REVIEW – Poker Points Stores (II)

The second in my three part series is on Poker Savvy.   The first article on Poker Source Online (PSO) can be found here.
PokerSavvy is another site similar to Poker Source Online (PSO), however, it hasn’t been around for as long as PSO.  However, what they lack in age they gain in number of poker sites.  This site has many poker rooms associated with the program (currently 19 poker rooms) and many are added and removed monthly.

This site also boasts some of the best promotions in terms of number of points.  The Costa del Poker gives 4000 savvy points once you complete the purchase.  4000 points equates to $400 at Amazon.com.  A fairly nice little promotion (although the requirements would take sometime).

The drawbacks of the site are two fold

• You must login to view any of the poker rooms.  This isn’t a large drawback but if you don’t want to have to register you won’t be able to see the current promotions.
• The forum is fairly small and has very little traffic.

All in all this is another great poker points program.   You are almost guaranteed to find a poker room you haven’t played at at Pokersavvy.

REVIEW – Poker Points Stores (I)

In the last article I explained the basic premise of the Poker Points Sites. That article can be found here. Today’s article will deal with Pokersourceonline, one of if not the, leading poker points site.

Poker Souce Online (PSO) has 12 different promotions that you can take advantage. The requirements vary depending on the room and vary from easy(party poker) to hard (Sun Poker).

PSO also has one of the most active and informative poker forums on the internet. The information on the forum varies from support-to-hand analysis-to-casino gambling. Most of the people on the forums are helpful and great information can be found.
PSO also supports the Instant Bankroll program. This basically gives the player a set amount of money (usually $100).  This is considered your money WHEN you play a certain amount of raked hands. This works out to a really good deal and should be taken advantage of if you haven’t played at the site previously.
The best part of the PSO site is the customer support. From my experiences they provide accurate and fast customer service. If you have a question or a problem about a poker room they are able to provide an answer quickly.  As well, the process of getting your account verified (at a poker room) is usually done quickly.
PSO is definitely worth checking out if you haven’t done so already.

REVIEW – Poker Points Stores

The next few articles will be a review of poker points programs. This is basically the method that many online poker players use to get free things. These can range from Ipod’s and PSP’s to Cash, poker chips or even a Red Lobster Gift Certificate.

These programs work on a player – middle man – Poker room marketing strategy. Basically the poker room pays a middle man (the sites listed below) a fee. The middle-man directs new customers to the poker room. Finally the middle-man returns a portion of their proceeds to the player. A symbiotic relationship.
The general principle of these sites is you join a poker room, play a certain amount of raked hands and get this free bonus. The three major sites that I have use are

• Pokersourceonline
• Pokersavvy
• Boogster

The next few articles will be reviews of the sites listed above.
To be fair with the other authors of pokahblog links will not be provided for a referral. If you are interested in joining any of these programs it’s as simple as doing a quick search.

Vegas loses another

This morning in Las Vegas, NV the Stardust hotel was imploded. The Stardust is being demolished to make room for a brighter, newer and better casino / hotel / condo project. The project is the Echelon project being constructed by Boyd Gaming Corp. The project is estimated to cost 4.4 Billion and is going to be one of those Super Mega Projects!

To view some photos and a videos visit the following links.

Lasvegasvegas.com has posted photos of the implosion which included a fireworks show and some great photos!

CNN video has posted a video of the implosion

Let go of my Eggo…. wait Ego.

The past week or so I’ve been thinking of how a persons ego can affect their game. The thought crossed my mind as I played a Limit 2/4 Hold Em table. I watched two players who are normally fairly timid and selectively aggressive players suddenly become hyper-aggressive monkeys. However, they were only hyper-aggressive against each other. Then the trash talk started to occur in the chat box, “come get me buddy”, “good luck”, “you’re momma is …” You get the point.

It occurred to me that neither of these players was really gaining anything, money or brains wise. They were basically swapping money while creating rake for the site. And I’m sure we’ve all seen this occur numerous times AND I’ll admit (and I’m sure you do too) that I‘ve been affected by this same brain-dead syndrome. So, why do we decided to pull these sorts of antics? (more…)