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03-12-2015 , 05:25 PM

asdfghjkl889

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Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 98

Re-directs to Full tilt now when you try to go to it...Weird! RIP? First time visiting the site in awhile and wanted to view some tournament stats. Was an old school site similar to hendonmob.

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03-12-2015 , 07:34 PM

gangnam holmes

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Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 371

They totally dominated 2+2 years ago. 364,000th ranked site in the world 2 hours ago. I wonder how much they got from their sale to Full Tilt based on this ranking.

2+2 ranked 10,000th something when I checked one minute ago.

I was told that the owner and a guy named "Razzo" and Gary Carson was very mean to 2+2 back in the day. Anyone know the details?

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03-13-2015 , 02:28 AM

shoeshinebox

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Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 409

razzo passed away, gary a very nice guy and good poker book.

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03-13-2015 , 04:11 AM

NerdSuperfly

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Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,172

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Originally Posted by gangnam holmes

They totally dominated 2+2 years ago. 364,000th ranked site in the world 2 hours ago. I wonder how much they got from their sale to Full Tilt based on this ranking.

visited pokerpages recently (w/o getting redirected), but afaik the website was sold years ago to pokerstars

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"Industry consolidation : Global Poker Index and HendonMob takes over the database of PokerPages while all the traffic is now redirected to Full Tilt Poker." by aleyx dreyfus

Last edited by NerdSuperfly; 03-13-2015 at 04:27 AM.

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03-13-2015 , 02:30 PM

ContactGSW

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Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 672

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Originally Posted by shoeshinebox

razzo passed away, gary a very nice guy and good poker book.

Gary Carson died recently, Razzo was just rumored to have died (heh @RGP), then I think he really died. Razzo was a well traveled poker dealer. Carson was great, but curmudgeon a better description than nice. Carson's book was my first Hold'em book and it served me well way back then. Both old time RGP usenet group personalities back in the day. Carson would not have lasted around 2Plus2 very long without being banned, but no doubt was a genius, just one of those that never could adapt to the conventional world, or the posting requirements of 2Plus2. Spent his last days playing poker in the Oklahoma Indian casinos, so I guess not a bad way to go.

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03-13-2015 , 02:40 PM

gangnam holmes

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Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 371

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Originally Posted by ContactGSW

What happened to Barbara Yoon and Abdul Jalib and DaVoice and FossilMan? I've seen RGP archives and these names were very active.

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03-13-2015 , 06:10 PM

Ribbo

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Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,164

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Originally Posted by gangnam holmes

What happened to Barbara Yoon and Abdul Jalib and DaVoice and FossilMan? I've seen RGP archives and these names were very active.

Don't forget Badger!

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03-13-2015 , 08:07 PM

xxx

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Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,253

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Originally Posted by gangnam holmes

What happened to Barbara Yoon and Abdul Jalib and DaVoice and FossilMan? I've seen RGP archives and these names were very active.

I had a printout of a poker primer by Jalib that I would sneak peeks at my desk when I had a chance. Good and original writer if memory serves.

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03-13-2015 , 09:43 PM

Billy723

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Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085

Just noticed this today about PokerPages and made me sad. Anybody remembering their old poker software that only offered LH & 08 for casino vouchers in the late 90s? Then they changed it to a newer WSOP type 10k NL software and servers were just crap.

Didn't know about Carson passing either. The good old RGP days of him & Kidpoker arguing about LH hands and other topics lol

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03-14-2015 , 12:15 AM

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mcc3504

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,889

dang really takes me back, was one of the first sites i grinded on back in 06 because it was one of the only mac compatible sites

rip pokerpages

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03-14-2015 , 01:14 AM

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rivercitybirdie

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 4,707

i had gary carson's book. outstanding in many ways (gary is very good writer) but not so good in other ways (i don't think it had recommendations on when to raise)...... i think it's one of the most enjoyable and informative poker books ever

i loved rgp but probably got there a bit late....... loved that russ georgiev.... did fellknight and tanya (get married?) live happily ever after in kingman, arizona?

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03-14-2015 , 01:15 AM

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rivercitybirdie

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 4,707

was there a thread about gary carson dying? if not, there should be

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03-14-2015 , 02:43 AM

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plaaynde

Poker Historian

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 20,069

Here's some remnants: https://twitter.com/pokerpages

Interesting, there's no title hit on Wikipedia for neither pokerpages nor pokerpages.com. Nobody has created an article

. Extremely surprising, imo.

From http://www.bloomberg.com/research/st...apId=102279738, before it disappears:

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Company Overview

PokerPages.com Limited operates as an online poker information site and tournament database. The company provides information on poker through internet. PokerPages.com Limited was founded in 2000 and is based in the United Kingdom. As per the transaction announced on April 19, 2010, PokerPages.com operates as a subsidiary of Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited.

Last edited by plaaynde; 03-14-2015 at 03:11 AM.

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03-15-2015 , 03:18 AM

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plaaynde

Poker Historian

Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 20,069

This is 2009, according to its place in the blog: blog.pokerjunkie.com/online-poker/pokerpages-com-has-left-the-tournament-area. At least it has a screenshot of how the pages used to look. I remember them being in a red format, when was that?

Relaunch 2010, by PokerStars: pokernewsboy.com/poker-site-news/pokerstars-relaunches-pokerpages-com/4733

Facebook appearance, last post in January 2012: www.facebook.com/pages/PokerPages/152996228049416

Last edited by plaaynde; 03-15-2015 at 03:35 AM.

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