The third of four Day Ones at the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event is in the books, and it is leading towards what could be a historic moment. Christopher Brammer packed up a stack of 366,100 chips in what has, to date, been the largest day of action at the WSOP. That is… Read more »
Scott Blumstein
“Poker Queens” At It’s Best When It Leaves the Tracks
At the current time, the poker world has ground to a halt. This has given this writer a chance to catch up with some other media productions that, previously, would have been overwhelmed by the tournaments and other poker politics that’s been going on. One of those things that I’ve caught up with is the… Read more »
2019 Poker Masters in Full Swing, Chance Kornuth Leads Race for Purple Jacket
It may be one of the quietest “high roller” events in history, coming on the heels of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe, but the 2019 Poker Masters has been in action for the past week. The ten-tournament series with buy ins over $10,000 has been quite popular with some of the “elite” players… Read more »
Poker Documentary “For Love or Money” Entertaining but Disjointed
Last week, I wrote an editorial about how there wasn’t a need for a Rounders 2 in the Poker Cinematic Universe (or the PCU, which you can say you heard it here first!). One thing that is timeless, however, are documentaries, as seen by the recent Ken Burns opus Country Music (well worth the time… Read more »
2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Main Event Day 1B: D’Antonio Brown Takes Overall Lead, $3 Million Guarantee Crushed
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5000 Main Event is in the books and officials are elated. For the first time in a few years, there will be no overlay in the tournament, with the players crushing the $3 million guarantee with ease. Afte3r the carnage of Day 1B concluded on Saturday, there was a… Read more »
2017 Year in Review: The Tournament Poker Scene
If you’ve looked at a calendar lately, then you know that it is the completion of another “trip around the sun,” as Jimmy Buffett famously put it. It is a time of reflection and examination of the future, so let’s get to the reflection part of the equation. In 2017, there were some great tournament… Read more »