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Firbolg is Back

Firbolg was started by myself poker enthusiast Barry O’Callaghan as a hobby poker information site back in the relative early days of online poker in 2004. In its first few years things developed very fast and unexpectedly. I went on to become a serious poker player and for many years made a living from the game. Firbolg became a more serious site, attracting the attention of advertisers.

That was a real pleasant surprise as it really started out as a hobby, so I was getting paid for something I enjoyed doing. Then perhaps Firbolg became a victim of my success. I got serious about firbolg.com and paid a designer to redesign the site and although he did a great job I never got used to the custom management system that was installed, that combined with a time where I was earning a small fortune playing online poker as well as doing some writing work meant firbolg slipped from my attention. However firbolg.com has always been in my mind and I always planned to return and reinvigorate it one day.

And so In 2011 after another redesign I am returning to firbolg.com and I’m returning to the original intentions of the site. I’m going back to the core of what made the site great. Top quality original poker strategy articles.

 

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