Adam, our resident poker guru, has extensive knowledge on both sides of the table. When he’s not playing on US poker sites, you will find him busy revising strategies to give him an edge over his opponents. He is also a firm believer that poker allows individuals to grow intellectually. And so, he has decided to put a significant effort in helping others catch themselves up and meet the highest standards of poker. A bit of a dab hand himself, Adam is active in several real money cardrooms, which he frequents not only for the sake of a review but also to test strategies.
After a five- year absence Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson made his comeback in last night’s WSOP event. We all know Chris as the former team Full Tilt member. Today Ferguson returned to play in the $1,000 Top-Up Turbo Event after he got busted in the $10k Seven-Card Stud event last night. Luckily for the California-native, no hostility […]
The right to name his first child and a $142.972 price is what seasoned poker pro Kyle Julius won after beating 667 entries in the $1,000 Top-Up Turbo WSOP Event. Please do not think a price of $142.972 is normal for a second place in a World Series of Poker tournament. In July Julius’ fiancé […]
As expected, World Series of Poker (WSOP) Day Two was an exciting day of poker. Yesterday, the Rio Convention Center was full of famous and and not-so-well known professionals for the Colossus II Kicking off. On Day One of Colossus II a number of top pros showed up to play, even though many top pros, […]
Thanks to the release of Daniel Negreanu’s new documentary about his career, he is now a Netflix star. During the 89-minute documentary people can take a look inside the “weird and wonderful” high stakes poker world, through Negreanu’s eyes. The documentary, produced by PokerStars, was originally shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and was […]
PayPal, online payment processor, might be about to implement cyber currency Bitcoin as a new form of payment, this could mean that poker players will get more payment options in the coming months. Recently PayPal filled a US patent application that allows it to process not only Bitcoins but also other cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin […]
In Las Vegas the Day Two of the Aria Super High Roller Bowl ended with not-so-well-known names topping the leaderboard and some famous players headed to the exits. On the tournament’s second day, Daniel Negreanu started with a big stack but had a bad run of cards. Negreanu lost an all-in pre-flop pot to Kathy […]
The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) realized in mid-May that a spending bill had received a Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA)-like language. The bill was scheduled to be heard on May 25 by the House Appropriations Committee. Even though the bill didn’t refer to RAWA directly, its origin was clear due to its anti-online poker […]
There is nothing new about facial recognition, it is used by law enforcement and casinos to weed out black-listed players and criminals by matching in-the-flesh humans with data-banked images. But recently, Faception, a Israeli start-up, claims to have developed a program that “understand our personalities” better than ourselves. The start-up revealed recently signing a contract […]
Yesterday, on the floor of the state House of Representatives, two amendments to Pennsylvania’s gambling laws (aiming online poker legalization) went to a vote and were both rejected. However, immediately afterwards both amendments were voted for reconsideration. So, this means there will be another hearing as soon as possible, maybe even before the end of […]
Only one year after linking up with Rockets Poker Room, the Indian online poker site, Adda52, has called time on its live tournament partnership. In July 2015, Adda52 decided to enter the live tournament arena and work together with Rockets Poker Room in Bangalore. The Adda52 offered many low-stakes competitions and a prize pool of […]
