Editor’s Note: For a primer on the Amaya-PokerStars deal, first read Chris Grove’s excellent piece in OPR here. Acquisition Snapshot Last week, PokerStars’ parent company announced a deal to sell their holdings to Amaya Gaming for…
Phil Mickelson, Billy Walters Investigated for Insider Trading
Phil Mickelson, the second most popular golfer in the world behind the Phil Ivey of Golf, Tiger Woods, is reportedly under investigation for insider trading with legendary Las Vegas gambler (and high-stakes golfer) Billy Walters….
Wicked Chops Poker at Nine – Part II of Part IV
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Wicked Chops Poker at Nine – Part I of Part IV
To cap off our why-the-hell-are-we-celebrating-nine-years-nine-year-anniversary, the Entities have compiled some of their favorite memories from working in poker over the years. Some of these are stories we’ve never told (at least in full) publicly. Others…
Wicked Chops Poker at Nine Years — Part III
Over the past nine years, we’ve banged out over 5,335 posts and over approximately 1,493,000 words. And just over 20,000,000 people have visited the site to read those posts and words. We’d guess half of those…