# News & Speculation
Americans Down Under, Portuguese Blockades, Airport Blackjack, and Brits Team Up
Oh, hello. Fancy meeting you here. Have you been sitting patiently, waiting for this wandering reporter to return from his new year sabbatical? What’s that? You’ve been reading all the other posts on Pokerati. This site has other writers!? Well, while I’m recovering from that bombshell, why not take a good long look at this [...]
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Join us today as Drexel and I, Bryan Micon, have on Will “Poker Monkey” Souther on the show to discuss his ongoing feud with Beau Rivage Poker Room manager Johnny Grooms and his subsequent 86′ing from all MGM properties world wide. Karina and Dre…
Grinding hours to pad your roll
A middle-aged local approached the Treasure Island poker room supervisor early Sunday evening, inquiring about how many hours he had played. “I want to make my $50,” he said. At the start of the year, the room announced its latest promotion on signs around the casino, flyers outside the room’s entrance, and business cards on [...]
@PPAPoker speaks to @BarackObama about "common sense"
I’m fairly certain Barack Obama has known a little bit about the online poker “situation” for a while … at least since the White House released its Strategy to Protect Online Consumers and Support Innovation and National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace on April 15, 2011. And you gotta think Obama probably got briefed [...]
Don’t miss this 3+ hour romp of a Cold Call Show as Drexel joins Micon for a huge facial of DonkDown radio. Jasmina or whatever from the Donkey Show in Oregon on real radio talks to us about Brandon’s advances. We discuss the last 3 NFL Football …
Update from the PPA
Poker continues to gain ground on Capitol Hill! On Monday, Gambling Compliance reported some excellent news (click here, subscription required) in an article entitled Reid Says DoJ Opinion Gives Congress Incentive for Internet Poker Bill. The article quotes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) as follows: “It [the Department of Justice’s clarification of its interpretation [...]
Cleaning house or abandoning ship at legally troubled online poker corp?
Too Soon? PokerStars is proud to announce that this has never happened on any PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. PokerStars may be without a CEO for the time being, as Gabi Campos, who assumed the chief executive position in 2010, reportedly is no longer big boss of the largest real-money online poker site in the world. While [...]
Las Vegas poker action and buzz
This is Pokerati’s new Las Vegas poker room column, and I’m the hired hack on the beat. As a journalist who recently emigrated from the other side of the Mississippi River to divide his time writing and grinding in Las Vegas, the poker capital of the world, I hear a lot of buzz around town. [...]
On Today’s DonkDown Radio we have on Michael Chow, Hawaiian Vegas Crew (HVC) member and O8 WSOP bracelet winner. Reggiman and Adam Schoenfeld join Micon in studio as we crack a bottle of Highland Park 25, a fine single malt. The show gets intere…
Join us this week on DonkDown’s radio critically acclaimed “The Cold Call Show” as we have Gavin Smith on as special guest. He comes out firing and we have a spirited discussion about Joe Sebok, PokerRoad, podcasting, and staking Goldfarb… who fu…
Justice, Nobility, CEOs, and French People.
This is the bleakest time of year. When festivities have faded, but the bitter cold maintains its grip. A time when you are forced to chain yourself to the grindstone for another 12 months, as fresh-faced resolutions are crushed under the weight of your own inescapable weakness. Sorry about that. Maybe I can cheer you [...]
Preliminary IPO teaser brings us 300+ pages closer to fully legal online poker
CZR FTW?“Poker Poker!” It feels like we’ve been talking about Caesars going public since before they were Caesars (we have) … but their latest S1/A filing with the SEC suggests not only that CZR really is might be ready to kick it Zynga-style with a big fat IPO … but also that any public offering [...]
DonkDown Radio Cold Call Show 12_28_11
Jamie Gold joins us for an extremely candid interview about the rumors that have been circulating throughout the poker world since he won the 2006 main event (starts at about 67 minutes). This is a must-listen to interview. We drop some flavor …
No question mark this time—further indications that he's not a co-operating witness
I wrote a blog post a week ago suggesting that Brent Beckley, who pleaded guilty on December 20th to two federal counts in the Black Friday indictments, may not be a co-operating witness for the government. This was based on a reading of the press release issued by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of [...]
Just read this great new book, “How To Read Hands At No-Limit Hold’ em” by Ed Miller, and I highly recommend it to anyone who plays no limit hold ‘em. It lives up to its title and walks you through a very clear and concise method for figuring out your opponent’s holdings. Be prepared to [...]
