown out.That hasn't happened... yet. A judge will listen to FullTilt's motion to dismiss on the 27th of this month.Astute readers might remember that Gowen claims she was offered 1% of the company. She accepted because... y'know, she'd be crazy not to. With some folks speculating

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-87043557939377594692009-04-07T19:28:00.005-04:002009-04-08T17:24:30.891-04:00

Some of you may remember a little poker room called PartyPoker a few years back. I'm sure you remember the PartyPoker.net TV Commercials they used to play on TV They used to accept players from the U.S. and basically controlled the majority of the online poker market.Then, right before the government passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), they bailed. They gathered their

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-57260535595585560162009-03-24T14:07:00.004-04:002009-04-03T14:58:31.427-04:00

Is Mark Vos a smart player or merely "scum of the earth," as Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson so eloquently put it recently?Actually, the quote was "...when I look up 'Scum of the Earth' in my book I find rats, cockroaches, parasites, Mark Vos, in that order."And just to make sure that nobody misunderstands how he feels about Vos, Danielsson adds that he's not sure how Vos can live with himself.Where

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-51390282549639835292009-03-17T15:40:00.004-04:002009-03-17T15:50:16.571-04:00

A few of you have probably been wondering the same thing we have about the "durrrr" Challenge. Namely, why does it seem to be moving at a snail's pace, especially given the amount of press attention it received?To give you an idea of where the challenge stands, 3 pros accepted the offer: Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and David Benyamine. Antonius is the first one up the bat and each match goes at

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-55776019088271583932009-03-10T15:56:00.009-04:002009-03-10T16:08:23.947-04:00

When he didn't turn up at the 2009 National Heads-up Poker Championships, people started wondering Layne Flack was. He was scheduled for a first-round match against Vanessa Selbst.Most folks figured hard-partying Flack simply had one too many drinks the previous night.Good guess.Las Vegas PD had "invited" Flack to enjoy a free night's accommodations at their local "hotel." Apparently, he was

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-45829826226271722462009-03-03T15:19:00.009-05:002009-03-03T15:51:36.241-05:00

"It's amazing how much joy my misfortunes seem to bring folks."So says Jean-Robert Bellande, one-time contestant on reality show, Survivor. Those of you following the poker beat also know Bellande as the player who can't seem to manage his bankroll. The guy's broke more often than not.On the Survivor set or at home? You decide.However, he is planning a return to the reality show circuit with "

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-30138055172090533852009-02-24T20:12:00.006-05:002009-02-24T20:22:44.262-05:00

We promised to keep you informed about the title fight between Theo Jorgensen and Gus Hansen. And by "title," we mean "Best Fighter Between 2 Guys Who Should Wear Shirts."Despite Hansen's smack-talk and bravado, Jorgensen showed him who was boss.The word on the poker circuit was that both "fighters" were immersed in training under the expert tutelage of professional boxing coaches. They climbed

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-45588311882187629022009-02-17T21:08:00.007-05:002009-03-03T15:49:02.500-05:00

Poker Stars.com has been having an outrageously good streak lately. They've vaulted from the pack this year and dealt their 25 billionth hand (yes, with a "b") yesterday. It was quite an event and took place at a $1/$2 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo table.Unfortunately, there was a bit of chaos due to a knucklehead named "Confedrate." He came into room, opted out of the big blind, and wasn't dealt in. There

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-12611295881480883332009-02-10T21:14:00.005-05:002009-02-11T14:22:01.175-05:00

It's been a sad, depressing trek for our man Phil Ivey. After clearing over $7 million last year while playing at Full Tilt Poker, he's been hemorrhaging cash faster than MC Hammer. So far, Ivey is down $2 million in 2009. Tell us, can you see the gloom on his face? Hey Phil, I have a list of great online casino coupon codes for you if you're looking to try your luck at an online casino!

