Online poker room reviews, finding bad ones easier than finding good

Online poker room reviews, finding bad ones easier than finding good

Everyday workers playing poker with empty pockets. Happy Holidays!

Who can afford playing poker today? I mean really, Times are whacked.

Last week I borrowed $100 off a friend when my debit card did not work at the Mohegan Sun Poker room's ATM cash vacuum cleaner. It was chance running into a guy that would "hook" me up no questions asked. I thought what LUCK. I always pay my debts and he was like.. "No problem."

Nice.

I lost.

I played really bad poker and was irked by the fact that my ATM debit card failed me in the first place. (Turns out at 43 years old, I'm forgetting pin numbers for my various cards) Not good.

So anyway, my pal and I have hooked each other up like this from time to time over the years and it was only one hundred dollars. With Christmas and all we have not been able to connect with each other (I called a few times wanting to pay him back)
Then last night my FaceBook account was a glow with message after message requesting the cash-Ola. lol.

My friend wanted to play in today's $65 tourney at Mohegan Sun Poker at Pocono Downs and was crushed by Christmas money wise. So off I go early this am to you guessed it - the ATM. I wanted to sleep until noon givin the fact that my kid is off school but a rounder in need of action, well.. let's just say I understand.

The question I have is this.. When you are strapped for cash until payday, etc. or just plain poor. Do you play as good as you normally can? I mean, he's down to his last few pesos till Friday. Is my pal ruined today before even buying in? Does playing with empty pockets hurt or help?

I guess we will see.. He just left about a half hour ago and should be buying in right about now.

Good Luck buddy! Give em hell.

Times are tough these days and people that used to have a cash cushion no longer seem to have it. I'll always respect players who gain victories playing from the ho hum poor side of the tracks over the Phil Ivey's of the world. I mean, guys like Ivey make more in rake a day from Full Tilt Poker. Why do these guys even play poker? To win "more money?"

It is a lucky few that have the money of a Doyle Brunson, Dusty Schmidt or Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, the rest of us play under the extra added stress of bunny eared pockets most times.

My buddy has a dream of making it big in the poker world and I for one, hope he does it. He studies, he plays tons, and he's got game. His table is all set, all he needs is the steak.

My making Boilo images from our Mohegan Sun Poker at Pocono Downs web site

Here is something special for my friends here - a picture montage about making Pennsylvania Boilo.

A special Norhteast Pennsylvania Coal region boilo post. A "Holiday Boilo recipe" from my friend. ENJOY!

Northeast Pennsylvania holiday Boilo.  Mmm mmm good!

Best to drink this concoction on those poker nights with bad beats or when the heat is off. It's a drink outside, kind of drink, passed down by our elders here in Northeast Pennsylvania.

Make a fire in the snow and get to sipping some hot boilo. Boilo is also great for when you are not feeling so well (Have a cold and such)

The link above will take you to our local casino poker site,blog called Mohegan Sun Poker at Pocono Downs giving you directions, step by step direction on making this winter time treat for adults.

Folks, Boilo from Northeast Pa is awesome if it's made right and this recipe is spot on.

Happy Rockin Holidays from all of us! Uncle Frank, my kiddo and I (And me pups!)

A happy rocking holidays and a Merry Christmas to all my poker pals around the world and in Northeast PA. Heading up to the Mohegan Sun Poker Room at Pocono Downs - Who knows, maybe I can ROCK IT there too!

Pocono Downs Poker Mohegan Sun is were I usually rock out!

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Captain Tom and Poker Pens for Christmas

What?  You never heard of Captain Tom?  What sorta poker player are you anyways?  Here - do some reading while you check out a really cool gift for poker players who have it all.  These pens are always going to get noticed at the tables.  I know because I have mine with me whenever I play (Just like Captain Tom)

Check out Poker Pens at Poker pens.com - Link here to Poker Pens and get yourself a truly unique Christmas present this year.  Oh!  They write fantastic too.. Worth every penny.  

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Jonathan Little Poker Videos

Here is a free training video from poker pro Jonathan Little. If you like, consider the series, it's good stuff.

Visiting or living in north East Pennsylvania? Mohegansunpokeratpoconodowns.com

Mohegan Sun Poker at Pocono Downs is a site of mine in the works, one of three coming.  If you are living near or thinking about a visit to northeast Pennsylvania you might want to "book mark" my HOME POKER ROOMS web site for poker players.

Any links to my new site from quality poker sites, blogs will be greatly appreciated.

 Mohegansunpokeratpoconodowns.com is just the beginning.  Be sure to pop on often and check out my live poker action.

If we can help you with lodging near the casino or if you have special questions, please visit the site and ask in the comments sections of the various Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs pages.

Position is everything in NL holdem and so is (Keeping your head in the game)

Many of you know this, I messed up, busting out 10th on the final table..  I made many donk moves, playing bad position, small pocket pairs (in this case 3'a) and I bet "ALL IN" against a mad man to my right...

What can I say..  I was in another world, (out of my mind) I never make such moves and I'm totally of the (stop and think rule) but for whatever reason, (TILT?  I don't think I was tilt)  I jammed it all in with at best a bad flip.  Mad man called me with AJ off (man - would have been a great spot to have AK) but he "hit" his J and it mattered not.


I read this week that Doyle says NL holdem is a game of  BIG CARDS... The more and more I play.. I agree. 

I don't know why I made such a gut move, I never do... but I did and it cost me $, so never again, lesson learned... Next hand please.

All this went down at the Mohegan Sun Poker room at Pocono Downs.  It had a bright side to it, my poker pal Chunky came in 3rd..  and picked up some nice gifts for his 12 year old boy.. (He's going to love the gift! Shhhh)  I'll never tell.

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Study 25% Play 75% (My new poker game begins now)

About 3 months ago I joined a site called Drag the Bar.com and boy, I think I finally found a teaching site I like...  They offer a free 7 days if anyone here cares to give it a try.  I'm posting as Xfilespoker.com on the DTB forums.

Last night, I finished a 4 part video series by poker coach "Brent Sheirbon – aka “El Rubio” - " and I like his style of play.  It took about 4 hours (1 hour each video) and I found many leaks in my MTT game.  I'm starting another series today, his "Approach to Large Field MTTs (Part 1)" video series.

He has a good outlook on coin flips.. how to look out for the easy money, among other things.. I give him a thumbs up.

Real Deal Poker "Skype Rant" from across the pond.

51 - 1 (52 trips to Vegas, One bad run) Ya think you know a guy.  Me and who I thought was a friend and a good man Gene Gioia.  (I'm the big one)

Well well, turns out at least 24 people (An all time record I might add, lol) read my poker blog... or at least the few extra people are reading it these days because they are following the key words "Real Deal Poker." That's cool.  I'll thank the nice people for responding to my post yesterday and all I want to add at this point is this... My partner and I worked countless hours for free, investing our time and money (Good money relatively speaking) in a company that we believed in.  Time and time again we called for drastic changes in direction.. Time and time again, we were told we knew nothing.

The following is a nice rant from my pal Chris, (My partner in Real Deal News, etc..) "His words in bold black text.."

