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High-stakes tournament poker player Xuan Liu has signed on to become a partner of Ignition Poker, one of the leading online poker rooms for U.S. players. Besides the United States, Ignition also accepts customers from Australia and several Latin American countries. About the Partnership Ignition released a press release about the partnership. According to this […]
The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game. Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important […]
After a prolonged absence that stretched over six years, the Aussie Millions Poker Championship has resumed play at Crown Melbourne, drawing attention from poker enthusiasts in Australia and beyond. The 2026 edition began on April 24 and will continue through May 10, featuring a packed schedule of tournaments and a substantial prize pool estimated at […]
Images courtesy of PokerStars (Danny Maxwell) Back in 2014, the Swedish poker professional Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event. Taking home $10 million, Jacobson’s win came after he battled back from being a short stack to become the champion of the world. In the latest in our series of features on […]
The 2026 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship is now in the books, and congrats goes to Ian Cohen who binked his biggest career cash by taking it down. Ian Cohen is the winner of the 2026 World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock PokerShowdown . (Image: WPT) Cohen won $656,200 of the of the […]
The latest clash between prediction market platforms and state legislatures has less to do with any intentional violation of the law and more to do with a debate over a fundamental question: Are these federally regulated markets, or gambling platforms? In recent months, Arizona prosecutors have argued that platforms like Kalshi are, in practice, offering […]
High-stakes tournament poker player Xuan Liu has signed on to become a partner of Ignition Poker, one of the leading online poker rooms for U.S. players. Besides the United States, Ignition also accepts customers from Australia and several Latin American countries. About the Partnership Ignition released a press release about the partnership. According to this […]
The element of luck in #poker means that weak players can having winning sessions and strong ones can go on extended downswings. One can argue that this variance is necessary for the game to survive at all, since without it donators would quickly drop the game. Appreciating how extreme poker variance can be is important […]
After a prolonged absence that stretched over six years, the Aussie Millions Poker Championship has resumed play at Crown Melbourne, drawing attention from poker enthusiasts in Australia and beyond. The 2026 edition began on April 24 and will continue through May 10, featuring a packed schedule of tournaments and a substantial prize pool estimated at […]
Images courtesy of PokerStars (Danny Maxwell) Back in 2014, the Swedish poker professional Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event. Taking home $10 million, Jacobson’s win came after he battled back from being a short stack to become the champion of the world. In the latest in our series of features on […]