Category: Poker

Nevada

Depa wins another Short Deck event

Jonathan Depa captured the $10K Short Deck event at the Poker Masters in Las Vegas, defeating a field of 37 entries to collect the top prize worth $133,200. Depa dominated this event, holding the lead nearly from start to finish, busting Alex Foxen after an intense heads-up battle to close it out. “Heaters are always […]

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Nevada

Emotional Laplante takes Event 2 at Masters

Ryan Laplante was at a loss for words after he took down the Poker Masters $10K Pot Limit Omaha event Wednesday in Las Vegas. The long-time poker pro battled his way through a tough field of 62 entries that culminated with him beating the Event 1 runner-up, Chance Kornuth, heads-up. Laplante collected $186K for his […]

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Nevada

Baron wins opener at Poker Masters

Isaac Baron took down Event 1 of the Poker Masters on Nov. 5, defeating a field of 97 entries in the $10K Las Vegas tourney. Baron collected $223K for his win as the long-time tournament pro is the first clubhouse leader with his eye on the Poker Masters Purple Jacket and $100K championship prize. It […]

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Poker

Poker lessons learned from Pluribus

A decade or so ago, I told my poker class that “one can build a bot to crush a chess game, but it will never happen in poker.”Boy was I wrong. Carnegie Mellon Research Lab developed a bot named Pluribus and in July it dominated a six-max no-limit hold’em game where the opponents were all […]

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