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-50129904130638934052009-02-03T20:08:00.003-05:002009-02-03T20:16:46.030-05:00

Welcome back to the party. News travels fast in the poker world and we're here to keep you up to speed.Enough chit chat. Let's get started.Apparently, Theo Jorgensen is just about fed up with Gus Hansen. They've always had a little rivalry going. The thing that finally pushed Jorgensen over the edge was Hansen's shadowboxing escapades after each win on the tables (yeah, that would piss us off,

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-8531410294348427592009-01-27T20:29:00.003-05:002009-01-27T20:39:38.216-05:00

Gus Hansen has been on quite a streak this month. Even as Tom "durrrr" Dwan has been hemorrhaging on the Full Tilt tables, Hansen has been earning enough to put a small village through college.Last we heard, he's up $2.6 million. Apparently, that's not enough to seduce Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond. He was asked whether he considered Hansen a "good player." He responded, "Yes."... and then followed

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-47660880875787079642009-01-20T20:15:00.006-05:002009-01-22T11:32:53.853-05:00

The next time someone looks at you and asks, "You're a gambler?" look 'em right back in the eye and say, "No, sir. I'm a **skilled professional.**"So says a Pennsylvania judge. A couple of guys were running a $1-$2 no-limit game out of their garage. Apparently, someone wasn't invited and called the cops. Eventually, charges were filed and the case landed on the desk of Columbia County Judge

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-64964257708563212222009-01-13T19:07:00.003-05:002009-01-13T19:16:03.413-05:00

Let's get this party started.You might remember back in November (before we took our sabbatical), Clonie Gowen had gone "full tilt" on Full Tilt Poker and a few other companies. She threw the gloves off and sued 'em. Never one to shy away from the big game, Gowen had a nice round dollar figure in mind: $40 million.Back then, we had no idea what happened. For all we knew, a VP at Full Tilt might

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-9066539551495596642009-01-06T19:30:00.004-05:002009-01-07T17:12:20.825-05:00

Time flies. It's been several weeks since we've posted, but that's going to change. There's way too much juicy poker gossip slipping through our fingers. So, let's get to it.First up: Tom "durrrr" Dwan.For those of you who haven't been following the circuit news, check this out. At the end of 2008, the guy was up over $5 million at Full Tilt.com It took him over 220,000 hands, but we think you'll

Damonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14916041489254282621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-30138489286110450672008-11-26T14:05:00.004-05:002008-11-26T14:51:15.179-05:00

So the news broke a while back that Clonie Gowen has sued Full Tilt Poker or at least the companines involved with it for a cool $40 million, and this includes the people involved with the company from the pro full tilt team member spots, you know the pro's like Phil Ivey, Lederer, Chris Jesus Ferguson, Andy the rock Block. There are lots of good stories out there covering the incident better

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-34067882497923495092008-10-27T13:43:00.002-04:002008-10-27T14:06:20.469-04:00

I wanted to take a minute to invite everyone to the next installment of the KickAssPoker.com league starting up on October 29th, over $1000 in League Bonus Prizes! You can discuss the league in this thread in the Online Poker League forum thread here. We are playing for 15 weeks now instead of 10 or 12 as usual, but only your top 8 scores will count. Meaning that if you miss some games it

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-33243941953480251392008-10-23T17:11:00.003-04:002008-10-23T17:42:40.236-04:00

With a hearty huzzah and a cheer throughout the streets all of our Italian friends and visitors can now rejoice with an option to play PokerStars from Italy. This announcement from PokerStars showed up early on the week of 10/20, or around then, that Italian players are now welcomed to play in approved tournaments and that PokerStars.it is AAMS certified! It's always interesting watching the

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-74829736464611557382008-10-10T15:06:00.019-04:002008-12-16T12:08:30.345-05:00

I recently had the opportunity to go on a cruise. My plan was to take a one-week break from poker. I was so looking forward to it and the week-long cruise on the Carnival Legend to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize and Roatan was just what I needed. Total fun in the sun without poker was not to be, however.WhenD and I drove down to Tampa from Atlanta. Just across the Florida line on I-75 in Jasper,

gulftritonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-60132098954355079002008-10-09T10:22:00.002-04:002008-10-09T10:49:49.523-04:00

Every so often, there are some threads that just deliver the goods at the major online poker forums. Let's list them, shall we?2+2 Thread - Poker Players that Look Like Animals 2+2 Thread - Funniest Screen Name You've seen OnlineKentucky Goes Apeshit on Gambling Domains And Fucking Eric Lindgren! (Youtube Video)

