In what was likely the richest poker game ever publicly broadcast, Daniel “Jungleman” Cates beat Finland’s Ossi “Monarch” Ketola in a series of heads-up matches to profit an incredible €13 million ($15.1 million). Streamed on the Onyx Live YouTube channel as part of the Onyx Super High Roller Series Cyprus, the six one-on-one contests treated… Read more »
In today’s poker world, it is not unusual for players to have to make decisions regarding what tournaments they want to take part in. Rare is it, however, that the tournaments in question are of such luminous status that people will make note of who is going where. That’s what we’re looking at when it… Read more »
It does seem like it just started last week, but the 2021 World Series of Poker is coming into its final events, in particular the $10,000 Championship Event. Day 1A is in the books for that event, graced by the presence of a couple of the wizened veterans of the game. While Friday will bring… Read more »
Down to nearly the felt, it would have been completely understandable if former World Champion Phil Hellmuth had simply chucked it in and moved on. Instead, with only a few chips to his stack, the 15-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner fought back. In the end, Hellmuth would eventually defeat fellow poker pro Daniel… Read more »
I am not one to ride the gossip train, so while I read about Bill Perkins accusing some unnamed poker pro of cheating in an online home game and then Dan Bilzerian calling someone out by name, I decided not to write about it because the whole thing still felt very “rumory” to me. Just… Read more »
