Monthly Archives: January 2007

Neteller Revisited

I’ve written a lot about the situation. Very early on I said the problem wasn’t so much Neteller as it was their bank

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“Hello, I’m Mister Ed”

A HORSE is a HORSE of course of course,

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The Ultimate Experience

The other day, Ultimate Bet gave me a ten-spot. I haven’t really played a lot there for a couple of years.

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A Weekend Potpourri

When I thought about quiting the blog, the main reason was I thought I’d run out of interesting topics and was about to turn the room into Newt Minnow’s ‘Vast Wasteland’ of content. Right now I have more topic I … Continue reading

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The Hi-lo crystal ball

In Holdem we don’t get much extra info. The betting attempts to define hands. In games that play to a high and low, we get better information.

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Iggy, Dutch, God, Gary Carson, and UIGEA

Well, Iggy is nonplussed and that’s an event.

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God Bless Bob Cratchet and TonyG

My little run in those $150 Guarantees at TonyG continue. I won another. This one had nice addon money — the tournaments are getting more entries.

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Another Shoe Drops

This morning email announced another site locking out U.S. players. Mansion is no more. Bad timing on their part running those nice overlay tournaments.

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The Continuing Saga of Neteller

I visited Iggy’s well … RGP. The anguish is palpable. People are trying to cash out and they ain’t goin through.

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My replacement choice for Neteller is…

Well, I see ATMOnline at Ultimate Bet but nowhere else. It appears to function just like Neteller. It only wanted the last 4-digits from my Social Security

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