For the record, Gene Gioia and his daughter told me and my partner many times that we secured the most active players on his Real Deal site, and I quote, were "The only ones making any money..."  (Really Gene, the only ones making money.. I guess RD donated the rake of our players to charity) This statement about us making money was never true of course as Chris and I (My partner in the U.K./Germany) always found new SEO products, etc... to invest our earned money in. (And then some) We not only did not make money.. we lost money.

I'll add that many from Gene's crew were plain rude and I think jealous of our player sign-ups , not all.. of course, but certainly the manager and workers of Genes marketing team. 

Instead of working with Chris and I, (The marketing team) they chose to ignore us for the most part.  (I always found that hard to believe... Anyone using basic logic would see that we wanted to see Real Deal make it happen..)  It was like they wanted RD to FAIL.  Maybe, just maybe some that were hired by Gene had other plans for Real Deal Poker.  Not good plans, plans of making it fail from the get go.  It's the only explanation due to the horrid moves made by some on Genes infallible team.

Look, I can talk, but I'm no writer.. this is known by all..  so I'll hand this rant over to my partner Chris... (He's much better with words)  Enjoy.

(Chris asked me to post this because blogger does not allow such long comments)  For me, this will close this non Real Deal chapter in my life.  If there is anyone who really has integrity out there and wants to build a poker site that cares about it's customers.. contact me here I guess.  (Chris and I will watch what you're doing for a few years and get back to you)  We certainly will NOT be working for free.

Cheers.


You know Tom; I don't think it was Gene’s intention to rip us off. I think there are hidden agendas out there, just like you always said except that the agendas are now to cover asses just in case another online business opportunity arises. Perhaps we are scapegoats?

Here's how it works, you tell somebody that you know what you’re doing to promote and build an online poker room. (You don't but you say that to get the position anyway, perhaps you got lucky in the early days of poker rooms when competition wasn’t so fierce. Now however you have no clue now how to deal with the overwhelming might of Pokerstars or Full Tilt)

You fuck it all up in ways that the average Joe would never know about by using dated promotion methods that no longer work and then blame others for the lack of people visiting the site. WOW! You even get away with it... Unless somebody points it out of course...

Let’s see, your business is online right? Where would you choose to promote if money is tight?

a) Online perhaps where your business actually is and is very cheap. Or...

b) In a high street park in London which will cost thousands, especially if you fly a celebrity (That you also have to pay) and an entourage around the world to get there?

If you chose ‘a)’ you got the right answer! Give yourself a point. Perhaps you were thinking of a PPC (pay per click campaign) that would bring visitors almost immediately or some off page SEO to bring in visitors long term? If you were then you would have probably done a better job of promoting Realdealpoker than certain others.

Question 2 is a little tougher; I'll give you a little education before I ask it...

You have an online poker site, what is the first thing you need?  (That is not the question although I might well have asked whoever was in charge of building and promoting the RDP site that!)Personally I would choose visitors to my site who are interested in actually playing poker, anyone agree?
So, if you are experienced in promoting an online poker site you would try to get to number one in the search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN for things that people may type (DO type in if you know what you’re doing) into search engines when they are looking for a poker site to play on right?
Of course, you know this! You’re an expert at promoting poker sites online. They can’t fail with your backing can they?

Hmm… Perhaps nobody at Realdealpoker knew this most basic of online concepts however or if they did, they didn’t have a fucking clue how to do it. Then again, perhaps you were right Tom. Sabotage from the inside is always a possibility but I prefer to think these people are just stupid.

(Sorry I digress but people reading this should not forget that online poker is worth millions and millions every year, you think the knife gets put in now and again?)

So, for example if you were to type ‘play poker’ into Google (without the ‘’) you probably will find that www.pokerstars.com is in first position followed by http://www.playwinningpoker.com/articles/how-to-play-poker/ (This may vary depending on which of Google’s data center’s feeds you, results will vary in each region)
The biggest online poker site on the planet gets first place, no surprise there! But hey… look who gets second, that site looks like a pile of shit but it’s in second place. WOW!!!! How did he get there? 2nd place in Google! The biggest search engine online, for ‘play poker’? That motherfucker must have shares in Google!

No, he just knows what he is doing is all. He knows how to get to the top of the search engines and onto page 1 where you get most clicks from people looking to ‘play poker’. The man probably spent months if not years getting there and you can bet he is reaping the benefits right now. Good work! Whoever owns this site is/was a workaholic or paid out a lot to get the work done to get him where he is. Good on him!

Like I said, you don’t get to page one for a search phrase like ‘play poker’ without a shitload of work but if your site is new you can target less competitive phrases like ‘where is the best place to play poker online’ (I’m not saying that is a good word or that is has any traffic, I just pulled it out of the air for an example) not many people are competing for this keyword I would imagine in comparison to ‘play poker’ so if you know what you are doing and you have resources behind you could probably make it to page 1 of Google at least for this phrase, The benefit being if 15 people per day type this phrase into Google you get an extra 15 potential sign ups to your site every day. Not something your average Joe would know but I imagine somebody in charge of promoting an online poker site would know this huh?
Now, imagine you are doing this for a whole bunch of phrases related to people who want to play poker, things like:

Where to play poker online

Best poker site online

Fishiest poker site online

Where can I play poker on the internet?

Play online poker for money

Play online poker for real money

Poker online for low stakes

Play online poker for small money

(I have not checked these keywords for traffic by the way, just examples. Don’t go building sites around these keywords! lol)
See where I’m going? All these visitors, maybe 10 people per phrase all add up to people signing up and playing at your site. Again, an online poker promoter would know this… Wouldn’t they?
Making the big-time and hitting No1 for phrases like ‘best poker site’ will take time and work but targeting niches that are easier to dominate will keep you alive and keep visitors coming to your site day in day out. Start small to get people visiting; word of mouth from these new visitors will help also.

Alternatively do no off site SEO at all and wonder why the fuck nobody turned up to play poker. *Sigh

One of the things you can do to tell the search engines that you want to rank for a particular phrase is to use ‘meta data’, this is a shit way to do it that is very ineffective for real SEO (Search engine Optimization)  benefits but would compliment real SEO efforts. Unfortunately there were no real SEO efforts on the part of the person in charge of SEO at RDP. They decided that spending thousands on going to a park in London for a jaunt was more important to promotion when cash was tight by the look of things.
Probably Tom’s fault they failed however because he decided to be truthful (Remember honesty, integrity and all that?)  and publish an honest post that less than 100 people out of the MILLIONS (yes MILLIONS) of poker players online read it. WOW! Fuck me Tom! How did you manage to push away over 9 million online poker players? You dumb fuck!
You should never have argued with people in the forum either Tom, that’s bound to push away another couple of million players, what the fuck is wrong with you? ;-)

Perspective, it’s a crazy thing.

Tom’s fault RDP went down? Fuck off! Less than 100 people see his post and its negative publicity maybe that fucked RDP?
NOBODY REALLY KNEW ABOUT RDP!!!! What did any of you at RDP do to bring it to the masses? Not a fucking lot!
The RDP team knew fuck all about how to promote online, THAT IS WHY THEY FAILED!

