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.
Our new sponsorship of WPTDeepStacks™ Malta has been a roaring success with the Main Event attracting 275 runners creating a massive €240,075 prize pool.
888poker brings players a new promotion called Rake or Break – meet the prize pool target and the following week goes up 10% - miss it, and all fees are refunded.
From 4/4 – 14/4/2019, the XL Blizzard series returns to 888poker with even more affordable buy-ins and bigger guarantees – more than enough to get your game going!
888poker heads back to Bucharest 4/3 to 10/3/2019 for its second live of 2019. Follow along as we recap the event’s success with a €387,638 ME prize pool.
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.
