Interesting story in the Miami Herald about Joe Cada, Kevin Schaffel (Florida\’s representative in the November Nine), skill vs. luck, and whether or not the game is good for you. My favorite line(s): \”We had 115 different countries have players […]
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From the New York Post: * Lie to Me (Monday, 9:01 pm., Fox): From the Of Course! What Took Them So Long? file comes this entertaining installment set at the World Series of Poker, with Tim Roth’s Lightman trying to
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There\’s a little brouhaha I think outta Costa Rica that I\’m not really following, but there might be something there. It involves PICClub … one of those loophole-based payment processing alternatives that has found itself embroiled in a 6-figure payment
PIC Club vs. Merge Minor-league American-friendly online poker battle
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@AllenKessler loves a good blind structure, and may or may not love to bitch about those in successful tourneys he\’s not even playing in. Regardless, he\’s answered @SavagePoker\’s call to reassess the popular deep-stacks format by trying to start a
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Recently stumbled across the blog of a Vegas-grinder guy who rented a couch to Joe Cada at the start of the WSOP, well before the main event. Festive times … and kinda interesting to see that Joey was living a
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It took some three years, but the mainstream media finally \”gets it\” … if not in print, than at least online. Check out the Newsweek blog post, \”High Stakes for Online Gamblers\”. Not only have they finally figured out how
Joe Cada is no longer a 21-year-old — he turned 22 last week … and spent the weekend on the sidelines of the Michigan-Ohio State game (Wolverines < Buckeyes) after this recent (to me) appearance on ESPN\’s First Take. He
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A 44 year-old man allegedly tried to extort PokerListings for nearly $2 million; the site\’s murdered cofounder, Andreas Oscarsson, was to testify against him this week on aggravated racketeering charges. The unidentified man claims he was working for operatives of
On last week\’s episode, we took a deeper look at Jeffrey Pollack\’s split with the WSOP, discussed what Joe Cada may or may not mean for poker, speculated wildly on WhoTF this Isildur1 character is … and then they turned
Pollack Gets Sasquatched, Isildur Wreaking Havoc, Cada is King The Poker Beat
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I gotta say, @Phil_Hellmuth really is turning into one of the best poker reporters out there … I read his blog, follow his tweets and generally occasionally love his vids; you can tell he is actively working on his 21st-century
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