Jon Katkin The Poker Economy OP-ED For 99.99987 percent of the players in this year\’s events, the 2010 WSOP has come to a close. Some were winners and many more were losers. And, for nine lucky combatants, there\’s still one […]
Jon Katkin The Poker Economy OP-ED Brand names serve an important purpose in our society. For consumers, they offer a simple shorthand that let\’s you know about a product\’s quality – or lack thereof – while at the same time
Finding Value Outside the Rio Alt-WSOP tourneys may be better bet for low-stakes players
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The poker economy isn\’t what it used to be. Players who wouldn\’t have thought twice about dropping $50K two years ago are now looking at the cost of entry the same way many of us look at $1,500, $2,500 or $5,000 events.
Washington DC is starting to get the picture, as yet another study circulates about the benefits of fully legal online gambling. However, this study doesn\’t champion just the 10s of billions in tax revenue — it points out how many
Online Gambling = Jobs Disastrous news for degen bloggers who’d rather not work!
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A sign of how things change … back in 2005 the already legendary TJ Cloutier was still tearing it up. But in 2010, the WSOP bracelet he won in the 2005 $5k NLHE is now for sale on eBay. I
WSOPbay Cloutier bracelets for sale
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Kiplinger\’s, the DC-based publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice, appears to have \”gotten\” poker. A senior editor there attended a WPT boot camp (for a compilation story on adult camps), and before long he started seeing the world
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Lisa Wheeler, president of Greasie Wheels, a poker consultancy that specializes in charity events, says that actually, numbers are not up across the board at charity tourneys in Las Vegas and elsewhere, though thanks to a handful of players, they
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Everybody likes a sneak peak into high-roller hotel rooms … and this YouTube vid gives more than a glimpse of the Bruce Willis and Marilyn Monroe suites at Planet Hollywood. PHo\’s poker room is under new management, btw, that seems
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I went to Bellagio yesterday for free danish a little poker suit ho-down to learn more about the PartyGaming-World Poker Tour merger/acquisition/absorption … and was thinking how this meeting that included outgoing WPT president Steve Lipscomb and incoming new boss
Meet the New President (of the WPT) (He works for PartyGaming as of Monday)
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Some astute Pokerati commenters have broken down the November Nine prizepool bump (note to self: actually read WSOP media guide; people worked hard on that) … and man, the economy the economy … Thanks to KevMath, Mean Gene, and Fifth
