New Jersey now has its hero. Matt Mendez has managed to notch up a golden bracelet at the World Series of Poker in the summer, becoming the first resident of the state who has achieved this. We take a look at what led up to his victory. Matt Mendez, aged 28, is a dedicated poker […]
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 […]
The clock is ticking towards another high roller event, requiring $1 million as the buy in. Welcome the Big One for One Drop tournament. An event that excites poker enthusiats and strikes fear in the hearts of players. There’s a lot to be effusive about when it comes to such events. They are challenging, there’s […]
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been one of the best-established poker pow-wows where pros meet each other and compete in a high-paced play of skill and prescience. While the event’s COLOSSUS segment prize pool has grown up significantly, its popularity has seemed to peter out for reasons that go beyond organizers and observers […]
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 […]
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is one of the most prestigious events for dab hands who like to crunch numbers and call their opponents’ bluffs. As the event inches to a start, WSOP reminders seem to be quite abundant and every one is sharing in the hype, from players to organizers. The event features […]
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 […]
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 […]
Unless you are living under the rock, you may have heard of cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were all over the news especially last year. In fact, its popularity skyrocketed to the point wherein Bitcoin’s value reached almost $20,000 in mid-December of 2017. So what exactly does it have anything to do with poker? Do […]
Just a few months after winning the World Series of Poker Main Event, Scott Blumstein is ready to go again. This time around, it won’t be the poker table. The next step that he plans to do is to actually do some running, in the fitness sense. According to him “the one thing I’m focusing […]