I remember when things were looking bad for RDP and I spoke to Gene Gioia, here’s what I told him…

“Whoever sorted out the onsite SEO for your Realdealpoker.com was useless; they stuffed the Meta data that the search engines read with dozens and dozens of keywords. (Used to work a long time ago but now it is considered spam) Most of the keywords were not even for poker for some bizarre reason! If you want poker players, target poker players by using poker related words not casino related words.
If their strategy of keyword stuffing the site with casino keywords to bring visitors had worked, (which it wouldn’t have) it would be the wrong type of visitor turning up anyway. Hmm… I’m looking for an online casino, I end up at Realdealkpoker: “Oh look, this is a poker site not a casino. I think I’ll just hit the back button on my browser”

Poof! Gone.

So here is question 2:

If you have an online poker site and you want to get targeted traffic do you stuff your meta data with…

a) Dozens of poker and casino(?) search phrases.

b) Dozens of poker search phrases only that will bring visitors who are actually interested in the product you are promoting You would have to research which keywords poker player are looking for but somebody in charge of promoting an online poker site would know this. (Keyword stuffing is still bad and ineffective even if it is relevant however)

c) Just target relevant poker searches without doing the keyword stuffing for searches that bring no traffic or traffic that is interested in a different subject completely?

What a fucking no brainer! Unless you don’t know what the fuck you’re doing of course.

But I guess you’re not talking to me and tom because less than a hundred people read his honest post!

I offered to help you, you didn’t take that option. If you are planning on re opening I suggest you find new staff to promote your site properly.

The money is no biggie for me, I had nothing in the way of money to buy my girlfriend's daughter a birthday present with as I was relying on the paycheck for all the players we sent to your site but I still said to Tom:

“Tell him to keep our money if it helps keep RDP afloat”

You did anyway Gene!

Or perhaps it's out of your hands but you just didn't care to take the time to let me know.

Whatever...

So much for relying on another’s honesty and integrity. Hope it wasn’t you’re choice not to pay us Gene or I would think of you from now on as ‘ A cu*t above the rest’.

When you ignored my “hello, how is it going?” for the third time on Skype I decided to ask via all resources I had available for outstanding money, Paul Gambrill informed me that it was over 1.8k. Not much to you but a lot to me.

There is no excuse for ignorance in that respect, I can understand your ignorance to how promoting an online poker site happened but your ignorance toward friends is inexcusable and leads me to believe there was no integrity there in the first place, just words… Just words.

Tom, he swears by the marines, since when did cutting out those who tried to help become part of the marine creed? Look to those who really fucked you! My experience with British military infantry is way different, dangerous men but look after those who look after them. Honor is a rare thing these days, having no honor publicly must hurt for an ex marine.
In my opinion RDP was doomed from day 1, (although I didn’t know it when I began to promote) I knew very little about SEO before I started working to promote RDP but today, I know for a fact that I know more that the entire team that tried to promote RDP. They were a fucking joke, this goes for the online aspect. The offline promotion was a great idea but with money shortages…?
If anybody doubts that then they do not know SEO in the slightest.

Gene, if you have been misled into thinking that the actions of either myself or Tom resulted in your downfall then you are very much mistaken. Grow up and get a grip on what I have just told you. Verify it with experts if you think I’m full of shit, just beware that most ‘experts’ don’t know it all as you are now finding out. Ask to see page 1 Google results before you deal with anyone. (Page 1 results for competitive search phrases!)
You’re audience was millions; you want to fuck Tom over by not speaking to him for reporting honestly? After standing behind you for years? Go ahead, his honesty maybe put off thousand players. (Yeah, right. More like 20!) Your team however failed to target hundreds of thousands of poker players.
Where does the blame lie?

When you refused to listen to Tom’s input I guess he saw it as a last resort to try and drill into you that your people knew little about getting players to tables.
The party that is behind online promo for RDP in my opinion should be ashamed of the job they have done and distance their name from RDP, bad for business. Why not push the blame onto Tom Dwyer? Might work! lol
Realdealpoker.com is a great looking websites but the SEO behind the pretty look is a pile of dogs shit, I don’t know if the site designers were responsible for this aspect, I hope not for their client’s sake. All I do know is that somebody is responsible and should answer for it.

Gene if you’re reading this then do the right thing, man up and make your apologies to Tom. You’re in the wrong and in your heart you must know this! I don't think you're a bad person, I do think you are looking at all of this from a warped perspective however.

Next time anybody wants to say we were clowns in the promotion of RDP, take a look at the big picture.

Last piece of information and a peace offering:

There is no meta data on RDP at this moment, Why? OK, all the shit has been removed, well done!!! That’s a good start. If you are planning on reopening however you should really think about doing some work to rank for relevant search phrases that will bring traffic now, it takes time so waiting until you are open before you do it is a sure fire way to end up bankrupt again because nobody is visiting… Still.
Meta data isn’t worth a great deal anyway but it does help a little if used correctly, if anyone who designed the site would like a little help or information in the SEO department feel free to contact me via Tom.

In fact, scrap that, if you need help Gene you know where I am. No apology needed, let’s get on with it; I’m a man of integrity, honesty and generosity. You can find me by clicking on my name (The one you ignore) in Skype and saying ‘Hi’.

Just ask or carry on with the Muppets.

Bitches Pleaseeeee...

A Real Lesson learned from Real Deal Poker.

Well.. Real Deal Poker is just another site to rip us affiliates off.. and it's still all good.  I'm done with going deep with new start up online poker companies until they show me months or years of being honest.

Couple months ago, Gene Gioia of Real Deal left me and my partner high and dry after playing us like a fiddle for over 3 years.  No sense in going into all the details at this time, Real Deal & Gene Gioia's just not worth the time it would take..  Let's just say what goes around comes around.

The only way I'd forgive Gene Gioia is if I heard he was in a coma.  He surrounded himself with garbage and garbage well... stinks.

The RD site posted long ago that it would be back up and running, that it was coming back stronger.  Take some advice from Big Daddy and stay clear if they ever open again.  Sad.

All is not lost, I learned tons of SEO stuff while working for RD (I worked for FREE 99% of the time) over the past 3+ years.  While I lost some good cash investing in our RD dedicated sites.. I picked up life knowledge that is worth millions.

I gave Gene Gioia many months to get back to Chris and I about our payments owed and the status of RD... and let's just be clear here.. He went from talking to us every other day for years to... GONE.   He's all of a sudden a GHOST. Investors with this man are the biggest losers in all this..  I lost a few thousand.. no biggie.

As good an idea it was.. Real Deal in the end was just another scam it appears...  A total waste of time and a real shame.

