SCOOP Extended with Increased Guarantee

Today we can announce that the Spring Championship of Online Poker is being extended until the end of the month, with the combined guarantee now $135 million. But the details are what makes it that, so let’s get to them. First thing to know is that the dates of existing events remain the same, including…

Stars CALL For Action Celebrity Charity Tournament: LIVE UPDATES

6:05pm: David Costabile wins! Douglas Costa runner-up It’s over! After winning a couple of double-ups, actor David Costabile of The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Billions jammed his leading stack from the button with 4♠4♣ and Brazilian footballer Douglas Costa called with A♣K♣. The board ran out 8♦9♦J♠6♥10♣, and the small pair held — Costabile wins! But in truth, a lot of charities are the big winners today….

Hank Azaria and Andy Bellin on the Stars CALL for Action, powered by PokerStars

Here’s something fun to share — an announcement, and not about something being postponed or canceled. It’s the Stars CALL For Action, powered by PokerStars charity poker tournament, happening on Saturday, May 9 at 14:00 ET, a celebrity-filled charity event guaranteed both to raise a lot of money for several great causes and to be an entertaining time for players and observers alike. Celebrities…

SCOOP 2020 confirmed and full schedule revealed with $85M guaranteed

PokerStars has announced the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) 2020 will take place from April 30 to May 19, with $85 million in prizes guaranteed. SCROLL DOWN FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE. If you have a partner, friend or family member with an interest in online poker, you might wonder where they disappear to during…

Party Time

This was by far the craziest 8 day period I’ve had on Twitch. Broke 500 subs. Broke viewer record. Broke longest stream. All during the craziness that is the Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP). January had already been great in terms of viewers. Every day we would get up to 1500-2000 viewers pretty quickly….

First Steps

Last week was absolutely nuts. There were so many people in the channel every day! Monday it started with another deep run in the $44 bounty. I love this tournament for many reasons. One of those reasons is definitely the success it has brought me. But I also have a weak spot for bounty builders….

Thoughts

Is this just a different way of saying resolutions? WELL I THOUGHT OF THIS BEFORE NEW YEAR. But since I write it after, I guess I lose my credibility. Last time I mentioned I want to slow down a little bit on some projects and focus on streaming. Every once in a while I go…

Lost My Twitch Virginity

Last week I started streaming on Twitch. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I’m an avid Twitch-user myself. Over the past 4-5 years I watched a ton of Starcraft and DOTA streams. I just never knew what kind of content I wanted to make streaming myself. However, when this year started…