The #WSOP is the truest grind we experience as live pros. I have so many memories from the past 16, but none as vivid as finding out my mom OD'd. I can't explain why it comes to mind as the Main approaches, but I find myself, again, revisiting that moment. thevoicewithin.me/2015/06/09…

With all the buzz around RFID tables, I thought it would be a good time to do an AMA regarding it. I’ve played on just about every RFID setup over the past 15 years, and also happen to help run one of the largest RFID gaming companies in the world @rflabsinc Ask away!

I take Cialis, but not for sex. It’s actually a longevity medicine. Cialis (Tadalafil) is great for the same reason it gives you fantastic erections… it improves blood flow. Studies show that Tadalafil… 34% reduced all-cause mortality 27% reduced major heart disease 34% reduced stroke 32% reduced dementia It has also shown benefit in insulin sensitivity, metabolic health, and reduction of body fat. Women have blood vessels too, so theoretically they'd get the same longevity upside. The research is thinner, but early signals are promising. It’s sad that when men and women could benefit from it can miss out because it’s taboo. My protocol is 5mg daily and I've been on it for about two years. *Observational research shows associations, not causation. Outcomes may be influenced by underlying differences in study populations. This is not medical advice and is shared for informational purposes only.

SPENCER HOROWITZ WITH ONE OF MY FAVORITE BAT FLIPS THE SWING STRAIGHT INTO THE FLIP AND PNC PARK IS ROCKING

Paul Skenes was driving by a Little League field and decided to stop by 🥹 He played catch and talked with the kids for over two hours the night before he pitches against the Dodgers at PNC Park 👏 via: @FSBigBob

Mike Holtz Wins Turbo Bounty Event! @PokerNews podcast host @mikeholtzpoker captured his second WSOP bracelet after defeating Mei Seow heads-up in Event #31: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. Holtz outlasted a field of 2,103 entries to secure a career-best payday of $238,097 Congrats!

It's unfortunate the powers that be don't better understand/respect the talent that truly makes a product consumable. No shade to the rest, but Ali, Schulman & Vitch are in an elite class that can elevate a stream from watching paint dry to being front & center to a prize fight

Sports are awesome @JasonKoon

poker already lived this. solvers didnt kill the game, they killed the edge. watched it happen to my own. the money didnt vanish, it moved to whoever adapted fastest and crushed the ones who didnt. AI doesnt shrink the pie. it reprices who gets a slice

Suga Sean value-bet a flush. Berkey had the bigger one waiting. @SugaSeanMMA @berkey11 via @PokerStars

Despite how much the WSOP is expanding their coverage this year, no amount of additional tourney tables shown will get the real content the fans deserve. Thank God for the men in the trenches doing the lord's work. Someone build Benba a chicken tender tally X bot account!

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God I love the Series. Good luck you animals.

This video singlehandedly captured 3 years of talking hands from Bobby's Room with @LandonTice

This is gross for @berkey11. @jasonkoon has the goods Live now at psta.rs/PSFDBGOTEp2 the second show of Season three of the #BigGameonTour

As I wrote in response to Tom's original post, a backer earning even a 1% ROI with zero correlation to markets over a couple days time is an unbelievably good investment that people would kill for in financial markets. The hard part is determining the ROI. If I *KNEW* you were winning at 1.5, then paying 1.49 is still a fantastic deal for the investor. The problem is, we are both just guessing your win rate, and unless I am the most knowledgeable and plugged-in poker player on the planet, there is very strong adverse selection - the only deals that are available to me are the ones that the smarter investors have already passed on. The question is much more about what the ROI is and what the range of plausible error is in our estimate than it is about the backer/player split. For example, if somebody has played a million spin-n-gos, we can have a very tight estimate on their ROI, and all of a sudden if they're playing one for a ton of money, I think that ROI is probably a floor (opponents might play worse than normal), so I would very willingly invest at 1% discount to estimated ROI. But, again this is a market. Just because I would be *willing* to take only 1% of the EV doesn't mean that's what I will settle for. If time is short, and other backers are limited, then I will extract as much value as I reasonably can. In tournament backing, many people are willing to pay a premium to gamble because sweats are fun (thus prices are artificially high), information is very opaque, there is a counterparty risk, there is adverse selection, and there isn't any ability to short, which would drive bad prices down. This is a lot of words to basically say: The backer/player split is more about creating a cushion for ROI estimation error than it is about allocating actual known EV.

👀 @berkey11 stepped into the driver's seat on The Big Game on tour and left @shaundeeb by the side of the road. poker.org/latest-news/big-ga…

Even if they're a strong player with a good track record, should MTT pros markup their action? In literally any other area of finance, you pay to offload risk, or get paid to take on risk. If I have a raffle ticket with a 50% chance of being worthless, and 50% chance of being worth $1000, how much should you pay for it? The ticket's EV is $500, but you should rightfully demand a discount given that you're taking on all the risk. So I'd argue that MTT pros should actually discount their action (from it's estimated value), rather than selling it at a premium.

When I moved to Austin 5 years ago and came across poker in Texas, I was so excited to get involved. What we went through over the last couple of months has probably been the most stressful time of my life. I was personally facing criminal charges despite doing everything the right way. I cant describe what it was like to go through something like that, particularly with a family and having always done my best to ensure legal compliance. The lodge reopens on Tuesday. And it would mean a lot to me, and our team, for everyone in our community to show up and support us. The lodge is good for poker. We have phenomenal staff and love putting on terrific events. We have made it through to the other side and I could not be happier for us to once again be able to host our members to play some cards. Tuesday. May 26th. Shuffle up and deal.

i always thought losing was the dangerous part biggest losses of my poker career almost always followed crazy win streaks everything working thinking i'd figured it out same thing in business we sold like crazy last spring suddenly i was the greatest business mind alive upgraded the studios with shit we didn't need automatic blinds. new flooring. money was going to keep flowing. obviously nothing breaks right away just small mistakes stacking up yea losing hurts but winning lies

Easily wins Best new follow of the year. Poker Twitter could use fewer hot takes and more story tellers.