Category: Poker
Opinion: Players Deserve More After 5th Anniversary GGMasters Fiasco
GGMasters 5th anniversary edition chaos Back on February 23, GGPoker hosted the 5th anniversary edition of its signature GGMasters $150 tournament. To commemorate the occasion, the site boosted the guarantee considerably, promising a prizepool of $5,000,000. The players were excited by the prospect of a huge tournament and a potential overlay but when game-time arrived, […]
Dara O’Kearney: Bad Boy Lappin Punished in Barcelona
Worst ruling ever Apart from Vegas, Barcelona is the foreign destination I’ve played the most abroad. I have a lot of memories both good and bad from Spain. It was in San Sebastián I got the worst ruling of my career. The hand started with the big blind not realizing he was big blind, looking […]
GGPoker Bans 31 Players from Site, World Series of Poker for RTA Use
GGPoker has announced that it has banned 31 players for violating site rules. In a Friday tweet, the world’s largest poker room did not specifically say how the accounts broke the “fair play rules,” but did say that it investigated the accounts in collaboration with GTO Wizard, so it is probable that the players used […]
Poker Player Faces 30 Years and $1m Fine for $3.9m Fraud After Faking His Own Kidnapping
The poker world couldn’t believe what they were hearing when George Janssen claimed last year he was the victim of a bizarre $2m kidnapping and extortion scheme. The FBI clearly didn’t buy his story and has charged the 42-year-old with bank fraud. Janssen claimed he was held against his will for 33 days and that […]
Poker Pro Ebony Kenney Responds to Backlash Over Image Showing Her Using RTA Software
Ebony Kenney has taken to social media to defend herself after an image did the rounds recently showing her using real-time assistance (RTA) software while playing online: I know there’s been some conversation, so I’m addressing it directly. Full statement attached. pic.twitter.com/VgfZv58eOl — Ebony Kenney | Poker & Purposeful Pleasure (@Ebony_Kenney) February 23, 2025 She […]
Balatro Gets PEGI Age Rating Reduced from 18+ to 12+
Balatro wins challenge The hit poker-themed roguelike deck-builder video game Balatro finally has a more appropriate age rating. On Monday, game rating organization Pan European Game Information (PEGI) announced that it has changed Balatro’s age rating from PEGI 18 to PEGI 12 following an appeal by Sold Out Sales and Marketing, the publisher of Balatro […]
ClubWPT Gold Fires Shots at Americas Cardroom With Spoof Scandal Video
ClubWPT Gold is the new kid on the poker scene. The online poker product operates on a sweepstakes-based platform and shot onto the scene thanks to a partnership with World Poker Tour last year. Despite being new, the brand isn’t afraid of ruffling a few feathers on social media. The poker brand’s X account posted […]
Man Flips Poker Tables at WSOPC Event Claiming God Told Him to Do It
A man has claimed God told him to go berserk at the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Main Event at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on Sunday. According to media reports on Monday, the unnamed man flipped over three poker tables at the main $1,700 buy-in event in a field down to 65 players. A […]
Chamath Palihapitiya Pitches Poker Tour With Drug Tests, Reasonable Hours
Well-known venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya is considering launching a schedule of new high-limit poker tournaments in the US along with the help of some friends. He posted the idea to X, explaining that the prize pools would be in the millions, with buy-ins typically ranging between $50,000 and $1m+: My friends and I are considering […]
Phil Hellmuth Has a Point, but the Sanctity of the WSOP Main Event Cannot Be Corrupted
Hellmuth boycotts the Main Event Every two years for the last ten years, the average age of a poker player has increased by almost one year. This statistic, which was told to me by one of poker’s leading marketeers, was brought sharply into focus yesterday when the 1989 WSOP Main Event champion announced that he […]
