England game is about to start. Got my strip today which I’m quite happy with, opted for the red one but, England should really be sponsored by Adidas or Nike. I know Umbro are an English company but they don’t make the strips like the big 2 imo.

I had a policy not to bet on this world cup and that went down the shitter on the 1st day. Was at a friends and had some commission left online. About £500 and I noticed France were 2.3 before the match to win. It seemed pretty good so it all went on and as we know Govou made a horrific miss and France can’t finish their dinner.

I’m not gna lie it felt bad. Real low.

Its not like I was going to feel on top the world after winning but, I feel like a real degenerate losing so much money especially in context.

Other news: iPoker software still hasn’t changed although things keep getting better for iPokerVIP.

I’m looking into affiliating in other industries and setting up a site like: comparethepizza.com and allowing customers to compare the best pizza deals at the big 3 (accross the UK) ; Pizza Hut, Dominos and Papa Johns.

That’;s something I’ll be looking into next week although I’ve got the affiliate agreement worked out with most of them – then its just the site and marketing.

Go On England !

The ads are up, along with the thread and its good to see things going fairly smoothly. I’m going to put Winner Poker & maybe a few other more competitive offers up tommorow and change the text on the home page a little (my bounce rate is alarmingly high) and hopefully that should kick things up a bit.

iPokerVIP was based on 2 premises;
1. Under the table deals are harder to come by – the market is moving.
2. iPokerVIP showcases the best legal deals.

I’d say I’ve got 2 bang on but, for all the time people have speant scrutinising my site 90% of the under the table affiliates could have been cleared out. Its pretty ridiculous and demonstrates that the iPoker network probably don’t care much for the rules themselves – just that people aren’t seen breaking them and the status quo remains intact, at least superficially.

The irony is that there are people in Birmingham who work for playtech whose job it is to catch these affiliates. If 90% of players can find these deals how can’t these spies who work on it everyday ?

I think the main problem is that iPoker doesn’t have a clear vision of what kind of network it wants to be. Its like one week they want uber-aggro deals so they can compete for Euro players on Stars and Tilt and the next week they’re banishing these deals wanting a fishy network and claiming that’s the way forward.

Tough spot. For a company worth over $1bn you’d think they might at least come close to getting it right.