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Mis-communication Results in Poker Tourney Equipment Confiscation

wgp-to — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:36:30 +0000

There was some great excitement in Spain.

Some delegates of the EiG Expo in Barcelona were raided by the Spanish police right in the middle of the land poker tournament. The tournament turned out to be illegal due to some changes in the Catalan laws.

Though no one was arrested in the case, the Spanish police confiscated all of the poker equipment used for the tournment.

The EiG conference and Expo takes place in Barcelona on a regular basis. This time it was a real hit, although if you were a poker player in the tournament, you may not have thought so. Its probably best to check with the officials first, or at least be up to date with the laws of each particular country!

Lots of representatives of online casinos and poker gambling sites made the trek to the Spanish city to see exhibitions, witness new product launches and take part in discussions. Little did they know that there would be some extra entertainment on the side!

The situation with the poker tourney being illegal, was explained as a matter of mis-communication. The tournament organizers are reported to have been unaware of the law change.

Submission directories and online quests

wgp-to — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:29:51 +0000

I was really interested in what my young nephew had to say about online directories. As I have so often wasted time whilst being led down the wrong path, during my “online quest” for something and then spent ages, desperately clicking away in pursuit of my elusive prey. Once he had stopped teasing me, we had a really informative discussion around the topic. I will think about removing the “Know-it-all” title, pehaps I was a bit harsh on the little fellow (who is now taller than me…).

I wanted to know if it could work the other way round - if you could list your business in a directory. And of course you can. The best move is to submit your site at a Free Submission Directory. Well what a great way to advertise your business, at no extra cost.

And, its also a great place to find new poker sites. To network in our networked world!

So now I have a new tactic to save time during this year’s “online quests” – online directories.

Know-it-all nephew and Web Directories

wgp-to — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:43:33 +0000

So there I was sitting at the Christmas table, talking away about how long it took me to search for gifts. When my know-it-all young nephew, interupts with, “Uncle Mike why didn’t you try an online directory?”

“A what?” says Uncle Mike, who thought he knew it all…

“A web directory, like DMegs for example, gives you a great way to search for top sites and blogs”, says the young know-it-all with a smirk on his face. Lucky for him he was on the otherside of the table and out of striking distance! They start out small and child-like and then suddenly at the next Chrstmas they are taller than you and know more than you.

Anyway I did check out the web directory and the infuriating thing is that he was right, it is a great place to start looking and to narrow down your search topic. It also has an incredibly wide range of topics – and on the ”latest sites” page there was a review of the latest top online poker sites. So they must have their priorities right!