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Sep 11
How to Become a Poker Millionaire with poker pro Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott

A new poker reality show debuted last week in Wales called “How to Become a Poker Millionaire” with poker pro Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott. Dave Ulliot will be training a group of young poker players and using his own bankroll to get them started playing online poker. The show will air for 6 weeks and the […]

Sep 09
PartyPoker – Deducted $4 as an “Inactive Fee” – Virtual Blackmail?

I have many online poker accounts but I hardly ever play these days as I am always working on improving PokerDIY 😉 I was shocked to receive this email from PartyPoker yesterday: “ Subject: Your Account has been inactive for 180 days Dear PokerDIYcom, Our records show that that you have not logged in to […]

Sep 09
Man bets the Pot with Pot

This has to be one of the strangest bets a dealer in a casino has ever seen. A man sat down at a 5 card stud poker table at Casino One gambling establishment in Fresno California. He pulled out a bag with about an ounce of weed, and bet the bag of weed. He figured […]

Sep 08
1st week of Sept. better than losing

Let me start by saying Enjoy life while you’re young and free of responsibilities. Don’t get me wrong, I’m definately living a dream in my eyes and most others. Buying my second home, living in Orange County, CA, recently new Corvette, good wife, new baby, good job, and I get to play a fair amount […]

Sep 07
Sydney Poker League Tourney Report

I’ve update the league with last Thursday’s games: Jeff continues the onslaught on the small $10 game Lee holds off Rod to win the $20 game Chris comes from behind to win his first $20 game Here is the current poker league scoreboard – Lee has overtaken Benny and both are clawing back some lost […]

Sep 04
Getting back to playing poker after a long vacation

I just recently got back from a summer vacation and I didn’t play any poker during that vacation at all. No online poker – No live poker. So as I’ve slowly got back into my normal routine the last few days and got back to playing some poker, I found myself having to quit playing […]

Sep 04
Sit & Go Poker Freeroll Strategy

Although most freerolls are large affairs with thousands of poker players competing for a few dollars, some sites also hold freerolls as single table sit and gos. These usually do not provide cash prizes, rather they are satellites into larger tournaments that award cash prizes. However, all Texas holdem freerolls are great, since they provide […]

Sep 03
NHL Hockey Player Mats Sundin Signs With PokerStars

PokerStars must be taking advantage of the upcoming NHL hockey season by signing Mats Sundin and hoping he’ll bring in some hockey fans to the poker room. Sundin will be playing for charity according to the article so I assume they didn’t sign him for his poker ability. I never even had a clue he […]

Sep 03
Dublin awarded title of European Poker Capital of the Year

Dublin is named Europe’s #1 destination for Poker and is awarded the European Poker Capital of 2008 as awarded by Bluff Europe Magazine. I haven’t been there myself but I think I’ll hold up a pint of Guiness and say cheers to that…or should I say “Slainte”? Are there any members here from Dublin? Has […]

Sep 02
PartyGaming fails to draw poker players

PartyGaming was once the world’s largest online poker room but their competitors like PokerStars and Full Tilt have taken over. I myself started my online poker playing there, but have also moved to the “new players” in the online poker room world. The number of new customers signed fell 32% to 235,200 for PartyGaming. PartyGaming […]