Let’s hear it for the ladies! All right, full disclosure for anyone new to the blog — I am a female poker player. So in stories like this, I’m going to side with the gals. Well, to a certain extent. Let’s revisit last year’s WSOP ladies tournament for a moment. The big news last year [...]
The World Series of Poker hasn’t started yet but the side bets are already coming in. Remember last year’s fun with Tom Dwan’s gold bracelet hunt? The young poker player was playing in his first WSOP and made some bets that he’d bring home a bracelet. And if he did, he was going to bring [...]
Ah, the ups and downs of being a poker pro. Now, poker is one of the few gambling games where a skilled player can successfully make a living at poker, and it can be a tempting career path for many. And right now many poker pros in the United States are struggling with their career [...]
How would you like to have a one on one coaching session with Tom “durrrr” Dwan or Patrik Antonius? Who would you choose to learn a little poker from? One still qualifies and a young upstart, a killer at online poker but unproven in tournaments. The other a seasoned player who a successful track record [...]
The back and forth action on the winnings explains the two contradictory headlines I’m seeing regarding poker news. The folks over at RTG, an US run new source are reporting that Viktor “Isildur1” Blom won $150,000 from Daniel “kidpoker” Negreanu. While over at Bluff Magazine the headline is that Negreanu beat Blom. But Bluff is [...]
Do you remember last year when Phil Laak went after the record for playing the longest session of poker in a single sitting. Phil played at the Bellagio Poker Room in Las Vegas which I’m sure was properly cleaned and sprayed with Febreeze after Phil’s record setting 115 hours of poker. Now Phil was given [...]
Ah, the poker world. Online or offline where would we be without scandal and gossip. Let’s take Canadian poker pro Sorel “Imper1um” Mizzi. Now Mizzi is a well know and well respected poker player who perhaps made an error in judgement along with player Chris Vaughn. Apparenly Chris Vaughn had an account on the popular [...]
Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom sat down at the virtual table with poker player Brian Hastings again. This time around Brian knew who he was playing but then Brian’s knowledge of Viktor’s playing style has been the source of controversy. So, for those who might be newish to the online poker world and don’t know the big [...]
So Shaun Deeb is in the news again. I remember him being in the news last year after he showed up at the Ladies event at the World Series of Poker dressed in drag. Actually he made a rather cute girl, but he really should invest in a good bra. However the other big news [...]
Annie Duke recently stepped out of her pro spot on the UB.com poker team and since then players have been wondering what Annie had in store for her next move. Well, it turns out that Annie had more planned than just moving to another online poker room as a pro poker player. She’s teamed up former [...]