What You Do To Me

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Full Tilt Poker Game #22499473830:
$3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (173743151),
Table 6 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:38 ET - Wed, July 21, 2010

Seat 2: bigTIME LOSER (64,318)
Seat 3: zatar78 (114,564)
Seat 7: nathanhoffman (91,118)
bigTIME LOSER antes 1,000
zatar78 antes 1,000
nathanhoffman antes 1,000
bigTIME LOSER posts the small blind of 4,000
zatar78 posts the big blind of 8,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bigTIME LOSER [Td Ad]
nathanhoffman folds
bigTIME LOSER calls 4,000
zatar78 checks
*** FLOP *** [8c Ts Qh]
bigTIME LOSER checks
zatar78 checks
*** TURN *** [8c Ts Qh] [5s]
bigTIME LOSER bets 19,000
zatar78 has 15 seconds left to act
zatar78 raises to 105,564, and is all in
bigTIME LOSER calls 36,318, and is all in
zatar78 shows [6h 5h]
bigTIME LOSER shows [Td Ad]
Uncalled bet of 50,246 returned to zatar78
*** RIVER *** [8c Ts Qh 5s] [6d]
zatar78 shows two pair, Sixes and Fives
bigTIME LOSER shows a pair of Tens
zatar78 wins the pot (129,636) with two pair, Sixes and Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 129,636 | Rake 0
Board: [8c Ts Qh 5s 6d]
Seat 2: bigTIME LOSER (small blind) showed [Td Ad] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 3: zatar78 (big blind) showed [6h 5h] and won (129,636) with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 7: nathanhoffman (button) folded before the Flop

One of the best Limo Drivers in Vegas!

Just a quick hello to mention a new blog online.  VegasLimoKing!

He's a new sub affiliate of Real Deal Poker News.com and I think he's going to do really well..  

It's totally new - but give Tony's blog a look when you get chance, the stories he tells about being a limo driver in Vegas and New York, Atlantic City are A W E S O M E!  He's an East Coast/West Coast worker and he's also into riding motorcycles.  Plus he's just an all around cool dude.

Welcome to the world of blogging Tony, easy stuff and I know you stories bud, people are going to eat them up like a world class Vegas buffet!


I'll be back soon with two or three great stories from Vegas myself.  I just returned from the World Series of Poker.

THe Real Deal Poker Blitz on Vegas! This rounder is in for a wild week!

It's time.

A few years back, this rounder almost died.  I can remember like it was yesterday when I rented a beach house in North Carolina thinking I was saying goodbye to my then 2 year old little girl (Angel) and wife (Also an angel), of,  at that time 15 years.  That was in 2006.  The last W.S.O.P. I attended, was in 2005. Prior to that, I was to Vegas some 50 times.  Funny how life works out...  Thank you God!  Seems Gods plan for me was not quite finished.  I'll tell you one thing.. If you ever want a great life boost, kick in the tail... do what you love in life. (In my case - play and talk poker) I suggest, as shitty as it is to go thru.. to almost die and do a lot of praying.  Always have hope!

Some love me. A few can't stand me.  I am what I am.  I'm how I am. I don't play games and I tell you like it is face to face,  I'm a huge, big talking, poker playing, lover of God, Family and Country and I live for fair and honest poker games... This year I'm returning to Vegas Baby!  Hide your ladies guys!  Big Daddy is about to do a world class belly flop right into the Rio's poker action.

I'm far from 100% health wise and truth is, I have a load of weight to lose. but I'm going to be there rocking it in Vegas again and that's good enough for me. Why I feel at home in casinos is a bit if a mystery, but I'd have to think it has to do with the fact that I grew up going on family vacations (Atlantic City hotels) with my mother and father. (I dunno.. I just loved them casinos, I think it was all the energy, lights!)  My father played black-jack and I'd watch the action from the brass rails at Bally's.  I was hooked!  I loved the huge hotels, the fancy meals, (we was poor I tell ya!)  and of course the shows!  Dad always took me to the shows!  I seen some of the greatest performers alive before I was 15!  Yeppers.. I just love it all.

Why fight it, this poker bug? (no need to.. DO WHAT YOU LOVE PEOPLE!) I was happy doing professional photography for over 20 years... I really was.. I made a great living at it too. (I was no longer poor and it beat putting roofs on houses)  I'm not too shabby at it either,  if I have to say so myself.  I have two degrees in photography, (One a teaching degree) that sadly, I never really got to use... and many awards.  But, you know what.  I do all this photo stuff part time now.  Now.  For me, it's poker poker poker and I love every second of it.  (Funny thing.. Even my photography is better,all around now, I think because I only shoot what I want to shoot.. when I want to shoot it!) There is a great peace with this..

OK.. So lets review, I almost died (from a little spider bite mind you) , missed a load of poker action since 2006, fought back.. and decided to do what I love from there on out.  Then what?  Simple.  Remember all the praying?  It works at times.  I caught a break, caught some good cards, and ran into a great man some 3+ years ago, who, like me, also demanded fair and honest poker.  Only, his dream was to bring fair and honest cards games to online poker!  OMG! A match made in heaven.  I Followed this mans quest almost everyday since then, we became a friends, and I helped out where I could. (Gene and I are POKER BLOOD BROTHERS) We must have logged a thousand hours + on skype talking and typing poker and how it should provide us serious players of the game, with more security. Players should get a "Real Deal!.'






Why?  (I told you silly.. For some reason this lug loves everything about poker!  Loves Action! "within reason" , and loves the casino towns like Vegas and Atlantic City.  I'm at home in places like this.)  DO WHAT YOU LOVE PEOPLE! Yes, I know how silly this may sound to some... but, I can work hours on poker, writing poker, playing poker, teaching poker.. and I never look at the clock.  I never "feel" like I'm working.  I love being a part of something special like RealDealPoker as well...  Helping to bring players the first ever live deck online, provable fair and honest action is plain cool.. and feels right!  It feels good.

So, his name?  This God sent Angel to me and all of poker???  Gene Gioia.  He's a good man and a real rounders rounder, he's trying his best to bring real deck poker to your computer screens.  I'm doing my best to help him do it.  This week, IN VEGAS BABY!!!!  Maybe you will decide to help him too (And make some money signing up the 30 million + online cash players playing poker right now! Online!)

After what seems like 80 years.. I'll finally meet my poker pal face to face, get to shake his hand.. to meet some of his family and a few workers from his amazing crew, and... apparently, party like it's 1999 as Gene has quite a week set up for everyone.  Mr. Gioia was nice enough to pay my ticket to Vegas with a hotel room included.  (How can I not love this man!!)  I told him to put me up in some small dive, since I would be alone... so he put me at the Venetian of course.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll drop a few pounds walking to and from my room.  MAN.. This is a big place.  (Give me the days of the Dunes, Hacienda, and the Sands.. )  but - listen.. You can't look a gift horse in the mouth.  I'm going to enjoy being UPTOWN for a few days.  I promise.. I'll still be 100% Big Daddy real.  I'll always fight for the regular poker joes... 

Oh!   The best part.  Gene just hired 5 time world boxing champ, Evander Holyfield to promote RealDeal Poker, so I'll be dusting off my Nikons and joining the entourage.. (Don't worry, I'm bringing my body guard)  Gene has invited me to be a part of all this and I feel like a 20 year old again...  I hope to snag some great images for Gene.  If I do.. I'll donate them to the Real Deal Poker cause, fair and honest online poker.  Real Poker online, not online poker.  (Did you get my press pass Gene old buddy old pal?)  No Charge for Mr. Gioia. Any of these images I capture are on the house.

I'll get into the insane list of special events RealDeal will  be taking part in over the next week, but I won't leave you  hanging completeley, A few of the stops for Gene and Evander will be Ante Up for Africa, private party at the Saphire club, the UFC fights.. etc.. This is going to be one sick week.  A week of memories!

