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I'd been absent from the blogger tournament poker scene for far too long. It feels good to be back and, for that, I must thank the fine folks over at PokerListings. When they first reached out to m...

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.Registration code: 241935

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!This PokerStars tournament is a No Limit Texas Hold'em event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 534027

I've now played in my third blogger tourney since my return from oblivion. I had forgotten just how much I enjoyed not only the cards, but the company as well. Amazingly, I've now gone three straig...

Only a few people asked my opinion of the 60 Minutes poker cheating piece. None of them really cared what I thought. Here it is anyway.
The Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker poker cheating scandals ...

My foray back into blogger tournaments hasn't gone the way I hoped. My game has been solid, but not spectacular. I've avoided the big mistakes but have also failed to take advantage of a few opport...

And, frankly, it looks pretty ugly. Here's the preview.
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Week 1 of the PokerListings Run Good Challenge v.2 was moderately successful. Despite not finishing in the money, I was happy to find myself in the final 5 and I never got all my money in behind (u...

This just in from the Up for Poker Midwest Bureau (aka, my brother Dr. Jeff).
This is a new one as far as I can tell. How to make poker legal? Flash the deck at all the players just before you deal...

The politicians can argue poker's negative effects on the community. They can call it a blight on society and lump it in with slot machines, back room thuggery, and all out cultural ills.
They cann...