Big shout to all my domain brothers out there. Read Dutch Boyd's blog about how Pokerhost is trying to jack him for Pokerhost.net. Now this isn't a cyber-squatting issue - Dutch has owned Pokerhost.net since before Pokerhost.com was up and running. Dutch registered the domain name (along with a few hundred others) to capitalize on the emerging poker market, and in this writer's opinion Pokerhost has zero claim to it. Fight the power Dutch! In other domain news, read this alarming article just posted on Gambling911 by Mr. Costigan himself. It looks like the state of Kentucky working somehow with Godaddy is seizing the domain names of Cake Poker, Doyles Room, UltimateBet, and many others. Something doesn't sound right but G911 is usually pretty reliable. We will see... Also in unrelated news I won a 3,500+ entrant $10 tourney yesterday. +$5k for Micon! Lashanian was out of his element

You guys are very lucky that I have a substance abuse problem and browse the internet all day. That is because I find gems like Videopokertable.net and then get their creators on this fine internet radio show that you can also podcast. (click the NWP Radio tab, you'll find it) I spoke to Andrew the other day and he agreed to come on the show and tell us a little more about the table, when we can get one, and how it works. If you haven't watched his front page video you should. It is fucking sweet. Everyone knows I'm addicted to the Excalibur's full digital poker table, so it was refreshing to see Andrew's take on where the technology and the oldschool come together.

Near the end of the show we talk to our man Teddy "Iceman" Monroe about getting barred from the Bellagio for alleged involvement in a coin flip scam. Official thread for the videopokertable.net/Iceman radio show is here. Listen in our archive right now.

Today the Kahnawake Gaming Commission confirmed something that most of us already knew, that Russ Hamilton was the main perpetrator of the Ultimate Bet superuser cheating scandal. The KGC puts the number somewhere around $60M. In this writer's opinion, when Russ Hamilton failed to show up for the WSOP this year it was like admitting his guilt. A former WSOP main event winner not in jail and still liquid would never miss the WSOP... unless he had recently jacked all those guys for millions. I wonder where he is now and if we will ever see him again.

In my line of work, nothing shocks me anymore. I was recently approached by a very well known professional poker player that has decided to remain anonymous, and she or he told me that they were huge fans of NWP's very own Jewdonk and wanted to stake him. Terms were agreed upon, money has been sent to Jewdonk, (I have acted as an intermediary or "money proxy" to facilitate protection of the SP) and here is the official rail and Jewdonk report thread. This is of course going on at Full Tilt Poker exclusively.

NWP Radio runs every Wednesday at 7pm local Vegas time. This week our special guest is the lovely Karina Jett. The Mother, Wife, and Full Tilt red pro will be in studio to talk about what it is like to play cards, live with a card player, and take beats on a computer while feeding the kids. Official thread in our poker forum.

Few things in life are more complicated and convoluted than the Ultimatebet Superuser Cheating Scandal. However, MSNBC does a pretty good job deconstructing the whole thing in this 3-page article, which is definitely worth reading.

One thing is for certain -- Ultimatebet was and still is run by dishonest scumbags, and they don't deserve anyone's business. In my opinion, it is highly unlikely that those cheated -- myself included -- will ever get fully paid back what was stolen from us.

Every now and then you meet a man that you like. Ok I should phrase that differently but I'm too lazy. Anywho, Adam Schoenfeld is a lazy jew gambler that I first remember appearing on my TV in 2005 bitching about tatoos. Next thing you know he is raising me $7.75 in digital PLO8 @ Excalibur (digital poker pwns btw). So join us tonight for a very much anticipated interview with the reclusive Scooper.

So in order to announce my Ali-like return to the NWP Radio ring (sigh, can't believe I just said that), I'm making a home page post. If you don't like it, then you can go to hell. It will be just like the old days: There could be some whiskey involved, I'll tell Micon how retarded he and the Delanty voice are, etc.... So tune in tomorrow night at 7pm Vegas time for a special "old school" edition of NWP Radio.

Tomorrow starts the Pokerstars WCOOP tournament series, the only real tournament series each year online. Unlike Full Tilt, who runs a new FTOPS series every other week, Pokerstars has preserved the sanctity of a real online poker championship by only running the WCOOP one time each year. I can't wait to burn up these tournaments, and if you need a Pokerstars account make sure to support NWP and get free bonus money and freerolls by signing up with us.

Dutch Boyd will be on NWP Radio tomorrow for the entire show! Dutch is one of the most interesting people in poker. Member of "The Crew," WSOP bracelet winner, online poker pioneer, and domain name tycoon - Dutch Boyd is a complex man with some awesome stories. Check out some of his new ventures: Poker Tips, Poker Tells, Poker Tilt, and of course bilbocentral [which no bullshit BilboCentral.com is for sale via Dutch, holler in the official Dutch Boyd radio thread if you want to buy]