Mary Ortiz

Global Poker awards nominees have been announced. This year’s edition will dish out 26 awards to the finalists in 18 categories. Among those to be awarded include Best Streamer, Best Tournament Director, Best final Table Table Performance, Best Broadcast, and Best Tournament director among many more. The nominees were selected and voted for by selected panels comprising poker-industry...

Daniel Colpoys’ this year’s rat race is off to a great start. He won the PokerGO Cup event for $200,200. This was his second-largest live cash win in his illustrious career, Interestingly, he cashed out his largest win, $202,145 toward the end of January 2022. So, this year is shaping up quite nicely for the poker pro. He now has more than $1.5...

Cheating in poker has been the scourge that refuses to let up. Cheating is not only frowned upon, but it attracts huge penalties if caught. Most poker cheaters prefer sophisticated means like botting and collusion. But A man was banned after stealing glances at an opponent’s hole card on multiple occasions. Well, props to him for using the oldest cheating technique in the...

PokerStars’ 50/50 series is back! The 50/50 series is scheduled to return on Jan. 30 and will pay out more than $7.5 million. As usual, the series will have multiple tournaments each with a $50 buy-in requirement. The low price has been its best selling point, especially to low-stakes players. With millions of dollars on the line, the series...

Quan Tran is the latest WSOPC main event winner after emerging victorious in the 2022 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw $1,700 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event . The tournament attracted 1,411 entries and had a prize pool of $2,137,665. His first-place finish earned him $336,412 and the...

The Run It Once online poker site is no more. Phil Galfond’s online poker outfit has called in quits and it will no longer offer services to international players. Even though the poker outfit was designed to compete with large players such as PokerStars, its existence in the international market is not an indicator of failure. The outfit...

2021 has been a very unpredictable year for live poker courtesy of the Covid 19 outbreak. Apart from the WSOP 2021 and a few other tournaments, most events were either held online entirely or postponed altogether. However, a first glance at the 2022 schedule without a doubt alludes to an action-packed year. To kick off 2022, January has a plethora of high-profile live...

Over the past two years, COVID has taken center stage in almost every aspect of our lives. The entertainment industry has not been spared, especially the poker community. During the first few months after the emergence of Covid 19, most countries shut down completely, obliterating live poker in the process. Players were forced to either play online or quit playing altogether. After community...

It is a bad day for the poker community. Henry Orenstein, an inventor and poker hall of famer, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 98. Apart from being an ardent inventor, Henry Orenstein's contribution to poker cannot be understated. Way before the poker boom, Orenstein invented the Hole card cam which is an integral component of modern-day poker television. Orenstein was...

In “from grass to grace “ fashion, Littlemonk was able to turn a satellite ticket into a Super Million$ title. The Dutch poker player is now one of the several players to win such a prestigious title. However, the fact that he bought in using a satellite ticket, makes his victory even more remarkable. Interestingly, LittleMonk earned his ticket after emerging victorious in...

WSOP Poker Hall of Fame nominees Customary, the main event conclusion is celebrated by inducting new member/s to the poker hall of fame. However, prior to the announcement, qualified players or poker personalities are first shortlisted. Then the nominees are considered by 32 living poker hall of famers to determine the most eligible Hall-of-Famer. However, the 32-member panel is not...

Scott Ball emerged victorious in the 2021 World Series of Poker $5,000 no- limit hold’em six-max event for $562,667. This was Ball’s largest cash prize throughout his poker career. In fact, he is not known for his poker prowess but for heralding a new poker streaming age. He helped establish the Twitch Poker channel and run the channel for several years. However, even though...

The amount of money Dan Bilzerian has won in poker is always a bone of contention. He has long claimed to have won tens of millions of dollars on the felt. Well, he has decided to walk the talk if his recent Logan Paul podcast and his autobiography are anything to go by. The primary motivation for the absurd $100 million heads-up match...

As the 2021 World Series of Poker nears conclusion, one man, in particular, is all smiles. Phil Hellmuth has now won a total of 16 WSOP bracelets after bagging one more bracelet on Oct 17. Hellmuth won the $1,500 buy-in no-limit deuce-to-seven lowball event for $84,851 and the prestigious WSOP bracelet. He has now cemented himself as one of the best, if not...

Michael Addamo won the high roller $50,000 no-limit hold’em eight-max event after defeating Justin Bonomo in heads up. This recent win is his third on the WSOP scene. A month ago, Addamo won the 2021 Super High Roller Bowl for $3.4 million. Cumulatively, in 2021 alone, Addamo has...

PokerStars is offering a golden chance to individuals who would like to be the next streaming partner to join the likes of Fintan Hand, Lex Veldhuis, and Ben Spragg. Contrary to what many may think, you don’t necessarily have to be a professional poker player to become the next PokerStars streaming sensation. Instead, you only need to display a basic understanding of poker...

Customary, World Series of Poker has an event each year to cater women poker players dubbed the “WSOP Ladies Event”. However, over the past years, several men have crashed the event, some even reaching the final table. This year, Tom Hammers entered the WSOP Ladies Event. Hammers, however, had good intentions. He had planned to donate all his winnings to womens’ charities. Even...

Phil Hellmuth is known for his trademark tirade on the felt when things don’t go his way. He even has a suiting nickname, “poker Brat”, to show for it. However, some of his outbursts are borderline bullying, not to mention the accompanying vulgarity. Recently, Hellmuth's vulgar outburst was so bad that it necessitated WSOP tournament officials to intervene. It happened during the...

A WSOP bracelet is undoubtedly the most sought-after poker achievement. Unfortunately, being a good player does not always guarantee a WSOP bracelet. It usually takes multiple tries to reach a WSOP final table. After 10 years, Jason Koon finally won a World Series of Poker bracelet. Well, it was only a matter of time. Koon has been phenomenal in live tournaments over the...

Martin Zamani, brother to Benjamin Zamani, won his second World Series of Poker bracelet. He won the $5,300 no-limit hold’em freezout which was hosted on WSOP.com. After his recent win, he is only one bracelet short to equal his brother's 3 WSOP bracelets. Zamani now has over $2.9 million in lifetime earnings. His brother has over $5 million in tournament earnings, 2021 has...