Archive for 2010-02-16

February 16, 2010

Online Poker Room Roundup: A Billion Opportunities To Win

PokerStars is approaching 40 billion hands dealt in their poker room. That's good news for them and great news for you. We'll get to that shortly. Now I realize you probably think you've played that many all by yourself, online grinder that you are, so who really cares, right?It's a big deal. Seriously. Let me prove it to you. Here are a few fun facts that show just how much one billion really is:• One billion pennies in a single pile, one on top of the other, would reach nearly 1,000 miles high. The space shuttle typically orbits 225 miles above the Earth's surface. Read more

February 16, 2010

Dusty Schmidt: A Competitor at Heart - From the Golf Course to the Poker Biz - Part II

Continued from Part I PokerWorks: At that point, you made a conscious decision to dedicate more time and effort to poker. Is that correct?Dusty: I was a little lost, actually, at the end of the summer. I always intended to get back into golf and give it a second shot after having it taken away from me with the heart attack and without having the funding to do it right. I grinded real hard in poker in January, February, and March to try to make a bunch of money and get ahead of the game, and the focus led to playing really well and winning some amateur tournaments. Read more

February 16, 2010

Splashing the Pot – Future of Online Poker in China, No More Prop-Bets on High Stakes Poker, Clonie Gowen vs. Full Tilt Case Dismissed

China Plans Online Gambling Crackdown For many years many members of the poker community have wondered when and if China would be the cause of the next “big boom” in poker. In a country that has over 1.3 billion people, the influx of people playing poker from China would have been a more than welcomed one, but it seems that no “big boom” will be coming from China any time soon. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security has started a campaign to crackdown on online gambling in China. Read more

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Full Tilt Poker Hosts PokerWorks Family Donk Fest Let's meet at Full Tilt Poker at 22:30ET on March 14th - a Sunday - for a fun filled, inaugural PokerWorks Family HORSE tourney. It costs $5 + .50, the password is 'donkeys' and you can find it by going to 'tournament' > 'private' > 'PokerWorks Family' or by searching tournament id #145123245. MiniFTOPS is running too, why not play both?