Since 2017 Maria Konnikova has been officially working on her new book, The Biggest Bluff, that would document her journey in the poker world—a “year-in-the-life” look at the live poker pro circuit.
Some exciting news: my new book is now official! Spoiler alert: the champion is “@Erik_Seidel”:https://twitter.com/Erik_Seidel—and he’s *the* absolut… https://t.co/DvB9Ufmv6a— Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) March 10, 2017
Is that my completed manuscript? Why yes. Yes it is. https://t.co/n5jhOj6axA— Maria Konnikova (@mkonnikova) October 21, 2019
The poker community were quick to jump on twitter to congratulate the author and poker pro—her comments section a veritable who’s who of poker alumni.
Back in 2017 Konnikova said that she thinks Sidel will reclaim the number 1 all-time money title from Daniel Negreanu by the time her book is out. Looking at the stats as of today, that looks like a long shot for many reasons.
In July 2018 Justin Bonomo clinched the top spot knocking Negreanu down into second place. Since then Negreanu has slipped into third place, as Bryn Kenney sits in the top spot. Kenney took down the Triton High Roller in the summer which saw him win over $20 million in prize money—jumping from 6th to 1st place on the all-time money list.
Seidel sits in 5th place, $20 million behind the top spot.
Jean-Robert Bellande, commonly referred to as JRB, is one of the true characters of poker and a real fan favorite.
During his appearance this week on the Poker Life Podcast, JRB gets about as candid as once can get on a number of different topics, including how he first started playing poker.
But that is just the tip of the iceberg (pun intended) as Joey dives in with JBR on WTF he was thinking when he got it all in pre with the 53 during a televised hand from the Triton Poker Series! (We’ve included Joey’s vid on that hand below as a bonus)
Other entertaining topics on the pod include:
JRB describing the degen game Big Bank Little Bank
And of course, it wouldn’t be a JRB interview if it didn’t include a bad beat story. Check out as JRB tells Joey about the hand that caused him to become a staked player.
Daniel Negreanu is currently hunting for his third WSOP Player of the Year title.
He is over at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czechia, playing in the WSOPE with the hopes to win more bracelets whilst accruing points for the WSOP Player of the Year race.
The WSOPE takes place October 15 to November 4 and there are 10 scheduled bracelet events.
If Negreanu wins the WSOP Player of the Year, it would be the third time in his career and for Deeb who is also in Rosvadov hoping for some wins, it would be his second.
Selling action for #wsope 2 bullets for each 25k€ nlh 8g short deck and 100k nlh 253k euro or so total charging mar… https://t.co/PEJojHrh6P— shaun deeb (@shaundeeb) October 10, 2019
The regular Spin & Go has been designed by PokerStars to last 7 to 12 minutes on average.
Well, now online poker giant has introduced an even quicker version of it dubbed Spin & Go Flash which seems to be heavily inspired by Winamax’s new Expresso Nitro.
Currently, Spin & Go Flash is being trialed in Italy for real-money and is expected to roll out to other markets including the dot-com market soon.
In this fast & furious version, players get 300 starting stack instead of 500 and the blind levels go up every minute instead of the usual three—exactly what you’ll see in Winamax’s Nitro format.
You’ll also notice that Spin & Go Flash does not have its own tab. Instead, it is found in the default Spin & Go tab. Players can choose to either play the regular version or the “Flash” version.
Also, if you click on the background of the table, a sparkling lightning effect takes place at the table. Currently, this is possible only in Aurora clients, PokerStars’ new graphics engine released earlier this year.
Starting today (Thursday October 10) and running for the next 14 days, every player at Run It Once Poker will get 35% direct rakeback for playing at the RIO Poker tables – PLUS, another 35% in rakback will be awarded right at the tables thought the fun and innovative Splash the Pot where random amounts of money are added directly to the pot.
At various intervals, the table will glow and chips will be dropped into the pot, with the winner of the hand keeping the extra cash.
Gold Chips are worth 1 big blind, bronze chips are worth 25 big blinds and platinum chips add 100 big blinds to the pot!
Whether or not Splash the Pot is activated is determined by the pot size of the previous hand.
Check the video below to see Splash the Pot in action.
When Will 35% Direct Rakeback Be Paid?
35% Direct Rakeback for play between October 10th (12:00) and October 17th (11:59) will be paid within five days of October 17th.
Payments for play between October 17th (12:00) and October 24th (11:59) will be made within five days of October 24th. All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST)
How Can You Earn Even More Rewards?
Click on this link to sign up to Run It Once Poker and you can get a 100% deposit bonus on every deposit you make during your first 30 days (up to a maximum of €600).
And there is no time limit to clear your bonus as long as you play at least one hand every 30 days.
High stakes poker pro and three time WSOP bracelet winner, Antonio Esfandiari has won yet another prop bet. He took comedian Kevin Hart down in just three rounds, as part of a boxing prop bet.
PokerStars gave away 320 free entries to the $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) over the course of the previous year via Platinum Passes that after accomodations and spending money were valued at $30,000.
In case you missed out on the Final Table stream of the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) event, here are clips of some of the most crucial hands at the Final Table of the event.
Joey Ingram sat down with Bill Perkins at the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) for a podcast that would almost hit the three hour mark.
It was during day 2 of the history-in-making $25,000 buy-in PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship when a Vietnamese lady by the name of Thi Xua Nguyen stunned everybody by making this incredible laydown versus Athanasios Polychronopoulos, a Greek-American professional poker player with two WSOP bracelets.
A historic moment was created on December 4 as partypoker pulled off an incredible feat by setting the record for the biggest tournament in the history of online poker.
Jennifer Carter knitted her way to a $30,000 Platinum Pass from PokerStars, granting her entry into the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) taking place in the Bahamas in January.
Short Deck Hold’em, AKA 6+ Hold’em, is one of the hottest poker variants being played today, and courtesy of these highlights from the HKD 500k ($64k USD) buy-in Short Deck Event at the Triton Poker SHR Jeju 2018 series, you can learn from one of poker’s all-time masters, Phil Ivey.
OP-Poker, a team of Twitch streamers and official ambassadors of PokerStars’ Power Up, was recently invited to have a look at PokerStars’ brand new upcoming Virtual Reality Product PokerStars VR held at EGX conference at Birmingham.
PokerStars Team Pro Liv Boeree in her latest TED Talk gave a six-minute speech on how poker taught her three important lessons that can be used in life.
Continuing the celebration of Rounders turning twenty this year, The Ringer now brings us “Going All In: An Oral History of Rounders” —which doesn’t disappoint.
Unibet has announced that the Poker Princess, Molly Bloom, who’s “Hollywood high stakes poker game was the subject of the Oscar-nominated and critically acclaimed film Molly’s Game“ will be their special guest!
This story still has the poker community talking. Real life poker couple Kristen Bicknell (who is signed by partypoker) and Alex Foxen made the final table of a tournament at The Venetian in Las Vegas last month. Their alleged soft-play and collusion has the poker community riled up with the likes of Doug Polk and Justin Bonomo still talking about it long after play finished up.
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