Holdemradio.com is, at least temporarily, out of business. The owner has run out of money, and the site is closed. Thus, all of the podcasts and other previous broadcasts are no longer available. This is really a bad beat, as I listened to some, but never downloaded any (I still live in the dark ages of the internet). If anyone has any of these recorded (like the ones I did, or co-hosted with Dr. Al), please let me know. I would like to have them.

On a somewhat more positive note, Dr. Schoonmaker, whose show I have been co-hosting, has agreed to move his show to roundersradio.com. This outfit has more listeners, and should be able to offer a better product. As Dr. Al is writing yet ANOTHER book (the man is a machine), we probably will not be doing the show on a regular basis until after May 1. We may tape a few sporadically between now and then, and these will be announced, here as are all of our shows, on my forum.

Thank you to those who listened to us, and I hope you enjoy the product in the new venue.

OK, nothing to do with poker, but I wanted to share this moment. I am having dinner with a bunch of professional gamblers, mostly sports bettors. This was Thursday, Jan 3, so inevitably, the conversation turns to the Iowa caususes.

“Does anyone know how the caucuses turned out?”

“O’Bama won by 9.”

‘Oh, how did Huckabee do?”

“He covered.”

I will figure out a way to make an ad soon, so this will stay on the front page. Maybe even a form.

In the meantime, here is the story: If you want to purchase a custom-autographed (by me) copy of Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy or Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies, here’s how:

Send your name, address and phone number, the recipient’s name and address (if different), which book(s) you want, what you want me to write, and a check or money order to:

Barry Tanenbaum Books
P.O. Box 28783
Las Vegas, NV 89126

Price for one book: $24.95 plus $4.60 Priority Mail = $29.55
Price for two books: $24.95 x 2 pus $4.60 Priority Mail = $54.50

If you just want me to write something sort of standard, I can do that instead.

While I am willing to autograph the short-handed book, please remember I collaborated on that book but I was not the author. They live in Canada and are not available to me for autographs.

Thank you.

I heard from a local Las Vegas wholesaler and reseller today, Mike Minkoff of Professional Poker. He has received both Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy and Limit Hold’em: Winning Short-Handed Strategies, which means other stores, resellers, and venues should get their orders in the next few days as well. I expect to get mine very soon as well. You can order from him or wait for others to offer or post availability. They will also be available from the CardPlayer site.

As soon as I have my shipment, I will give instructions for getting personalized autographed copies direct from me. These will be sold at the cover price (I cannot offer discounts that compete with full price resellers) plus shipping (but not handling…I will drive them to the post office for free). Stay tuned if you wish one, as it should be soon, and “quantities will be limited,” though not very . I am sure it will make a lovely holiday gift, as I will write pretty much whatever you wish.

We will also re-open the forum to new members shortly. I should have an announcement within a week on how to join. It will be a bit complex to avoid the bot-spam problem we had before, but mostly it will require you to send an e-mail to a designated address with your desired username.

Well, I am excited that the books are here. I hope many of you get a chance to read one or both, and that you will enjoy and learn something.