Author: Chris Cosenza

Nevada

Jorstad wins WSOP Championship, $10M

After nine days of intense main-event play, Norway’s Espen Jorstad solidified his place in poker history as the first World Series of Poker champion to be crowned on the Las Vegas Strip. Defeating 8,662 players from around the world, Jorstad took home $10M in earnings and was presented with the bracelet. On Saturday afternoon, Jorstad […]

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THE FINAL SHOW!

FEB. 18 POKERCAST RECAP: Well, this is it. After nearly 17 years straight, we have recorded our final Ante Up PokerCast. This epic episode clocks in at more than 2.5 hours as we revisit some of our greatest memories, interviews, characters, fans and guffaws. We will always be indebted to our listeners as they not […]

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Our penultimate show

FEB. 11 POKERCAST RECAP: It’s our penultimate episode and the final one with our standard structure. We discuss a player getting banned from Hustler Casino for peeking at someone’s cards on a livestream; Encore Boston Harbor reopens its poker room but players aren’t happy with the scenario, and Chris “Fox” Wallace opines that cash-game TV […]

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A bittersweet day

JAN. 28 POKERCAST RECAP: It’s a bittersweet day as we announce the upcoming end to our poker show. After 16-plus years, we have decided Feb. 18 will be our last PokerCast. We may return for a special episode, so don’t delete us, but for now, the weekly version is coming to an end. We complete […]

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Global Poker Awards nominees

JAN. 21 POKERCAST RECAP: Global Poker Awards nominees announced and we also discuss who we think is Personality of the Year. PokerNews announced its five American players to watch in 2022 and a security guard foils a robbery at a Texas poker room. We have a new O’Mally’s Move and Todd McGee has the Hand […]

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Chris plays poker again!

DEC. 31 POKERCAST RECAP: Chris plays poker again! Also, Johnny Chan’s club in Houston has a new owner, and poker giants Harry Reid and Henry Orenstein died this past week. We complete an O’Mally’s Move and Vic G. has the Hand of the Week with Q-Q.

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