Daily Poker News & Updates – Page №125
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Adrian Mateos: “Improve Every Day or They’ll Eat You Alive” January 13, 2015
It’s been nearly 15 months since Adrian Mateos won the WSOP Europe main event and it’ll be another nine months before someone challenges him for the title. Mateos, a 20-year-old…
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Mayu Roca, Colombia’s Top-Earning Player, in Final 24 of PCA Main January 13, 2015
Mayu Roca is Colombia’s top-earning live poker player of all-time and he’ll need all of that experience to come back from being one of the tournament short stacks in the…
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High-Stakes Report: Return of RugDoctor; Williams Battles Blom? January 12, 2015
It’s only the second week of the year but the high-stakes tables are already buzzing again. A vast number of players are competing for big pots and some new faces…
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Somerville: “Twitch Is the Platform Poker Needs to Live” January 12, 2015
Televised poker shows have always been trying to get more viewers and Jason Somerville thinks he has the answer. “It’s hard to make poker content fit in hour-long blocks that…
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Xuan Liu on Sponsored Life, the Business of Poker and Werewolves January 11, 2015
Four years ago, Xuan Liu stepped foot on the Atlantis for the first time. She was a young, dark-haired girl who had just broken onto the poker scene. She was…
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Laura Garzon’s 6 FPP Journey to the 2015 PCA January 10, 2015
Laura “candylaustar” Garzon had a long road to the PCA. It started with a 2 FPP rebuy qualifier in the PCA Megapath on PokerStars. Garzon then busted a few times…
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Hidden Dreams of a Beauty Queen with Sara Chafak January 10, 2015
After winning the title of Miss Finland in 2012, Sara Chafak fulfilled the dream of many Finnish girls. But the former beauty queen still has plenty of dreams of her…
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Ronaldo: “The Pressure of Being the Best Never Bothered Me” January 10, 2015
Ronaldo. All he needs is one name. In a world of countless of Ronaldos, there’s really just one. Ronaldo is only of three people on the planet to have won…
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Jason Alexander: “George Costanza Would Be Terrible at Poker” January 9, 2015
Jason Alexander, perhaps better known as George Costanza, has been on the Hollywood poker scene for decades. Alexander’s played in poker games with the likes of Teri Hatcher and Kevin…
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Bill Perkins: “When You’re Motivated There Are Few Things You Can’t Do” January 9, 2015
Poker tournaments tend to be a bit more expensive for Bill Perkins than for other people. Aside from the high-ticket prices of Super High Rollers, Perkins often loses thousands of…
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The Chadha Saga: From Magic: The Gathering to Super High Rollers January 8, 2015
With a white Wynn baseball cap and a large ring of keys attached to his belt loop, Carlos Chadha looks more like an online steps qualifier than a contender at…
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Tito Ortiz: “I’ve Been in Jon Jones’ Shoes Before” January 7, 2015
Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz discussed Jon Jones testing positive for cocaine, fighting and poker to kick off the second day of the PCA. While the event was announced…
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Ike Haxton: PokerStars Rake Rollback “Great and Significant” January 7, 2015
In November, PokerStars shook a segment of the poker world by announcing rake increases at certain games and stakes. It was a decision met with disapproval from most in the…
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High-Stakes Report: Trueteller Lives Up to Genius Reputation January 6, 2015
The year is still young but the online poker nosebleed limits are already buzzing. The first “man of the year” so far? Mysterious Russian poker genius “Trueteller.” On the losing…
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Daily Poker 3-Bet: Benger $1m Score, Bull Poker Gore, Hello 2015! January 5, 2015
The PokerListings Daily 3-Bet is an angry bull, a joker on his horns and emergency femur reattachment in the afternoon poker news intensive care unit.
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Top 6 Live Poker Tournament Players of 2014 January 2, 2015
These are the players – outside of WSOP Main Event champ Martin Jacobson, of course – that impressed the most in 2014.
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The 20 Worst Moments in Poker in 2014: #5-1 December 30, 2014
You know what they say: Into every poker year a little grand jury indictment, prop-bet stiffing and gross media exaggeration must fall. In a lot of respects 2014 was another…
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The 20 Best Moments in Poker in 2014: #10-6 December 29, 2014
It was another roller coaster of a year for poker news with dizzying highs and stomach-churning lows. Every year PokerListings attempts to rank our 20 Best and Worst Moments with…
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The 20 Worst Moments in Poker in 2014: #10-6 December 28, 2014
You know what they say: Into every poker year a little grand jury indictment, prop-bet stiffing and gross media exaggeration must fall. OK; no one says that. In a lot…
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The 20 Best Moments in Poker in 2014: #15-11 December 27, 2014
It was another roller coaster of a year for poker news with dizzying highs and stomach-churning lows. Every year PokerListings attempts to rank our 20 Best and Worst Moments with…