It was a battle throughout the Day Two festivities at the 2023 WPT World Championship on Saturday, but it was well worth it – for at least 480 people. It wasn’t until the final hand of the night that the money bubble was popped and, with that, those 480 fortunate souls will come back on… Read more »
Effective altruism movement According to a Bloomberg report, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla stock to charity in November. It appears that the man Musk has entrusted to decide where the money goes is poker pro Igor Kurganov. Kurganov, along with Stefan Huber, Phil Gruissem, and long-time girlfriend Liv… Read more »
The World Poker Tour, if you didn’t know it, is running their Tournament of Champions this weekend at the HyperX eSports Arena in Las Vegas. It also has concluded the final three events of their Season XVII schedule – the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, the WPT Choctaw and the WPT ARIA Summer Championship… Read more »
There once was a day in the poker world when nearly every top professional had a sponsorship deal with an online poker room. After “Black Friday” in 2011, however, those sponsorships dried up as companies looked to get more of a “bang” for their marketing dollar. Thus, when a new sponsorship – or “brand ambassador”… Read more »
Battling through an eight-hour final table featuring some of the toughest high-stakes players in the world, Isaac Haxton emerged victorious in the fifth running of the Super High Roller Bowl. In taking down the $300,000 buy in event, Haxton pocketed over a $3 million payday for his efforts. Come in as The Leader, Leave as… Read more »
While it might not be as popular as it once was, reading someone’s guidelines for success in business, athletic endeavors or life in general through a book is a great way to learn. Picking up these useful tools as recounted by successes in that field is also popular in poker, but it has been a… Read more »
It may have seemed like a lifetime ago, but the tournament poker world has only been on hiatus for about two weeks. That slight respite from play has left hundreds of players itching to get back to the felt and the only thing that will scratch that itch is one of poker’s major tournaments. That’s… Read more »
