2+2 and Cardplayer

[Poker blog]

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They get most their revenue from advertising, so they have to keep the viewership numbers up (free issues). Only the pros are going to pay the subscripion price - its a business expense to them and they will pay a lot, so CP charges a lot.

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Why would pros pay the subscription price for Cardplayer? First, pros likely don't need to read advice from Roy West or any of the fluff.

Second, a pro is likely to pick one up for free in a casino.

[MicroBob]

this was my initial reaction as well.

pros are probably the last people who would take out a subscription for card-player imo.


i wil pick up a copy at the Horseshoe in Tunica when i play there....but thats only about once a month.
i just miss the other articles....and i dont think i'm missing much.
most of it is fluff.

i do enjoy the articles from the poker 'pros' writing about their first online experiences.
"there are buttons to raise and call and fold....the site i played on offered tables at 1/2, 2/4, 3/6, 5/10 and 10/20. they also offer little things called 'chat-boxes' in the corner so that you can hold conversations with your opponents"...etc etc.
i've read a couple of these before.


almost everytime i read Sexton's article it goes something like 'did you know that a lot of people are watching the WPT?? it's becoming a very very popular show!!'

there's usually a couple of decent articles in there.
but nothing even close to the Sklansky and Malmuth articles that i regularly enjoyed. some real mind-benders among their contributions.

[Luke]

Luke is starting to anger me....

I guess nobody else cares.

Luke