Vox

Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

More Poker Sniping

State lotteries, online or off, are legal. Poker, online or off, isn’t? What’s the difference? My belief is that it is the ability of the bureaucrats to extract their cut. If Washington was getting a nice big chunk of the pie they wouldn’t give a second thought to the industry. Pokerati points out a story […]

Net Access Everywhere

I have been considering a web enabled phone lately, and I am leaning towards T-Mobile and their MDA handset. The plan seems pretty reasonable, and the phone is cool. Besides, the Shiny girls seem to like it. Are any of you familiar with this set up, or do you use one like it? ✏

Suspicious Play

I occasionally play poker online, generally just the tournaments that cost me nothing (or nearly nothing) to enter. Many people suspect that online sites are fixed or crooked in some way, a claim I usually dismiss. Yeah, you see a lot more straights/flushes/quads online than in a live game, but you also play a lot […]

We Got Trouble

For those of you familiar with the show The Music Man, you know that in order to con the town out of some cash, Harold Hill had to first convince them of the perils of the pool hall. Sounds like politicians are working on convincing us of the evils of the poker room, and ensuring […]

Looking For Suggestions

I am looking for input regarding some things I need to set up for a potential new business. First, banking. Is there a bank that you use/have used that you have been especially happy with, particularly in the area of credit card transactions? I will need to set up for credit card acceptance and would […]

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