Poker
We’ve all made decisions we look back on and cringe. Maybe it was a questionable haircut in high school or, in this case, a permanent tribute to a poker hand before truly understanding the game. Someone shared their twelve-year-old tattoo of King-Queen offsuit, a hand now seen as a source of imme...
Poker
There's a certain kind of poker content that feels like a car crash you can't look away from. We're talking about the high-stakes punters, the players who seem to be on a mission to light money on fire in the most spectacular ways possible. At the center of this conversation is Ethan 'Rampage' Ya...
Poker
There's a new ghost in the machine of high-stakes poker. A player who calls himself 'that angry whale,' shows up to the biggest televised games, and casually drops millions—reportedly losing $17 million in a single session. This isn't some seasoned pro; this is Ossi 'Monarch' Ketola, a self-made ...
Poker
We’ve all had the dream, right? Ditching the 9-to-5 grind for the freedom of the felt jungle. Becoming a poker pro. One player decided to put in the work, logging a staggering 1,000 hours at the table in just under nine months. They meticulously tracked every session, every buy-in, every gut-wren...
Poker
It was the biggest pot in the history of televised poker: a staggering $11 million on the line. Alex Foxen, a titan of the tournament world, faced off against the hyper-aggressive Ossi ‘Monarch’ Ketola in a heads-up cash game that had everyone on the edge of their seat. Holding an 8-high flush, F...
Poker
Poker has always had its villains, its characters, its rebels. But what happens when a player shows up to a high-stakes game seemingly intent on offending everyone possible? We're talking about Ossi Ketola, a mysterious whale who has the poker community in an uproar over his outrageous antics, in...
Poker
There's a certain kind of quiet that follows a big loss at the poker table. It's the sound of an empty chip tray, the hollow echo of bad beats replaying in your mind on the lonely walk to the car. One player recently shared their tale of turning a $4,000 buy-in into exactly zero dollars, and the ...
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It’s one of those poker hands that’s more than just a hand—it’s pure theater. A moment burned into the memory of every fan who saw it. One of poker's biggest villains, Tony G, goes head-to-head with the game’s ultimate titan, Phil Hellmuth. The setup is simple: a supposed all-in in the dark. But ...
Poker
I’ll be honest, when a work trip landed me near Black Hawk, Colorado, I wasn't expecting to find a poker scene that could hold a candle to my usual Vegas haunts. But a spontaneous weekend trip up to the Monarch Casino completely changed my mind. The drive alone was worth it, trading desert highwa...
Poker
We've all been there. You're holding the nuts, the pot is massive, and you feel that sweet surge of victory. Then the river card hits. A one-outer. A soul-crushing, unbelievable suckout that makes you question everything. For years, we've blamed the 'poker gods' or random number generators. But w...
Poker
There’s a certain kind of memory that sticks with you, a feeling tied to a place and a moment in time. For a lot of us, that place is Las Vegas. Maybe it’s the ghost of a casino like the Mirage, a name that brings back a flood of memories—the sounds, the smoke, the specific texture of the felt. T...
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Let's be honest, we've all been dealt seven-deuce offsuit and felt that familiar pang of disappointment. It's the undisputed king of trash hands. But what if a tournament flipped the script, celebrating this pariah of poker? That's exactly what happened with the 'Greg Goes All In Seven Deuce Chal...