With OTB in South Africa for most of the past week, a World Cup flavour to today's column. Qualifying for next summer's global extravaganza is due to be completed next week but an additional match may be necessary. If Egypt reverse their 3-1 defeat by Algeria in the final group match in Cairo, the two old North African rivals will be level by every criterion: points, goal difference, goals scored...
The day is here. The players are hidden away in some back corner of the Rio going through their pre-game routines while the fans wait patiently in line for a chance to witness poker history. Or at least grab a glimpse of Phil Ivey. With almost two hours until the cards fly, the line in the [...]
More evidence that change is afoot unless Barney Frank & Friends can save American-friendly online poker sites in 25 days or fewer when you count Thanksgiving: Click above to see the full letter, and click below for my Google translation from corporate bank-speak to poker English: Dear Donkeybomber, We really enjoy having you as a customer, because [...]
The downswing continues -- the last 21 days on all sites show me to be down about $250 in some 28,000 hands, with an EV of plus $2,250. Still, it seems to be a general rule that all high-volume winningplayers have two bad months a year. With luck, mine will run from Oct 10th to Nov 7th. Once again, I'd reiterate that the EV calculator is helping me here rather than hindering -- it's stopping me panicking,...
IRVINE, Calif. and LONDON, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Electronic Game Card, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EGMI) ("EGC"), announced today that it( )has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
EA Sports have announced that "Ultimate Team", a downloadable game mode built around trading cards that was first introduced in last year's FIFA, is now making its way to Madden 10. Functionally,...
EA Sports have announced that “Ultimate Team”, a downloadable game mode built around trading cards that was first introduced in last year’s FIFA, is now making its way to Madden 10. (more…)
After schooling Ilari Sahamies with a big $432K+ win, Phil Ivey then faced off against Tom “durrrr” Dwan in some heads-up $500/$1000 Pot-Limit Omaha. They played for less than half-an-hour on Full Tilt Poker table Ivey Thunderdome as Ivey pulled in five of the six largest pots. In just 35 hands of action, Ivey managed [...]
Nintendo downloads this week: The Virtual Console delivers its usual quality classics, including Fighting Street, a port of the original arcade version of Street Fighter. Three fun WiiWare games are added to the ever-growing library, including Carnival King, which turns your TV into a carnival midway. Sparkle Snapshots is a new Nintendo DSiWare application that [...]
Live Poker Performance Of The Month The Hedger aka Hedger43 from the Betfair forum who went and won the Irish Winter Festival Main Event. 143,000 Euros on top of the cup and the glory make it a fab Festival for the Hedger Online Poker Performance Of The Month HitTheHole 2nd in the stars 500 for over $64,000. But even more remarkable that was the 19th of October and he still found time to get another...
I need some assistance with this set of cards, there is very little in way of explanation on the interwebs. When I first collected baseball cards in the early 80's, rather than just admire them I invented a game using a spinner. I kept detailed records of the statistics and players averages. I'm sure I am not alone. There must be many variations on the theme. I bought The EXCITING and SENSATIONAL Game...
While casino play in the pits fuels the fun part of gambling, eventually you need to find a game where you hold the advantage. The house has an edge on every game inside their vaunted ceilings adorned with a taste of Italy, Paris, or Egypt. But, if the gambler doesn’t want to lay his or her fate with the spin of a wheel or the dealer turning over the next card in blackjack, they should find their...
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I have a debit card. I think I may have used it on one or two occasions in an emergency, only because I forgot that I didn’t have any cash on me and the amount seemed too small to charge. Other than that, I never use my debit card. As a skeptical consumer, I always [...]
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