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Skill or Luck: What Makes a Good Poker Player?
Filed in archive Information about , Internet Poker by Donald Greg on October 3, 2009
© adam.croft Poker is a game of skill. It's also a game of chance. So the question has been argued for decades... Is luck more important than skill, or is skill more important than luck? I...
Enter the SnG Matrix at Full Tilt
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on October 16, 2008
Something fresh has flown into Full Tilt and its going to take some multi-tabling skillz for people to appreciate it. The new "Matrix" SnGs are now open to the public which pit the same six...
Duplicate Poker Dumped
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on October 5, 2008
image from dp-poker.doeve.de Duplicate Poker now you see it, now you don't. The online poker room that brought a brand of poker not seen elsewhere is shutting its doors down according to an arti...
FTOPS X Rolls In
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on October 5, 2008
More jerseys, more prizes, more cool football avatars to be awarded at the tenth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series. The seemingly random yet popular tournament series at Full Tilt is back ...
Online Poker Promos
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on October 3, 2008
image from APCW.com A couple of newish going ons at the online poker rooms: Full Tilt has added on to its popular "Iron Man Challenge" series which medals and freerolls are given to those...
Russ Busted: Hamilton Named Behind UB Super-User Scandal
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 30, 2008
$6.1 million It's a nice sum of money. This pile of cash will grab you a Eurocentric sports car or two, a house near people you see in movies, and maybe a few million left over for a decent lawn...
Million Dollar Men Freerolls at Stars
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 29, 2008
image from parttimepoker.com As the time table creeps forward towards the "live" showing of the 2008 World Series Main Event final table, poker fans are awaiting the crowning of a new cham...
Bodog Open II Starts Sunday
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 27, 2008
image from poker.com Despite all the lashing at Bodog Poker lately, they are going forward with the second installment of the Bodog Open. Starting on Sunday September 28th, Bodog will be hosting sev...
Kentucky Declares War on the Internet
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 23, 2008
image from women.ky.gov The next post will explain how the world of online poker is moving forward towards gaining legitimacy in the United States. Unfortunately this country is not completely full ...
WCOOP Big Finale and Events #25 and #26
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 19, 2008
Looming in the winds as the final weekend of the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker at PokerStars are the big events: $1,050 Pot Limit Omaha, $10,300 H.O.R.S.E., and the huge $5,200 Event #33, t...
Overlay at the WCOOP, Event #23 and #24 action
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 17, 2008
World Championship of Online Poker Event #24 a $530 buy-in No Limit 2-7 Single Draw event was not only a new event, it was the first not to reach its guarantee. The streak of 21 events without an ove...
WCOOP Event #20, #21, and #22
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 16, 2008
The 2008 World Championship of Online Poker finished up three different events last night (and this morning) as the two day Event #20 $1,050 buy-in tourney welcomed back 43 players to play for over $...
WCOOP High Rolling Weekend
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 15, 2008
image from parttimepoker.com 64 players, $25,500 buy-in, head-to-head competition. The biggest buy-in for the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker took place last night at PokerStars, which is al...
WCOOP Half-Way Done, Moneymaker Cashes Big
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 13, 2008
image from pokerallstar.com All eyes of the online poker world have been gathering at the largest site, PokerStars, for the past week. The 2008 installment of the World Championship of Online Poker ...
Mac Comes to PokerStars
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 8, 2008
Anyone with an iPhone or iPod out there, ok you're probably not alone and most likely can plug and play just about any song or phone application currently out there. The same can't be said fo...
Mats Sundin Scores with PokerStars.net
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on September 4, 2008
image from PokerStars.net As a Northern kid my pull towards the game of hockey started before eating paste in Kindergarten was popular. 14 years on the ponds and ice meccas of Minnesota, lacing up a...
Live Blogging PokerStars Sunday Million
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 27, 2008
PokerStars went in a slightly different direction for their coverage of their big sunday tournaments. Instead of the final table summary on the PokerStarsBlog.com they introduced a few new/old names t...
FTOPS IX: Two Day Event Brings the Cash
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 18, 2008
image from bodoglife.com More from the ninth edition of Full Tilt's Online Poker Series (FTOPS)... Right now the successful two day $2,500+$120 NLHE Event #22 hosted by Patrik Antonius is nearin...
FTOPS IX Back on Track, Dr. Pauly Wants You To Win Big at Stars
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 14, 2008
Bouncing around the web... Full Tilt's ninth installment of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series seems to be back in black, good for them, not-so-good for those overlay chasers. Event #17, A one mill...
Overlays from FTOPS IX Weekend Big Events
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 12, 2008
image from FullTiltPoker.com While the Full Tilt Online Poker Series continues to be a success, the biggest event of the ninth edition to date had a slight overlay as they failed to reach their guara...
FTOPS IX: Events #3, #4, and Studly #5
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 10, 2008
image from eu.pokernews Full Tilt seems to be a tad slow in updating their ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series page so there's not much to go off of except the results from the mai...
FTOPS IX: Successful Start for Full Tilt
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 9, 2008
The ninth edition of the Full Tilt Online Poker Series is starting off strong three events in the books and a fourth going off right now. All events have made their guarantees including the massive Ev...
Bodog Steps Up Weekly Guarantee to 250K
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 7, 2008
FTOPS and Dr. Pauly's Borgata Bash This Week
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 4, 2008
image courtesy of TaoPoker.blogspot.com A couple of quick bounces across the internet poker plains this week find these can't miss events: First up is the Tao of Poker Fifth Anniversary bash o...
Bodog Says Payments Are A-OK
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on August 4, 2008
image from toptexasholdem.com Bodog recently has had some issues with their payment processors getting tagged by the Feds. Calvin Ayre the former CEO/Owner of Bodog, issued several virtual middle fin...
The Wonderfully New and Improved Cereus
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on July 31, 2008
image from www.uklon.ac.uk There was a new tube of deodorant sitting on the counter for me to put away after the wife lovingly did some (over)shopping at Target. On the label of my dependable under-a...
Dr. Pauly's 5th Year Birthday Bash at the Borgata
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on July 29, 2008
Lately, my son has been diligent about bring the latest Toys R' Us ad to my attention while eating chocolate chip pancakes and bacon during Sunday morning breakfast time. Next week we will pay hom...
PokerStars 2X Promotion Final Week: Boost Your Status
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on July 27, 2008
PokerStars' successful month of "2X" promotion is freeroll heaven. Never have the time to crank out six tables of PLO8 and earn enough to move up the VIP ladder at Stars? Look no further...
Pokerdada.com New/Old Concept to Hand Histories Replay
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on July 19, 2008
Problem 11-12 in Harrington on Holdem II Play More Poker Challenges With a plethora (THREE amigos HEY!) of new poker strategy sites out there, several sit by the wayside without any buzz. While co...
Ultimate Bet Ultimate Worse
Filed in archive Internet Poker by David Aydt on July 16, 2008
Its like a rash that won't go away and if you scratch the red area it just gets worse. Several accounts at Ultimate Bet were found to be conducting fraudulent activity, uncovered by Nat Arem who a...
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