*Ali Tekintamgac used false media representatives to cheat at live poker. He won big but now he’s been banned for life (I hope). * Player and blogger at final table *Cheating in poker* *Don’t show your cards!*.

I signed up at GR88 Poker. It’s a skin on the Merge poker network. I’m sure everything’s nice and fine, and I’m looking forward to be playing there. But I had some totally weird messages that I must share with you.

The last couple of years, the WSOP Main Event final table has been delayed until November. Right from the start it was a matter of debate whether moving the final would make it more or less exciting. I think the answer is clear now: *November Nine is less exciting. * When the Main Event started four months ago, it was the biggest tournament in the world with some 7,000 players.

Full Tilt Poker strikes down on the bots and refunds players who lost money to bots. Bot developer Shanky Technologies apologizes to their customers. Oh come on. You all knew you weren’t allowed to do that.

*Ambitious documentary of the online poker boom underway. * here[http://robustothemovie. com/?page_id=46] here[http://www. dangerlion.

*In Washington, playing online poker is a crime of the same order as accessing child pornography or repeated drunk driving. * Can you grind here?.

Yesterday I played a holdem tournament with 25 friends and colleagues. I soon noticed that I wasn’t in a good mood. Which is bad for your poker. I didn’t know why.

*I didn’t know there’s a brick and mortar poker school out there, but there’s the New York School of Cards. You’ve got to love it!* *Genuine commitment to the game* Poker truly is a game of strategy. Poker is a game that requires a significant amount of thinking. If you’re not thinking, you’re gambling.

*If poker once was a diversion for criminals and outlaws, today it’s an honest pursuit – contrary to politics and business, apparently. * *The Fine Game* *The bad guys are elsewhere* Today's bad guy *A war without pride* *Either way online poker loses* they.

Land-based casinos in California oppose the regulation of online poker. They are afraid of losing revenue; they say this openly. The main argument of their opponents, the Regulators, goes along the same lines: “Regulated online poker will bring in cash. ” My reply to both sides would be: “So what?!” *It’s not about your revenue* The question whether online poker should be legal or not cannot possibly be reduced to a matter of revenue.