One of the most respected and talented poker players has just spoken out on his blog regarding the current state of online poker, and the changes he feels are long overdue and necessary. As Galfond expected the Twitterverse and poker blogosphere has blown-up in response, with people falling on both sides of the argument. Granted, most of the issues discussed tend to affect onlyRead Full Article

Maybe only Alabama vs. Auburn or Ohio State vs. Michigan in College Football, the Boston Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball, or the Boston Celtics vs. the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association can rival the budding rivalry that is growing between Bodog and PokerScout.com. The conflict between the two, which spans back quite some time, hasRead Full Article

One of the biggest questions Bodog faced when it announced it would be switching all of its poker tables to Anonymous Tables (where players are identified only by a random ID) was how the site would police colluders. In an earlier post I stated that for Bodog (or any other network for that matter) to make Anonymous Tables work they would need to alleviateRead Full Article

With the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamonds Poker Classic taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada the center of the US poker world at the moment, nearly halfway across the world it’s the European Poker Tour’s annual stop in Prague, Czech Republic that is headlining the European poker scene. The EPT Prague Main Event is entering Day 4, and the tournament has seen its record-settingRead Full Article

According to the website HHSmithy.com, the newly implemented Anonymous Tables at Bodog are not as anonymous as the site would have you believe. The site released a video on Tuesday demonstrating how they were able to exploit the Bodog code and gain access to each players Bodog ID# (Similar to a screen-name). Later the site released a second video where they explained how toRead Full Article

Just days after Bodog announced all of their poker tables would now be anonymous, the Microgaming Poker Network has apparently decided to follow in their footsteps, announcing yesterday that all of their Heads-Up No Limit Holdem tables, and select other tables at all stakes would be anonymous. I’ve been giving a lot of credit to Bodog for their site-wide anonymous tables, but I shouldRead Full Article

With the announcement of a new software update that includes making every player on the site anonymous, Bodog has become the first online poker site to take a serious step in deterring data-mining and putting all online poker players on an equal playing field. Bodog has long been an advocate of doing away with data-mining (where professional players can collect data on their opponentsRead Full Article

Earlier this week Calvin Ayre called out the online poker tracking site PokerScout.com, claiming that they were “stealing” Bodog data as part of their collection methods. While it remains unclear what precise methods pokerscout.com uses in their data collection (the site basically keeps statistics on the amount of traffic at virtually all major online poker rooms) Ayre claims that Bodog has asked pokerscout.com andRead Full Article

Yes, we know the picture is bigger than usual, BUT IT’S AMANDA LEATHERMAN! Bodog has always been the nonconformist of the online poker world, and this is no more evident than in their choices of sponsored players. Bodog apparently dismisses the idea that signing the top players in the poker world will bring in more players, instead taking the line that signing beautiful youngRead Full Article

Chalk up yet another US online poker site to the after effects of Black Friday. On Tuesday Bodog announced it would allow its gaming license with Morris Mohawk Gaming to expire at the end of the year, signaling the end of US operations. Long known for thumbing their nose at US gaming laws, Bodog recently received a UK gaming license and will now likelyRead Full Article