Ace of shamrocks

28/06/2023

The whole PLO in one video - you are exposed for a bracelet and prize money with 2 pairs, your opponent is younger... so far, because he has half a deck of outs and more than 60% to win. Well, how is it?

26/06/2023

In the Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, Phil Helmut dropped out of the fight for his 17th bracelet in 14th place, but played one of the most... unusual hands of the day. Apparently the strategy was not to mess with another Phil-Ivy.

23/06/2023

"Everyone hates Martin: did the player mark the cards on the WSOP final table?!

The tiresome Czech Martin Kabrkhel torments everyone year after year in every tournament where he appears. This is a successful regular of Rozvadovsky King's Casino — he even won a WSOP bracelet there in a super-roller tournament for €100k in 2018. But first of all, he is famous not for his successes (despite the prize money under $ 12 million), but for his terrible character. He talks incessantly, takes time and endlessly teases opponents, introducing both players and viewers of broadcasts into the tilt.

In the PokerGO chat tonight, he was literally hailed by the whole world. And this is not surprising: Martin did not miss a single hand, constantly trying to get something done.

Everyone tried to forbid Martin to get up for a reason — for many years there have been rumors that he marks cards (which Dan Smith reminded him in his eyes, Martin was picturesquely indignant in response).
"Good luck to everyone except you," Smith said after flying out on the 6th. "I hope you get banned." Andrew Robl made the same suggestion: "How does he still play at the WSOP? I've seen him mark cards in all the tournaments where we crossed paths." Earlier, Artur Martirosyan also doubted the honesty of Kabrkhel's game: "He's either a cheater or a complete fool, it remains to be understood".

Today, everyone is carefully reviewing the recording of the broadcast — and there is a chance that Kabrkhel has finished playing. Several videos at once clearly show how he left marks on the shirts of the cards with his fingernails. It also looks very suspicious how carefully Martin looked at the shirts of the opponents' cards — collections of such moments also flooded social networks. "So, so, what are we here?", — Joe Ingram, a big fan of poker investigations, perked up."

22/06/2023

An amazing story: a wandering video game streamer "retired" won the title of MOSS!

In the period from 2020 to 2021, an American named Bo, known as "BeauReads", traveled to US hotels and conducted video game streams from his temporary accommodation.

He made a living in various ways, including online poker, but he removed his results over the years from public ratings such as SharkScope.

At some point, he gave up video games, but continued to wander, as he did not have enough money for permanent housing.

In 2022-2023, he became the second prize-winner at the OSS, MOSS and BOSS tournaments several times, but only recently he managed to win the title. Last night, he won the $33 MOSS 75H PKO $30K Gtd tournament with 916 participants and received $4,106 along with the bounty.

Now his total winnings on PokerKing over the past year and a half is $9,675 for 490 tournaments with an average contribution level of $45.

After his victory, Bo turned to his friend, streamer BensBenz, with a suggestion: "Unexpectedly for myself, I won at night. Now I have the opportunity to go to Vegas! I can fulfill my dream, so if you have a place, I'm ready to go. Just tell me!"

22/06/2023

When you dream of a Royal flush on the stream and get it, but there is a nuance...

20/06/2023

An exciting tournament of "ordinary" highrollers ended at the WSOP with an impressive buy-in of $100,000. In such events, it is rare to talk about random participants, but at the World Series, all players note a particularly "sweet" line-up of opponents.

In the final heads-up match, two venerable players came together: Carey and Jans Arends from the Netherlands. For Yance, this WSOP series turned out to be incredibly successful — in the last 3 days he managed to win more than $ 3 million, and the total profit in 2023 exceeded the $4.5 million mark!

💡 If you have ever wondered in which hand you can win over $2.5 million, then it is..

20/06/2023

📢 News from — New Champions!

The long—awaited razz tournament - Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship has finally ended. The winner was the American player Gerr Wong, in an interview he admitted that "he was speechless from everything that was happening."

In the Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, Sean Troa won, receiving almost 200 buy-ins ($298,192) for the victory. And Daniel Negreanu took the 16th place.

Chris Klodnicki won Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty and received $733,317.

19/06/2023

🔥 A historic event in the poker world! Jason Simon became the first "gladiator" of poker!

The $300 Gladiators of Poker tournament became the most affordable bracelet event in the history of the WSOP and gathered 23,088 participants, becoming the second largest number of players in the history of the WSOP!

👇 Watch the final hand of this exciting tournament. Here Eric Drexler pondered his decision for a long time, spending a minute and a half searching for the best move.

18/06/2023

An incredible achievement from PokerStars streamer Sebastian "peace&love" Huber! He successfully overcame the Olympic triathlon distance!

