Online poker scandal

I highly doubt anyone has missed the biggest online poker scandal in recent history, if not ever. As mentioned in the Freakonomics post, I sincerely hope that if there was an employee within Absolute who blew the whistle by supplying the necessary data to the public that they are congratulated and commended by the poker player community. I have been oft quoted as saying that there is no institutional interest in cheating by online poker sites. This does not, however, account for what appears to have been the likely case here – an individual with inside information using it for evil. A hearty well done goes out to the folks over at 2+2 forums for putting together one of the most intensive collaborative online detective jobs ever seen outside of the conspiracy theorists sites. A call to arms for all online players: Vote with your virtual dollars and move to a more reputable site.

Of personal poker note, I will get a chance to play live in a couple weeks when I return to Evansville IN for a weekend getaway. I cut my teeth playing 5/10 Limit at Aztar and I’m really hoping they still offer it. I hope to prove I can still play limit hold’em halfway correctly. I still remember how good I thought I was the first couple of times I walked with a two-bill profit. I also remember being so tight that I would fold pocket 6’s or 7’s in the cut-off position with nobody else in the pot in front of me... Now I don’t know if I could throw out a raise quick enough.