WATCH: The Coolest Las Vegas Poker Vlog You’ve Ever Seen
Pete Manzinelli, aka The Manz, is back grinding limit poker at the Excalibur in Las Vegas and he has documented the experience for you in his latest vlog.
Check it out!
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Find Out What Doug Polk Has Planned For His YouTube Channel
Want to know what Doug Polk has planned for his YouTube channel?
Look no further —as here he goes into all the details on what is in store for his viewers.
Crazy Prop Bets & High Roller Events with Brian Rast
If he’s not winning prop bets or being the WSOP Poker Players Champion, Brian Rast can be found taking down high roller events — as proved in the Aria over the weekend — and million dollar pots.
In the latest Poker Stories episode from Card Player Rast talks about it all.
Brandon Shack-Harris Offers Glimpse Into High Stakes Mixed Games
Brandon Shack-Harris is opening the window onto the world of high stakes mixed games thanks to his blog.
He’ll be documenting only 200/400 stakes above — focusing on 400/800 18 Game Mix.
Despite of not having experience in all of these games, Shack-Harris will be playing and blogging (when he has time) on: Limit Hold 'Em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, 2-7 NLSD, Big O, PLO, PLO8, 2-7 Triple Draw, A-5 TD, 2-6 TD, A-4 TD, Badugi, Badaci, Badaci A-4, Badeucey, Badeucey 2-6, Super Razzdeucy or daci, 2-7 Razz, Stud No Qualifier, and Archie.
Even Daniel Negreanu is booking marking the page so he can keep up to date on Shack-Harris’ latest hands.
You can keep up with Shack-Harris’ exploits here. Go check it out if only to see the quote from Phil Hellmuth at the top of the page.
I wonder if he will also be shining a light on this wardrobe choices as his Polar Bear hoodie from the WSOP is still, in my opinion, the haute couture of poker wear.
Daniel Weinman Becomes The Borgata Winter Poker Open Champion
In what was the biggest win of his career, Daniel Weinman took home the *Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship.
Interviewed straight after his win last week, which also coincided with his birthday, Weinman defeated a formidable final table to take home the title. Here what he has to say:
The 2017 Super High Roller Bowl Is a Sell Out
The likes of Igor Kurganov, Antonio Esfandiari, Erik Seidel and Fedor Holz will be playing.
The 2017 Super High Roller Bowl has sold out in just one day, despite the hefty $300,000 buy-in fee for the $15 million dollar prize.
“It’s unprecedented for a high stakes tournament to sell out this quickly. I’ve never seen anything like this” said Sean McCormack, ARIA’s Director of Poker Operations.
The Super High Roller features seven 7-handed tables and is capped at 50 seats. However, Daniel Negreanu is still hoping for one of the 15 reserved spots.
To see the full list of players confirmed for the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl you can go here.
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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.
#QUEENRULES At Unibet
Unibet have worked with creative agency FCB Inferno to release a custom deck of cards to accompany the launch of a new poker format where the Queen outranks the King.The project is intended to help draw attention to gender equality and unconscious gender bias in poker.