Esfandiari, Rousso Recall Make-or-Break Moments in Poker
The greatest moments - like Phil Hellmuth winning his first WSOP bracelet or Chris Moneymaker changing everything with his improbable victory - are impossible to forget but for a large number of...
View ArticleProp Bets Gone Good: Roy Bhasin Wagers on His Own Health
That’s exactly what Team PokerStars Pro online member Roy “GodLikeRoy” Bhasin did and he’s already reaping the benefits. Bhasin bet a friend in Las Vegas $2,500 that he would walk an average of 10,000...
View ArticleDan Heimiller: “I’m Tempted to Play $100K High Rollers”
He won the Seniors Event this past summer, claiming his second WSOP bracelet and more than $600,000. That’s just one of what is now 32 cashes this year alone after finishing in-the-money in the first...
View ArticleMalaysian Pro Darian Tan Calls PokerStars Exit “A Huge Loss”
That’s what some players in countries like Malaysia are calling Tuesday, September 30th. It's the day that PokerStar and Full Tilt Poker pulled out of approximately 30 countries around the globe...
View ArticleWSOP APAC 3-Bet: Australia Strikes, Hachem Arrives, Piece of Riess
You can always make your own suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Australia winning the first bracelet of the 2014 WSOP APAC,...
View ArticleIsmael Bojang: “The WSOP is Soft, Especially if You Know Mix Games”
He’s not as flashy as some of the more well-known German poker superstars but he’s very, very good at the game. Yet despite all his results Bojang is still hunting his first major poker title and he’s...
View ArticleRussell Thomas to 2014 N9ers: “Practice Your Short-Handed Play”
One player will walk away with $10 million while the player who busts ninth will receive no extra cash beyond their ninth-place payout in Las Vegas this summer. There are very few people in the world...
View ArticleMike Watson: “People Make a Living Grinding Fantasy Sports”
You know it’s getting popular when there are almost as many fantasy sports related bad beat stories as poker bad beats. One of the many prominent poker players who loves fantasy sports is Canada’s...
View ArticleAustralian Jeff Rossiter on Breaking into Global High-Stakes Scene
In 2013 alone Rossiter posted almost $4 million in tournaments results, most of which came when he claimed over $3 million for winning the GDAM High Roller in Macau. Rossiter is up to over $5.5...
View ArticleWSOP APAC 3-Bet: Hellmuth 0-4, Negreanu Defends Ivey, Malaysian First
You can always fire suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments section below. In today’s Daily WSOP APAC 3-Bet special we’ll take a look at Phil Hellmuth stumbling down under, Daniel Negreanu...
View ArticleHigh-Stakes Report: Heinecker and Alaei Make Dominant Returns
High-stakes regulars have had reason to be a little distracted from the nosebleed online tables lately. Still the action carried on without them with major battles last week between SanIker and Niklas...
View ArticleTony Hachem: From Fatherhood to WSOP Final Table
Prominent Aussie pro Tony Hachem, however, has so far done a good job as he has made the final table of the $1,650 Terminator at WSOP APAC just 11 days after becoming a father. Hachem has come a long...
View ArticleJonathan Duhamel Will Cross Oceans for Poker, Hockey
Would you travel 28,804 kilometres in between trips to Melbourne and Macau to play it for a week? 2010 World Series of Poker Champion Jonathan Duhamel would. The Boucherville, Quebec native is...
View ArticleMike Leah: “Setting Goals Helps Me Play My Best”
One player who is constantly setting goals is Canadian Mike Leah. It was an important step in Leah’s capacity to quit his previous career and move into player poker full time. Earlier this year Leah...
View ArticleHow $100 and Johnny Moss Changed Billy The Croc’s Life Forever
That day for Australian Poker Hall of Famer Billy ‘The Croc’ Argyros was back in 1989. It was the first year he had travelled to Las Vegas for a little tournament called the World Series of Poker....
View ArticleWSOP APAC 3-Bet: Six for Lisandro, Merson Arrives, Duhamel Loves Melbourne
You can always make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces to our reporters in Australia in the comments section below. In today’s 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Jeff Lisandro winning his sixth bracelet,...
View ArticleEPT London 2014 Preview: Where Poker Rules Get Rewritten
London is one of them. Barcelona is the other, but if you're truly looking for the birthplace of the EPT England’s capital city is it. The eleventh edition of the EPT London festival is ready to get...
View ArticleUnstoppable Colman Wins WPT Alpha8 London for £600,000
Dan Colman has figured out something about tournament poker - and especially big buy-in, small field events - no one else has yet. Colman added to his increasingly phenomenal 2014 again tonight in...
View ArticleAre Lottery Sit & Goes the New Rage in Online Poker?
It’s a debate that’s still going on as the games are rolled out on the various sites around the world. Lottery Sit & Goes are essentially three-player hyper turbo Sit & Goes with a randomly...
View ArticleBrian Roberts: “Big Networks Aren’t Interested in Gambling Shows”
Not only were there hundreds of hours of programming of WPTs and the WSOP, there were multiple high stakes cash game shows and reality or game-show style poker programs. That’s not the case anymore....
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