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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.

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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Article Review, Business, Online Poker, Poker
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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 [...]

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Posted on August 20, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under Advice, Analysis, Article Review, Interview, Poker, Poker Players
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Women in Poker

This article (The â€œLadiesâ€ Event at the World Series of Poker)Â 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 [...]

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Posted on July 9, 2008 by Secor | Filed Under 2008 WSOP, Article Review, Gender, Poker
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True Or False… 1 Out Of 100 ER Visits Are For Gambling Problems

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

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Posted on August 25, 2007 by sparky | Filed Under Addiction, Article Review, Poker
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My Issues with John Markoff’s Article: In Poker Match Against a Machine, Humans Are Better Bluffers

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

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Posted on August 4, 2007 by Suber | Filed Under Article Review, Celebrity, Poker, Poker Players
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