I'll do my best to post these images from Vegas if/when possible.. Anything Mr. Gioia approves.  Might I suggest a visit here as well.  My Real Deal Poker News.com.  I'd bookmark this site too.  Gene Gioia visits this often and at the Real Deal Poker Forums.com as well.


If you too want to be a part of fair and honest online poker. Contact my partner Chris Naish chris@realdealpokerbonus.com or visit this site REAL DEAL POKER AFFILIATES.BIZ for more information.  It's totally free and chris will even set accounts up for everyone!  Saving you time and hassle.  He will get into you own FREE Real Deal back office as fast as possible and you can start making money!  Promoting Real Deal Poker with Gene Gioia and Evander Holyfield.  (Oh yeah.. and me too Big Daddy!)

If you are playing?  Be sure to use the BONUS CODE "Bonus200" - Just trust me.  It's the best promo going.

Thanks Mr. Gioia for this great gift.  I hope my 400lbs walking billboard gets you tons of Vegas and world  wide traffic. I pray all this works out the best it possibly can for you and your crew.  You all deserve good things after all these years (5 years+ now)  of hard work.

See you all in VEGAS!

Neglecting my favorite poker blog - But it's worth it.

Hi guys! Let's face it - I'm never totally on top of this blog during the summer months - I'm either in the gardens or working on the 8 new sites I own with my new partner Chris Naish (With Chi Storm Poker)

What's that? No idea? Chi Storm Poker

The big reason I'm here is to share with my non US poker pals one super deal my partner has gotten for our new forums members - It's got to be one of the best BONUS offers with online poker going!  Try like 300% Bonus with Real Deal Poker Forums. 

Not to mention - THIS SICK CHANCE AT MILLIONS!  Currently - It's about a 27-1 shot at a 10K seat in this years World Series of Poker!  Some lucky duck poker players is going to slip in at the last moment!  Flight - Hotel in Vegas will be provided.  Sign up TODAY!

I'll be back to share with you my awesome news too - Soon - I promise!

The only Real game of poker (Cards) online. We deal with a REAL LIFE deck of cards.

The only Real game of poker (Cards) online. We deal with a REAL LIFE deck of cards. Yes! A real decks deal ONLINE. Just like the deck of cards sitting on your kitchen table. Shuffle up "online" with a real deck of cards and hell.. We will even let you cut the deck just before the deal.

Real Deal Poker - "Real Poker online, not online poker..."

Sign up today, tell 10 friends about this new site that offers players action from an actual deck of playing cards. (NO RNG's with this online poker site.. NO WAY)

Take a shot at this years 2010 WSOP in Vegas.

Real Deal offers sit-n-goes to WSOP 2010

New site, Real Deal Poker offers games to gain players entry to 2010 WSOP.

€10 Sit'n'Go at Real Deal Poker

The only online Poker Game that plays with Real Cards.

Most decisions online affiliates make, especially with online poker... are usually hard to make. (Is the company giving my players a fair game, a fair product?) With Real Deal Poker, it's an easy choice. Gene Gioia the owner of this site is a poker player first. He is a man of integrity and he started building the site back over 5 years ago. (Takes time to build an online site of this quality) It's a site where integrity is KEY. The cards dealt are derived from a real deck of playing cards.

If you affiliate with ONE online poker company (Even if you are totally new to online poker sales) - Do it with Real Deal Poker. This one is a KEEPER!




After signing up as an affiliate - Please visit the RealDeal poker FORUMS and sign up there as well, Use the promo bonus code "STORM" in order to receive additional free training (if needed) for S.E.O and web site building.

Get on this TRAIN! 13 million players and about 99% of them have never even heard of this online poker site named RealDeal. (Trust me - they will soon) Will they be playing for your account? That's up to you? As for me! I'm all in with RealDeal Poker.

Real Poker online! Not online poker.

RealDealPoker!

RealDeal Poker's grand opening is in about 2 weeks. It is currently playing "live" cash poker for a test SOFT LAUNCH session.

If you have questions about being an affiliate for Real Deal and need assistance - You can contact me @ dwyertj@hotmail.com (I'll be happy to help if I can) There is info on the FORUMS as well.

All my years of prayers and searching for a Real Deal online poker room

My prayers are answered.  Thanks be to God.

RealDealPoker went live today!  May 7, 2010!

From now on, Thanks to the work of Mr. Gene Gioia and his crew, work that took over 5 years, poker players everywhere around the world have a real online poker room deriving all the action from a real deck of cards... Just like in the World Series of Poker.

Online poker does not get any more real than when it's from a real deck of cards.  It's why they do not use computer rng's in the World Series in Vegas!

 I can play a lot more online poker from now on "knowing" this is from a real deck of cards..and it feels real good too.. Try it!  You will feel the same way.

I got beat buy one card "The Ace of Diamonds" - It's poker, it happens! I'm cool with it because of my years of research in Gene Gioia and Real Deal, and my knowing that outcomes like this.. came from that REAL DECK of playing cards and not an rng.  Hands like this WILL happen real players know this,  but anyone with half a brain will notice that the hands before and after outcomes like this (when on RealDeal Poker) will be far more boring (like real life poker) than that of what we are all used to from the last 8+ years on-line poker play.  I'll never believe that an rng can deliver the same action as a real wash, shuffle and cut.  I'll never buy it. I know for a fact that I am not the only poker player with years of play under his belt that believes this about online poker - poker with the rng.

Give Real Deal a try and I think you will agree.
(But - please!  Try it and YOU decide for yourself)

Check out RealDealPokerbonus.com and RealDealPokerNews.com 
(Bookmark the pages and share them with your friends)

Today I feel I was part of online poker history.  Congratulations to Mr. Gioia!  Great work!  You impress the hell out of me and that is one hard task. 

I see Mr. Gioia is already on talking with the players on the first few hours of play on his realdealpoker.com site. He plans to have weekly talks with players for feedback - Gene's always wanting to make the games better for the players! (He's a real poker player himself! He loves and respects the game.) Online poker starts to make a turn for the better starting today.  I'm proud to have been a part of if all over the last 3 years.  I thank Mr. Gioia for allowing me so close to all the happenings as it all went down. I can assure all people reading this - With Real Deal Poker - You are playing a 100% fair and honest game on poker.  Online.

Come join everyone from around the world on the forums and ask the owner questions of your own and be sure to sign up at RealDeal today and give it a whirl.  It won't take long for you to see RealDealPoker is a change for the better.  I feel poker players will play longer sessions, more often, om Mr. Gioia's site.  Give Real Deal Poker a few months - Let them start the advertising and get through this soft "testing" launch and then you will see.. (Remember - You heard it here first!) Ask around too!  I've been saying this needed to happen almost 8 years ago.  Better late than never I suppose.. :)

My screen name, if you happen to run into me will be ODwyer.  I'd love to play some true random poker with you one day,  if you ever choose to stop on by.  Real Deal is my only online poker room and for good reason.  I spent the last 8 years looking to change how cards are delivered to online games and the last 3 following and helping Mr. Gioia.  It will go down in my life as one of my most awesome memories and I had some pretty darn cool memories up to all this.

RealDeal Poker - Poker online!  Not online poker.

