Apparently our good friends across the pond are a bit more optimistic about the notion of the US opening its online gambling market in 2010 than we are … and in preparation, the buzz around England is that Betfair — […]
Oh, huh, whaddya know … another international team event. Yep, this concept of national pride meets team poker ain\’t going nowhere. (You know who you are who said that, dumbshit(s) ha ha.) We\’ve got the Caesar\’s Cup coming up at
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The official word on the long-term partnership between ESPN and the WSOP is out. They\’re not trying to pull a fast one on us, are they? You know, like how Harrah\’s spun losing their title sponsor last year into a
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A couple of great pieces for weekend reading… Amy Calistri always has eyes on the stock market and the corporate goings-on of poker-related businesses, and her latest take on the sale of the WPT assets is right on the money.
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What, is this like 2005 again? It\’s like everybody and their dog wants to do poker-ish TV. I\’m not so sure how these will work out, because they never responded to my inquiry … but then again, maybe they didn\’t
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He was the first guy I met (at the 2005 WSOP) who taught me that not all affiliate-based \”shill sites\” were inherently bad. As a co-founder of PokerListings.com, Andreas Oscarsson helped build a company that not only has been extremely
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The going price: $9 million (+ a percentage of future profits): StreetInsider.com on WPT Sale According to official info (click below), current operations should remain essentially in tact — meaning no friends or colleagues about to get insta-fired — and
You can see how the debate over online poker regulation is getting more sophisticated. (And it makes a fun subplot during these times of health care debate.) While our side has effectively taken the argument away from our opponents about
As a few people have noticed, the water in the Amazon room has changed. No longer is it All In … Johnny Chan\’s \”energy water\” … it\’s just the generic Rio bottled stuff. Clearly something has gone awry between All
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The girls from Sapphire Pool — a unique partnership between the Rio and the world\’s largest strip club, or \”titter\” as the politicos call them — may have had their booth shoved in a back corner outside the Amazon room,
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