If I play my cards right is poker a game of skill or luck? Is the latest article by Tom Chivers in The Telegraph. Chivers goes deeper into the skill/luck discussion and arguments than most tabloid journalists and keeps it short enough but interesting enough for poker players and those interested in that thing called … continuation reading bet
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Man v Man v Man v Man v Man v Manchester Utd poker challenge
Manchester Uniteds young football stars show if they are also poker stars when they played in the Man Utd PartyPoker Challenge. Jonny Evans, Rafael da Silva, Phil Jones, Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck and Darren Fletcher all took to the slightly different green field of battle to win the 6 seater STT and a massive $5,000 … continuation reading bet
Motors Sports Betting Blind in Texas – Roy Brindley
Some old school poker players will have heard of Roy Brindley, one of Europe’s first sponsored poker professionals when he got a few good tournament wins and LadbrokesPoker signed him up. Roy ‘The Boy’ Brindley has had an interesting life as you can read in his great but perhaps too honest autobiography Life’s a Gamble … continuation reading bet
EU going Towards a comprehensive European framework on online gambling
Towards a comprehensive European framework on online gambling Communication was adopted by the European Commission on 23rd October. This Communication sets out an action plan which is seeking to enhance clarity throughout the EU for the benefit of national authorities, operators, consumers and related industry such as payment service or media service providers. Five action … continuation reading bet
The Venetian Las Vegas robbery
The Venetian Resort Casino in Las Vegas was robbed on the very quiet this month when $1.6 million in Venetian high value chips were stolen. Police reports are looking for Akingide Cole who is believed to be the robber according to the abc News report on the heist. Police didn’t disclose exactly how the theft … continuation reading bet
Liv Boeree photos for PokerStars Mobile
Liv Boeree photographs during her photoshoot for PokerStars Mobile is the best poker news to happen this year and easily eclipses that PokerStars buying Full Tilt Poker stuff. So to help you get through the day and nearly to Friday which is nearly the start of another weekend here are the Liv Boeree PokerStars Mobile … continuation reading bet
Poker and the Duty of care
Poker is primarily about winning money, that’s why and mainly how we keep the score. Poker is a business but also a social past time. Decisions, actions, non action, industry standards and many other factors can change for the good or bad everyone connected to online poker. In tort law, a duty of care is … continuation reading bet
Gus Hansen cheated by live Super Users in Bobby’s Room!
Some threads on twoplustwo are worth reading just for some of the replies. A new NVG thread started today and some of the first replies on the first few pages a worthy. Read the start of Alledged cheating in Bobby’s Room for a couple of proper Laugh Out Loud moments. We won’t publish the funny … continuation reading bet
Viktor “NLHE+2 cards” Bloms blog reply to Phil “HUNL+2 cards” Galfond
Phil Galfonds blog posts are always entertaining, thoughtful and a great insight into how he operates and what his poker world is like. Now Galfond has written about the world of Viktor Blom as Galfond and perhaps a few others see it. And Viktor “NLHE+2 cards” Blom has replied. So its great poker news. We … continuation reading bet
Poker Networks ‘steal’ 10% of players winnings
Whenever a Poker Network or Room that still runs Bad Beat Jackpots pay out the BBJ they usually charge you the players 10% Administration Fee. What for? The recent record breaking Merge Network BBJ Admin Fee was over $100,000. That’s a lot of Administration. Then you have to think about the total Administration Fees collected … continuation reading bet
$1.5 million Baccarat winnings denied and lawsuits
It’s not poker news but amazing gambling news as a baccarat game in Golden Nugget Casino Atlantic City pays out $1.5 million due to unshuffled cards and the Casino sue the players! Asian players love playing baccarat for some mystifying reason – as you don’t do anything other than bet on who will have the … continuation reading bet
The sinking of the good ship Ladbrokes Poker
Had it not been for that Full Tilt lark earlier in the week we would have brought you this on Tuesday, the inconsiderate bastards. Anyway, in Monday’s article we brought you news of the sacking of Ladbrokes Product Director, Richard Ames, over a botched digital strategy, and how that relates to the decline of Ladbrokes … continuation reading bet
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