Sweeping The Nets: America The Free Edition
All the poker-related stuff that I happen to feel like aggregating. Nothing more. Nothing less.
He's come a long way from night shift janitor at the Lansing YMCA. Internet poker whiz kid and proud (?) owner of the biggest fivehead around Andrew "good2cu" Robl picked up over $144,000 by finishing third in WSOP Event #4, $5000 mixed hold'em. Sadly, Robl is probably the most notable poker player with recent Michigan connections. Mittenman represent, even if the word most people over age 25 would use to describe you is "douchebag".
He's come a long way from night shift janitor at the Lansing YMCA. Internet poker whiz kid and proud (?) owner of the biggest fivehead around Andrew "good2cu" Robl picked up over $144,000 by finishing third in WSOP Event #4, $5000 mixed hold'em. Sadly, Robl is probably the most notable poker player with recent Michigan connections. Mittenman represent, even if the word most people over age 25 would use to describe you is "douchebag".
The hat totally hides it, brah!
Also in Event #4, noted cheater Justin "zeejustin" Bonomo finished second and Erick Lindgren - whom I have nothing bad to say about - finished first. Score one for team Full Tilt.
Crack magazine investigation discovers that West St. Paul is actually south of St. Paul, not west. In a blinding flash of the obvious, Reason Magazine determines that fantasy sports aren't really all that different than sports betting and poker and (gasp) the UIGEA might be a wee bit hypocritical.
The impetus for this heavy-duty analysis? A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of a ruling that fantasy operators are exempt from having to pay licensing fees to Major League Baseball for stats and such. This is good news for Fantasy Sports Live (shill alert - use bonus code BONDS for max signup bennies) and other fantasy operators.
In the next edition of Reason Magazine, expect a column on the hypocrisy of the horse racing carveout, and possibly an expose on how Eastpointe (formerly East Detroit) is actually located north of Detroit. Bastards.
Seventeen states expelled from the union (alt hed: I'll take dubious business models for $600 please Alex). PurePlay, which touts itself as the largest "U.S.-compliant" online poker destination put out this press release touting massive player numbers - nearly 3 million visits per month, with 1.2 million unique visitors in April.
Theoretically, at PurePlay you can play for free and win real money - if you jump through enough hoops. You can make your life easier, however, by becoming a "VIP member" for $19.99 per month. Let's see, the press release touts payouts of $150,000 per month. A million plus members. Yeah, a lot of those lookers are being converted into diehard pureplayers I tell you what.
I would investigate the merits of PurePlay further, but residents of my state - and sixteen others - are not allowed to play on the site. Perhaps they need to fix their tout to say they're "2/3 or so of the U.S.-compliant".
Buy a dozen bagels, get a free WSOP seat? The must be a million ways to win a free seat in the World Series of Poker. Poker sites have freerolls. AOL is giving away six seats. The Poker Players Alliance would like you become a premium member and - note! terms and conditions apply! - you could win a seat (entries close June 10).
Forget all that. You can get a head start on next year (plus a cheap buzz) and win a 2009 WSOP seat - and a bunch of Phil Hellmuth-themed prizes - by drinking Milwaukee'sBeast Best Light this summer.
We're from the government and we're here tosuck you dry help. The New Hampshire legislature recently passed a bill to extract tribute from tax charity poker games three percent of gross wagering in tournaments and ten percent of the house take in cash games. Charities get the crumbs are allocated 8.75 percent. No word as to whether legislative leaders were accurately quoted as saying "bwahahahahah suck it you stinkin' chairities".
On the plus side for Granite State gamblers, the bill would raise the maximum bet allowed from $2 to $4, meaning that you could now wager an entire Happy Meal on your hand of jack three offsuit, instead of just the cheeseburger.
Crack magazine investigation discovers that West St. Paul is actually south of St. Paul, not west. In a blinding flash of the obvious, Reason Magazine determines that fantasy sports aren't really all that different than sports betting and poker and (gasp) the UIGEA might be a wee bit hypocritical.
The impetus for this heavy-duty analysis? A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of a ruling that fantasy operators are exempt from having to pay licensing fees to Major League Baseball for stats and such. This is good news for Fantasy Sports Live (shill alert - use bonus code BONDS for max signup bennies) and other fantasy operators.
In the next edition of Reason Magazine, expect a column on the hypocrisy of the horse racing carveout, and possibly an expose on how Eastpointe (formerly East Detroit) is actually located north of Detroit. Bastards.
Seventeen states expelled from the union (alt hed: I'll take dubious business models for $600 please Alex). PurePlay, which touts itself as the largest "U.S.-compliant" online poker destination put out this press release touting massive player numbers - nearly 3 million visits per month, with 1.2 million unique visitors in April.
Theoretically, at PurePlay you can play for free and win real money - if you jump through enough hoops. You can make your life easier, however, by becoming a "VIP member" for $19.99 per month. Let's see, the press release touts payouts of $150,000 per month. A million plus members. Yeah, a lot of those lookers are being converted into diehard pureplayers I tell you what.
I would investigate the merits of PurePlay further, but residents of my state - and sixteen others - are not allowed to play on the site. Perhaps they need to fix their tout to say they're "2/3 or so of the U.S.-compliant".
Buy a dozen bagels, get a free WSOP seat? The must be a million ways to win a free seat in the World Series of Poker. Poker sites have freerolls. AOL is giving away six seats. The Poker Players Alliance would like you become a premium member and - note! terms and conditions apply! - you could win a seat (entries close June 10).
Forget all that. You can get a head start on next year (plus a cheap buzz) and win a 2009 WSOP seat - and a bunch of Phil Hellmuth-themed prizes - by drinking Milwaukee's
We're from the government and we're here to
On the plus side for Granite State gamblers, the bill would raise the maximum bet allowed from $2 to $4, meaning that you could now wager an entire Happy Meal on your hand of jack three offsuit, instead of just the cheeseburger.
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