PokerStars Shuttering Heads-Up Ring Games to Protect Players
The change goes into effect this Friday (Feb. 12) and will mean that No-Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em and PLO heads-up games will go offline. PokerStars announced the change to players through an email...
View ArticleAmaya CEO Baazov Takes Paid Leave; Still Plans to Buy Company
In a press release the company said that its an “indefinite paid” leave to “focus on preparing an offer to acquire Amaya” and to avoid being a distraction while he faces insider trading charges. Baazov...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Jungleman Blank, Witchdoc Kitai, High-Stakes Foolin’
Have something you’d like to see in a future 3-Bet? Drop us a line in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find Dan Cates shutout in the first match of the GPL, Davidi Kitai demonstrates his poker...
View ArticleSCOOP 2016: Russia’s otitov survives marathon final table in the Super...
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The bottom line is simple: quarter of a million dollars on the line for first place. The second-richest prize in the first four days of SCOOP was up for grabs....
View ArticleMike Sexton: "Chris Ferguson Should Tell His Side of Full Tilt Story"
Ferguson has been absent from the WSOP since 2010 but showed up to play this year at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Poker players reacted on Twitter and poker forums, voicing their frustration...
View ArticleWSOP ME Heads-Up Flashback: Chris Ferguson vs. T.J. Cloutier
While well over 6,000 players hit up the Main Event these days, at the time “just” 512 players forked over the $10,000 to participate in the de facto World Championship of Poker. When all was said and...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: Blanking Lederer, WSOP Superteams, Jungleman 4 Real
Got a tip for a future 3-Bet? Let us know about it in the comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find a communal interest in busting Howard Lederer, poker superteams getting ready to tag in and Jungleman Dan...
View ArticleDaily 3-Bet: ME Tilt Bros, Isildur1 Spin-Up, SpiritRock Haze
Have a tip for a future edition of the 3-Bet? Drop us a comment in the, err, comments. Today in the 3-Bet we find a couple of ESPN villains loved by the cameras, Viktor Blom reminds us he can play and...
View ArticleMelanie Weisner: "Ultimately, It’s a Question of Respect"
Her life is now centered around her chosen home in Los Angeles but she’s come to London this week to play and be an ambassador for 888poker. Despite her impressive success on the poker circuit Weisner...
View ArticleGriffin Benger Silences Will Kassouf in Blockbuster Main Event Hand
Kassouf made it to the final two tables thanks to his gift of gab but the remaining players at the final two tables refused to give the former Lawyer anything on his final day. Still, it would take two...
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