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-72549169855519834082008-08-28T10:40:00.005-04:002008-08-28T10:52:09.126-04:00

Hats off to the boys and girls at FuzionPoker.com This site is funny, and in a good way with lots of unique content with a very funny twist to it. If you haven't checked it out before it's worth a look as you are sure to find some unique content you haven't read before. Thanks to my good friend Cheryl for pointing the site out to me as it had been a while since I had been there. If my memory

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-73568593935506333332008-08-06T14:59:00.006-04:002008-08-07T15:11:13.460-04:00

The Poker Community is waiting to see the new 60 Minutes story.60 Minutes plans to broadcast a story focusing on on-line poker. How this investigative report is to play out remains vague with speculation from the on-line poker community stating that this report could be either good or bad for on-line poker.Which way will it slant? There is anticipation that 60 Minutes will portray on-line poker

gulftritonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-49854160588903473252008-07-24T12:53:00.006-04:002008-07-25T09:56:08.589-04:00

The 2008 WSOP so far has had it's fair share of controversy, as any good WSOP seems to do so the past few years anyway. This year, poker player Tiffany "Hot Chips" Michelle had a chance to make history and become only the 2nd woman at the final table of the WSOP, plus give a huuuuuge boost to poker in general as she is well... not called "hot" chips for nothing.Tiffany finished 17th in the 2008

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-7775576219447694382008-07-09T10:47:00.006-04:002008-07-09T12:47:07.887-04:00

Phil Laak, one of pokers most interesting personalities decided to play the 2008 WSOP in disguise. He dresses up like an old man and no one knows past the entire 1st day.Kudos to CardPlayer for a great video interview with Laak where he breakdowns all of the details that went into why he did what he did.It's an excellent interview, talking about not only the social aspect of undergoing a

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-19530939371766256442008-06-17T15:05:00.003-04:002008-06-18T16:42:47.641-04:00

Now that Haley's full time working with the good folks at Poker News, and Canada Cal is ice fishing and timber gathering in the frozen north, we figured it was time to give a quick update about the blog. Haley still has access and promises the occasional post every now and then, and she is more than welcome to at anytime! :) We'll also be posting more interesting news from around the world of

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-13019138311034240632008-05-21T12:19:00.005-04:002008-05-22T17:21:39.228-04:00

Hi, all. I received a note from a "fan" -- didn't know I had those, per se -- who wondered why I hadn't been posting here lately. Actually, it's just been a case of too busy and too much, and KAP bosses Jason and Brad are still looking, I believe, for someone to step in here on a more regular basis. My work schedule no longer allows me to dedicate as much time to "fun" poker postings as I once

Haleynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-14009447692341176922008-05-02T09:32:00.003-04:002008-05-02T10:02:24.322-04:00

As USA Today reported, Harrahs has decided to delay the play of the final table for nearly 3 months. Here is how it is going to work at the 2008 WSOP.Players will play like normal until they are down to the final 9 players. At that point, all nine players will receive 9th place money and the tournament will be paused, for nearly three and a half months...During those three months, ESPN will be

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-16460756374098734822008-04-25T08:55:00.004-04:002008-04-29T09:26:46.653-04:00

With the 2008 WSOP rounding the corner it is going to be interesting to see this year how many people that win a seat in one of the online poker sites actually play in the World Series of Poker. Last year, things changed for the online poker rooms who were sending players to the WSOP and this was probably most felt by PokerStars, who has consistently qualified more players to the WSOP than any

KAPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771389969346966560noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-89685782103597661562008-03-25T23:16:00.009-04:002008-04-23T14:40:19.480-04:00

Welcome to a tale of a virus, but not necessarily the virus you might think. I've been aching to write about this one for a week or so, but frankly, I wanted to let it get the hell out of current Google search engine rankings for a bit.A couple of weeks ago there was a story making the rounds of the poker news sites, or at least most of them, for at the one where I have some editorial say I made

Haleynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-45543826601852776982008-03-10T14:14:00.006-04:002008-03-10T17:26:12.516-04:00

