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Welcome Poker Hobbyists

Promoting Safe and Friendly Online Poker Gaming Since 1998

Who We Are

We are a group of poker hobbyists who enjoy playing safe and friendly games online.  Our core group started six years ago when a couple of humanities and econ students started a friendly weekly poker game.  Although the beer was stale and we played with nickel blinds, the friendships we formed were priceless.

 

When one of our regular members developed a text-based online poker game, we were hooked.  As we graduated we kept in touch by playing poker online first through e-mail, and then with Yahoo! Games and Party Poker.  Pretty soon, our group grew larger and larger as new friends and family members caught the bug.  We currently have 873 subscribers to our mailing list.  We trade poker stories, set up real life and online games all over the U.S., and promote safe and friendly online poker games.  

 

We are currently upgrading our server and forum software.  Please bear with us as we make these changes.

 

Current Projects

  • Contests and Promotions Poker players are shrewd deal makers.  That is why our mailing list is always serving up new and exciting deals found by members.  (Anyone remember the $2.99 Caesar's Palace buffet deal)  We will continue that tradition on this website, where we will post the best poker-related deals. 
  • PayPal Service Paypal is fast and convenient.  Unforutnately many online poker sites do not accept it.  We are working on a fund transfer service to facilitate Paypal transfers for online poker. 
  • Encyclopedia of Online Poker Strategies Our most important project.  We are writing detailed articles examining how Skalansky and Brunson's legendary poker systems apply to online poker. 
  • WPT Gathering We are currently organizing two after parties for upcoming WPT events.  The first party will be family-oriented (i.e. mostly married people with kids).  The second party will be geared towards single members under the age of 35.  Please check back here for more details.
  • Online Poker Taxation Watch  Certain state legislatures are writing new legislation to tax online poker winnings.  We will keep a close eye on this issue and organize a letter writing campaign to raise awareness of this issue. 

Future Projects

  • Poker Forum
  • History of Poker, A comprehensive review
  • Software Reviews

 

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"Poker is the game closest to the western conception of life, where life and thought are recognized as intimately combined, where free will prevails over philosophies of fate or of chance, where men are considered moral agents and where- at least in the short run- the important thing is not what happens but what people think happens."

-John Luckacs, Poker and the American Character (1963)

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