If you have been around poker for a while now, the name Vanessa Selbst will certainly mean something to you. Even though one of the poker’s most notable pros out there, Selbst decided to retire from poker at the beginning of the year. However, since that time, sightings of her have been reported over a […]
In the end, the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship was a much-contested affair. Kicking off with 114 players, the tournament saw Justin Bonomo make it to the very top and landing his second World Series of Poker distinction with a gold bracelet and adding $185,965 in the process. It was a sweet victory and one […]
Both chess and poker have a common ground. For this reason, it isn’t really farfetched that we see the likes of Grandmaster Francisco Vallejo Pons try to cross over to poker. But do all crossovers produce good results? In Vallejo’s case, it isn’t always a good idea. He was already a chess Grandmaster at the […]
It can be quite alarming if you mix fraud with poker or any gambling activity for that matter. A professional poker player was accused of conning investors of more than $6 million in a scheme that involved both World Cup and Super Bowl tickets. How exactly did this happen? According to Federal prosecutors in California’s […]
Gender-bias and poker, does it really exist? For pro-poker player that goes with the pseudonym Sia Layta, it does exist. In fact, she plans to launch her upcoming book, Black Widow Poker in the boldest way possible. She plans to launch the book publicly entering a $10,000 buy-in main event by July as she disguises […]
Poker has developed into a game that is more than just reliant on luck. In fact, it also requires skill in order to accumulate winnings in the long run. What you have to understand before playing the game is that poker has requires strategies. Mike McDonald had an idea when he started PokerShares. PokerShares is […]
Gus Hansen has been absent from the Poker After Dark for almost the last eight years. And for the first time since 2010, Gus Hansen decided to make a comeback and play for the second and final day of “Racks of Lamb”. It was a week that was dubbed after the high-stakes player Ben Lamb. […]
Paul “X-22” Magriel reportedly died yesterday at age 71. The news was able to hit the poker world after Bill Robertie mentioned of Magriel’s death. He wrote, “I’m sad to have to report that Paul Magriel passed away yesterday”. He added that “He was found dead in his apartment by his assistant who was helping […]
Loni Harwood was able to do a really good job as she was able to outlast the rest of the 130 entrants for the WSOP Circuit Las Vegas Event #13: $2,200 No-Limit Hold’Em High Roller at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. She was able to win $72,802 after all were said and done. Today, […]
Getting rich playing poker is a dream for many aspiring professional poker players. John Hesp usually sells caravans in Yorkshire for a living. With poker merely as a hobby playing once a month at his local casino, it was quite a surprise how he won a fortune playing in Las Vegas. However, what is even […]
