The Greatest Poker Film Ever On a Perfect Sunday
I checked ESPN.com first thing and I had won both my bets on the NBA the night before. I live in Europe and for us they play basketball in the middle of the night. Even worse is that the Americans...
View ArticleFight for Cash and Country in $800k Battle of Nations on 888Poker
The upcoming, first-ever Global Poker Masters might change that for the live scene. Online, 888poker's Battle of Nations could very well do the same. Now not only can you play for your team but for -...
View ArticleSimpsons Co-creator/Poker Player Sam Simon Dies at 59
Simon had been battling colorectal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in late 2012. Simon developed The Simpsons with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks but eventually left the show in 1993 while...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Moneymaker Billionaire, Canada > US, 4 Poker Majors
Have something you'd like to see featured in a future 3-Bet? Let us know in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find a surprising name at the top of the PokerStars Billionaire Club, betting odds for...
View ArticleMartijn “Quadchrazs” Ardon Hits SuperNova Elite in Just 52 Days
Amazingly the Dutch player planned on hitting SuperNova Elite status on PokerStars even earlier, on Feb. 15 to be precise, but a stomach flu delayed his milestone. According to an interview with the...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Bay 101 Bounty, $200k Teetotal, Sam Simon Forever
Have a tip for future 3-Bet material? Drop us a note in the comments and we'll take a look. Today in the 3-Bet we find one of the most popular stops in poker paying out as usual, Jason Mercier loses a...
View ArticleThe Great Danish and The Swedish Smörgåsbord
Three lessons in history, medicine and poker all rolled into one blog post. Let me tell you about Gus Hansen. He is one sick puppy. He is the poster boy for the old advice that it's of no use to be...
View ArticlePartyPoker Bumps NJCOP II Guarantee to $1 Million
That means more than $1 million in prize money will be spread across 32 events running from April 16-26, 2015. The series begins with a $100 buy-in $20,000-GTD Player’s Choice event where the...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Hellmuth Dojo, Bay 101 Bricks, Poker v. Crashed Ice
Have something you want to see in a future 3-Bet? Drop us a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Phil Hellmuth holding court in a mountaintop dojo, WPT Bay 101 breaks out the big bricks...
View ArticleWin a $1k FTOPS Main Event Seat for $1 in PokerListings Satellite
Runnng on March 28, 2015, two $1,000 FTOPS Main Event tickets will be up for grabs for the big finale set to go the next day. With a $1,000 buy-in, the FTOPS main isn't for the average grinder but...
View ArticleMizzi, Baron, Jaka Circling with 36 Left at WPT Bay 101
Leading the way is Imad Allahham with 1,717,000 and second behind him is WPT regular Taylor Paur with just over 1m. Packed into the Top 10 however are three names very familiar to poker fans in Sorel...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Negreanu Slams Tankers, JRB Busto, Leatherman Back
You can make suggestions for future 3-Bet pieces in the comments below. In today’s 3-Bet we’ll take a look at Daniel Negreanu decrying excessive tanking, Jean-Robert Bellande going full JRB and...
View ArticleI Bought the Whole Lottery to Buy More Chocolate Balls Pt. 1
1982 to be more exact. Great Britain had sent its fleet across the Atlantic Ocean to take back a very small Island that the fascist regime of Argentina invaded because it belonged to them a long time...
View ArticleBaron Leads Paur, Jaka in Super-Stacked WPT Bay 101 Final Six
After a long day of Day 3 play that wrapped shortly after 11 pm PT online legend Isaac 'WestMenloAA' Baron emerged as the chip leader with 6.7m going to the TV table. Considered one of the best online...
View ArticleArtur Rudziankov Wins Latest 888poker Live Local Event in Prague
The 888poker local series has proven to be a surprise hit with more than 1,000 players already taking part in the event, thanks in part to the relatively low buy-in. Players Snag a Slight Overlay The...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Holz Rampage, Zinno High Roll, $1 to $9m Sunday Mill
Got a tip for a future edition of the 3-Bet? Leave us a note in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Fedor Holz putting on a clinic at WPT Vienna, Anthony Zinno piles another $200k into his...
View ArticleTaylor Paur Tops Baron, Bazeley for WPT Bay 101 Title and $1.2m
Paur outlasted an elite final six that included proven tournament pros Isaac Baron, Jacob Bazeley, Faraz Jaka and Sorel Mizzi for his first career WPT title. With the $1.2m first-place prize Paur...
View ArticleHand of the Week: Kitai Puts Mastery on Display w/ Queen High
In it, Belgian Triple Crown winner Davidi Kitai shows us why he's one of the best players in the world and a true artist at his craft. You’re about to witness a call that’ll leave you speechless. The...
View ArticleI Bought the Whole Lottery to Buy More Chocolate Balls Pt. 2
Imagine a concession stand selling lemonade instead of sodas. That's how long ago it was. Check out Part 1 of the story here. Time to Crunch the Numbers Time to crunch numbers. There was another...
View ArticleBRAYDEN93 Wins $9m Sunday Million; 7-Way Deal Spreads $$
When the smoke cleared, unheralded poker player Brayden "BRAYDEN93" Fritzshall of Mexico raised the flag as the champion of one of the biggest events in online history. Along with being one of the...
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