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Posted by on Mar 7, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 14 comments

Mason Malmuth Was Right (Limit vs. No-Limit Hold’em)

 

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Evidence suggests poker’s doing just fine right now, despite some negatives.  Still, I wonder how much bigger the game might be if we returned to the conditions that were prevalent back in 1991.  In other words, what if everyone was playing limit, instead of no-limit?

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Posted by on Feb 26, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker | 2 comments

A Few Words About My Dear Friend Neil Channing

 

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Life is full of ups and downs.

The peaks and valleys are amplified even more so for professional poker players.

At times, poker can be an exhilarating profession.  However, more often the game is a lonely and dispiriting pursuit, riled with frustration.

Neil Channing knows this perhaps better than anyone.  

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Posted by on Feb 25, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 1 comment

Breaking News: Nevada and Delaware Create First Interstate Online Poker Pact

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Poker players woke up to more good news this morning with the announcement the nation’s first interstate poker pact is currently in the works.

Nevada and Delaware, the first two U.S. states to legalize online poker, agreed to form a partnership that is expected to allow poker players in those two respective states to play and compete together in online games.  This pact applies only to poker.

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Posted by on Feb 24, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 1 comment

The Waiting Game is Over: Full Tilt Poker Accounts to be Refunded

 

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On Full Tilt Poker:  Let’s not forget.  We must remember those persons who did terrible harm to our game and abused our trust, those familiar names who caused so much misery and inconvenienced so many poker players all over the world.

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Posted by on Feb 14, 2014 in Blog, Book Reviews, General Poker | 3 comments

Tony Korfman’s Poker Book

 

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Tony Korfman’s poker book has been sitting on the bottom shelf of my office library for almost five years, gathering dust.

Make that Korfman’s two books.  For some reason, two copies were sent to me — unsolicited.  He either really, really wanted me to write a book review.  Or, his agent is a royal screw-up.

Wait, Tony Korfman has an agent?

Holy shit.

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