My partner and I Chris Naish, want to thank the many many people who have helped us along the way and to the 120+ players that signed up under our company Chi Storm Poker in just over 2 weeks time.  Chi Storm Poker players are players that sign up using the promo bonus code "Storm" and work together to promote and sell Real Deal to poker players all over the world.

This is only the beginning!  No matter how big Real Deal Poker gets.. everyone involved can sleep sound at night knowing that players on this system are getting an actual wash, shuffle and cut (by the players) from a real deck of 52 playing cards.

I was all in 3 years ago!

You did it Gene!

God Bless you man.  One day I hope poker players everywhere give you the pat on the back you deserve.

A mistake I made. (I'll take the blame)

After 3 years of following RealDeal - Helping Real Deal - I made a major mistake, do not hold this against Real Deal Poker or Mr. Gioia - Please.   

Here is my apology on realdealpokernews.com

Know that Gene Gioia is working 20 hour days to bring poker players a better online game of poker. It's only a day or so away from happening. 

Tattoos and Poker, not for everyone I suppose. They suit me and many others just fine.

I love my new RealDealPoker tattoo.

I have a new Real Deal Poker “logo” tattoo that I’d thought I’d share.  It’s only 4 days new.  It’s been about 4/5 years since my last tattoo and the first one I had done south of the elbow.  (I love it!) I’ve admired the logo since first seeing it years ago, my favorite color is blue and.. well, being a lover of the game of poker, it just fits me.  The fact that I believe in the Real Deal Company is just icing on the cake.
Hollywood stars play poker, rocks stars play poker , girls are playing more and more and everyday guys like me of course, play poker – Many of us enjoy tattoos,  Poker and Tattoos match up pretty nice.  Some love to look at them, others like to judge them and some – go tilt doing so.  (This is a great thing!)  We can use money earned from these tilt players for more tattoos.

Photographs of the Real Deal logo tattoo.

Here is the pic of my  RealDealPoker tattoo.  The shine is from Vitamin “E” oil.  This image is just after the tat was finished.  In about a week it will be totally healed.  It’s washed a good few times a day, 15 ari dry and then E oil applied.  We do this so that the tattoo heals best.  The colors will also hold up best with the vitamin E.

If anyone reading this article would like to see more pictures of the entire process of this poker tattoo being done, all can visit my FaceBook page.  It’s a pretty neat collection of images of the tattoo parlor and the steps taken from A-Z.

To me, tattoos are like my own personal totem pole. The tattoos I have are visual notes from some of the bigger and exciting parts of my life. Things I Love and or believe or both.  I’ve never put a tattoo on my body that I later turned out to hate. (Some do of course, but not me)  I take my time deciding and do it when it feels right. I love them all.  Many of my TATS had months or years of thought behind their design and placement.  It’s a thing I do totally for myself and that I totally without question enjoy.  I’m greedy with/about my tattoos. (lol)   If people enjoy my tattos  (and of course I hope they do)– It’s awesome. When and if certain people have issues with tattoos; That’s awesome too.  (98% of tattoo wearing people, I’d guess also do it for themselves and don’t care much at all what people that judge them think)  It still strikes me funny how some people will look away when seeing my tattoos – (I guess the biker gangs of the 1960’s really scared the hell out of some people) Just a guess.  Who knows why?  Change?  Being Different, Their strict upbringing? Who knows?  Live and let live I always say – It’s their right to like what they like too.
I’ve seen some pretty cool poker tattoos over the years and right about now (writing this article) I’m wishing I’d taken pictures of each and every one of them to share them with you.  Some a real pieces of art. (lol) A good few are trash. (It happens) Maybe now, that cell phone cameras are shooting better images, I’ll start shooting them from now on when I can.
Here is a post on my Real Deal Poker tattoo – If you have a poker tattoo and want to share it with the world. All are welcome to do so here.  Real Deal Poker Tattoo Article.  Give us a story behind it as well if you have the time.
If you are considering getting a tattoo (Poker or otherwise) put some serious thought  into it all .. You are kind of stuck with the results (lol) unless you go the route of serious cosmetic surgery $$$.   If you don’t have tattoos – please consider not judging the people having them.  (Don’t judge a book by it’s cover)  Many are really sweet and nice people who would hold a door for you or offer you a coat when you’re cold.  Many are great poker players as well.
Tattoo wearing poker players are just like you and everyone else at the table.  We are just a little more colorful is all.

Back to the Real Deal logo.

I’d never get a company logo tattoo unless I really loved the image and more importantly that I believed in the company.  I’m glad I ran into this design and I’m glad I found Real Deal Poker. I love them both.  If you care to read more about RealDeal Poker – (The first proven honest and real online game of poker ever) check it out here. Realdealpokerbonus.com

If you have seen some really cool poker tattoos on the net – Please share them as well.  It amazes me how cool and creative some of them are.

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Real Deal Poker Promo Code "STORM"

Promo Code "STORM" for the best online poker experience ever. Real Cards online. http://realdealpoker.com/register.php (Sign up - then visit http://realdealpokerforums.com and let us know - It gets you bonus action and affiliate status) Makes you some MONEY.

Chi Storm POKER! 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.. and a whole LOT MORE reasons to join up today!

