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PokerStories

PokerStories is a captivating podcast and book-project that takes a behind-the-scenes look at poker. Your hosts, Wladimir Taschner (insyder19) and Herbert Okolowitz (Huckebein), take you on a journey through the world of poker.

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Online poker history book cover — Virtual Gold Rush

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The History of Online Poker

The Virtual Gold Rush reconstructs the machinery of online poker's boom years, from the first real money hand dealt on a server in Costa Rica in 1998 to Black Friday.The book looks at five key systems that shaped this era: training sites that taught strategy to thousands of players, tracking software and HUDs that made hand histories valuable, platforms that competed through rake structure and software design, the rakeback and affiliate economy that acted as an informal salary for full-time players, and the tournament setup that linked small buy-ins to big events.

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