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11-28-2010 , 03:24 AM

#101

IamPro

one time Plz???

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17,652

Internet- they said it was b/c he was spaming/linking his blog

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11-28-2010 , 04:04 AM

#102

28renton

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,627

And I still can't find his blog by googling it! Dammit!

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11-28-2010 , 04:10 AM

#103

zero2hero

centurion

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 165

Thanks for the great post, hope it wasn't just a hook to get us to your blog. Post part 2 please.

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12-01-2010 , 04:32 AM

#104

GoSU4u

journeyman

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 204

OP what an awesome post! I love learning the history of things I'm interested in, same goes for all the games I play! Can't wait for instalment #2! GL

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12-01-2010 , 06:36 AM

#105

AQsuited

adept

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 814

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Originally Posted by J0hny

Should have started this threads somewhere in 2030's

what is her name?

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12-01-2010 , 07:03 AM

#106

InsidePoker

centurion

Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 100

Pretty solid history of poker article here, although not as in-depth as OP it does go from 98 to the present dayish.

http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/news/fe..._timeline.html

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12-04-2010 , 06:18 PM

#107

Al Mirpuri

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 5,485

˙ʇı pǝʞıl ʎllɐǝɹ ı ˙ɹǝʞod ɟo ʎɹoʇsıɥ ʇuǝllǝɔxǝ

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12-04-2010 , 06:45 PM

#108

6174

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 44

Really informative, thank you. It's a shame that you're banned because now pt. 2 will never arrive.

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12-05-2010 , 01:51 AM

#109

KracKedAce

journeyman

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 252

This was such an awesome read. Too bad part 2 will never come

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12-05-2010 , 10:13 AM

#110

hasu

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 484

Great read, I hope for part 2 anytime soon...

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12-05-2010 , 11:17 AM

#111

kobra1982

stranger

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 5

Thank you very much for the insights; its great to know where the starts of my living come from

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12-07-2010 , 08:35 AM

#112

The Spewtard

centurion

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 100

Pretty sure OP forgot to mention the now defunct Pokerroom (now BWIN) which began in 1999...

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12-07-2010 , 11:15 AM

#113

KrisCapitals

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 175

Great read.

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12-07-2010 , 01:01 PM

#114

hgbrd23

enthusiast

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 50

nice read!what about 2nd part?

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12-07-2010 , 02:12 PM

#115

awilhelmscream

banned

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 23

Great read, thank you for putting this together.

I can't wait for the part on where we (americans) get it fisted in the ass by bill frist while we're tossing harry reids salad and the ppa is filming it to put on pokertube.

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12-07-2010 , 04:43 PM

#116

Online Veteran

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3,623

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Originally Posted by The Spewtard

Pretty sure OP forgot to mention the now defunct Pokerroom (now BWIN) which began in 1999...

I remember when it was play money only, and you could win T-shirts and other prizes. I remember the robot, the blond woman in the blue dress with big boobs, among other characters at the table. Good times.

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04-22-2011 , 02:55 AM

#117

3BarrelSlinger

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 312

considering what's been happening, thought I would bump this for nostalgia.

Maybe someone knowledgeable enough can make a Part II leading up to now.

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04-22-2011 , 03:44 AM

#118

sneeringco

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 585

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Originally Posted by 3BarrelSlinger

considering what's been happening, thought I would bump this for nostalgia.

Maybe someone knowledgeable enough can make a Part II leading up to now.

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04-22-2011 , 07:29 PM

#119

3BarrelSlinger

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 312

does anyone know if the banned author actually has a part II but published somewhere else?

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04-22-2011 , 08:00 PM

#120

Tbirdx24

old hand

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,630

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Originally Posted by 3BarrelSlinger

does anyone know if the banned author actually has a part II but published somewhere else?

IIRC he does, and was going to post it before he was banned. Or, he was about to write it, or something. I remember him being banned because he tried to link to his blog where Part 1 was originally posted.

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04-22-2011 , 09:09 PM

#121

InStraight

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 57

I only read Part I today, but it was a blast. I may be a newcomer here, but I actually played IRC poker. At the time I was a decent 7-stud player, but didn't know much about Hold 'Em. Jesus, what a tough game. Every other time I showed my hole cards the screen would start spaz-scrolling with:

X: What an *******.
Y: First time playing this game? *******.
Z: You might want to try something simpler. Like Tic-Tac-Toe.

You just can't imagine how ripe Party Poker seemed after dealing with all of those math geeks who didn't have a real dime on the game. They were truly brutal.

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04-23-2011 , 03:00 AM

#122

Bukowskium

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 213

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Originally Posted by InStraight

I may be a newcomer here, but I actually played IRC poker.

Same here. I played Undernet Poker with Steph, X-dot, Dogmeat, and all the regs in 1996- 1999. We played 5 card draw, and had contests for first to million, then reset. (I think I still have the old poker client installed on an old 486 that's in the attic... ) that was before the holdem boom... the GPKR client was what allowed us to play holdem. It was a strange transition for me.
I've been laughing the last few days as I've been playing on the playchip tables. I seem to have gone back 15 years somehow, and am again playing for nothing but fun, with a MUCH larger player pool...