On June 11, Sebastian, the winner of Dare2Stream 2021, decided to test his strength in an exciting triathlon. In 2 hours and 54 minutes he was able to:
• Swim 1.5 km
• Ride 40 km by bike
• Run 10.6 km

After the triathlon itself, Sebastian was tired, but his face was beaming with happiness:

"I felt a lot of excitement and even experienced pain, but this is incomparable with the incredible pleasure I received. Despite the fact that my friend beat me by 10 minutes, I am proud of my result. I'm looking forward to the next triathlon!"

18/06/2023

Take care of your ears! For all the victories and emotions!

14/06/2023

Isaac Haxton has finally won his first career bracelet! 🎉

There were 301 participants in the $25K High Roller WSOP tournament, which became a new record for this event! 💪

Isaac regularly took second and third places, and finally, the long-awaited victory! The prize fund of this tournament was $1,698,215, and this is Hexton's sixth victory in offline tournaments in 2023! In total, this year he earned more than $7.8 million in prize money! 🤑 💰

14/06/2023

They say that in order to bluff skillfully, you need to have big balls. It seems that the guy in the background will now only play the card and always tell the truth to this girl. 🤣

10/06/2023

Exciting event at the WSOP: two players became millionaires!

On June 4, the World Series of Poker hosted the second day of the #3 Mystery Millions tournament with the Mystery Bounty format. This event with a $1,000 buy-in attracted more than 18,000 participants, setting a record for WSOP tournaments with such a high entry fee.

The main intrigue of the tournament was two million bounties, which were played on Sunday evening. The first million went to Shant Marashlyan from California. Just an hour later, the winner of the second millionth bounty was determined - Patrick Liang. Patrick first earned $25,000 from one bounty, and then turned the second into a million dollars.

Despite the fact that both million bounties in the $1,000,000 Mystery Millions tournament have already been played, the intrigue continues - after all, another million dollars will go to the winner of the tournament.

10/06/2023

My God, it's like the first day of poker...

10/06/2023

😱 Impressive call for half a million chips!

One of the most exciting moments of the tournament was an incredible call with A high that almost decided the outcome of the competition. We present you this giveaway!

🟢 In the final stage of the tournament when the blinds reached a huge 6 million and 12 million chips, respectively, Tyler brown opened the game with a button, putting the 29 million chips to his hand A ♣️ 5 ♠️ . His opponent, Chen Guang, called in the big blind with K ♣️ 9 ♥️ .

🟢 Flop 2 ♦️ 3 ♥️ 3 ♠️ , and Chen checks.... then see!

🟢 In the next hand, Tyler knocks out Chen and takes the prize money of $561,320 for the first place.

09/06/2023

🔥 "Most players won't succeed": the hard truth about poker from Phil Galfond 🔥

Phil Galfond in a recent post cuts the truth about poker, and this is not what many would like to hear. He reminds his subscribers that reading tips on social networks will not replace real work on the game, and poker is not the same as it was 15 years ago.

🤷‍♂️ According to statistics, about 90% of poker players are in the red. A player's career is a difficult and unstable path. In addition, each player has his own ceiling, which is not always possible to overcome. Keep this in mind when you watch vlogs, handouts, or read training articles. The content in social networks is primarily entertaining, and each post with a set of life hacks should be titled with the words: "Try to apply it, but maybe you won't succeed."

Of course, coaches and experts can give good advice, and Phil himself tries to help the players become stronger. However, do not forget that just listening to smart people is not a full-fledged work on your game. You won't become a better player just by reading interesting posts and watching five-minute videos on YouTube. Hire a trainer, study your hands (with the help of someone), purchase courses, work with solvers and strengthen your psyche. Without all this, it is impossible to achieve success.

👨‍💻 Poker has become incredibly difficult. If in 2005 anyone could start earning a lot of money online, then in 2023 you will have to work hard to climb the limits. Be prepared for the fact that poker is sometimes unfair. For someone, everything is easier, and someone can work to exhaustion, but never achieve success. Everyone can learn to play poker, just as everyone can learn to write. However, not everyone can become a top writer.

09/06/2023

There are only four out of 64 players left in the $25,000 WSOP heads-up tournament. Sean Winter will fight Chenresi Kun, and Chris Brewer will fight Doug Polk.

And interestingly, ChatGPT almost accurately determined this outcome at the top-16 stage! He guessed three of the four semifinalists and predicts Doug Polk's victory over Sean Winter in the final.

Doug himself has already called on his fans to come to the stands and support him tonight, as he has a chance for the 4th bracelet!

