What was GGPoker thinking? From the files of “nice job, but it shouldn’t have even come to this,” it appears that GGPoker and Dan Bilzerian have parted ways. As of Tuesday, Bilzerian is no longer listed on GGPoker’s website under the “GGTeam” and according to Pokerfuse, his custom emotes are not available at the online… Read more »
It has been an interesting year for Alex O’Brien. One year ago, O’Brien was the victor in the $100,000 Dan Bilzerian Birthday Freeroll, celebrating GGPoker’s signing of the controversial media figure (he certainly is not a poker player, by appearances). A year later, GGPoker has shown absolutely no action towards putting on this event, leading… Read more »
Gaming meets gaming I’m a middle-aged man and to my surprise, I am officially into Fortnite. I’ve been a gamer all my life – Overwatch is my primary jam at the moment – but though I’ve owned a retail copy of Fortnite since day one, I’ve never gotten into the Battle Royale craze. I finally… Read more »
After maintaining a “radio silence” after the signing of a new ambassador and the resulting controversies that has resulted from it, GGPoker has finally responded on a multitude of issues. In one situation, it blames the female in the case for the issues that have arisen and, in another, it continues to back their ambassador… Read more »
Unceremoniously expected Canadian poker player Vanessa Kade announced on Tuesday that GGPoker terminated her residual affiliate account. The reason: she spoke out against the company for its signing of Dan Bilzerian as a poker ambassador. Though it may seem like parting ways would be something Kade would be ok with, considering how critical she has… Read more »
When you already have one of the most popular players in the game today, what else do you need for your online poker site? Apparently, the management behind GGPoker didn’t feel that having Poker Hall of Famer Daniel Negreanu on their team was enough. Thus, GGPoker announced on Thursday the signing of…well, let’s just call… Read more »
In the category of “Dumb Poker Drama to Which Almost Nobody in the World Can Relate,” Dan Bilzerian and, to a lesser extent, Bill Perkins, apparently accused Jean-Robert Bellande of cheating in a high stakes home game. Bellande hosts what are known as some of the biggest games in Las Vegas, but it sounds like… Read more »
I am not one to ride the gossip train, so while I read about Bill Perkins accusing some unnamed poker pro of cheating in an online home game and then Dan Bilzerian calling someone out by name, I decided not to write about it because the whole thing still felt very “rumory” to me. Just… Read more »
