‘Best poker player in the world’ is an impossible metric. Tournament winnings are, for the most part, public information but do not properly track player net wins and losses. Likewise, the biggest winners – and losers – from cash games are, at best, based on exaggerated rumor and braggadocio. Attempting to properly quantify the relative… Continue reading Joao Vieira Ready To Prove He Belongs Among Poker’s Best

Four years ago, Talal ‘raidalot’ Shakerchi cemented his name in PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker history by winning the 2016 Main Event. The win was Shakerchi’s third SCOOP title and came with a $1,468,000.88 score.

Over the last 15 days, some of the best online poker players in the world have battled hard in the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker and after Monday, it’s hard to argue that anybody has shined brighter than Joao ‘Naza114’ Vieira.

Portugal’s João ‘Naza114’ Vieira would probably have told you that the 2019 PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker was going well even before Thursday when he added another title and a wack of cash to his growing tally.

Timofey Kuznetsov is known as a high stake cash game beast, but on Thursday the Russian picked up a half-million dollars after topping one of the toughest fields of the 2019 World Championship of Online Poker.

If the 2019 World Series of Poker has any sort of theme, it might be centered around the great players how have eliminated the zero next to their personal bracelet count. While Day 1B of the Main Event was taking up most of the available tables on Thursday, two more talented and respected players picked… Continue reading WSOP: Juha Helppi, Joao Vieira Grab First Gold Bracelets

Ukraine’s ‘yarik1903‘ came through an 11,732 player field in the PokerStars $109 Sunday Million to bank $119,324, as ‘needdollarz’ and ‘STORTjavlaGL’ also picked up six-figure scores across this week’s Sunday Majors. The $109 Sunday Million win for ‘yarik1903’ now means the player has won three PokerStars marquee tournaments after the Ukrainian took down the ‘Sunday Storm‘… Continue reading SUNDAY MAJORS: ‘needdollarz’ Tops “Boycotted” PokerStars $5K

Thanks to a significant change in tax law, American poker players should pay special attention to their taxes this year. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2018 (TCJA) was an unprecedented overhaul of the American tax system and will be in effect this year and beyond.