05/06/2023

🔥 "Poker turned into an anthem of ludomania": Finding Equilibrium about the problems of Hustler Casino Live streams

The author of the cult blog about GTO unexpectedly criticized Hustler Casino Live. And he started from afar:

In November 1993, the first UFC fights took place in Colorado. They were not much like today's ones: fights with almost no rules and division into weight categories. Spectacularly, but the new sport did not achieve much success, fights were banned in most states. And today it is a multibillion—dollar empire - and all thanks to the fact that over the years barbaric fights have turned into competitions of the best athletes in the world.

🤷‍♂️ What does poker have to do with it? Of course, we are talking about Hustler Casino Live — a super-successful show with a huge audience. The producers removed the focus from the fact that poker is a game of skill, and made their streams an anthem of ludomania. Check out the latest airs: there players are trolled if they play tight, but if they are ready to bluff a million — they are heroes. Fervent gambling for a lot of money, what could be better?..

🔥 But let's take a look at the latest stream. The poker elite was represented there by two pensioners — Tom Dwan and Doug Polk (and even then the latter was obviously called only because of the huge audience). And it was thanks to them that the ether became the brightest with a margin, with very interesting hands. Well, it's not a coincidence! What kind of sport can become successful and popular if mediocre people play in the first leagues?

🙅‍♂️ Poker lunomania has ruined many lives. It is not customary to talk about this: such a little secret of the poker community, which is profitable to ignore. There is nothing to do about it, but it is wrong to praise ludomaniac.

05/06/2023

Tom Dwan broke a huge pot of $3.1 million on the Hustler stream!
This is the largest bank in the history of cash games on streams.
The game reached its peak at the seventh hour. The effective stack was 1,400 big blinds. Tom Dwan's opponent was a trader and crypto investor named Wesley, who has been playing poker for only a year and a half.
The bet on the river is $786,000 and Dwan couldn't even believe his eyes and asked the dealer:
💬 "All-in? Exactly? I need water."
It took Tom 4 minutes to make a decision on the river.

04/06/2023

04/06/2023

Just a little tilt from Lex to remind you once again that poker is not only fun, but also painful

04/06/2023

🤯 One of the best bluffs of the year! Ethan "Rampage" Yau played for a million dollars! 🃏 💰

🤷‍♂️ Everyone expected an exciting and super-expensive cash game with a minimum purchase of $1 million, but the first two days turned out to be a little disappointing. Players were in no hurry to invest a lot of money, preferring a cautious approach with small stacks of 1,000 big blinds.

But after the first day, something amazing happened! Rob Young suggested reducing the mandatory purchase to $500,000, and the game instantly revived. But the most interesting thing happened when Ethan "Rampage" Yau decided to bluff for a million dollars! 💪 🥚

💥 This bluff is already being called one of the best in 2023 🥚 🤯
Okay, what are your thoughts on the distribution?

04/06/2023

🔥 Wonderful news from Sweden! The first European S*x Championship will be held in June 2023! Yes, you heard right, s*x is now recognized as an official sport! 🥇 😉

⚔️ 20... athletes will take part in this unusual competition?. They will fight for several weeks, spending 6 hours daily in true battles of passion!

🏆 The competition program includes 16 disciplines in which participants will receive points:
🔹 Seduction
🔹 The skill of massaging different parts of the body
🔹 Erotic massage of certain areas of the opponent
🔹 Prelude
🔹 Oral s*x
🔹 Pe*******on
🔹 Endurance and the number of or***ms achieved in a limited time
🔹 Appearance (this is important even on sports grounds!)
🔹 Performing s*xual poses
🔹 Creativity in changing positions
🔹 Artistic performances and elegant exchange of poses
🔹 Increase in blood pressure and heart rate during the performance of s*xual tricks
🔹 Revealing the most beautiful and difficult pose
🔹 The most artistic communication and communication

Who would have thought that such a sport would become popular? So, friends, if you are tired of poker, maybe it's time to think about a new challenge? But while you still have time to make a decision! 😉
We are most interested in broadcasting and the opportunity to place a bet and cheer live.

01/06/2023

The most popular and discussed cash game in Hustlers turned out to be one of the most boring.

From the first day, all the players at the table just fell asleep (and the audience with them). Here are some of the most popular comments on YouTube:

Despite all the hype, this game has become just a dull event.

💬 I fell asleep during the stream, and so I wanted to watch it 😭

Jean-Robert Bellande looked as if he had been run over by a bus right before the start of the game.

The biggest winner of the evening was Rob Young, who won $826 thousand.

30/05/2023

We all talk about emotions in poker, but it looks like this guy's game burned everything inside - he got a chest with $27,000 and it's just his emotions? Yes, I'm more excited when I find out that today is Friday!

30/05/2023

Fedor Holtz, a popular poker player, talks about seven psychological problems that players face:

1. Lack of a long-term plan: Without a clear understanding of your poker goals (hobby or career), it is difficult to achieve success. It is important to determine your income level and plan the way to it.

