He did it. Chainsaw fucking did it. Allen “Chainsaw” Kessler has captured HPT Player of the Year honors. Chainsaw makes it two years in a row that a “name pro” has won HPT Player of…
HPT Goes to California; WPT Launches New High Stakes Tour
With the 2013 WSOP in the books, time to look at other poker news from around the country. Last Thursday, HPT announced the Gold Rush series, launching events at the Commerce Casino in LA and Club One in Fresno. Along with Heartland’s existing stop at Thunder…
Chick Wins Poker Tournament
Teresa Hemingway, a woman, won a poker tournament. Hemingway captured HPT‘s largest annual event, the Golden Gates tournament in Black Hawk, Colorado. Golden Gates had over a $1M prize pool, and Hemingway, still a woman,…
Wicked Chops Podcast: Fred Bevill on Saved by the Bell, Federated/Epic, and HPT
Back to posting, back to podcasts. First up: a long overdue cast with the HPT‘s Fred Bevill. In between talking about the Season 9 changes to HPT, Fred discusses his stint on Saved by the…
There’s a Ho in the Booth
Maria Ho and the Heartland Poker Tour made history of sorts on Monday. Ho has joined the HPT team to become the first female commentator in poker broadcast history (apologies to whatever potentially show did…
