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The Five Biggest Poker Winners From Delaware
Delaware may be tiny, but the state packs a punch when it comes to gambling. The second-smallest U.S. state was the first admitted to the Union. It was the first state to legalize sports betting following the Supreme Court ruling that repealed The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. Online...
Jason “TiltedHard” Lawhun Wins Third NJSCOOP Title
The PokerStars NJSCOOP is in full swing in New Jersey, and one man is outperforming everyone. Many poker players go their entire careers without winning a single tournament, but Jason “Tiltedhard” Lawhun is not just any poker player. He is one of the game’s elite. Lawhun has won not one,...
Patur Takes Down Delayed L.A. Poker Classic ($1,015,000)
Balakrishna Patur sat down at the delayed WPT L.A. Poker Classic Main Event as the chip leader. Some 188 hands of poker later, Patur became a World Poker Tour champion, an accolade that came with $1,015,000 in prize money. The WPT L.A. Poker Classic began in February 2020 and saw...
Holding the Nuts in Poker
Poker is full of wonderful names and phrases that it picked up over the years. The nuts is one particular favorite, if only because of its meaning. Holding the nuts means you have the best possible hand; no other hand can beat you. Some people call this the stone-cold nuts...
Brek Schutten Wins Largest SHRPS Prize In History
The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown is always popular with players. The latest edition, however, was ridiculously popular. A record-breaking crowd of 2,482 players paid the $3,500, and one man outlasted them all: Brek Schutten. Schutten had less than $400,000 in live poker tournament winnings before this event. A...
The Five Biggest Poker MTT Winners From Hawaii
Hawaii is the youngest of all 50 U.S. states and one that is 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland. It is not the first state mention when you think of poker players, but Hawaii has produced some incredible poker talent over the years. The five biggest poker tournament winners from...
Wait Is Worth It For New WPT Champion Zakarian
Veerab Zakarian reached the final table of the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event in January 2020. The final table was scheduled to take place in Las Vegas on April 1, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic put paid to those plans. The delayed final table finally took place this...
Daniel Buzgon Locks In Eighth WSOPC Ring
Daniel Buzgon is a poker player enjoying a rich vein of form. The man from Marlton, New Jersey, won the opening event of the 2021 WSOP Online Circuit Series and locked in a WSOPC ring. It is his fourth such ring in as many months and his eighth overall. Buzgon...
Making Moves: The Squeeze Play
The squeeze play is a well-known move that every poker player needs in their arsenal. Making a squeeze play is not as common in the online poker world as it once was, but it is still highly effective. This article highlights what a squeeze play is in addition to when...
Jake Schindler Triumphs in $25K Aria High Roller Event
Jake Schindler went from zero to hero in the latest round of PokerGO Aria High Roller events. Schindler came out on top of a compact but talented field of 27 entrants in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament. $25,000 buy-in tournaments tend to attract the best poker players in the business,...