One of Pokerati\’s goals for 2008 is to re-introduce the phrase \”in your kitchen\” to the poker lexicon. (Basically it means \”having someone\’s number\” — and the ability to play head games to the point that you have a specific […]
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The WSOP is about 4 months away, so naturally people are starting to make plans — including PartyPoker. Two interesting things about their latest WSOP announcement: 1) win your way in early so you can buy your own plane tickets
Now Ultimate Bet, sister site to Absolute Poker, is under intense scrutiny from the intelligentsia at 2+2 … who seem to be looking — and finding — semi-mathematical proof of another \”superuser\” account. (Thanks, Enrique, for the heads-up.) Click above
Ultimate Bet Pulled into Absolute Cheating Scandal
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Reason Magazine has taken note of Annie Duke\’s newfound lobbying prowess, too. They were impressed by her ability to cite John Locke and John Stuart Mill. It\’s true that sometimes Beltway outsiders are the ones who can stir things up
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Anthony in McKinney-ish writes in with more: Ok, I swear I\’m not an email attention whore, but the hits just keeepp ooonnnnnn coming with this Absolute thing. Not to make it all about blogging, but poker players should be proud
Running Good: 25-year-old Travis Rice made two final tables at the 2007 WSOP and follows that up with a high-six-figures win in Aruba. One of the other major tournaments going on this weekend took place in Aruba — a slightly
More North Texas Big-Tourney Arse-Kickers
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Tom loves nothing more, I am sure, than getting a call from me late at night to relay a bad beat story. One of the things he\’s been on my case about lately is the concept of running it twice
Mark Cuban has long contended that YouTube is going to run into all sorts of copyright problems, akin to Napster. I hope not, because I love being able to embed YouTube vids and watch them on whatever site I happen
The following question was posed on 2+2 and I really liked it. Who Should Be the Player of the Year? Here are the five that they proposed as possible candidates. For those of you that don’t know, I won; however
LAS VEGAS–Josh Evans has lost the chip lead … he\’s now 4th, with just fewer than 2 million. With 191 players left, that\’s about four times the average stack, so he\’s still in very fine position. The chip leader has