2. Fixating on results: Focusing on short-term results can interfere with the game. Instead, you should focus on the game itself and take into account the variance.

3. Cowardly Play: Fear of losing money can lead to restraint and inability to show your best game. It is important to plan the tournament schedule correctly, exchange shares with other players and be able to manage morale.

4. Overconfidence: Some players may overestimate their abilities. It is important to continue to develop and gradually increase the limits of the game.

5. Victim syndrome: Worries about other players making mistakes can be distracting and negatively affect the game. Instead, you should rejoice at the mistakes of your opponents, since it is through them that you can earn.

6. Comparing yourself to others: it is useful to look up to the best players, but envy and regret that others have better results can be destructive. It is better to focus on your own progress and study the success methods of other players.

7. Schadenfreude: The desire to see competitors fail can negatively affect your own game. It is important to maintain a positive atmosphere and cheer for yourself and your friends, instead of being toxic and envious of the success of other players.

28/05/2023

Do you remember the scandal related to the use of auxiliary software in live poker games?. Player Andrew Esposito was spotted using the GTO Wizard app on his smartphone during the $5,250 WPT tournament. One of his opponents noticed this and complained to the organizers. Andrew admitted that he used the program, but claims that he was just studying previous giveaways. As a result, he did not receive any punishment 🤔

The poker community is outraged:
"At a minimum, there should be a disqualification," said Faraz Jaka. "Maybe even a full ban?".
He is supported by Doug Polk: "If a player uses a solver during a game, he should be disqualified."
Justin Bonomo expresses a more restrained position: "But what if he really just studied the old hand? Will there be a ban for this too?".
However, Ben Rolle claims that it does not matter: "How do you check what exactly he studied? Any cheater can say that he studied another distribution. What can you prove?"
Patrick Leonard expressed his opinion very vividly: "If someone in a live tournament is trying to find a rare lead on the turn against the fish in GTO Wizard in order to get 0.0001 BB of additional value, so be it. And you continue to make 30 BB veljubets, because you watch your opponents, not your phones. Of course, it is absurd and stupid to open software at the table. However, poker rooms should be informed of the names of such players in order to ban them indiscriminately. If they use auxiliary software offline, then they will do it 100% online."

27/05/2023

An amazing story about the path to success, which ended in an unexpected way.

🤷‍♂️ Here's what happened at the poker tournament on the Poker platform with a buy-in of $840. Initially, the guaranteed prize pool was $25,000. However, one player (it's hard to call him anything but a patron) decided to take part in the tournament as many as 21 times! Considering the rake, he added $17,640 to the total prize pool.

However, the most disappointing thing for Zachas was that on the second day he was in the fifth position on the stack of chips among the 15 remaining players (109 big blinds), but still could not overcome the bubble and took only 12th place.

To add at least a little joy, he received $300 as a bounty reward. But even a victory would not be able to cover all his investments in this tournament.

⁉️ And how many reboots and re-entries did you do in one tournament? Share your experience!

27/05/2023

The poker world fulfills the dreams of a terminally ill player

Here is a touching story taking place in Vegas these days. Its main character is 34-year-old Cody Daniels from Arizona. All this year he has been trying to qualify for the main tournament of the World Series of Poker through a chain of offline WSOP League satellites. Several times he was missing just one step.

Cody survived a serious illness at the age of 14 and spent almost 3 years in the hospital. The consequences were serious: he began to live with many diseases and limitations. However, poker became his passion, and his dream was to play the WSOP main event at least once. And now this dream is on the verge of realization!

Cody's story was discovered by MJ Gonzalez and Lexi Gavin-Mater, and they chipped in to help him buy a ticket to the main event. Cody couldn't hold back tears of happiness. But that's not all: Gonzalez offered Cody to take his place in the cash game and take the winnings if he was successful. "Just enjoy the game, don't think about the money," Gonzalez said. And Cody did a real feat, winning $6,500, and again he was overcome with emotions.

A few days later, Nick Vertucci heard about Cody, who invited him to one of the Hustler Casino Live streams in July and offered a $7,000 backing. Cody was simply amazed by such support.

27/05/2023

😱 The second Moneymaker happened on the Moneymaker Tour! 🃏 💰

The amazing Main Event of Chris Moneymaker's first series, held in the USA, has ended. Despite the small number of participants - no more than 100 players, buy-ins from $186 to $2.5K and guarantees up to $500K, Moneymaker Tour was able to impress its participants.

The heroes of this series were two at once:

Michael Rossi, the satellite who won the Main Event, actually repeated Chris' story, albeit on a smaller scale.
Eugene Kalden is a 100-year-old poker player who participated in a $500 tournament.