Author: Paul Oresteen

Ben Yu: Carving Out His Place in Poker

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Part One of the Ben Yu feature can be found here. That week of action put Yu in the conversation as a contender for WSOP POY but remains undecided as to traveling to WSOP Europe to chase down poker pariah and current POY leader Chris Ferguson. “The math isn't

Ben Yu: Contending Among Poker Giants

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The 2017 World Series of Poker - which was exclusively streamed on PokerGO - is in the rearview and players have had some time to recover and reflect on the Series. Ben Yu had the best Series of his career – he won his second bracelet, crossed over the $1

Poker After Dark: Young Guns Outplay Vets

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Season 3 of Poker After Dark continued to be released exclusively on PokerGO with the “Jam Up” series of episodes. This particular grouping of players wasn't afraid of action with Eli Elezra busting on the very first hand, only to re-buy and drive the action. Ultimately, the two youngest players,

Poker After Dark: Eli Elezra Sets New Record

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Season 3 of Poker After Dark brought some of the most aggressive players in the “Jam Up” block of episodes available exclusively on PokerGO. Some PAD veterans – Mike Matusow, Howard Lederer and Barry Greenstein joined some fresh faces Antonio Esfandiari, David Williams and Eli Elezra. The action didn’t

Poker After Dark: Johnny “Freakin” Chan Wins Third Title

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The Season 3 Poker After Dark “International Superstars” match was uncharacteristically tight during the early action of the table available exclusively on PokerGO. As the match progressed, an elimination wouldn’t come until the third episode and Johnny Chan lived up to his nickname of the “Oriental Express” – knocking out all

Poker After Dark: Passports Required

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Season 3 of Poker After Dark expanded its horizons with a second match up of all International players.  PokerGO is the only place to find the “Internationals II” matches and rumors were that having chiseled European good looks was the easiest ticket to the game with Gus Hansen and Patrik

Poker After Dark: Real Cowboys Fall Early

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The Season 3 of Poker After Dark’s match up of Cowboys delivered big action, bigger needles and swings that eliminated the most natural Cowboys early while the cerebral Cowboys played short-handed and Gabe Kaplan picked up his second PAD title. All of the action is available exclusively on PokerGO as

Poker After Dark: Cowboys (Hats) Full

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Cowboys and poker have been tied together throughout history and Season 3 of Poker After Dark celebrated the game’s most notable cowboys. The newest block of episodes available exclusively on PokerGO saw each player sport a full-sized cowboy hat with Chau Giang perhaps pulling off the look the best.

Poker After Dark: Main Event Champ Awkwardness

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The Season 3 Poker After Dark match up of “World Champions III” was the third time former Main Event Champions filled out the table, but this match up ran out of room for ego at the six-handed table where Phil Hellmuth, Johnny Chan and Huck Seed drive the theatrics only

Poker After Dark: Season 2 Subjective Champions

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Season 2 of Poker After Dark was also filmed in 2007, pulling from a similar player pool of Season 1, but made sure to pull younger players too. Online patch deals drove the player pool and the poker world was riding robust boom. The most popular players at the time