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My Ultra-Tight Approach

This morning I got up bright and early - 5am – and decided to try out my new conservative poker strategy at i4 Poker.  I play at a no limit $.05/10 table, but only start with 5 quid (that’s about 8 dollars), and never add any additional funds until the next day.  So if I lose all 5 quid, then [...]

Poker players file suit vs World Poker Tour

In a landmark move, seven players filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles Federal District Court against the World Poker Tour Enterprises. The players allege that the World Poker Tour as well as its partner casinos have been conspiring unlawfully in order to get rid of competition. They also claim that they are violating the [...]

i4 Poker and My New Conservative Strategy

As you well know by now, I like online poker rooms that give free money for signing up without requiring a deposit.  See e.g. Dream Poker, Crazy Poker, Purple Lounge Poker, Poker.com, CD Poker, Titan Poker, and i4 Poker.  As you also well know by now, I invariably start off well at these sites, increase [...]

344th Place at the $50,000 Freeroll Tournament at Dream Poker

I just got knocked out of the Dream Poker $50,000 freeroll.  I placed 344 out of 4118 entrants.  If I had placed in the top 300 I would have placed in the money.  Oh so close.  At one point, when there were only about 600 players left, I was in about 150th place.  But as [...]

“GAMBLING BAN DOUBLES DOWN ON HYPOCRISY” – HOWARD LEDERER

 New York Daily News Gambling ban doubles down on hypocrisy   By HOWARD LEDERER   I cannot pretend to understand how Washington politics works most of the time. But it’s clear even to me that a bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, effectively banning certain forms of online gambling – in particular [...]

50K + FERARRI FREEROLL at DREAM POKER

This Sunday, the 16th of July, there will be a $50,000 + Ferarri freeroll tournament at Dream Poker.  Play begins at 5pm Eastern time.  To play you need to accumulate at least 10 DreamPoints before the start of the tournament.  According to Dream Poker, you can accumulate these number of points by playing roughly for [...]

Poker and Philosophy

I just got a new book called Poker and Philosophy edited by Eric Bronson, a philosphy professor at Berkeley College in New York City.  He co-edited The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy (2003) and edited Baseball and Philosophy (2004).  The book is a collection of essays written by philosophers who play poker.  Or was [...]

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