60 Minutes Expose about Online Poker
60 Minutes ran a story about online poker last night they talk about a small group of people managed to cheat players out of $20 million. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "60 Minutes Expose about Online Poker", url: "http://thesportsaffiliate.com/2008/12/01/60-minutes-expose-about-online-poker/" }); Read More →
Junkies Poker Open 5 November 13 2008 Registration Opens on October 20
The Junkies a radio show in Washington DC on WJFK radio unofficially announced that their 5th poker tournament will be held on Nov 13th, 2008 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ. The JPO5 will be a Texas Hold’em tournament. Noteworthy participants include Lee Childs who was a World Series of Poker contestant. Registration starts Monday October 20, 2008. Here are the details: You need to get a My Borgata Rewards Card. $260 +$40 ($40 is paid... [Read More...]
Junkies Poker Open 5 Announced Set for Nov 13 2008
The Junkies a radio show in Washington DC on WJFK radio unofficially announced that their 5th poker tournament will be held on Nov 13th, 2008 at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ. The JPO5 will be a Texas Hold’em tournament. Noteworthy participants include Lee Childs who was a World Series of Poker contestant. Here are the details, registration will begin later this month (October 2008 for JPO5): You need to get a My Borgata Rewards Card. $260... [Read More...]
Best FPP - Frequent Player Points and Poker Rooms
We have updated our Poker Room Frequent Player Points (FPP) page. Check out The Sports Affiliate Poker Rooms and Frequent Player Points Page for more information. How do I get FPPs ? Every time you play a hand of poker in these rooms you will earn points that can be redeemed for varous things, it can be from cash, special prizes, buy-ins for tournaments, freerolls, or other cool stuff. This page will be updated frequently as we receive more promotions... [Read More...]
Play Poker for Cash, Gift Certificates, and Prizes - How Poker Savvy Works
Poker Savvy is like a frequent flyer program for poker players. Here is how it works: 1. Sign up for a poker account via Poker Savvy - Click Here to Open an account. 2. Earn Savvy Points when you play poker and make deposits. 3. Redeem Poker Savvy points for cash, gift certificates, and prizes. Its probably easier than redeeming frequent flyer miles. Check the list of incentives that PokerSavvy has to offer - Click here to see the PokerSavvy offers. SHARETHIS.addEntry({... [Read More...]
Poker Savvy now available through The Sports Affiliate
Readers of The Sports Affiliate can now play poker, earn points, and redeem the points for cash, gift certificates, and other prizes. Its like a frequent flyer program for poker players. How Poker Savvy Works Play poker and earn Savvy points. Its prett easy. Check out the incentives that PokerSavvy has to offer. Check out Poker Savvy Today SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Poker Savvy now available through The Sports Affiliate", url: "http://thesportsaffiliate.com/2008/08/20/poker-savvy-now-available-through-the-sports-affiliate/"... [Read More...]
ChanPoker folds
Chanpoker has shutdown its operations. Is this the sign of the times ? Has poker lost its thunder ? Is the economy to blame ? I dont think so, its just an operation that couldnt sustain. Check out their webpage for more details - http://www.chanpoker.com/closing/ Have no fear though for those who have accounts: If you have a cash balance with us rest assured that all withdrawal requests will be honored and promptly processed. To facilitate timely... [Read More...]
High Heels Poker Tour the next big thing
I just heard about the High Heels Poker Tour - HHPT. Here is their mission statement from their homepage: Our Mission at the HHPT is to empower women who want to become champions in the growing world of poker. The HHPT wants to provide the best competitive environment where women can explore, develop, and continue growing and learning top strategies and their “A” game. Opportunities and Recognition are what the HHPT is all about. Could this be... [Read More...]
Poker Players and their educational background
I stumbled upon this article comparing poker players and fund managers. It is published by Netgroup Investors, Matthew de Witt. Interestingly, like top fund managers, good professional poker players generate significant profits over longer periods, but have mixed results over shorter periods as there is a random element (or luck) to the cards dealt. So I decided to do some reasearch on past winners of the World Series of Poker Main Event winners. Chris... [Read More...]
Betus releases WSOP Player Odds and Prop Bets
Betus has released 2008 World Series of Poker Main event Player odds and Prop Bets. An interested bet is who will be the first person out? Kelly Kim Ev Craig Marquis +700 David Rheem +800 Darus Suharto +900 Ylon Schwartz +900 Peter Eastgate +1400 Scott Montgomery +1600 Ivan Demidov +1800 Dennis Phillips +2000 Kelly Kim is leading the odds to who will be knocked out first while... [Read More...]
