News about poker pros
Following two rounds of preliminary voting by an industry panel, the Global Poker Index has revealed the nominees for the 5th Annual Global Poker Awards. Several awards not listed below have already been determined. Bin Weng has won GPI Poker Player of the Year, Kristen Foxen picks up her fourth GPI Female Poker Player of… Read more »
Perry Friedman, far and away one of the most beloved poker players this century, passed away on Sunday at the age of 55 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. One of founding members of the “Tiltboys” poker group, Friedman was a math and computer genius. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Stanford University,… Read more »
Too much of a good thing Daniel Negreanu has long been one of the most open poker pros with his fans. At the end of every year, he provides a rundown of how he did along with an analysis of what he liked and didn’t like about his performance. This week, he published his annual… Read more »
That’s a big reefer business Shawn Sheikhan, whose poker claim to fame was being insufferable at the table in the mid-2000’s, has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in operating a drug distribution business. Sheikhan pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to distribute marijuana in June 2022. He must surrender… Read more »
Double-check Controversial hands in live tournaments are always fun and you can read that as sarcasm or not, it really all depends on one’s appetite for chaos. The latest hubbub happened over the weekend on Day 1A of the EPT Cyprus $2,200 High Roller event and while it was a situation no dealer wants to… Read more »
A matter of timing MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle has confirmed that his company did not pay a ransom to hackers who brought MGM to its knees last month. Speaking at the Global Gaming Expo on Tuesday, Hornbuckle called it “corporate terrorism at its finest.” “It took us (until day three) to figure out… Read more »
Today is October 2, 2023. Abbreviated in the American format, that’s 10-2. If, as a poker fan and player, that reminds of the late, great Doyle Brunson, it should. Today, several poker rooms around the world are commemorating “Doyle Brunson Day” to celebrate the life of the legendary “Godfather of Poker,” who won both the… Read more »
PLO Series returns The PokerGO Tour (PGT) has announced changes to the second half of the 2023 season, made, as it says, “to better accommodate players.” Several events have updates, including the PGT Championship, PGT PLO Series, and PGT Last Chance. But first, let’s start with the $100,000 Super High Roller Bowl PLO, which will… Read more »
I recently saw Bruce Springsteen tell a story on the Graham Norton Show about how on his off day in St. Louis during a concert tour, a young fan invited him back to his house to meet his parents. The Boss took him up on the offer, they had a nice, relaxing night, and whenever… Read more »
Negreanu going for the title The next round of High Stakes Duel 4 is set. PokerGO announced on Tuesday that for Round 2, Daniel Negreanu will take on old nemesis Doug Polk. Both players will buy in for $100,000. There is no set date yet, but the match-up will take place some time in August… Read more »
Coming clean Poker pro Ali Imsirovic has confirmed some, but not all, accusations that he has cheated in online poker. In a video he posted to YouTube on Sunday, Imsirovic said that he did, in fact, multi-table in tournaments on GGPoker in 2020. Imsirovic explained that he multi-tabled for a few months during the COVID… Read more »
“Horrible for poker” The talk of the poker world the last few days has been the cheating allegations against Martin Kabrhel, who finished third in the $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller event on Sunday. Multiple players at the final table and at tables with him on previous days suspect he was marking the cards… Read more »
The nomination period for the Poker Hall of Fame has begun. On Tuesday, the World Series of Poker made the nomination form available to the public on its website. While you can nominate anyone you would like, there is a set a criteria that must be met in order for that nominee to actually be… Read more »
When he was a 22-year-old internet poker sensation, Tom Dwan won the largest pot in televised poker history. In Season 5 of High Stakes Poker (filmed in late 2008, aired in 2009), he turned trip Queens to beat Barry Greenstein’s pocket Aces and win a $919,600 pot. Last night, Queens were his friend again as… Read more »
Ethan “Rampage” Yau knows that if you have air on the river, you’re only going to win the pot if you force your opponent to fold. Most of us get nervous trying to pull off a $20 bluff, but over the weekend, Rampage took little time to risk $628,000 with nothing but Ace high on… Read more »
Negreanu gets on the scoreboard It was over two years in the making, but Daniel Negreanu finally did it. He finally won a match in High Stakes Duel, beating Eric Persson in the first round of High Stakes Duel 4 Monday night. Each man brought $50,000 to the table, so Negreanu pocketed a $100,000 prize.… Read more »
Load up on energy drinks Daniel Negreanu had better get some rest over these next six weeks because he has a busy summer ahead. Over the weekend, the Poker Hall of Famer posted his schedule for the 2023 World Series of Poker and it is a doozy, leaving him with essentially no rest at all.… Read more »
Betting with phantom chips William Kassouf is a good poker player with a bad reputation. He is known for his incessant “speech play” at the tables and while some people find it entertaining, it seems that most think he’s just being an asshole. And then there was the time in 2018 when he was caught… Read more »
Rock and roll and poker have long had a relationship with each other. Maybe it’s because they are both a bit off the beaten track – “outlaw,” so to speak – but it seems that they were made for each other. Now the online poker room GGPoker has enlisted one of the top hard rock… Read more »
Isaac Haxton has absolutely shot out of the gates in 2023. In the first quarter of the year (plus a day), he has won $5,154,740 in live poker tournaments, the first player to hit the $5 million mark. He eclipsed that plateau on Sunday, April 1, when he won Event #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em at… Read more »
If Robbi Jade Lew wants to get her money back from Garrett Adelstein, she is going to be waiting a long, long time. In an interview on Doug Polk’s podcast on Monday, Adelstein said it simply isn’t happening. Adelstein has been relatively quiet in the six months since the now infamous Jack-Four hand on Hustler… Read more »
Last week, Doug Polk challenged “the world” to a heads-up cash game match. $100,000 buy-in, blinds of $200/$400, simple as that. Later that day, he announced his first opponent: Bill Perkins. When all was said and done on Sunday, Polk finished $29,800 in the hole, but the contest served as great publicity for The Lodge… Read more »
Dusting off the highlights You ever think you spotted something special, only to find out you were the last one to the party? That just happened to poker pro Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler this week. On Monday, Kessler posted a poll, asking the poker community who they thought was a better No-Limit Hold’em player: Phil Ivey… Read more »
Never say never It looks like poker pro Garrett Adelstein will not appear on Hustler Casino Live any time in the near future, or maybe ever. Adelstein, who famously lost a $269,000 to Robbi Jade Lew on the show six months ago and subsequently accused her of cheating because she made an insane call, has… Read more »
Can’t blame her, but still hurts With all the different streaming services we feel obligated to subscribe to nowadays, it can be tough to commit to another, especially if it’s for such niche programming like poker. So as good as PokerGO’s content has gotten, it is understandable if fans of shows like High Stakes Poker… Read more »
