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The Professional Poker Player

Poker may not be a sport but the players who choose the game as a way to pay the bills have the title Professional Poker Player as their job description. By the very definition of the name, the players must act professionally if they are going to make a profit in a game that is [...]

World Series of Poker, Europe, Bracelet Goes to New Yorker, Elio Fox, Wins Nearly $2 Million

It was an awesome match, for those who didn’t see it. And the fourth bracelet, at the conclusion of the main event, went to a New Yorker, Elio Fox. He beat out a record field of 592 in the €10,000 buy-in main event to take home the title, his first bracelet, and the top prize of [...]

So U.S. Baseball Superstar Likes to Play High Stakes Poker? Could Get Him in Hot Water (as in Suspended)

OK, so according to all the news reports I’ve read, seen and heard, Yankees’s all star third baseman (and future hall of famer) Alex Rodriguez is being investigated for allegedly playing in a high stakes (illegal) poker game. “We take this very seriously and have been investigating this matter since the initial allegation,” MLB said [...]

Home Boy (Man) Makes Good at WPT Slovenia…Wins $144,399 (102,700 Euros)

Let’s hear it for Miha Travnik who won it all at the WPT Slovenia, after emerging as winner from a field of 141 players over four days, and collected the  €102,700 ($144,399) first place prize. Travnik, you should know (at the age of 20) became his country’s first ever player to win a major live poker tournament. [...]

Gonna Spend Time in Europe this Year? Check Out One of These WSOP Events

Ten years. That’s right. The World Poker Tour, now in it’s tenth year, is better and stronger than ever, with six stops in Europe (so far). The Tour competes with the European Poker Tour (EPT), but truthfully, as a reporter and amateur player, I love them both. And that’s not a cop out. Here is the [...]

From the Ivy League to the Big Leagues; a Story of a Champion Poker Player

Did you see the story in a recent edition of the Trenton (New Jersey) Times? It’s the story (I want to give them full credit for digging it up) of a former Princeton student, former varsity wrestler, who’s made a ton of money playing poker. He began in 2003, about the time the poker craze [...]

And Now for Something Completely Different: Eyewear for Poker Stars a Must? Blue Shark Optics Gets the Sponsorship

Blue Shark Optics™, the global poker eyewear manufacturer, is announcing today a strategic sponsorship of the World Series of Poker® (WSOP), the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world. Effective immediately, a press release says, Blue Shark Optics™ is an official sponsor and the brand will be highly visible during all WSOP [...]

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