Full Tilt laid off some 200 people on the Pocket Kings staff in Dublin last week — leaving pretty much just the head honchos, who apparently believe that ole Chris Ferguson bit about \”a chip and a chair\” too much […]
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The problem with the WSOP creeping up on us is that sometimes we tend to ignore the run up to the biggest tournament series of the year. March is a big month for poker tournaments, and it shows in the
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February is not a huge month for tournaments, but that doesn\’t mean there was a shortage of news. In fact, a very large part of the news this month was of the drama bomb variety, which provides easy cannon fodder
Kevin Mathers, the venerable 2+2 moderator and longtime blogger-editor at Pokerati, will not be posting here for the foreseeable future. No joke … he has been relieved indefinitely from Pokerati blogging duties. Technically, we had to \”let him go\”. Sucks,
Pokerati Dan on 2+2 Pokercast Dan has already noted the final table of the 50k Players\’ Championship, scheduled to start at 3pm in front of the cameras for ESPN. While Benjo and Pauly were talking about the final table, Dan
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Kevin Mathers — super-moderator at 2+2, valued contributor who likes to call me out on errors here at Pokerati, and Poker News fact-checker extraordinaire — speaks with Shamus about the uber-glamorous life as a poker forum moderator and gives some
There seems to be a cheating scandal brewing at Pitbull Poker, or at least a group of well-documented incidents that don\’t sit well with players, according to an ever-growing thread on 2+2. While they can\’t seem to pinpoint what is
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Normally we wouldn\’t think much of a thread on 2+2 about some withdrawal problems at a major American-friendly online site. Usually these problems get resolved in a matter of days or maybe weeks, but this time something\’s different. Developing …
From the PPA: Hi all, Texas Gov. Perry is blocking the vote on HB222 (the bill that legalized land-based poker in Texas). Let\’s all amp up the pressure! Contact info: Phone: (800) 252-9600 Twitter: @GovernorPerry I believe we should hit
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OK, I wonder how long I can think these are hysterical funny-not-stupid … so far so good. Another fine poker-themed movie made on XtraNormal.com, called Damn You Two Plus Two: (probably not audio-SFW) (Hmm, no wonder why the Focus on
