Entertainment
October 2nd, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsPhil Galfond has extended his lead over Chance Kornuth and moved a step closer to winning a $250,000 side bet. The two high-stakes pros have been battling on WSOP.com for more than a week. An initial surge by Galfond was negated...
Players
September 25th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsPokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) has come to a glittering end with three main event winners picking up a combined $1.8 million. The final MTTs of this year’s series concluded on September 23 and Andre...
Players
September 14th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsMike Sexton passed away last week but his impact on poker and players around the world will live on. Since his passing, pros, amateurs, and celebrities have paid tribute to the Voice of the WPT and all he did for the game. In...
Players
September 7th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsMike Sexton, one of poker’s pioneers and a much-loved member of the community, has passed away aged 72. The long-time player and voice of the WPT lost his battle with prostate cancer on Sunday. News of Sexton’s passing was...
Legal
August 31st, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsPoker pro Antonio Esfandiari is known for making chips disappear from other player’s stacks, but it was his money that was subject to an underhanded trick in July. Esfandiari, otherwise known as The Magician, saw $1 million...
Players
August 24th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Championship is rapidly approaching its climax but, before the final curtain falls, more bracelets have been won. Stepping onto the winner’s rostrum in recent days were Ravid Garbi and...
Players
August 17th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsKristen Bicknell and Sam Greenwood both earned double WPT honors last week thanks to high roller wins and beautiful bounty performances. Partypoker pro Bicknell was the first to grab two titles after winning the WPT Seven-Max...
Players
August 10th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsIt’s been another bumper weekend of action online thanks to Grosvenor Casinos’ Goliath and a double-header of WPT high roller events. First to step into the winner’s circle on Sunday was Gerard Barclay. The Englishman...
Entertainment
August 3rd, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsFacebook’s poker bot has raised the game and may not only pose a threat to humans but the top artificial intelligence (AI) player out there, Pluribus. The innovation, known as Recursive Belief-based Learning (ReBeL), has been...
Players
July 27th, 2020 | by
Jason ReynoldsThe World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online continues to attract players en masse as another week of action crowns more champions. Emerging as one of the top winners at the tail end of last week was Hun Wei Lee. Anteing up alongside...
