Sean Chaffin is a full-time freelance writer based in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He covers poker, gambling, the casino industry, and numerous other topics. Follow him on Twitter at @PokerTraditions and email him at seanchaffin@sbcglobal.net.
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Poker legend Doyle Brunson used to say that playing the game later in life kept his mind sharp. California’s Gene Bellar would probably agree with that notion. The 99-year-old poker player served in the U.S. Navy and is a veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam.
It’s no secret that poker is popular with many professional athletes. From football greats like Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Jr. to baseball’s Jose Canseco and American football’s Richard Seymour, players enjoy mixing it up at the tables and competing on some of the game’s biggest stages.
When does poker coaching go too far? That’s the question many players are considering after reports surfaced last week that Jonathan Tamayo’s team on the rail used solvers he was able to look at in between hands at times during the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event
The record-setting World Series of Poker wrapped on 18/7 as the biggest spectacle in poker. The Main Event title went fittingly to a Texan for $10 million!
A winner was crowned on Wednesday night in the record-setting $10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. Jonathan Tamayo, of Humble, Texas, bested a field of 10,112 players to score $10 million and the gold bracelet.
Patrik Antonius is the newest member of the Poker Hall of Fame, World Series of Poker officials announced on Sunday.