Puerto Rican man's corpse embalmed to play one final poker game with loved ones In Puerto Rico, Henry Rosario Martinez has this week been redefining the term “dead man's hand” as he was seated at a poker game with friends and family, despite having departed this world and then been embalmed, just days earlier. The 31 year old had […]
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Off Topic: Juanda’s Prob bets, Bilzerian House’s robbed, Antonius critical of tracking software
John Juanda’s Prop Bets It has been an interesting year for John Juanda, as he made some ill advised prop bets during a christmas party at the end of last year. After several drinks, bets were made between Juanda and a friend that he couldn’t do 20 pull ups in one sitting, with 6 months […]
OFF Topic: Dan Bilzerian Spreading STD, Neymar’s Royal Flush, Daniel Cates losing big
Dan Bilzerian spreading STD Dan Bilzerian, proclaimed as the king of instagram after regularly posting about his wild lifestyle, was left infuriated recently after gossip website ‘The Dirty’ featured a random commenter suggesting she had caught Chlamydia from him. Dan Bilzerian was not pleased about this, and responded in an understandable and balanced manner, with […]
Off Topic: Vanessa Selbst lawyer, Serbian Down Swing, Poker proposal, PokerStars latest Campaign
Serbian Down Swing Keeping a wife happy and reassured through the inevitable down swings that come with poker is always a difficult task. Some players accomplish this task by sitting down with the numbers and graphs which show a long term positive return, but Serbian Vladimir Ivljanin took a different approach. After a very bad […]
Off Topic: A cheap leader arrested, Sam Trickett and his Ferrari, Jacobson giving away $250,000
The House of Cards In a recent interview with the Daily mail newspaper, it emerged that a family in Birmingham have decided to all become professional poker players. The mother and father player regularly and have had scores running to over £10,000, and their two sons also earn money solely from poker. The eldest recently […]
Off Topic: Bluffing Manny Pacquiao, Daniel Cates goes on tilt, Faraz Jaka on CNN
The Brave Bluff It is a little known fact that Manny Pacquiao (Filipino world champion professional boxer) enjoys playing poker, but then celebrity poker games are often kept rather quiet. One celebrity story from a poker game has emerged recently by way of Justin ‘BoostedJ’ Smith. He tells the tale of sitting down to play poker against […]
Off topic : Galfond engaged, Isildur1 and Unibet, Amiral caught cheating
Galfond Engaged This week, news broke of Phil Galfond becoming engaged to actress Farah Fath. According to a tweet, he opened a bottle of the same wine they shared on their first date, then presented her with a beautiful engagement ring and a twelve page love letter, and she accepted. Phil Galfond normally remains quiet […]