Why sign up with Real Deal Poker and team STORM? We (Chi STORM Poker) can give you 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 reasons, Plus! Why affiliates and players need to use the “Storm” promo when signing up with Real Deal Poker.  Simple, RealDealPoker is the best game in town! (Well, Will be on the internet anyways..) The Real Deal Buzz. Real Deal is the site you have been reading about and will continue reading about over the next few years.  Invented my Gene Gioia Real Deal is the only online poker site that offers players the best security, oversights on the security and a real deck of playing cards online. How do they do deal a real deal online? And how can we give you 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 + reasons why affiliates and players need to join team "STORM" like YESTERDAY?  It’s simple.  The “Chi Storm Poker Group” is the first group ever to be following Gene Gioia and the growth of Real Deal.  For over 3 years now, Chi Storm Poker has watched Real Deal Poker develop into the mega online power house that it is today.  It all begins in April 2010!  Trust us!  If you are a POKER PLAYER. And you’re wanting the most real poker game (Action) ever designed for online. You want RealDeal.  The World Series of Poker is dealt with real cards for a reason!  Real Poker requires a real, wash, shuffle, cut and deal!  Yes!  Our players even get to cut the deck! Everyone who plays poker also wants a fair game of cards.  Real Deal Poker gives players this fair game and proves it day in day out, 24/7.  A recent study reported that up to 67% of poker players have major concerns with playing online poker, due to questions about security. (The fear of being cheated, etc.)  We are not saying online companies are cheating here.  We don’t need to and could care less..What we ARE saying is… RealDeal shows poker players HOW they deliver fairest game of online poker ever!  I’m telling all of you!  This is by far the best online poker system ever designed.  Pitch it to poker players and they are going to eat it up!  (And thank you for linking them to RealDealPoker) Team STORM is the fastest growing group of affiliates (52 affiliates in first 4 days)all wanting to promote RealDeal , some advanced, some not.  Some people signing up have no clue how to make money selling poker.  (It’s free to sign up by the way) Not a problem.  The owners of Chi Storm Poker, Chris Naish U.K. and Tom Dwyer U.S.A.  have put in place easy step by step education modules to help even people that are new to being poker affiliates.  Chi Storm Poker explains it all and is there to answer any and all questions. Selling poker online is legal and easy when you have a product of integrity like Real Deal Poker.  Not sold on this fantastic money making program?  Watch this video made by the owner of Real Deal Poker.  Gene Gioia.  http://realdealpokernews.com/real-deal-poker-news-com-blog   (Note! Double clicking on the video when it’s done, should take you to more videos on Real Deal) There are 13 million players out there.  Real Deal is on the ground floor.  How many players can you sign up?  Use Twitter, facebook, myspace etc.. Just do it now.  PROMO CODE “STORM” today!  Time is a wasting and early birds will do best. One major POINT. Chi Storm Poker will never ask anyone (affiliates) for a dime.  We just want you to help us grow RealDealPoker!  (We get paid by the company to help YOU do this.) We will however give sign ups major advantages.  Heck. The inventor himself is a thread posting member of our forums. http://www.realdealpokerforums.com  Look for his private section.  “The Boss”  Mr. Gioia answers players and affiliates questions himself! Real Deal Poker sounds good huh?  Too good to be true?  (We know, but it’s all true.) Oh! Remember everyone; you don’t have to be a poker player to sell poker.  And this is all legal! (we only sell outside the U.S. at the moment) Please,  Just give this  a few days  - Soak in our information then, give us a few weeks (2/3 weeks) few hours each week working.  Remember, we show you step by step what to do and help you if you hit a wall.  Once set up. All you have to do is write a few articles (100 to 300 words) and drive traffic to your site.  WE HELP YOU WITH THIS AS WELL!  We can’t do it for you. (Too busy for that) but we will show you how it’s done. Ready to get to work?  Want to make real money?  Ready to sell a product that will sell itself, all you need to do is find players that love honest and fair poker action!  Real Deal Poker “Player and Affiliate Sign Up” Information Sign up using the PROMO CODE  “Storm” here -http://realdealpoker.com/register.php *After you sign up with “storm” promo code, get with us (realdealpokerbonus@yahoo.com) we will confirm your sign up and get you some special forum passwords to you for the forum and also your first 2 education modules as well.  Go for it!  In less than 6 months you will be very happy you did.  Welcome to Real Deal’s Chi Storm Poker! All the best! The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER MrXfilespoker Poker Forum WHERE I PLAY - Full Tilt Poker Homepage

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Chi Storm POKER! 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.. and a whole LOT MORE reasons to join up today!

Why sign up with Real Deal Poker and team STORM? We (Chi STORM Poker) can give you 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 reasons, Plus! Why affiliates and players need to use the “Storm” promo when signing up with Real Deal Poker.  Simple, RealDealPoker is the best game in town! (Well, Will be on the internet anyways..) The Real Deal Buzz. Real Deal is the site you have been reading about and will continue reading about over the next few years.  Invented my Gene Gioia Real Deal is the only online poker site that offers players the best security, oversights on the security and a real deck of playing cards online. How do they do deal a real deal online? And how can we give you 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 + reasons why affiliates and players need to join team "STORM" like YESTERDAY?  It’s simple.  The “Chi Storm Poker Group” is the first group ever to be following Gene Gioia and the growth of Real Deal.  For over 3 years now, Chi Storm Poker has watched Real Deal Poker develop into the mega online power house that it is today.  It all begins in April 2010!  Trust us!  If you are a POKER PLAYER. And you’re wanting the most real poker game (Action) ever designed for online. You want RealDeal.  The World Series of Poker is dealt with real cards for a reason!  Real Poker requires a real, wash, shuffle, cut and deal!  Yes!  Our players even get to cut the deck! Everyone who plays poker also wants a fair game of cards.  Real Deal Poker gives players this fair game and proves it day in day out, 24/7.  A recent study reported that up to 67% of poker players have major concerns with playing online poker, due to questions about security. (The fear of being cheated, etc.)  We are not saying online companies are cheating here.  We don’t need to and could care less..What we ARE saying is… RealDeal shows poker players HOW they deliver fairest game of online poker ever!  I’m telling all of you!  This is by far the best online poker system ever designed.  Pitch it to poker players and they are going to eat it up!  (And thank you for linking them to RealDealPoker) Team STORM is the fastest growing group of affiliates (52 affiliates in first 4 days)all wanting to promote RealDeal , some advanced, some not.  Some people signing up have no clue how to make money selling poker.  (It’s free to sign up by the way) Not a problem.  The owners of Chi Storm Poker, Chris Naish U.K. and Tom Dwyer U.S.A.  have put in place easy step by step education modules to help even people that are new to being poker affiliates.  Chi Storm Poker explains it all and is there to answer any and all questions. Selling poker online is legal and easy when you have a product of integrity like Real Deal Poker.  Not sold on this fantastic money making program?  Watch this video made by the owner of Real Deal Poker.  Gene Gioia.  http://realdealpokernews.com/real-deal-poker-news-com-blog   (Note! Double clicking on the video when it’s done, should take you to more videos on Real Deal) There are 13 million players out there.  Real Deal is on the ground floor.  How many players can you sign up?  Use Twitter, facebook, myspace etc.. Just do it now.  PROMO CODE “STORM” today!  Time is a wasting and early birds will do best. One major POINT. Chi Storm Poker will never ask anyone (affiliates) for a dime.  We just want you to help us grow RealDealPoker!  (We get paid by the company to help YOU do this.) We will however give sign ups major advantages.  Heck. The inventor himself is a thread posting member of our forums. http://www.realdealpokerforums.com  Look for his private section.  “The Boss”  Mr. Gioia answers players and affiliates questions himself! Real Deal Poker sounds good huh?  Too good to be true?  (We know, but it’s all true.) Oh! Remember everyone; you don’t have to be a poker player to sell poker.  And this is all legal! (we only sell outside the U.S. at the moment) Please,  Just give this  a few days  - Soak in our information then, give us a few weeks (2/3 weeks) few hours each week working.  Remember, we show you step by step what to do and help you if you hit a wall.  Once set up. All you have to do is write a few articles (100 to 300 words) and drive traffic to your site.  WE HELP YOU WITH THIS AS WELL!  We can’t do it for you. (Too busy for that) but we will show you how it’s done. Ready to get to work?  Want to make real money?  Ready to sell a product that will sell itself, all you need to do is find players that love honest and fair poker action!  Real Deal Poker “Player and Affiliate Sign Up” Information Sign up using the PROMO CODE  “Storm” here -http://realdealpoker.com/register.php *After you sign up with “storm” promo code, get with us (realdealpokerbonus@yahoo.com) we will confirm your sign up and get you some special forum passwords to you for the forum and also your first 2 education modules as well.  Go for it!  In less than 6 months you will be very happy you did.  Welcome to Real Deal’s Chi Storm Poker! All the best! The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER MrXfilespoker Poker Forum WHERE I PLAY - Full Tilt Poker Homepage

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Gene Gioia Real Deal Poker News interview -

NOT SO FAST! READ UP ON REAL DEAL POKER BEFORE YOU JUMP THE GUN!

For the record - I tried to post this here blog/rant on their poker forums web site - but it was too long.

