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Posted by on Apr 12, 2013 in Blog, General Poker | 6 comments

Are Fish and Sharks Swimming in Different Tanks at PartyPoker?

 

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Imagine walking into a live poker room and signing up for a game.

You get asked, “Are you a beginning player or an experienced player?”

You answer, “I’m an experienced player.”

Based solely on that response, your name is placed onto a segregated list containing just the veteran players.  Beginning poker players have their own set of tables and games to choose from.  It’s like having adult tables and kiddie tables at a picnic.

If you encountered something like this, would you stick around and still play?

This is apparently really happening.  And it’s not taking at some tiny cardroom in the middle of nowhere.  Based on recent reports, PartyPoker — once the largest online poker site in the world — may very well be quarantining its players based on levels of experience.

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Posted by on Apr 7, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, World Series of Poker | 0 comments

Another Washington Poker Story — Finding the “Sucker”

 

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Earlier this week, I returned to Washington. D.C. for the first time in a long while.  I lived in the District of Columbia and Arlington, Virginia (right across the Potomac River) for 12 years.  So, my recent visit here rekindled some old memories.  This is a continuation of the series which began yesterday.

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Posted by on Apr 6, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, Politics | 5 comments

The Infamous Watergate Poker Game

 

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The phone rang.  This wasn’t a call I expected.

“Nolan, there’s an open seat tomorrow night in the game,” the voice said.  “You want to come?”

“The game,” I asked?  “You mean — THE GAME?”

“Yeah.”

“Deal me in!”

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Posted by on Mar 26, 2013 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas | 10 comments

The Reports of Poker’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

 

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The mainstream media often get things notoriously wrong.

Consider the case of Mark Twain’s “death” being erroneously reported in the (now-defunct) New York Journal daily newspaper in 1897, eliciting his famous quote in response, “the report of my death was an exaggeration.”

It seems mainstream media haven’t learned much over the last 116 years.  In recent months, major media have reported poker’s popularity is declining. 

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