Poker High Stakes

The question of Is Poker Legal? is often asked thousands of times each day and the answer is confusing. Online poker is legal in some places and illegal in other places. This just adds to the public’s confusion that was caused when congress passed a law that made it so banks could not legally do [...]

Chino Rheem has won the first-ever Epic Poker League Main Event after outlasting Erik Seidel in the heads-up play. Rheem earned a cool million dollars for his win. In the last hand of the tournament Seidel’s A-Q was no match for Rheem’s A-K. Seidel took home $604,330 for finishing in second place and has now [...]

Gus Hansen’s downswing continued last night. The Great Dane found himself down 725k over a total of 910 hands. According to the highstakesdb.com Gus is down 696k over his last 1135 hands. I think Gus is going to be alright. Check him out struggling to get by in Monte Carlo  

Mark Vos is probably best known for his short stack (hit and run) play on Full Tilt poker. Usually buying in for the table minimum Mark will double up and leave the table within minutes. It’s safe to say he has made a ton of online ememies. Recently Mark explained his bankroll strategy in the [...]