Poker Goes Off the Rails, Dario Sammartino Dodges the Mercier Name & Showers All Round

Paul Seaton - July 17, 2019

The World Series of Poker is in the can for another year. Sending the WSOP on its way, poker players have been celebrating its crazy final table rails, going all misty-eyed for the past two months...and handing out showers. It's to get under the water and wash that Rio grime

April Fool’s Polk Edition, Baby Mercier and Ingram’s Return

April Fool's dominated the Twitter universe this past week.

Remko Rinkema - April 5, 2019April 5, 2019

Every week, Five of a Kind presents you with some of the best Tweets and other social media posts in the world of poker. We found some more gems this week, so let's dive in! Don't Joke with The Germans! Serial tanker and U.S. Poker Open event winner Jordan Cristos did not

Through The Lens of Drew: $50K Contenders

Drew Amato - June 18, 2018June 18, 2018

Drew Amato has been covering the World Series of Poker since 2014. This year he's covered the U.S. Poker Open and Super High Roller Bowl for Poker Central. Twice per week, Amato will share his favorite images from the World Series of Poker. Enjoy this recurring piece as, in his

Jason Mercier Shakes Off the Rust at the Highest Stakes

Remko Rinkema - June 2, 2018June 2, 2018

Jason Mercier is back. The 31-year old poker superstar became a father after last year’s World Series of Poker and played just a handful of days until we spotted him in the $100,000 High Roller event on Day 1. We caught up with Mercier to talk about his new life