Episode 2 of The Tough Call podcast features veteran Nevada political journalist Jon Ralston. And he reveals that he still berates himself for incorrectly predicting Kamala Harris would win Nevada in 2024.
Speaking to Maria Konnikova and James Hartigan, Ralston admits he ignored warning signs in the early voting data. "I still am mad at myself that I trusted my gut more than the data a little bit," he says. Watch the full episode below.
Jungleman is qualified? He might be qualified to give poker advice, but if you've been following his X account, you'll know relationship advice is another matter entirely. Watch this at your own risk.
Mixed Game Festival XVII starts February 21 at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Add it to your busy mixed-games calendar... It comes hot on the heels of Mixed Game Festival XVI, which runs for five days from February 7 at MGM National Harbor in Maryland.
Tereza Vernerova makes Battle of Malta history.
The Czech player has become the first woman to win the BoM Main Event, topping a massive field of 5,368 entries.
Vernerova collected €162,635 after a three-way deal, but runner-up Ofer Tadmor actually took home more – €175,000 – despite missing out on the trophy. The UK's James Malatynski finished third for €125,000.
Heads-up for the Battle of Malta trophy.Not nits.
CoinPoker says its introducing a minimum VPIP (voluntarily put in pot) % at its high stakes cash tables. Drop below the threshold and you're out of the game for 2 hours.
No GGPoker in Alberta.
PokerStars has launched in Alberta, but GGPoker is playing a waiting game. Despite registering for the province's regulated market, GGPoker says it won't launch real-money poker there without international shared liquidity.
The operator believes even a combined Alberta-Ontario player pool would be too small to provide a competitive service. For now, Albertans have PokerStars and 888poker.
Jeff Platt and Joe Stapleton preview WSOP Paradise: The pair were sent down to Baha Mar in The Bahamas to scope out the scene ahead of the upcoming WSOP Paradise.
And they brought a camera crew along to ensure none of us missed out on all of the duo's brilliant poker puns.
Will this heads-up duel happen after all?
Hustler Casino Live's Ryan Feldman threw down a challenge - scroll down just a couple of posts for a look - and it seems like it's been accepted.
Popcorn, anyone?
Battle of Malta is heading to Barcelona. The popular poker festival is expanding into Spain for the first time, with a five-day event at Casino Barcelona (home of the famous EPT stop) January 20-24, 2027.
It's the latest step in the festival's European expansion, following the launch of the Battle of Slovakia in Bratislava. The full schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.
Casino Barcelona.'Tis the season for heads-up challenges. Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, has had enough of claims that he's been banned from his own stream.
He's challenged ThePokerKaren to a heads-up match on stream, offering to cover any losses on one condition: ThePokerKaren deletes their X account.
We doubt this one will ever see the light of day.
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