Manuel Ferrari’s Million-Euro Moment The dust has finally settled on another Pokerstars EPT Barcelona, the centrepiece of the European poker schedule each year, and it didn’t disappoint, producing stories aplenty, not least in the Main Event. Italian pro Manuel Ferrari came to the final table as chip leader but he
Your face, my thane, is as a book where menMay read strange matters. To beguile the time,Look like the time; bear welcome in your eye,Your hand, your tongue: look like th’ innocent flower,But be the serpent under’t.” ~ Lady Macbeth The Serpent There is a type of poker player who
The Noumenal Realm In the Critique of Pure Reason (1781), Immanuel Kant introduced the idea of the noumenal realm as reality as it exists independently of human perception. He argued that while people can experience and understand the phenomenal world through their senses and reason, the noumenal world, or the
Opaque A few weeks ago, I wrote about Crispin Rovere’s first investigation into CoinPoker and the uncomfortable questions it raised about the relationship between offshore gambling, poker content creators and the people willing to put their reputations on the line for a sponsorship cheque. The central warning of that piece
Dragon Teeth In Greek mythology, Cadmus is celebrated as the founder of Thebes, but before he could establish the great city, he faced an extraordinary challenge. After slaying the sacred dragon of Ares, he was instructed by the goddess Athena to sow the dragon's teeth into the earth. Rather than
Trust Poker players are decision-makers. We make fast decisions under pressure, staring at a screen full of tiled virtual tables. We tank long and hard over tough decisions for chunky percentages of our net worth, glaring at our opponents across the green baize. There are, however, different but certainly no
A Main Event Day 7 Surprise Just over a week ago, the World Series Of Poker dived head-first into their umpteenth controversy of the Vegas Summer when they surprised the 62 remaining players in the Main Event with an ‘Action Clock’. For 57 years, there had never been any fixed
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.“ ~ Abraham Lincoln Brain Trust During one of the short breaks at the recent PokerStars Open Malaga event, myself and Dara O’Kearney had a great chat with tournament director Nick O’Hara.
ACR Poker and BetOnline are two of the most popular offshore poker rooms for US players, but they serve very different tournament audiences. ACR leans into high-volume MTT schedules, massive guaranteed prize pools, and flagship series that attract serious grinders from across the globe. BetOnline takes a different approach. Its
The Story We Wanted Last year, Leo Margets gave the poker world the story it desperately wanted. The Spanish poker pro did not set out to become a symbol. Quite the contrary. On the latest episode of ‘The Chip Race’, she talked about how she actually balks at the idea
Shared liquidity allows online poker sites in different states to combine their players. This helps keep games and tournaments running smoothly. Finding accurate information about which states share players through the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) can be difficult because updates are spread across many sources. That's why we've put
2026 WSOP hotel shopping is usually a two-part grind: find a competitive rate and stay close enough to the tables. Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, the tournament's two host venues, have the obvious advantage of letting players walk straight from their room to the action. But guest reviews