Hi, all,Haley here, with some real content. In the last day or so I put up a major piece at PokerNews highlighting the sharply worded, negative reaction to the proposed UIGEA regulations that was sent in by the American Banking Association as part of the public call for comments on the proposed rules. I excerpted many of the best and most important quotes for the PN piece. Even though the ABA

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-57310625558923874542008-03-08T20:09:00.004-05:002008-03-08T20:32:12.732-05:00

With the recent announcement that Pamela Anderson's very brief marriage to Paris Hilton sex-tape degen Rick Salomon was over, maybe we can finally watch Pammie disappear from the poker scene. That'd be cool wouldn't it? For what it's worth, Anderson has filed for an annulment of the brief marriage to Salomon, the "let's pretend it never happened" allowance that the legal world creates for

Haleynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-771656112923839062008-03-08T20:07:00.003-05:002008-03-08T20:31:49.258-05:00

As posted on 2+2 an elsewhere:ULTIMATEBET INTERIM STATEMENTContact: Press@ultimatebet.comMontreal, Canada (March 6, 2008) – UltimateBet (UB), one of the ten largest online poker cardrooms, today issued the following interim statement with respect to allegations of unfair play on its site.“On January 12, 2008, UltimateBet was alerted to allegations that a player with the online handle “NioNio”

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-17035971390428036102008-03-02T15:07:00.004-05:002008-03-08T20:31:26.648-05:00

Iggy was on the ball again in tracking the latest episode in the ongoing Brandi Hawbaker fiasco. This latest episode seems to have been a post by a writer for a competing publication (both of which will go unnamed), who had possibly planned to do a print feature on Brandi or Naami or whatever her name will be next week.That story concept seems to have been deep-sixed. Prudent decision, if in

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-60218754562052410872008-03-01T15:15:00.006-05:002008-03-08T20:31:08.573-05:00

A couple of other blogs have picked up in recent days on the latest surfacing of Brandi Hawbaker, that as discussed in a very curious, perhaps even pathetic post by 2+2 guru David Sklansky over at that discussion forum. The thread's been locked, now, and it will always be in danger of permanent deletion, so (with apologies to Stephen King), it's time to snag that dead, putrifying rat and encase

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-2381212786082439562008-03-01T14:55:00.003-05:002008-03-08T20:30:50.633-05:00

Times change. So, too, must responsibilities, and one that's just been getting crowded out of my available life space has been the few hours I need each week to dig up entertaining poker stories and present them here on a very regular basis. It's been a struggle for some months, and I've come to realize that I can't fully do the job here justice any longer. My next few months are only going to

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-73270215170491523732008-02-17T23:01:00.000-05:002008-02-18T06:09:28.474-05:00

From a recent 2+2 thread; posters' names mercifully excluded:Time: 09:49 PMthere is a 2k nl game on ftp where the waitlist has 48 players on it, whats the deal here? Ive never seen a huge waitlist like this on ftp.Time: 09:53 PMsources say theres a fish at the tableTime: 10:20 PMpretty sure the main target there got over 10buyins deep at one point tooTime: 10:28 PMi think the fish left....Time:

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-17465569384555087872008-02-17T18:37:00.001-05:002008-02-27T11:37:22.300-05:00

It looks like PokerStars had more than one little difficulty in its programming during the last week. I'd mentioned in a post about a week ago that Stars must have had some sort of programming glitch in its software, severe enough to cause the cancellation of several hours worth of SNGs on the site.Guess what? It happened at least twice more early this past week. On one of the occasions,

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-39894939371136660572008-02-17T17:43:00.000-05:002008-02-18T05:45:48.384-05:00

Actually, it's not as bad as I feared. Whoever did it certainly reads up on News, Views and Gossip on 2+2. (Which is, incidentally, where I found a link to the thing.)Poker RapGood chorus, including the Jerry Yang praying references.

