Archive for December, 2007

Europe’s gaming companies are seeing their share prices fall this morning as it is disclosed that the European Union agreed to a settlement with the United States in compensation for closing the US gambling market to foreign firms. (more…)

While the UIGEA calls poker a sinful game of luck, God gave us horses. Horse betting, therefore, is good in God’s eye. I may not be born again; so our congress has beat me over the head with good Christian ideals in that regard. (more…)

As the UIGEA rolls along what should we take from it? I sit here in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave compliments of a small tea tax that probably didn’t cover the services the motherland was providing in the warring continent which was the grounds for a clash between the day’s super powers. Don’t Tread on Me was a rallying cry of our freedom demanding forebears. (more…)

I’ve been on a dry spell about things to write about for a while. The Chasing Chris blog here is a godsend. It brings my thought back to tournament play at the modest levels I played and the freerolls. I also liked freerolls when there was some decent money ($1000) available from them over on PokerRoom. (more…)

I feel your pain. Been there; done that; have the scars. No, you don’t suck or at least not any worse than all the rest of us. (more…)

Online we depend on our site to police things. It may not be our very best alternative but what it is is our only alternative. The site has the best chance of resolving IP address checking and the like. (more…)

No not Duke; I mean Oakley. Remember? The sharpshooter. We have sharpshooters in all poker rooms — real or virtual. Since the days of the Texas Road Warriors, we’ve been concerned with the problem. But most of us ignore it and let the house handle it. Occasionally, they catch someone and we are shook. (more…)

That’s the cliché. They do seem to go hand in hand in other ways. The first is the loss of a legend, Chip Reese. The second is the latest poker scandal. I like to talk a bit about both. The two together really represent the old school versus new school conundrum. (more…)

Yeah, I know it is -EV but it can be so satisfying. I’ve managed to avoid it in the chat and no blood vessels burst in doing so. At times I’ll be sarcastic with a collection of WP, NC OM, etc. But, most of the time I ignore the chat. Probably miss some sarcastic WP’s coming my way as a result. (more…)