Benny Glaser recaps WCOOP 2019 with Poker In The Ears
WCOOP 2019 is officially in the history books now. It was another huge success, smashing records over the course of 219 events and crowning champions both new and familiar. This week’s guest,...
View ArticleLEX LIVE 2: Kicking ass and taking names in London
As we enter the Asper’s Casino in Stratford on a wet, blustery Tuesday evening, one thing becomes abundantly clear: this weather is perfect for live poker. After all, why would you want to go outside...
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LEX LIVE 2: Meet the online qualifiers
If you can get yourself to London this week, you definitely should. Lex Live 2 is heating up, with just a few more Day 1 flights of the £230 buy-in, £100K guaranteed Main Event still to go. While the...
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LEX LIVE 2: A very special scavenger hunt
You know on game shows when they ask contestants whether they want to take their winnings so far or gamble it all on a “mystery prize”? Well, this is like that. Except the only thing you need to give...
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LEX LIVE 2: The High Rollers (and Spraggy) are in the building
While the £230 Main Event—currently playing through its fourth Day 1 flight—is the apple of Lex Live 2’s eye, the biggest buy-in on the schedule, the £750 High Roller, will no doubt be grabbing its...
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LEX LIVE 2: Poker in the Ears podcast pits Stapes vs Veldhuis super fan
A very special live edition of the Poker in the Ears podcast was recorded yesterday at Lex Live 2, here at London’s Aspers Casino. James Hartigan was in the house, while Joe Stapleton transmitted his...
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Dressing up for success: Halloween (and other) costumes in poker
October is now upon us, which in the northern hemisphere means the nights drawing in, the temperature gradually dropping and circumstances improving for long nights on the poker grind. It’s best to be...
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LEX LIVE 2: First-time traveller 'DAMMO_23' on why he flew 23 hours from...
Damiano ‘DAMMO_23’ Aloi had never been outside his native Australia prior to last week. Now he’s here in London, 10,100 miles from home, having the time of his life. “Has it been worth it? Let me tell...
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LEX LIVE 2: Welcome Party photo gallery
We’re here for the poker, sure, but also…to party. Last night (Wednesday, October 2) The Lex Live 2 Welcome Party brought an entire community together in the confines of a drinking establishment with...
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LEX LIVE 2: Spraggy wins the FU Flip (while his brother finishes third)
Had this many Twitch streamers ever been in the same place at the same time? I’ll even take it one further. Had this many Twitch streamers ever all been awake at 11am before? Doubtful. It can only mean...
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LEX LIVE 2: Platinum Pass up for grabs in today's Streamer Showdown
After this morning’s community trip to the cinema–courtesy of Lex Veldhuis, who booked an entire theatre for a private screening of Joker–it got us thinking about movie poster taglines. If today’s...
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Simon Gilles turns 50 StarsCoins into Platinum Pass
Simon Gilles is a 31-year-old marketing manager in a supermarket, from Hennef, Germany. A keen micro-stakes poker player, he won a Platinum Pass to the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) by playing...
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Coming soon: New $25m GTD Bounty Builder Series
It’s the tournament series for action minded players who don’t want to wait until the final table to make some money. The Bounty Builder Series is back this month. There’s $25 million guaranteed, a...
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LEX LIVE 2: Community bonding over booze and beer pong
Lex Live isn’t your typical poker festival. There’s poker to be played, sure, but it’s what happens away from the felt which really matters to this community. Take last night, for example. Lex Veldhuis...
View ArticleBook excerpt: "Exploitative Play in Live Poker" by Alexander Fitzgerald (Win...
An excerpt from Alexander Fitzgerald’s Exploitative Play in Live Poker in which the poker pro sets aside “GTO” play to show players how best to profit from others’ mistakes. READ ON AND WIN A FREE COPY...
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FAST FIVE: Things you might have missed this week
Here’s a quick catch up from the week on PokerStarsBlog… Lex Live 2 underway in London Simon Gilles: From 50 StarsCoins to a Platinum Pass Attention U.K. poker players: PSPC Satellites running this...
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LEX LIVE 2: Patrick Winterbottom wins Streamer Showdown for Platinum Pass to...
“It all feels slightly surreal,” Patrick Winterbottom tells PokerStars Blog, after a whirlwind couple of minutes consisting of photoshoots and non-stop handshakes. “Nothing like this has ever happened...
View ArticleToday at Lex Live: Saturday October 5
Play-by-plays, features and results from the huge meeting in London arranged by Twitch streaming extraordinaire Lex Veldhuis. TIMELINE | SCHEDULE | NEED TO KNOW | GUIDE TO LONDON Live today: Saturday,...
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Steve Zander first out the blocks to win Platinum Pass
Steve Zander won his Platinum Pass in a Mystery Chests promotion almost immediately after the announcement was made that the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) was returning to Barcelona in August...
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LEX LIVE 2: Platinum Pass up for grabs to Lex Live Adventure winner (tune in...
It hasn’t all been fun and games here at Lex Live 2. All week Lex Veldhuis’ Twitch community has been working hard, completing tasks and collecting stamps on their Lex Live Adventure cards. Tasks...
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