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-88395215088100999612008-02-16T23:46:00.000-05:002008-02-17T23:26:12.917-05:00

I was working on copy-editing the first installment of Matt Savage's new "The Other Side of the Felt" column for PokerNews a week or so ago, and noticing the part therein where Matt decided, as a new casino tournament director, that he was going to let some of the more abusive players know that "there was a new sheriff in town." Savage probably had lots to share with some of the players in an

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-61205547509502333322008-02-16T22:24:00.000-05:002008-02-17T22:46:34.933-05:00

Was reading with some interest the latest post by Shamu the Killer Poker Blogger, called "The Wrong Focus (Another Cheating Pro)". In this case, Shamus noted the commentary made by Mike Matusow about taking over for a friend very late in a major online event... and, oh yeah, that's cheating. As Shamus related it: "I don’t have it in for Matusow in particular here. I’m just tired of these pros

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-91436923173745464152008-02-16T18:04:00.001-05:002008-02-17T22:24:02.926-05:00

A confession of sorts, to preface this review: I have eight or ten poker books sitting here unread at the present time, awaiting nothing more than the time for me to examine them. Perhaps that's why the first of a series of reviews to appear here is that of an admittedly oft-reviewed book, Barry Greenstein's Ace on the River. It fit my requirements, you see, being of large type, lots of photos

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-11482668958933367852008-02-10T16:26:00.001-05:002008-02-27T11:35:20.626-05:00

Hoping to sneak into a few SNGs at PokerStars on Sunday? Not much of a chance for that, at least later in the day. Apparently an unintended software snafu occurred, with the result being that Stars cancelled their entire slate of SNGs, at all stakes and across all games, until 2am on Sunday system time.Here's hoping it's fixed,whatever it was. I'm guessing Stars hopes so, too, since that was

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-10757738144537169962008-02-05T14:03:00.000-05:002008-02-05T14:15:04.256-05:00

... or at least that -this- blogger does, in regards to the title.Got a blog, o fan of poker? If so, you'll be eligible to participate in Bodog's new Poker Blogger Tournament Series, every Tuesday at Bodog. And since I know everyone reading this is also a dedicated Bodog player through their participation in the Wednesday night Kick Ass Poker league at the same site (the password for that one

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-44858829330352061622008-01-27T19:36:00.000-05:002008-01-28T02:01:06.837-05:00

Wicked Chops already covered this one, but it's a too-funny that deserves a little bit more love.The locale: The Sundance Film Festival, which every winter draws thousands of filmland stars and hopefuls to the Utah mountains, where deals are made, projects are pitched, and hundreds of new films are screened in hopes of securing distribution. It's also a winter get-together for the Hollywood set

Haleynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-91755450290067748642008-01-27T16:38:00.000-05:002008-01-28T02:00:46.372-05:00

Friday's three-alarm fire at the MGM Mirage's Monte Carlo did more than make a mess of the already snarly Strip traffic in Las Vegas, it closed the hotel and all casino gambling operations (including the MC's popular poker room) until further notice. Fortunately, this fire caused neither any injuries or deaths, though early reports suggested that the top four floors of the hotel were ablaze and

Haleynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-50129565062366550932008-01-27T15:48:00.000-05:002008-01-28T02:00:17.629-05:00

In the wake of the insider-cheating scandal at Absolute Poker, it now seems clear that the firm's intent is to buy its way out of its problems with extensive advertising and marketing efforts. Here's the latest wrinkle out of the Costa Rican enterprise, as reported by 2+2 poster 'LooseAgressive' in this post:Absolute Poker Phone Calls?Has anyone received a phone call from Absolute Poker recently

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-43180598061570514532008-01-27T14:13:00.000-05:002008-01-27T19:36:50.449-05:00

Bored and bored and bored some more on Saturday, I decided to make the 45-mile drive over to Rockford, IL on Saturday and play in a couple of small live MTTs run by Rockford Charitable Games. Bad financial decision, since I went 0-for-2 in a $170 and a $120, respectively, but this isn't about the cards themselves. Rather, I wanted to draw attention to the rule the organizers of the event had in

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-831280813147039282008-01-22T15:04:00.001-05:002008-01-22T15:27:03.681-05:00

One of the things that I have to as part of my work is scour the Web. Constantly. The tougher the news day, the deeper the scouring. It can start of with a few quick news-engine 'topic' searches and the checking of latest press releases, and from there it often delves into poker-discussion forums and the like, to see what's bean talked about. After that --- meaning it's a really slow news day

Haleynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-62973552545644571802008-01-20T20:28:00.001-05:002008-02-18T14:54:20.333-05:00

It's been a good run on poker forums of late. Another 2+2 mega-thread that delivers food for thought is a magnum opus of sorts from Dani 'Ansky' Stern, who also heads up the AnskyPoker website. Ansky's thought- and comment-provoking post was entitled "Open Letter to the Community and Beyond on Integrity," and began by discussing Josh 'JJProdigy' Field's recent appearance on a PokerRoad.com

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-29359442630398349882008-01-20T18:07:00.000-05:002008-01-21T00:26:34.502-05:00

The latest episode in the ongoing Brandi Hawbaker circus, for those of you who don't read discussion boards or other blogs dedicated to poker, was an allegation made by her live-in boyfriend of the past year or so about the rather messy way that she ended the relationship --- by stealing all the possessions of the guy while he was away and selling everything sellable, and tossing the rest in the

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-43981077624628721932008-01-17T01:06:00.000-05:002008-01-17T01:44:33.353-05:00

Dynamic Gaming Systems is among the smallest of the online poker networks, true, but it seems as if not be one of the smallest much longer--- the network is apparently scheduled to shut down on January 25th. The network hosts a number of smaller skins, the most well-known of which to U.S. players is probably Wingows Poker. The network is also home to Jungle Poker and a handful of other, lesser

Haleynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-23325356014523817862008-01-14T20:35:00.001-05:002008-01-14T20:54:36.689-05:00

It's about time we check in on something that shouldn't be much of a surprise for people who follow poker gossip: Brandi Hawbaker's back in the news again.This time it's for finding yet another sucker, if one can believe said sucker's account, as expressed in this quickly-epic thread over at 2+2. (The 'sucker' in question is purportedly a well-known poker dealer named Brandon who befriended

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-37496906277227600952008-01-09T21:12:00.000-05:002008-01-09T21:46:20.167-05:00

(Haley here, checking in with a brief pimpage for a friend...)With the apparent demise of Hold'em Radio, which has been the Internet equivalent of a static TV screen since January 1st, at least one of the mainstays of that fledgling poker-podcast network is setting up new digs. That would be Lou Krieger, who formerly co-hosted (along with Amy Calistri) the popular Thursday night broadcast "Keep

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-33184761689510832462008-01-08T05:11:00.000-05:002008-01-08T05:28:35.236-05:00

Remember the US PokerBowl, that team-poker thing that seemed like a neat if somewhat forced concept but drew enough big names to put on a showy event late last year in Las Vegas? The thing was footnote-worthy in at least a couple of ways. First, because several of the teams self-named by participating players got themselves in a bit of hot water by openly ripping off names from the NFL and

Haleynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-5071673931457287082008-01-07T16:49:00.000-05:002008-01-08T05:11:34.864-05:00

In the early days of the year a press release arrived on the web, courtesy of an unknown (at least to me) outfit called HeadsUp Entertainment, Inc. The release, which you'd probably find only if you were actively searching for such things, touted the upcoming 2008 Canadian Open Poker Championship, purportedly to be held in March at the Deerfoot Inn and Casino in Calgary, Alberta.Good enough.

Haleynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-16888233254168727432008-01-02T17:24:00.001-05:002008-01-02T18:21:45.856-05:00

Germany's way of ringing in the New Year should bring a shudder of familiarity to fans of online poker. Faced with pending complaints in the EU from some major European online gambling firms, Germany decided that rather than be a good European citizen, they were going to mount the ramparts and ban online gambling in its entirety. The votes were conducted in each of Germany's 16 member states

Haleynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-79807130196181091132008-01-02T17:20:00.000-05:002008-01-02T17:24:04.649-05:00

Lou's done some good writing recently, on several very important topics. In one of his best recent missives, he's taken a certain online site to task. You should read it.

