Random Thoughts
Wanna bet on the November Nine? Some sportsbooks have 21 year old
online player Joe Cada, who is quite likely the 2nd best player at the
table behind Ivey, at +1600 to win it all which barely gives him a
premium beyond his chip stack relative to the total number of chips in
play. The stacks at the final table are still very deep, so even a
somewhat short-stacked Cada could still be a decent bet at odds as low
as +1000. online poker 468x60 Poker fans might like to know that ESPN
is launching a new poker production called The Inside Deal. The weekly
30-minute show will be available on their website. The first episode
goes live on August 4th and will feature Chris Moneymaker. The
PokerTek automated poker tables no longer monopolize the Excalibur
poker room in Vegas. After just a four month trial period with the
electronic, dealer-less tables, Excalibur exercised their right to
terminate their agreement with PokerTek and have returned to using
traditional tables. One might think this would have served as a nail
in the coffin for PokerTek, but the company is still trading an at
evaluation of $7 million. Rounders, by far the best poker movie ever
created, came out a full five years before the poker boom. Since then,
the poker industry has flourished to a size that dwarfs the days
Rounders was made, and yet, there hasn't been another decent poker
movie. What the hell, Hollywood? Is it really that hard to crank out a
good poker movie every couple of years? It's easy! Here's an idea for
a synopsis: a highly talented poker player can't keep a dollar in his
pocket because of an addiction to hookers, so his bankroll-nit friend
tries to intervene and bring about positive change in his friend's
life. Not only does he fail, but after seeing his friend's lifestyle
of hookers and high-end dining, he becomes a horrible junkie
degenerate himself. After the two reach rock bottom, they're forced to
combine their meager bankrolls which only amount to $2,000 and take a
shot at getting back on top. See! I just pulled that out of my ass and
it almost sounds like it could be a good movie... or at least a porno.
So it's been almost three years now since the UIGEA was passed. Has
anything actually happened with regards to repealing it or enforcing
it? Nope. We'll check back in with you in another three years to talk
about how still nothing has happened. What's the over/under on how
much longer it takes a non-US facing online poker room to change their
games from US Dollars to Euros? C'mon already... Did you know that the
Lebanese Poker Open, a $10,000 buy-in, took place just a couple of
weeks ago? That's right... gambling in Lebanon. Who knew?! When
Michael Phelps participated in a paltry $1,000 buy-in poker tournament
at Caesars Palace last fall (where he finished 9th), the poker world
could have reasonably deduced that we'd see him participating in this
year's WSOP, at least for the Main Event anyway, right? That would
have been pretty huge for poker. However, when the WSOP rolled
around... no Phelps. Last week, he lost his first major race in four
years. Coincidence? Probably not. That's what you get for teasing us,
Phelps. That's what you get...