Flopped the Nuts

I’m having a hell of a time renewing this domain this morning. Keep your fingers crossed, I guess.

I have long been dumbfounded by online poker’s total disregard for the world of Apple faithful. I have also long held the opinion that the first major online poker house to fully support Mac users would win their hearts forever.
Well, it looks like Full Tilt is going to make the play:
Mac enthusiasts are a unique […]

Poker’s hot streak fading
“It may be reducing down to the niche market, which would be people in their 20s, macho-man type of people,” he said. “Parents aren’t looking to buy little sets.”
Honestly, it’s about time. The fad lasted longer than I imagined it would. It won’t be long until formerly underground interests — like poker, […]

Is backing another player ethical?
The issues are numerous. Perhaps the biggest and most obvious is backers playing in the same events as players they have staked, and maybe even at the same table, could lead to suspicions of soft playing and collusion.
“I would take a lie-detector test,’’ says Lindgren, who plays in many of […]

Last Thursday my home game reconvened after a long hiatus. I managed to triple my $10 buy-in, in addition to laughing my ass off and having a hell of a time.
Then last night, I pop onto PartyPoker and this happens:
Played on : 24 December 2005 12:24 AM
Game Type : […]

20% up to $100 Extra on First Deposit or $25 Extra on First Deposit
Take your pick.
I’ve actually been doing most of my online play (what there is of it these days) on Party Poker. I still can’t say it’s my favorite poker site, but there’s always plenty of action to be sure.

The renewal for this domain is up next month.
Not sure what I feel like doing about that…

Hey, there’s actually some good content over at the ESPN Poker Club.
Unlike this place…
They also have play money software that ain’t half bad.

I’m futzing around with the site, obviously. Don’t get too distressed if you hate something, but let me know anyway.
The new theme is K2, which all the cool kids are playing with.
I have no idea how to get you to the archives right now… Hold please… Ah, well, that’s something, at least.

Jennifer Tilly Wins Poker Tournament
Tilly’s victory at the World Poker Tour Ladies Night III at the Bicycle Casino on Thursday makes her the first woman to win that title and the World Series’ Ladies World Poker Championship held in June.
I wonder if Phil Laak is looking for a boyfriend…

Wil Wheaton is doing his poker talking at Card Squad nowadays.
Just FYI.

Steven Levitt, economics wunderkind and co-author of one of my favorite recent reads, Freakonomics (which has a blog), is taking on poker:
Every day, over 187 million dollars are wagered at online poker tables by over 2 million players worldwide. Recently, companies such as Poker Tracker have made keeping records of one’s own play extremely easy. […]

World Poker Tour dips as bid evaporates — Poker champ Doyle Brunson’s $700 million offer expired late Tuesday, leaving investors frustrated.
The company said it had tried repeatedly to get information about the offer, but Brunson declined to give more details. The spokeswoman said she did not know whether Brunson had failed to secure financial backers […]

Jennifer Tilly loves poker. Even more than acting, it seems.
Folding her hand in Hollywood
Tilly, a 1994 Oscar nominee for Bullets Over Broadway, is so serious about poker that she recently bought a unit in the Cosmopolitan, a high-rise condo on the Las Vegas Strip to be built next to the Bellagio Hotel & Casino.
“I’d rather […]

Looks like Wil Wheaton is getting a free ride in the WSoP main event as a member of Team PokerStars.
Wow.
I’d like to gripe about the “lucky son-of-a”, but I don’t really mind it when things go Wil’s way.