Not listening to the hype

The great psychologist and psycho-analyst Carl Jung once said that 90% of what we hear is “lies”. This does not mean that when we listen to our parents speak or our children that most of what they are saying to us is lies. What it means is that what we say and what we utter [...]

Statement on Recent DOJ Action

Absolute Poker, including the UB (formerly Ultimate Bet) brand, hereafter “Absolute Poker”, issued the following statement today. Absolute Poker has retained Blank Rome LLP as United States counsel to provide legal advice in relation to civil and criminal matters filed in federal court in Manhattan and made public on April 15, 2011. Absolute Poker is [...]

Parting Ways With PokerStars

I’m sad to announce that in the wake of “Black Friday,” I’ll no longer be a member of PokerStars Team Online. I continue to hold PokerStars in high regard and sincerely hope we’ll have a chance to work together again. My working relationship with the company was outstanding. Unfortunately, as an American with no plans [...]

Vegas vs. Macau

The gaming epicenters of the world in Las Vegas and Macau share multiple similarities, but it’s their performance that has pundits stumped. At the one end of the spectrum is Sin City – the inimitable palace of gaming dreams on the North American continent. Long considered by many as the home of gambling in a [...]

Looking at the bigger betting rounds in no limit hold’em

The turn is a very important betting round in no limit hold’em. It is at this stage of the hand that the bets start to escalate towards stack committing stages. Let us look at an example here to see what I mean. You have a $100 stack in NL100 and raise pre-flop to $3.50 and [...]