Daily Poker News & Updates – Page №112
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WSOP ME Heads-Up Flashback: Carlos Mortensen against Dewey Tomko June 8, 2016If Spanish poker fans remember the 2001 WSOP fondly it’s because, way before the era of the November Nine, a Spaniard was crowned best player in the world. It launched…
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Exclusive Interview with WSOP Day 4 Chip Leader Jamie Gold! June 8, 2016Dutch Boyd is no rookie at the WSOP. Although Boyd was once a part of a group of young guns at the WSOP called The Crew, those days are long…
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Niall Farrell: From Carphone Warehouse to EPT Champion (to Mars) June 7, 2016Britain has a lot of great poker players. But if you were to stick your head out of the dungeon and choose 10 people most likely to bring home a…
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Aaron Paul on GPL Debut: “I Was a Little Nervous but It Was Great” June 7, 2016Actor Aaron Paul could not have had a better debut in the Global Poker League. The Breaking Bad star was funny, talked through many of his hands, and eventually got…
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Jesus Resurrected: Chris Ferguson Resurfaces at 2016 WSOP June 5, 2016Former Team Full Tilt member Chris “Jesus” Ferguson played his first WSOP event after a five-year absence late last night. Ferguson busted the $10k Seven-Card Stud event last night but…
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Vanessa Rousso: “Big Brother Was Harder Than WSOP” June 4, 2016Vanessa Rousso is a gamer. It doesn’t matter if she’s playing poker, chess or a reality TV show. Last summer Rousso had the opportunity to participate in long-running CBS reality…
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888poker’s Jeff Gross: “Twitch Represents New Wave in Poker” June 4, 2016Jeff Gross will be flying the 888poker banner for the entirety of the 2016 World Series of Poker. The deal was announced earlier today and Gross, who has over $2.4…
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Make it Rain! Kempe Tops Holz for $5m Super High Roller Bowl Title June 2, 2016After four days, hundreds of intense poker hands and (approximately) a thousand commercials for the Dollar Shave Club, it all came down to two Germans. And two German best friends,…
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Boston Rob: “Daniel Negreanu Would Be Great on Survivor” June 2, 2016Boston Rob Mariano loves poker. It becomes clear within minutes of talking to him. He’s got a passion for the game that would put some fervent fans to shame. It’s…
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WSOP Main Event Heads-Up Flashback: Joe Cada against Darvin Moon June 1, 2016It may have been one of the most unexpected World Series of Poker Main Event final tables in the last decade. In 2009, 21-year-old American Joe Cada became world champion after…
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Nick Schulman’s SHRBowl Commentary: “I’m Calling It How I See It” June 1, 2016“Hey is that Jerry Seinfeld doing the commentary for the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl?” That’s what several confused viewers asked when they first tuned in to the Twitch stream…
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Cash-Game Whiz Matt Berkey Steals Spotlight in $300k SHRBowl June 1, 2016Matt Berkey doesn’t have the name recognition of a Daniel Negreanu or Phil Hellmuth but he’s been the story of the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl so far. Primarily a…
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John Morgan: “Most Players Start at $1/$2, I Started in Ivey’s Room” May 30, 2016There was a breakout star in the Aria Super High Roller series last year and it wasn’t a poker pro or social media celebrity.
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The Shape of Poker to Come: Predicting Poker 5 Years From Now May 29, 2016During this year’s FA Cup Final former Arsenal defender Martin Keown – who was commentating on the game – said that the modern soccer game is ‘full of giants.’ Men…
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Talal Shakerchi: “I Care as Much as Anyone Else Sitting There” May 27, 2016“Just took down the SCOOP Main for $1.5m!!!” There were three exclamation marks; not one, but three. That’s a lot of excitement to squeeze into a text message. I shout…
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Daily 3-Bet: Coren in HoF, Northug Quits, Remember the Poker 90s May 26, 2016The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is a polka-dot shirt, off-the-shoulder overalls and the fattest high-tops you can find at the afternoon poker news high-school dance. Have a piece you’d like to…
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The $10m Question: Nine Facts about Poker’s Biggest Money Winners May 22, 2016How many players do you think have won more than $1 million in live poker tournaments over the past 40 years? A couple dozen? A couple hundred? The truth is…
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Twitch Poker Spotlight: Watch TonkaaaaP Win Everything May 20, 2016The Twitch.tv poker train keeps chugging along and interesting streamers are starting to flood the site. One such streamer is super grinder Parker “TonkaaaaP” Talbot. Talbot has been around for…
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Topless & Frisky: Global Poker League Gets Loose in Week 7 May 19, 2016Time zone confusion, lost laptops, Starbucks wireless, celebratory nipple rubs, players talking to each other during a match, a shirtless boss playing from a Jamaican beach … Week 7 of…
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WSOP Main Event Heads-Up Flashback: Greg Raymer vs. David Williams May 18, 2016It’s late May, 2004. The WSOP has once again shattered records in the Main Event thanks to online qualifier Chris Moneymaker winning it all the previous year. The 2004 Main…