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The WSOP might be stealing the show right now, but the poker world continues to turn outside of the Rio, and outside of Las Vegas, for that matter. Although
Writing Switch The past few days have been a heartbreaking time for Denver Nuggets fan as their star point guard Jamal Murray tore his ACL and is out for the season. The Nuggies finally felt confident in the pieces built around MVP candidate Nikola Jokic, but hopes of making a deep playoff run are fading. It sucks (see Arenas, Gilbert; 2007). We’re pretty sure not everyone who reads this column follows the NBA as closely as us, but who knows, maybe both of you do. This week, we play around with some basketball-related hypotheticals involving things everyone can appreciate: booze, gambling a...
Famous Stars Spotted Gambling In Casinos. Pictured Hollywood star, Ben Affleck. Famous Stars Spotted Gambling In Casinos: How celebrities and Stars came to embody the glitz, glamor and dark side of the gambling world. It’s hard to think about the bad boys of Hollywood without picturing a smoke-filled room, sitting around a card table, playing poker and telling stories. In fact, up until a huge legal mess drove many of them to the relative safety and security of online casinos canada, it was not uncommon to see the likes of Toby Maguire, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Charlie Sheen, Alex Rodrigu...
1 Doyle Brunson sung the praises of Phil Hellmuth on Twitter, touting the “Poker Brat” as the greatest No-Limit Hold’em tournament player in the world. Is Phil Hellmuth the best NLH tournament player ever? Doyle Brunson sure seems to think so. (Image: YouTube) It’s tough to find a more credible source when it comes to poker skills than “Texas Dolly.” After all, he’s a Poker Hall of Famer and 10-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, one of just four players in history to reach that plateau. So, when he makes such a bold claim, the poker community listens.
Upeshka De Silva Leads US WSOP Main Event The US leg of the WSOP Main Event got underway on Sunday with many of the world’s top pros putting up $10,000 to try and win poker’s coveted title. Upeshka De Silva is the man to beat on Day 2 of the WSOP Main Event American leg. (Image: Twitter/WSOP) With players only allowed to ante up on WSOP.com if they were located in Nevada or New Jersey, the likes of Phil Helmuth had to travel specifically for the online MTT. However, that didn’t seem to matter as the opening session attracted 705 players. That was more than international leg. Moreover, i...