You will need to go to their site - and start from the TOP. (Start) If you did not come here from pokernetwork.

http://www.pokernetwork.com/forums/main-noticeboard/22573

THIS IS MY REPLY TO THE NASTY THREAD about the new poker site Real Deal.(follow the link above)

"OMG" Real Deal Poker What a Joke LMAO


NOT SO FAST KIDDIES!


Thanks for THIS post. I've not done a calm rant on the subject of FAIR and HONEST online poker in quite some time.


I dunno, the posters of threads like this one might be looking pretty silly in a few weeks... Making statements with little or no information.. To slam something for no reason. (Not knowing a lick about what you are talking about) is just a bad ,bad, manners and dumb thing to do.



I can see this POKER thread on this here poker forum going down in history as being one of most information "lacking" posts of all time! Congrats! Lol.


Now, I'm one to usually keep cool about silly threads on "poker" from non poker players. But with this post - Hmmmmm.



Nothing will change. ;)


You see,


Posts made by lurkers and 90% of poker forum members all over the world (Usually kids, still living with mom and dad) are a joke. They always lack quality research. AND.. While I'm ranting.. HEY! Grow a "set" (not trips, "BALLS") and sign your name to mindless uneducated slander like this here.



Real Deal is not only, "not a joke.. " It's the poker site launching this spring that will offer the only REAL online poker game ever to grace the world wide web. I'd be thrilled to have an ALL IN hand like REAL DEAL.


I wish I was smart enough and had the ability to put the team of builders and investors (of which there are many!) and build such a system. Especially a system of such quality.


Hell... I'm running on here.. But, the starter of this tread and his pals need my help. And Big Daddy is going to give it to them.


People.


Do some research on Real Deal. (You guys know what research is.. Turn the $5 sit n goes off for a few days and buckle down and get to work and study.) I've done a few hundred hours of research on Gene Gioia and Real Deal. For over 3 years now... to be exact. I loved what I found so much - that I offered feedback and testing for free for over 2 years. Then I found all my local "live" poker playing friends 75% of which, gave up on ONLINE poker (For various reasons) and ran REAL DEAL by them.. and get this. They all loved Genes Idea.


Plus, After playing live for 20+ years and lifting every rock, asking all the tough questions direct to Gene Gioia.. (And getting solid no BULL SHIT answers) I can say with 100% confidence that Real Deal Poker will be the one of the best online poker sites online. A poker site that was designed from the ground up, with the players in mind. Built by a man and a team of integrity. Built by a man, muck.. (lol - did I say muck?) MUCH, like me.. that get this.. (come close, I'll whisper a trade secret to you) Did it for his love of the game of POKER.


I loved his idea's years AGO and after watching his team meld the idea's into what Real Deal is today - I LOVE IT EVEN MORE today. By a country mile.


I'm becoming an affiliate too - the day the program goes live! I'm selling this product to my mother and family -

Quality tends to sell itself... and God knows all of you will need to check it out - so stop your silly talk.


Real Deal Poker will offer the best security and oversights for said security that will prove to players that everything is on the up and up. Day in and day out, hand after hand. (And all this can be explained and proven with audits, need they be.. via a third party)


As to speed, no worries there.. I've tested the system many times and I can say - Real Deal has all of us covered... Big Time covered in fact.. Maybe not RUSH style poker.. (But all real poker players know..that's not really poker anyways..) That's %'s and SLOT MACHINE non poker.



But you know what. These are all just words. (Mine just happen to be all fact based) GOOD NEWS! Your words and my words are not needed in this debate... Not one little bit.


The real proof that will have any negative posters (on poker forums everywhere) eating their words in a hurry can be had "all by their lonesome... In the comfort of their moms and dads house."

Just as long as they give REAL DEAL a fair try and actually play a few games of "52" card "real deck" poker. (Watch the RD videos on http://www.realdealpokernews.com/


Hint. That's the old Real Deal machine in the video. The new RD machines are far superior.


Real Deal Poker will need to say nothing to get players excited, except turn the power switch on. (LOL - I'm telling you - RD is that good!) Real players will see in the first few hands what a great service Gene Gioia and his crew did for all of the poker world.


Are you boys and girls ready to play REAL POKER? Tell you what, I'm pretty sure - Gene will LOCK up a private table for us.. (nothing too big, I'm not a millionaire) but up to 10/20 should work fine. Hell, he's offered the BIG SHOT POKER PROS their own private rooms (tables)


Boo! lol.


What's the matter boys? Do you have loads of money invested in bot programs? Why the hate posts on something so cool?

Maybe it's bots.

"THAT MAKES "ME" LAUGH!"


SOMEBODY PLEASE LEND ME SOME OLD BLACK AND WHITE "WESTERNS ON TV" (movies on CD) THAT HAD AN RNG POKER GAME GOING ON?" John Wayne played "real deck" poker. "The COWBOYS played poker with a REAL DEAL!"


It's time for internet poker to grow up and get with the times! Time to PLAY REAL POKER with a REAL DECK OF CARDS.. Let's be fair here and let's be real men and women about all this. When possible, REAL POKER will always be played with a real deck of cards. End of Story.


Why slam a site like REAL DEAL POKER? (Before kicking the tires?) Better question, Why wouldn't any real online or live poker player hold off on making negative comments until after placing a few bets?(One that truly loves the game for real anyways)


Hold off on making negative comments until after raising a few hands and dragging a few pots on this exciting new site, no? (Make an educated decision "AFTER" you log in) It makes NO sense to do otherwise?


If players had a choice of an honest "real shuffle, real deck, with a player getting a cut w/ burn cards" delivered right to there computer screens, a 100% proven honest poker game with hands that can and will be proven to be fair and honest in a way that is "Clear" and easy to understand by all, and using much better security and oversights what do you think they are going to do?

Do you really think people are not going to check Real Deal out?

They would be the crazy ones - to at least (at min) not try REAL DEAL out for themselves! (Be honest)


I figure all the negative forum post writers.. will be the first to log on to RD.
Maybe not. I'll keep my eyes on the REAL DEAL poker games chat box.


Maybe you guys just need to be educated some. Maybe you guys can and will come around about Real Deal. (I believe you not only can.. but will, if you give RD an honest shot.)


Tell you what! My name is Tom Dwyer - I live in Hazleton Pennsylvania and have played more hours of live poker than, hell.. Let's just say I played too much poker. I played all over the U.S/Bahamahs, etc, More than most forum members here I'd guess is possible. Gene Gioia has too - I'm 100% sure of it! (He's got me by a good few years)


Tell you what,


I'll meet with any POKER player, or any poker pro and debate how Mr. Gioia's system for online poker has to be one of the best! And why the players playing on Real Deal will be the only REAL CARD players online.


I can do 60 minutes, morning news shows, TV talk, radio and hell - even internet poker shows.. youtube and twitter.


Why kick a man like Gene Gioia, a man that worked over 5 years on developing one hell of a system for online poker players. His fantastic system has not one, not two but four patents. (How many patents do you master minds have?)


Trust me boys! Do yourself a favor.. Become an affiliate of Real Deal Poker QUICK.


You will thank me one day for bringing all of you up to speed.


Any questions - I can be reached on my site - Do a search or look for @Xfilespoker on twitter.


Good luck at the REAL DEAL tables! That site is getting ALL my action come April 2010.