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-56434383559507709832007-12-23T15:12:00.000-05:002007-12-24T01:32:04.306-05:00

And here we thought most boys his age wanted an hour's time in the local 'house of ill repute'....Hats off to the crew at poker-king.com for this one. According to their piece, 17-year-old Josh Field (a.k.a. 'JJProdigy'), the unrepentant underage player and noted multiaccounter whose actions have continually pushed the boundaries of sites' promises and wishes to offer fair online play in major

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-71219083055052275852007-12-23T12:55:00.000-05:002007-12-24T01:10:24.713-05:00

From the 'Paging P.T. Barnum' department, on the topic of various suckers being born every minute:The Michigan City, IN News-Dispatch reported recently on the tale of a Brookfield, IL player who was robbed of some $550, and the wallet that money was in, from a room at the Blue Chip casino where he was playing.Seems the player paid $50 to another player at the table for a place to sleep for a few

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-72508804569640482362007-12-23T11:20:00.000-05:002007-12-24T00:51:35.392-05:00

The recent arbitration decision by the World Trade Organization to award Antigua & Barbuda $21 million annually intellectual-property copyright abrogration sets a historical precedent of sorts. In another way of thinking, it does absolutely nothing at all. The WTO was left hung between two impossible extremes, being the pie-in-the-sky requests of Antigua's $3.44 billion claim and the U.S.'s

Haleynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-66346206589568377952007-12-23T04:57:00.000-05:002007-12-24T00:19:46.624-05:00

What happens when a major poker publisher discovers that one of its longest-running titles contains a brief passage that seems to have been lifted in its entirety from another early poker treatise? Though the long-ago incident seems to have been done in all innocence, with no ill will or intent involved -- and I truly and sincerely believe that -- it doesn't make certain actions connected with

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-82808362893448855992007-12-16T22:55:00.000-05:002007-12-17T05:52:28.194-05:00

Re-reading the post on the 'sillysal' situation as detailed expansively on 2p2, I started thinking about the nature of timing tells themselves, apart from whether or not straight-up bot usage by that account is what happened in that instance. Let's head off on another tangent. It's no surprise that timing tells are one of many weapons used by sites to unmask bots, but I'm gonna go way-y-y out on

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-47776656260690699592007-12-16T21:00:00.000-05:002007-12-17T01:05:46.241-05:00

If you've been waiting for the latest in the World Trade Organization disputes between the U.S. and, well pretty much the rest of the Western world, you'll have to wait at least a little bit longer. Once again, the WTO has announced a delay in the issuance of its final arbitration ruling as to the amount of compensatory market damages to be awarded to Antigua & Barbuda, which months ago finally

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-48716299537098908002007-12-16T18:54:00.002-05:002008-05-08T09:29:14.291-04:00

Among the minor but interesting developments this past week was the sudden discontinuance of the payTru debit-card service for PokerStars players. It was a bit of a surprise, since Stars played a leading role in bringing payTru into the poker world. It was also quite fondly thought of by those who used it --- this writer did not --- both for its speed of service and comparatively affordable

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-69921042051345764722007-12-16T18:11:00.000-05:002007-12-17T01:25:35.831-05:00

One of the more interesting forum-discussion threads, for those who enjoy reading about the cat-and-mouse game regarding poker-bot detection by sites, has to be a thread entitled " Fulltilt froze my account with 47 grand in it," which is now nearing 100 pages of posts. The Cliff Notes version is that a player on Full Tilt named 'Sillysal' had his or her account frozen, some $47,000 worth, due to

Haleynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-60742783447097218682007-12-15T14:23:00.001-05:002008-04-17T12:27:30.820-04:00

Harrah's improved on last year by a few weeks by getting out the schedule of events for next year's World Series of Poker well in advance of the holidays. Here's the complete schedule, for reference:Date Time (Event #) Buy-InMay 28 9 AM Registration Opens, Live Action & Satellites BeginMay 29 Registration, Live Action & SatellitesMay 30 Noon (Event #1) World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (3

Haleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11296146.post-70542192943689824622007-12-09T22:19:00.000-05:002007-12-09T22:55:37.026-05:00

Remember all those VFW posts in Dallas that were raided a few months back, busting up small-time poker games? Dan and the Pokerati gang covered those busts in depth, detailing the extreme, paramilitary way in which the raids went down. Once upon a time, police were generally viewed as society's friends. The Dallas raids are one of ten thousand examples of the way the relationship between

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