OnlinePoker.org

Over the past week it was announced that Blanca Games had acquired the Cereus poker network. While the details of the deal were not disclosed, there was one obvious change that everyone seemed to pick up on. If you navigate to the domain UltimateBet.com you get redirected to DepositBonus.com. Hmm pretty fishy. I tweeted to UB to see if I could get a response as to why this was happening.

Here is the convo:

So why would anyone care? Well for starters the people that promote UB on their websites will need to update their links in order to get paid. If they don’t, they’ll be sending traffic to this random affiliate site. It also makes you wonder how that new domain will be ranking on the search engines once Google figures out what is going on (more on that later). Certainly UB is doing damage control by having all of it’s online properties link to the proper domain, but there will be many links that stay pointed to the old domain. I’m wondering how long their dmoz link will last, personally. I’m guessing a while since the editors seem to be taking their precious time updating the poker category.

As if that wasn’t bad enough a member at PAL points out that most of the content has been copied from PokerBonuses.com. I wonder what Nat Arem will think about that? There are also a few other sites owned by poker affiliates that were copied, such as onlinepokeraffiliate.org. Check out the copyscape report here. It looks like they’ve been picking paragraphs here and there from a variety of sites. I’m sure the owners of the redirected domain are feeling pretty clever… too bad they are blowing it. Well, maybe not when you think about how much spam has been making it past Google lately. It looks like there is more than one domain being redirected to DepositBonus.com. This will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Every now and then you get lucky. Last night, I was lucky enough to receive this MP3 from a guy known as DC. Words can’t really describe it so just listen.

Here are the lyrics for those who want to follow along:

Check
Check
Check
Check
Check or Bet Raise
Check
Check or Bet Fold
Check
Raise
Call (Check)
Call
Call
Call
Im All in
Check
Fold
Poker is  a Game of Skill
Poker is a Game of Skill
AND LUCK!
Check
Im All In
Call (Check)
Call
Call
Call
No Limit Hold EM
Two Cards, Check bet or fold em
Exploit the weak make em think your week
Got Ace Jack in the High Jack seat
Play position, ammunition, put venom to a decision.
Value bet, a flush or a set?
Poker is a Game of Skill
AND LUCK!
Call (check)
Call
Call
Call
Raise
Check
SHIP IT
Fold
Check
Check
Fold
Check
Check or Bet
SHIP IT
Check
Im all in
Call
Call
Call (Raise)
Call
Re Raise
4 Bet CHeck?
Poker is a Game of Skill
AND LUCK!

Raise with aces, shades to hide faces
Stack off with a pair, chip and a chair
its all part of the grind, live or online
move in blind ahead or behind
semi bluff… sure enough
lag or tag this game gets tough
Whats your play? deuce tray all day?

Poker is a game of skill
AND LUCK!
Blinds are up, balance your range
now you got a 3 bet bluff for a change
post flop the bets don’t stop
best you can do is hope for a chop
callin your all in, ship it holla tree $50 ballin
stack your filth, got opponents on tilt

poker is a game of skill
AND LUCK!
check
fold
fold
check
call
call
call
call
reraise
check
check
over head
check
easy lay down
check
im all in
SHIP IT
check
raise
raise
check
check
raise
raise
poker is a game of skill
AND LUCK

Mike had a good guest post on Kevin’s blog about making shit happen that I thought was spot on when it comes to this industry. You eventually get to a point where you know enough to make it happen. It’s just a matter of doing it. I’ve been to a lot of seo conferences, social media conferences, super expensive small conferences, and  of course poker conferences. One thing that I’ve come away with every time is exactly what Mike was talking about. You just need to do it, now. Sitting around and talking shop all day isn’t going to make you any money in the end.

I know affiliates that are smarter than all of these seo and social media guru’s, yet they do not go around speaking at conferences because they would rather make real money than preach to new comers. The people making bank right now are the people that are executing. They know what works, and they are doing it. I’ve wasted so much time and money going to conferences, when I guess it was just a way to avoid working. You just need to sit down, send those emails, write, upload, or whatever it is you need to do… every day. Grind it out. Keep pushing until one day you look up and say, “Wow, I can’t believe how much I’ve accomplished in the past year”

Have I been chatting with you all day on skype like I used to? Nope. Have I been writing a ton of blog posts? Nope. Do I have 3k posts on the forums? Nope. I’m just sayin…

Get up, get out and get something.  Like the song says.

As you can see my old domain is redirecting to this one. I made this change because I am going to start writing posts again and I figured I might as well do it on my site instead of my old blog. So if you have a blog and it used to link to my old site, feel free to update the link. As you can see I have kept everyone in the blogroll who was on the old one. I know half of you haven’t updated your blogs in months, but neither have I so I’ve kept you all up.

So what have I been up to?

I’ve really just been working on this site. I’ve pretty much let every other project go stale because this is the one that means the most to me and in my eyes it’s the only one worth pursuing. As you can see at Mike’s Blog , we recently went to a search conference in Tampa. While it was fun, we both pretty much agree that what we do is much different than what “they” do. We go to learn, they go because their trip is paid for and their boss told them. I’m pretty much burnt out on conferences. It boils down to this: If I want to get bombed and stay out until 6am, I can do that in my own town and not pay thousands of dollars to go do it in eastern Europe. I have the knowledge and tools I need to make things work, it’s just a matter of sitting down and doing it.

Some of what I’ve been up to consists of building up the strategy section and posting kick ass infographics like this and this. So keep checking back here, I’ve got a few more REALLY kick ass infographics coming up that your are gonna want to link to.

The Hog

Back in January I bought a motorcycle. It was a “crotch rocket“. While it was fun and fast as hell, I didn’t really feel like it was right for me. So last week I made the move and traded that death machine for a Nightster. So now my time is pretty much consumed with cruising. With the weather being nice, it’s tough to sit at the computer for very long. It’s nice to take a break and go for a cruise.

Moving

It’s been about a year since I moved back to Georgia from Colorado. The lease on my house is up, and since I don’t want to live in a dump anymore I’ll have to move. It is really going to suck, and I’m not looking forward to it whatsoever. I’ll definitely miss the crazy nights and throwing stuff off the back porch into the creek (RIP to the shop vac, dvd player, bookshelf, mop, numerous pots and pans, squeegee, about 15-20 40oz bottles, numerous dishes and cups, a subwoofer box with 2 12′s, and of course our grill.) I’ll also miss the office/beat laboratory. Nothing is more fun than waking up in the morning and throwing down a John Bonham style drum solo, then turning on the mesa half stack and blasting guitar.

That’s all for now, I’m down in Panama City, Florida for the week.