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It seems that ESPN poker commentator recently got into a little hot water after violating court rules while serving on a jury. In a case of Norman Chad simply being Norman Chad, the cynical, sarcastic, witty pundit decided to Tweet even though the jurors were expressly not told not to communicate during the trial.
The Tweets [...]

Every poker player may be an individual –with their own set of strengths, weaknesses, and quirks-but for the most part poker players fall under a certain category. Obviously there are winners and losers, but inside each of those categories are more subsets, and without getting too specific I’ve narrowed these sub-categories down to three for [...]

Every poker player may be an individual –with their own set of strengths, weaknesses, and quirks-but for the most part poker players fall under a certain category. Obviously there are winners and losers, but inside each of those categories are more subsets, and without getting too specific I’ve narrowed these sub-categories down to three for [...]

It seems Randy “nanonoko” Lew has finally settled on which online poker record he will attempt to break during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure tournament series. Yesterday Lew announced that he would attempt to break the record for the most hands of online poker played in an 8-hour period while remaining profitable.
Now this is where the [...]

Every year in the poker world we witness a few breakout performances, a few comebacks by players that have fallen off the poker radar in recent years and of course a few players continuing their successful streaks. In this 4-part column I’ll take a look at the players who were the top performers in the [...]

Every year in the poker world we witness a few breakout performances, a few comebacks by players that have fallen off the poker radar in recent years and of course a few players continuing their successful streaks. In this 4-part column I’ll take a look at the players who were the top performers in the [...]

Every year in the poker world we witness a few breakout performances, a few comebacks by players that have fallen off the poker radar in recent years and of course a few players continuing their successful streaks. In this 4-part column I’ll take a look at the players who were the top performers in the [...]

Every year in the poker world we witness a few breakout performances, a few comebacks by players that have fallen off the poker radar in recent years and of course a few players continuing their successful streaks. In this 4-part column I’ll take a look at the players who were the top performers in the [...]

The man responsible for supplying the poker world with updates from the nosebleed cash games that take place in Macau now has another claim to fame, as Tom Hall decided to exact some revenge for “Getting Chino’d” by bringing the serial borrower into the boxing ring for a 1-round slugfest -that ended up being entirely [...]

To casual poker fans Jean-Robert Bellande appears to be one of the superstars of the poker world, always partying and surrounded by beautiful women, but “Bobby” (as he is known in the poker world) has a dirty little secret (well it’s not really a secret since he points it out all the time) that is [...]