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Phil Hellmuth on Twitter throughout the NFL season, you’ve no doubt seen him make his “Pick of the Week.” He’s actually done quite well having gone 12-6-1 thus far, including a correct pick six weeks in a row. Heading into this weekend’s Conference Championship games – Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills respectively – we thought it’d be worthwhile to pick the brain of the “Poker Brat” to see who he likes to make Sup...

Indias win in Australia: Aussie fans Bharat Mata ki Jai chant leaves everyone emotional We have heard several stories of rags to riches and companies that were started in garages went on to become the worlds most valuable conglomerates. But venture capitalists (VCs) are known to dip their toes in new waters every now and then, and it is not every day that those investments return fortune. One such inspiring tale is of Chamath Palihapitiya, the billionaire venture capitalist, who almost backed o...

1 Tom Dwan wound up in the middle of one of the most memorable “High Stakes Poker” hands ever in the recent episode released on the PokerGo app. Three players were all-in before the flop, vying for all or a share of the $985,000 pot. They opted to run it three times, but one extremely lucky player scooped it all. Did Tom Dwan win another monster pot on High Stakes Poker? (Image: PokerGo) PokerGo brought back the popular televised poker show last month. One new episode is released every Wedn...

About Palihapitiya: Born in Sri Lanka, Palihapitiya emigrated to Canada at the age of six. After stints at AOL, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Slack Technologies (NYSE:WORK), Palihapitiya launched The Social + Capital Partnership, a fund to invest in ventures no major companies would fund. Palihapitiya launched Social Capital Hedosophia with Ian Osborne to use the alternative path to traditional IPOs to bring innovative tech companies to the public market. Palihapiya has plans to bring compani...

WSOP Main Event Heads-Up Finale Preview: Joseph Hebert Vs. Damian Salas 3 Min read Although it’s technically 2021, the 2020 WSOP Main Event winner will finally be crowned tomorrow at the Rio in Las Vegas. And that individual will either be Joseph Hebert or Damian Salas. Will Damian Salas or Joseph Hebert win the 2020 WSOP Main Event? (Image: ESPN) This year’s $10,000 buy-in world championship event is vastly different compared to the previous 50 years due to COVID-19. Not only did the even...

Damian Salas, a practicing lawyer back home, defeated Joseph Hebert in a heads-up finale to win $1 million, a coveted gold bracelet, and the title of WSOP Main Event champion. The epic back-and-forth heads-up match that lasted a staggering 173 hands was actually the culmination of two $10,000 Main Events. The first was the international leg held on GG Poker, which attracted 674 runners and saw Salas claim a $1,550,969 top prize. The other was the domestic version, which drew 705 players to WSO...

Joseph Hebert vs. Damian Salas Its been a year unlike any other and a World Series of Poker Main Event unlike any other. After pokers most popular series was forced online due to the coronavirus — resulting in a summer full of online bracelet events — the Main Event will crown its champion live inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Tonight, two men will return to battle for pokers most coveted prize: Hebert, winner of the domestic portion of the event, and Salas, winner of the i...

Former WSOP Champ Huck Seed Joins the Poker Hall of Fame 3 Min read Huck Seed, the 1996 WSOP Main Event champ, will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame as the only member of the 2020 class. Huck Seed is the newest member of the Poker Hall of Fame. (Image: YouTube) Seed was one of 10 finalists for the prestigious award. Since 2005, the WSOP has inducted two members each year, until this year. As Ty Stewart explained to CardsChat last month, by limiting the number of members, they increase t...

51. “Hearing the news that I am being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame this year brought back memories of my early poker days, walking into the Binion’s Horseshoe, about to start a poker session, admiring  all the Poker Hall of Famers on the wall,” Seed said in a news release. “It feels good to be included with all the poker legends that I once idolized and competed against over the years. Thank you everyone.” A long career at the poker table Huck Seed at the 2015 WPT Legends of...

Poker Hall of Fame is none other than 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Huckleberry Seed. “Hearing the news that I am being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame this year brought back memories of my early poker days, walking into the Binion’s Horseshoe, about to start a poker session, admiring all the Poker Hall of Famers on the wall,” Seed said. “It feels good to be included with all the poker legends that I once idolized and competed against over the yea...