It seems the press’s favourite poker player these days is Olympic champion Michael Phelps. Phelps, the most decorated Olympian, retired from competitive swimming after winning six medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Now he’s using poker to satisfy his competitive instincts, playing for ludicrous stakes at various places across North America and visiting various […]
The World Mind Games continue in Lille, France, with early round events in Bridge, Chess, Go, Draughts and Xiang Qi all taking place today. For mind sport connoisseurs it’s one of the highlights of the year, where the most talented competitors in each discipline meet to win one of the mind sport’s most coveted prize, […]
When chess players reach Grandmaster status it’s an honour they possess for life. No one can strip them of it. It’s for keeps, recognised not only in the chess community but also beyond as a mark of intellectual prowess – even non-chess players are familiar with the word “Grandmaster”. That’s the title bestowed on Kenny […]
Anyone in doubt that poker can be fun without money need only have glanced through the polished windows of The Club at the Ivy in London’s West End last Friday night, where press and members of the poker community joined the top brass of IFP to celebrate the launch of The Rules of Poker, the first […]
As the World Series of Poker Main Event began on Saturday one player took his seat trying to achieve the impossible. When Pius Heinz of Germany held aloft his winner’s bracelet last November, he entered poker folklore as the 42nd winner of the Main Event, which is the dream of most players from every country […]