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		<title>PTR Take Down &amp; Poker Stars Datamining</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you are all well aware of by this point, PokerTableRatings will no longer sell Poker Stars hand-histories. Our users our asking for our stance so here it is. We firmly believe that the advantage hand-histories offer is fair and discuss this in detail in our &#8216;Ethical Datamining&#8216; blog post. There are many misconceptions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ethics of Datamining Poker Sites, Part Two (The Positive Effects of Datamining)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our last blog post, The Ethics of Datamining Poker Sites, Part One (Common Complaints), we outlined some common arguments given against the practice of datamining poker sites and gave counter-arguments from our personal viewpoint on the situation. In part two of this two part series, we are going to talk about the positive effects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ethics of Datamining Poker Sites, Part One (Common Complaints)</title>
		<link>http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/the-ethics-of-datamining-poker-sites-part-one-common-complaints/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poker data mining services are the most important third-party for anyone who wants to play online poker in a safe and secure environment. At the time of writing, online poker is at a tremendous transition point: Countries are finally regulating, poker sites are starting to consolidate, and the DOJ finally shut down US online poker in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Big 1-Year Sale!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note here &#8211; we&#8217;re running a huge 50% off sale to ring in the new year! Check it out at the official hhSmithy End of 2011 Sale page!]]></description>
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		<title>Why Did Full Tilt Need Your Windows Key?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hhSmithy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah yes, Full Tilt Poker. We all remember them, don&#8217;t we? A paragon of security, fairness, and timely payouts. Well, we&#8217;ve been sitting on this information for awhile, and since they&#8217;re dead and gone, we thought it might be interesting to share with the end users just how&#8230; invasive Full Tilt&#8217;s reporting tools were. Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodog Account Security Vulnerability: PartyCrasher Exploit Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/bodog-account-security-vulnerability-partycrasher-exploit-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we posted an article about how Bodog&#8217;s anonymous tables weren&#8217;t so anonymous after all. We accompanied this with a video showing how this was true: Bodog&#8217;s response was to cover it up and not really address the root problem: The violation of server-client trust. They went on to say: Your money is and has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bodog’s All-Anonymous Tables: Security Through Obscurity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Be sure to read part 2 of Bodog&#8217;s security failures!) As many of you are aware, Bodog has completely anonymized their poker tables. They say they&#8217;re doing this to protect the &#8220;recreational gambler,&#8221; the one that is preyed upon by the winning players. (We have a blog post about this &#8220;theory&#8221; coming in a month [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Anonymous Are The Party Poker Anonymous Tables?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year or so there seems to have been a growing movement for anonymous heads up tables, and currently they are offered by Party Poker, IPoker, OnGame and some other poker sites. Just how anonymous are these tables and have the poker sites properly implemented this feature? Were anonymous tables not implemented correctly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Affiliate System Launched!</title>
		<link>http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/new-affiliate-system-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve launched our new affiliate system, which upgrades our old one in many key areas: Referrer tracking &#8211; much more accurate tracking for our affiliates, ensuring all their referred customers/sales are credited appropriately Custom links &#8211; the ability to do custom links with an SEO-friendly URL structure, leading to higher conversion rates and easier ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hhSmithy Now Offers iPoker Datamined Hand Histories!</title>
		<link>http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/hhsmithy-now-offers-ipoker-datamined-hand-histories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.hhsmithy.com/blog/?p=88</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[hhSmithy is proud to offer iPoker hand histories for purchase. iPoker plays host to many big-time sites, such as: Tain Poker bet365 Poker Paddy Power Poker Titan Poker Golden Palace Poker And many, many others! We&#8217;re also working on some great iPoker-related deals with some partners, so keep an eye out for those! ]]></description>
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