The Flawed WSOP Player of the Year System
Is a High-Roller tournament going to crown the WSOP POY? That’s what it looks like judging by this Bluff Magazine article. To me, this would be a tremendous miscarriage of justice. The debate begins...
View ArticleFalse Equivalencies in Poker: Live and Online; Chess and Checkers
Last week a dispute arose on Twitter, between Olivier Busquet and Daniel Negreanu after Busquet posted the following Tweet: Online poker is chess, live poker is checkers… The tweets betweenthe two...
View ArticleTom McEvoy Deserves to Be In the Poker Hall of Fame
Originally you were going to read 800 words on why Tom McEvoy’s induction into the Poker Hall of Fame was a travesty. But a funny thing happened as I was writing it; I completely changed my mind. When...
View ArticleHow the Mighty Have Fallen in the Poker World
The Poker Boom made a lot of people very famous and very wealthy, but like the many horror stories you hear about lottery winners it seems that poker players are not immune to bankroll busting...
View ArticleCould We See a Federal Online Poker Bill In 2014?
The short answer to this question is, NO! The problem I have with leaving it at a simple “no” is the short answer doesn’t make for much of an article, so if you want to know why the answer is no just...
View ArticleA First Person Look at Gambling Expansion in Massachusetts
The town I grew up in and still live in, Milford, Massachusetts, will be voting on whether or not to allow Foxwoods to build a casino on the outskirts of town today. The entire process, from the...
View ArticleWho Belongs on Online Poker’s Mount Rushmore?
Who is the best online poker player in the world? This is often a hard question to answer, and one that will assuredly spark a heated debate on any forum. So today I’m going to ask the question in a...
View ArticlePoker Is No Longer a Hard Way to Make an Easy Living
I’m not exactly sure who was credited with saying it (and Google has been zero help) but someone once had the perfect amount of wit and wisdom to say, “Poker is a hard way to make an easy living,” and...
View ArticleWhy Fighting Adelson’s Online Gambling Crusade Is Pointless
This is my first real foray into madness that is Sheldon Adelson’s attempts to thwart online poker and online gambling legislation. Frankly, I’m of the Chris Grove opinion when it comes to the best way...
View ArticleThoughts on the Emerging Market of Poker Mindset Books
I just finished reading the latest poker book from D&B Publishing, Positive Poker, by Dr. Patricia Cardner and Jonathan Little –Positive Poker is the latest offering in the fairly new genre of...
View ArticleWhy Online Poker Limits Should Be Capped
Online poker games shouldn’t be offered at stakes above $5/$10 No Limit and $20/$40 Limit: There I said it. I realize this is probably going to be a bit controversial, so if you are a professional...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Creating a Good Atmosphere at the Poker Tables?
For a long time I’ve never really been able to put on my finger on the difference between poker when I got involved in the game (was bit by the bug in the late 1990’s and then really into it by about...
View ArticleIs the World Poker Tour Ready for a Comeback?
It’s not that the World Poker Tour (WPT) is in its death throes, but the popular poker tour is years removed from its high water mark. Attendance is down, TV ratings are down, and buy-ins for WPT...
View ArticleIs Party Poker Poised to Become the PokerStars of the US?
The partnership of the Borgata and Party Poker is off to a fast start in New Jersey, with their NJ.PartyPoker.com and BorgataPoker.com online poker rooms boasting an impressive 50% share of the market;...
View ArticlePoker Still Has a Woman Problem
A recent article at the site Instash.com has been getting a lot of attention from the poker community on social media –a lot more than it deserves anyway. The article was obviously meant to be...
View Article5 Bellwether Poker Tournaments That Will Be Held in 2014
Entering 2014, poker is at somewhat of a crossroads. The game is still very popular, but tournament attendance and public interest in televised poker has been on the decline in recent years. That being...
View ArticleIs a Federal Online Poker Bill in the Cards in 2014?
Not too long ago myself and the rest of the poker pundits were busy writing off the chances of a federal online poker bill, and with the launch of online gambling in New Jersey all eyes were turned...
View ArticleWhy Party Poker’s Pact with the 76ers and Devils Is a Big Deal
As was first reported on Wednesday, Party Poker has signed an agreement with two historic sports franchises, the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils that will make Party Poker the official...
View ArticlePokerStars Faces a Unique Dichotomy at the 2014 EPT Barcelona
The PokerStars European Poker Tour will make a somewhat schizophrenic return to Barcelona in August when they celebrate a historic milestone at the scene of one of 2013’s biggest poker scandals. On one...
View ArticleHe’s back! Sheldon Adelson renews push to ban online gambling
The silence I originally believed was a sign that Sheldon Adelson’s all out push to ban online gambling had come to an end seems to have been more of a temporary ceasefire than an unconditional...
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