The inaugural Texas Poker Open’s $3,300-entry Main Event was won last night in Houston, Texas by the Chinese high roller regular and popular poker professional Ren Lin. Chastising himself on Day 2 for “gambling too much”, Lin’s reigned in the big moves and played superb smallball poker to land yet another major title in a […]

The inaugural Texas Poker Open reached its final day overnight at the Champions Club in Houston, Texas and with 15 players remaining, some stellar names are chasing the $400,000 top prize. Day 2 of the three-day event saw 86 players reduced to just two tables as players such as Shaun Deeb, Ryan Riess and Jeremy […]

Every year, the World Series of Poker is enormous fun for fans of the game as poker heroes such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb take each other on for the biggest prizes and bragging rights associated with winning the much-coveted Player of the Year title as well as individual bracelets.

When Brent Hanks took on the role as PokerGO’s Director of Programming, a good friend texted him with a congratulatory note – and a warning. “You are going to make and lose a lot of friends because of this,” the text read.

August has not been a good month for sponsored poker pros. In recent weeks, three Latin American grinders have been confirmed cuts from Team PokerStars, while four more have seemingly disappeared from the US online site Ultimate Poker‘s roster.