Hyacinth Swanson is a writer and editor who has spent the last 10 years creating content for the poker industry. For several years she lived in New York and worked in the financial sector. After moving to Connecticut, Hyacinth made a living as a freelancer and also played live semi-pro poker at Foxwoods Casino. She has also played millions of hands online (more PLO than Hold’em), giving her a broad, in-depth knowledge of the game itself.
Having moved back the UK in 2010, she has continued to play both live and online as well as creating entertaining and informative content for various online sites under her company name PurpleGob.com.
888poker is proud to announce the return of The Dragon High Roller tournament on 22 December 2019. You can satellite your way in for 50 cents right now!
For the last live event of the year, 888poker headed to one of its favourite locations – London! With the £500K GTD Main Event smashed, this event rocked!
888poker LIVE will kick off the 2020 poker season in a truly royal location! We’re headed to Madrid, for our first stop ever in Europe’s 3rd largest city.
The 2019 Battle of Malta proved to be one of the biggest live tournaments of the year, outside of Vegas! The series boasted a massive €1,000,000 guaranteed Main Event, and that number was obliterated!
Hyacinth Swanson is a writer and editor who has spent the last 10 years creating content for the poker industry. For several years she lived in New York and worked in the financial sector. After moving to Connecticut, Hyacinth made a living as a freelancer and also played live semi-pro poker at Foxwoods Casino. She has also played millions of hands online (more PLO than Hold’em), giving her a broad, in-depth knowledge of the game itself.
Having moved back the UK in 2010, she has continued to play both live and online as well as creating entertaining and informative content for various online sites under her company name PurpleGob.com.
