It looks like Celina Lin has found the ever elusive Tom Dwan playing high stakes in Macau.
From Lin’s tweets it seems Dwan lost a HKD$3.26mil pot which although is only around $300K still has got to hurt.
I didn’t know Gender Reveal Nights where even a thing but it turns out they are.
In the Mercier’s big reveal last week, they
Daniel Negreanu is known to speak his mind and not shy away from what he thinks needs to be said.
In this recent Poker Stories podcast from CardPlayer, D-Negs gets vocal about his beef with Mike Matusow calling him a deadbeat, how clickbait titles are like selling your soul, why he remembers 2004 as the best run of his life and how UIGEA cost him $170m. Ouch
He also talks about integrity and why that makes him speak his mind.
Listen to the full interview below.
Catch up on other Poker Stories here as Jason Koon opens up about credit card roulette and Tom Dwan’s $20m bad beat.
In a recent vlog from Macau, Jake Cody films his jump from 233 meters from the Macau Tower, Macau, China.
Check it out below. It had me coming out in a cold sweat just watching it.
With details very thin on the ground all we really know is New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker contributor Maria Konnikova is realising a new book on Poker.
It is billed as a chronicle on her “year long immersion in the high stakes world of professional poker, apprenticed to one of games greatest and most reclusive champions”. And that would be none other than Erik Seidel.
Konnikova is also confident that Sidel will reclaim the number 1 all-time money title from Daniel Negreanu by the time her book is out. Watch this space.
Doug Polk catches up with Phil Hellmuth after their recent high stakes Poker Night in America outing to talk on a whole host of topics including his thoughts on Tom Dwan, William Kassouf and what he attributes to his success.
The Poker Brat gives us all some words of wisdom on why not to let your ego go to your head even when people tell you everyday how great you are and why you shouldn’t ever cheat on your wife. Thanks Phil.
But skip to the 27min mark to hear what he has to say about Dwan. Ever shrouded in mystery these days, the plot thickens as apparently Dwan is in Macau trading million dollar debts “like it’s fucking water” with a Chinese player called “the chairman”.
Not content with retirement, Fedor Holz has joined premium clothing company Noetics as a Tournament Ambassador. Poker pro Patrik Antonius also joins as a Cash Game Ambassador which I think basically means, they are just both modelling the over-priced apparel.
Noetics Hoodies asks its customers, “Are you a high-stakes cash game player? Noetics products are designed together with the best grinders in the world” — with hoddies costing around $200, you definitely need to be a high-stakes cash game player to afford one.
Here’s Patrik Antonius in action modelling the Noëtics Long Sleeve in their latest advert.
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High Stakes Poker Pro Antonio Esfandiari Kicks Movie Star Kevin Hart's Arse
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.
Lex Veldhuis Ships Sunday Warm-Up Live on Twitch
Last night, Lex Veldhuis took down the PokerStars Sunday Warm-Up Live on Twitch for over $34,000.
#10YearChallenge: PokerStars
Let's have a look at how PokerStars has changed in 10 years.
Just How Much Did Platinum Pass Holders Win at the #PSPC?
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.
Watch: Crucial Hands at the #PSPC Final Table
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.
Bill Perkins Dishes Out The Wisdom At The PSPC
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.
This is Why One PSPC Platinum Pass Winner Tanked Two Minutes with Aces Preflop
With life-changing money on the line, one Platinum Pass winner genuinely considers folding aces pre-flop!
Watch: One of the Best Laydowns at PSPC, and Possibly of All Time
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.
MILLIONS Online Will Return in 2019
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.
Knitting Mom Scores $30,000 Poker Package
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.
Watch & Learn: Phil Ivey Playing Short Deck Hold'em
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 Takes a Look at PokerStars VR
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.
Watch: PokerStars Team Pro Liv Boeree's Recent TED Talk
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.
Rounders Turns 20
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.
Molly Bloom To Speak At Unibet Open Bucharest
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!
ICYMI: Phil Hellmuth's Grand Entrance at 2018 WSOP Main Event
Words escape me. Prepare yourself for the grand entrance from WSOP 14 time bracelet winner, Phil Hellmuth (as captured by PokerNews).
Do You Think This is Collusion?
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.
Doyle Brunson Will Retire From Poker After Last WSOP Outing This Summer
*Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson has announced his retirement from poker so that he can spend more time with his wife, who is in failing health.
Watch Chris Ferguson's Nothingburger Full Tilt Statement
It has only taken 7 years for Chris “Jesus” Ferguson to apologise for his part in the Full Tilt fiasco that followed Black Friday. He has finally commented via Vimeo. Check it out below.
Jaime & Matt Staples Win Prop Bet!
A year on from agreeing to a crazy prop bet with billionaire Bill Perkins, the Staples brothers have walked away with $150,000 and won their bet to get within 1 lb of each other.