Poker Players Alliance Rebrands As Poker Alliance
Last Wednesday, June 27, the Poker Players announced that it has been rebranded as the Poker Alliance and will henceforth be led by Mark Brenner, a longtime business development and government relations executive. The Poker Alliance will therefore immediately take over the role of being the unified voice for the millions of United States citizens who would like fair, safe and regulated gaming. Most importantly, the Poker Alliance...
Steve Albini Wins $105,629 at the WSOP Seven Card Stud Event
Steven Albini has had quite the career as both a musician and a producer – not only has he performed in bands like Shellac and Big Black but he has also served as a recording engineer for a number of other bands including Pixies and Nirvana. Now, the 55-year-old Chicago native can add a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet to his unique portfolio. Despite having just recently returned from a European tour with Shellac, one of...
WSOP Begins Collecting Poker Hall of Fame Nominations
This year’s World Series of Poker kicked off last week and amid all the buzz that came with the poker enthusiasts’ quest for fame, fortune and a good time, the Poker Hall of Fame announced that it had begun the process for the 2018 inductions. This marked the official launch of the voting process where the public would nominate their preferred candidates for a possible induction into the next two slots in the Hall of Fame – of all the...
William ‘Twooopair’ Reymond Wins 2018’s #1 Online Bracelet
William ‘Twooopair’ Reymond has triumphed in the WSOP.com online event and the first online bracelet of 2018 after taking down Event #10: $365 WSOP.com ONLINE No-Limit Hold’em for a whopping $154,996. Twooopair who doubles up as French journalist and is currently working on a book about the Kennedy assassination was among the 2,972 entries in the WSOP.com event which is the first of the four online events that have been scheduled for...
Matthew Waxman Triumphs at the WPT Tournament of Champions
It is about that time of the year when registration opens and live satellites begin for this year’s World Series of Poker tournaments, but before we get to the next biggest poker event, we needed to see the World Poker Tour through to the end. And so it ended on Sunday with renowned poker player, Matthew Waxman won the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions. Darren Elias had shown a great deal of promise but even though he...
Darren Elias Claims Record Fourth World Poker Tour Title
This year we might see Daren Elias made World Poker Tour history twice in a week by claiming the fourth career title whilst competing at the inaugural WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic in Las Vegas. Before his historic win, Elias had been tied with Gus Hansen, Carlos Mortensen, David “Chino” Rheem and Anthony Zinno on three titles – the win, however, marked the first time that the poker star pulled away from his illustrious competitors in a...
