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BigBlinds Bets Wins $1.66 Million During PokerStars WCOOP
PokerStars awarded some massive prizes this week as the 2019 World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP) wrapped up. The biggest prize came in the $5,200 buy-in WCOOP Main Event, which saw 2,236 players create an $11,180,000 prize pool. This gargantuan sum was shared among the top 271 finishers. A min-cash...
Loose-Aggressive Poker: How to Beat It
Any style of play can win money at poker, but the majority of winning players play tight-aggressive or loose-aggressive. It is time for some loose-aggressive strategy seeing how we covered how to beat tight-aggressive players last week. What is a Loose-Aggressive Style? Loose-aggressive, or LAG, is a style of poker...
Eric Baldwin Wins Third Title in Two Months
Eric Baldwin saw his world come crashing down on April 15, 2011 when poker faced Black Friday. Prominent online poker sites, including PokerStars, closed their doors to residents of the United States. Baldwin was left high and dry. Baldwin is better-known as “basebaldy”, his famous online poker alias, thanks to...
Five Steps to the Perfect Online Poker Setup
You do not need a powerful computer or cutting edge monitor to play online poker. Just like you do not need special running shoes to participate in a marathon, but it helps. Creating the perfect online poker setup is easier than you think. There is a saying that goes “fail...
Donald Maloney Crowned WPT Borgata Poker Open Champion
Donald Maloney secured his first six-figure prize in a $600 buy-in side event at the 2018 WPT Borgata Poker Open. Now he has another five-times the size of that almost 12-months to the day. Maloney is the latest inductee to the Champions Club having won the 2019 WPT Borgata Poker...
Tight-Aggressive Poker: How to Beat It
There are so many styles of play to adopt at the poker tables. It is what makes this game so special. Tight-aggressive (TAG) and loose-aggressive (LAG) styles are the most popular and today we will delve into a tight-aggressive style. What is a Tight-Aggressive Style? Tight-aggressive is a term for...
Benson Tang Becomes a Borgata Poker Champion
The Borgata Casino in New Jersey is packed with poker players thanks to the World Poker Tour being in town. WPT Borgata Poker Open is in full swing and several players have already padded their bankrolls via the many side events leading up to the $3,500 Main Event. Benson Tang...
The 10 Biggest Online Poker Tournament Winners
Online poker tournament grinders are the players who poker news outlets rave about. They help to sell the dream that poker can see you win vast sums of money in a short time. There is a lot of luck involved in tournament poker, but equally as much skill. Being able...
Cary Katz Wins Super High Roller Bowl London
Cary Katz triumphed in the Super High Roller Bowl London event after a 10-hour battle at the final table. The founder of Poker Central got his hands on £2,100,000 ($2,610,317) after outlasting 11 opponents in the £250,000 buy-in event. Super High Roller Bowl London Result Place Player Country Prize (GBP)...
Three Poker Legends No Longer With Us
Players are referred to a poker legends too frequently in this game, but some players are deserving of that status. There are some players who play now who are poker legends in their own right. The likes of Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey to name just three. But...