What would it be like if you could see everyone else’s cards? Now those would be cool superhuman powers. Here’s a YouTube clip of a hacker (aka POTRIPPER) who sort of had these powers. This guy took advantage of a security flaw in the online poker room AbsolutePoker and allegedly stole between $400,000 and $700,000 from the site. The hacker was an employee of Absolute and never withdrew any of the money. He supposedly wanted to show that it could be done.

Check out this site called YourPokerCash.  It has some inviting no deposit offers for poker.  I’ve signed up with two of the four free offers, one with the online poker room Ultimate Bet and the other with the online poker room Full Tilt.  They are both open to US players.   If I’m approved for either bonus, then I get $50 from the site, and if I play a specified number more hands, I get an additional $50.  As far as no deposit bonuses, you can’t do better than this.  

I’m sure I have to play a zillion hands in order to withdraw any money from either online poker room, but it still beats other no deposit bonuses from other online poker rooms, such as RiverFlop, which gave me $5 as a no deposit bonus, and which I lost in record time.

One thing is annoying about YPC.  In order to be eligibile for any YPC offers you have to register with them, and this involves taking a picture of some sort of ID with your face on it and you have to take the picture of it next to a numerical code that YPC gives you after you register.   Then you have to upload the photo to their site.  This part of the process is a slight pain and made me a bit suspicious (Why do they need an ID?  Why can’t they just have a pic of my face?), but you can do what I did and block out any information on the ID that indicates where you are from.   If I should get any bonus money from either online poker room, and YPC says that it takes about 5 business days to be approved, then the amount of work in taking the picture will be a small cost and well worth whatever annoyance that I experienced.

 So for you people out there who love poker but don’t love using your own money, check out YourPokerCash.  And if you know anything about their site let me know.  

PokerMoments is looking for someone to blog about poker.  There’s some money involved, but it’s not a lot.  Keep in mind there’s more to blogging than the money, e.g. the chance to express yourself, improve your writing skills, be part of a community, etc.

I’ve had a couple people blog for PokerMoments and they wrote excellent posts.  For some examples, see these posts about the worst form of poker, what got this blogger into poker, and letting the aggressive poker players bet for you.  

There are many things you could blog about.  Of course, you should pick those topics that most interest you.  Here are just a few possibilities.

1. Interviews with people in the business. (One of my favorite things to do!)

2. Answer poker questions that come to the Poker Guy.

3. Write about your own poker related experiences.

4. Write about poker accessories or furniture or online poker rooms.

5. Write about the morality of poker or the problems with playing too much poker.

6. Write about legal issues relating to poker.

7. Give poker tips.

8. Write reviews about poker books or movies. 

9. Post poker videos.

Let me know if you want more info through Ask the Poker Guy!