Special to Pokerati

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  • The Ins and Outs of SuperPACs

    PPA Insider
    02 Feb 2012

    Dear dan, Below is our second DC Update for 2012 available exclusively to 2012 PPA members.  Because we’ve received so many questions from members about PokerPAC and how and why it’s important in our fight for the game we love, I’m providing this week’s DC Update with a bit of background on PACs generally, and [...]

  • Not If, But How …

    @PPAPoker: Players have shifted attitudes in Washington DC
    26 Oct 2011

    As you know, the House Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing [yesterday] examining the potential regulation of Internet gambling.  The hearing entitled, “Internet Gambling: Is There a Safe Bet?” called upon a variety of witnesses to discuss how best Internet gambling can be regulated in the U.S.  Among the witnesses was Poker [...]

  • Feel the Shame

    It's the scummy poker world, not just Full Tilt, on trial
    02 Oct 2011

    Jesse May OP-ED It didnt’t really bother me when Poker Spot folded, because that guy had history. And I laughed about the money Aces Poker stole, because anyone who trusted them couldn’t ever spot a cheat. The Ultimate Bet scandal wasn’t really that surprising, as we’d heard stories about him for years. And it never [...]

  • Neutralize Stress, Reduce Pressure

    11 Aug 2011

    Jen Dunphy Poker Life Coach  Making a distinction between pressure and stress is important at the poker table whether you are playing tournament or cash; so let’s get the details straight. – Stress in any form generally happens or just exists like pollution, life changes or traffic. – Pressure is imposed by yourself or others [...]

  • Good for Poker or Good for TV?

    Non-disclosure rule has long existed, and for good reason
    01 Aug 2011

    Matt Savage OP-ED My dedication to poker tournaments and the game itself is two decades old. Starting with my first foray into the role of tournament director in 1997 and through my founding of the Tournament Directors Association (TDA) with Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, and Dave Lamb in 2001, I have worked tirelessly to standardize [...]

  • Poker Physiology

    What's happening to your body during a hand?
    16 Jul 2011

    Jen Dunphy Poker Life Coach   Your body is an intricate and delicate system designed to sense threat, and biologically programmed to avoid it. Your nervous system is a vast information highway that runs every cellular process in the body. From breathing and your heartbeat to movement and thought, your nervous system affects every process [...]

  • Give Harrah’s Some Credit

    Corporate poker giants have been good stewards of the game
    26 Jun 2011

    Johnny Hughes OP-ED At the World Series of Poker, they announce the event and coveted bracelet winners and then play the national anthem of the country they come from. Play stops at all the cash games and the players stand and remove their hats. When an American won, my table stood with their hands over [...]

  • Poker Fitness: 5 Keys to surviving the WSOP

    24 Jun 2011

    Jen Dunphy Poker Life Coach Mindset, mindset, mindset! It’s a common buzzword around poker, and with each calculated risk/reward scenario being played out inside the inner workings of the brain, there’s no doubt that a poker player’s mindset is important. If you haven’t cleared your head of hang ups, fears, negative habits and weak confidence, [...]

  • Players Shouldn’t Expect Money Back without Facing Tax Problems

    Indictments produce challenges to reclaiming online poker funds
    18 Apr 2011

    Sanford Millar OP-ED There are two actions pending against online poker companies in the Southern District of New York — an indictment of individual defendants, and a civil forfeiture complaint against the companies. The civil forfeiture complaint seeks forfeiture of all assets of the defendants, including specified domains and bank accounts. There have been several [...]

  • Poker Bots: Come With Me if You Want to Live

    20 Feb 2011

    Tim Chilcote OP-ED Machines have always been the enemy of man, at least in movies and on television, yet somehow we never see our A.I. overlords coming until it’s too late. Case in point, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Doctor Miles Bennett Dyson spends a lifetime developing artificial intelligence as part of the Skynet project, [...]

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