Blaise Bourgeois
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1 month ago |
cardplayer.com | Blaise Bourgeois
A Deep Dive Into The Highlight Of The First Episode Of Hustler Casino Live's Million Dollar Cash GamePeter Wang and Alan Keating have dueled on countless TV streams together for massive amounts of cash. In fact, they play together so often that Peter’s incredible $2.2 million hero call on the first day of Hustler Casino Live’s Million Dollar Cash Game III likely came down to the history between the two players.
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2 months ago |
cardplayer.com | Blaise Bourgeois
CoinPoker. is home to some of the best high-stakes cash game action on the planet. On Monday, there was some huge $500-$1,000 heads-up pot-limit Omaha action between ‘Y4Cards’ and ‘DogeCoinMaximaliste,’ with the battle going the way of DogeCoinMaximaliste. They ended up finishing $176,000 in profit while Y4Cards lost about $200,000 on the day. ‘KayhanMok’ and ‘LLinusLL0ve’ have also been battling for quite some time now and took part in some $100-$200 no-limit hold’em action.
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2 months ago |
cardplayer.com | Blaise Bourgeois
Over the last 12 months, Kristen Foxen has taken her accolade-rich career to the next level, winning her fifth World Series of Poker bracelet, finishing 13th in the main event for personal-best cash of $600,000, and kicking off 2025 with a pair of PokerGO Tour victories for more than $500,000. All of those scores helped the 38-year-old Canadian overtake Vanessa Selbst on the women’s all-time money list with $11.5 million in recorded earnings.
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2 months ago |
cardplayer.com | Blaise Bourgeois
The 14th season of PokerGO’s High Stakes Poker has been absolutely electric, with no shortage of huge six and seven-figure pots. Given the amount of action, it’s no wonder Rick Salomon would eventually get involved in a huge spot, all because of that gamble in him. In a recent episode, Salomon’s huge bluff got picked off in a pot worth more than half a million dollars.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
pokerscout.com | Blaise Bourgeois
Eric Afriat fell short of becoming the second player to win four WPT titles as Shawn Daniels walked away as the WPT Rolling Thunder champion. After a wild 80-hand heads-up battle, Daniels put his name on the Mike Sexton Cup, defeating Harvey Castro ($193,600) for his second-largest career cash. Afriat (3rd, $122,000) finished ahead of fellow final-tablists Paul Richardson (4th, $91,000), David Ha (5th, $69,000), and Benjamin Primus (6th, $53,000).
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