The St. Petersburg Times published a comprehensive piece on Absolute Poker over the weekend, and the first sentence in the story says it all: "Absolute Poker's hot streak was about to come to an end."

The article traces the online site's beginnings as a startup project by four fraternity brothers and traces it to present day. If you have some time to kill, it's definitely worth a read:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/busines...cle1166818.ece