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UltimateBet.com cheating scandal! du duh duuuuuuuh!

Ultimate crybaby Phil Helmuth is the spokesman for UltimateBet.com which has recently been at the center of an alleged cheating ring.

Neil Channing

I just read the first part of this interview with an Irish poker player. From just this one interview I can tell that he is a really smart player. One would be well advised to read this interview and take some nuggets of insight from it. There are a few lessons, in particular, that any [...]

Women in Poker

This article (The “Ladies” Event at the World Series of Poker) is a bit old (last month) but it raises some questions that transcend poker that are no less relevant. Basically, the author highlights the fact that men cannot be excluded from the women’s championship at the world series of poker. Casinos are no more able [...]

True Or False… 1 Out Of 100 ER Visits Are For Gambling Problems

Heart attack?  Gun shot wound?  Appendicitis?  You’ll probably hurry on down to your local emergency room.  But how about for gambling? A recent study out of Canada looked at visits by problem gamblers (PG) to an emergency room near Quebec’s largest casino.  Interesting stats… Who came to the ER?  3 times as many men came in [...]

My Issues with John Markoff’s Article: In Poker Match Against a Machine, Humans Are Better Bluffers

                                                                             I’m a little disappointed with a July 26 article from the NYTimes, written by John Markoff, titled “In Poker Match Against a Machine, Humans Are Better Bluffers“.  According to the article, on July 25th, Phil Laak (aka the Unabomber – see pic above from NYTimes - go here and see a pic of his professional poker-playing [...]

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