A Couple Brief Thoughts on Jason Somerville
I finally got around to reading Jason Somerville’s “coming out” blog post, which fittingly came out on Valentine’s Day, and I couldn’t help but get a little annoyed. Not because a well-respected pro came out as gay, but because he [...]
I Get Paid For This?!: Week of January 29, 2012
It seems every week I declare someone a winner, they just flip back down to loser the very next week. I say this now because I did it to Phil Galfond in this week’s column due to his monster downswing. [...]
Top “Independent” Poker News Sources
The word “independent” got tossed around in earnest back in mid-2011 when coverage of Black Friday, at least at first glance, appeared to be way less critical than it should have given the circumstances. In fact, many outlets proceeded to [...]
I Get Paid For This?!: Week of January 22, 2012
Unlike last week, the Winners and Losers column didn’t have any “dangerous” topics to cover this time around. I can’t help but feel I’m getting what’s coming to me, because I managed to have news to report on throughout the [...]
I Get Paid for This?!: Week of January 15, 2012
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 [...]
The Fight Against Winning
Pokerstars recently attempted to change the rake as well as the VPP distribution method, and as a result, poker forums such as 2+2 have been in crisis mode ever since. As was stated on my podcast by Joss Wood earlier [...]
I Get Paid for This?!: Week of January 8, 2012
Every week I do have obligations to various (read: two) media outlets for which I do media work about poker. It’s not much (compared to the people that do this for a living), but its enough to keep me informed [...]
Full Tilt Poker Sale Inches Closer
Sale Not Done, Despite Reaction
Full Tilt has been on an up-and-down clusterfuck roller coaster this past week and right off the bat I will say that they have no one to blame but themselves. It all started with the additional complaints against Full Tilt [...]
This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
The Nuclear Bomb Oh boy, has the last week been one drama-filled spew fest for poker. Between Epic Poker and Full Tilt, its no wonder Congress doesn’t just go the opposite direction and make poker illegal in the United States. [...]
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