Just to get the word out; Pitbull has given every indication of having been shut down. I heard the rumor yesterday, but couldn’t find any internet posting to confirm one way or the other, but now this seems to indicate it’s true. I never tried the site, but I know they were running a lot [...]
Someone Stumbled a post that I made, but after they did so I discovered that the post had been given a number rather than a proper name. I renamed the post but apparently now the Stumble link doesn’t work. So for those of you arriving via Stumble, the post is now located here: http:/www.anon-poker-blog.com/2009/09/problem-gambling-part-ii/
715 sit and goes played, ROI -80%, total losses $722. For every $100 that they have paid, they have lost $80 and recovered $20. All in a period of about a month. Can something be done for this person? Should we even be feeling bad or feeling concern for this person? If we do feel [...]
715 sit and goes played, ROI -80%, total losses $722. For every $100 that they have paid, they have lost $80 and recovered $20. All in a period of about a month. Can something be done for this person? Should we even be feeling bad or feeling concern for this person? If we do feel [...]
Pat, who is a regular reader of this blog, sent me an interesting question. Pat discovered that one of the regular players in the circuit is losing money, a fair amount of money, and in a short period of time. Here’s a graph and some results: Across the top summary line you can see 715 [...]
I had been doing a little tracking of an article written about government lotteries and gambling. What struck me was the opinions of some of the people on the topic. Who cares. If people can afford it and want to play they can. If someone who can’t afford it is dumb enough to play for [...]
This is just me, working through something that I need to work through because I don’t have it burned into memory yet. Last night I sat at two $25nl tables at Tilt to earn some FTP points for their September promotion. At one table I had been fairly active due to the hands that I [...]
People often fling these words around almost interchangeably. Addicted, obsessed, passionate. I’m sure that by strict definition they don’t mean the same thing and I think most people realize this, but still they will tend to exaggerate knowing that their audience will likely understand. For example they’ll claim to be addicted to a TV show [...]