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Americans bet 4 billion dollars online despite ban

While not everyone who plays poker actually wagers cash, most do. That’s part of the thrill. Part of the ride. According to a recent article at PhysOrg, Americans gambled away over 4 billion dollars last year. How much you wanna bet that a large part of that money was spent on a few games of [...]

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Posted on May 24, 2006 by gaunilo | Filed Under Chips, Online Poker
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Getting paid back for playing

A lot of online sites nowadays offer some sort of payback program, usually with a system of ‘points’ or ‘crowns’. Pokerstars recently updated their system of FPP (Frequent Player Points) with new levels like Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum ‘stars.’ Each level increases your FPP intake, gives more options for spending your FPPs and can [...]

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Posted on March 26, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Equipment, Online Poker
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Equipment for your tournament

As promised, I would like to go over some basic and not-so-basic necessities for running a good tournament. The first phase was a good structure, the second is physical equipment: cards, chips and tables. Cards By far the leaders in playing cards are KEM and COPAG. Both make very durable and sexy-looking plastic cards. They [...]

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Posted on January 5, 2006 by Steve | Filed Under Equipment, Off the felt, Tournaments
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So who really bought the Poker Blog?

Deep down I think Ben must be a genius. Ok, I know he is. He is the former owner of ThePokerBlog.net, recently he sold it. He made a nice sum on it. And walked away. Losing the value right? Nah. See Ben joined Erati Media a division of BlogMedia Inc. He also brought his writer [...]

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Posted on January 2, 2006 by gaunilo | Filed Under Chips
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Terrence Chan’s December Statistics

Professional poker player Terrence Chan, the former Director of Customer Support at PokerStars, has posted a summary (with graphs!) of his December online play at his weblog: All my sessions the first week were great, then disaster struck in the second week, then I had a relatively normal third week (due to not playing very [...]

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Posted on January 1, 2006 by Matt | Filed Under Chips
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