My Epic Poker column is getting some extra attention this week because I called out (I guess) Steve Brecher for his blog post about the Bike being unfair. The point I was trying to make was that there was enough notice out there that he may have been able to just not show up, thus avoiding the situation. As such, I called the idea that the Bike wouldn’t be doing this “silly” because there were several locations to get this info, including 2 press releases, the structure sheets, and the site that was hosting the broadcasts. I thought, whatever, throwing a little jab at Mr. Brecher for causing a stir at The Bike didn’t make him one of my Losers, just worth mentioning. Well, apparently, “silly” is synonymous with “fucking stupid”, because people pounced on that word like there was no tomorrow, and the arguments are WELL beyond my point and have strayed that way pretty much the whole time. The discussion has gone all over the place, from twitter to the post itself, so you can check it out if you want to weigh in. But really, there isnt much to it, and even if the Bike had made a mistake its not likely to repeat the error, and other casinos will take note, so its not likely to become a real issue (again, if there even is one).
Oh yea, and I talked about actual Winners (Duhamel for instance) and Losers (Duhamel’s ex for instance) as well.
Epic Poker - Winners and Losers: PCA Winners, Criminal Court Losers, and Rebellions (sort of)
Things are at least a little bit tamer on Rabbit Hunt. This week we have started to release permanently on Thursdays, if only because Tuesday nights were getting harder for me to fulfill. We talked about Phil Galfond’s blog on the state of online poker and needless to say, for a couple guys that can’t even play right now, we sure had a lot to say about the issue. In the second segment we remark on karma working in Jonathan Duhamel’s favor, a new UB lawsuit from the Superuser Scandal era (doesn’t that seem quaint now?), and Ira Rubin is (probably) going to prison for Black Friday related charges.
Cardrunners - Rabbit Hunt: 82 - (iTunes Download Page)