In 2015 poker has enough Player of the Year awards that deciding who is the Player of the Year can be as complicated and convoluted as determining who is the Heavyweight Boxing Champion. For example, you have the major ranking systems: Card Player Magazine, Bluff Magazine (which features six separate categories), the Global Poker Index, and now Poker News Daily ... Read More »
Calling Titanic Thompson a poker player is a bit like calling Jim Thorpe a runner. Titanic certainly played enough poker and won enough money (mostly by nefarious means) to qualify as a professional poker player, but he was first and foremost a gambler. However, it was a poker game that thrust him into the national spotlight and led to the ... Read More »
The World Series of Poker isn’t just the most prestigious tournament series in poker, it’s one of the most recognizable poker brands in the world. People who have never heard of Daniel Cates or Tom Dwan have likely heard of the World Series of Poker. And for poker enthusiasts winning a World Series of Poker bracelet is considered the ultimate ... Read More »
