The Showdown: Hellmuth, Negreanu, young veterans and old noobs

Adam Hampton playing at the 2024 WSOP
Adam Hampton
Posted on: November 17, 2024 05:51 PST

The showdown is always crucial; it’s where winners and losers learn their fate, where huge pots get pushed and big lessons get learned. Bluffers get found out, smart players get paid off, and the true story of the hand is revealed for all to see.

In that spirit, PokerOrg’s own Sarah Herring is laying her cards on the table in a new episode of our regular feature, The Showdown, where she takes us on a whirlwind tour of the biggest poker news stories of the week.

It’s a super-quick rundown of everything you need to know (as well as the stuff you didn’t know you needed to know).

Click above now for your two-minute update on the highs and lows, winners and losers, and biggest movers and shakers of the past seven days.

  • Who played a $200K buy-in event, admitting they ‘don’t know how to play poker’?
  • Who doesn’t play Triton events, despite being ‘an obvious favorite’?
  • Which 26-year-old ‘veteran’ won $765K after one hand of heads-up play?
  • How can you find out exactly what Daniel Negreanu’s thinking these days?
  • Which female players have been grabbing the headlines this week, and why?
  • Where's the best place to get your biggest poker questions answered?

You can always trust PokerOrg to bring you the very latest news, interviews, features and stories from the exciting world of poker, but we know your time is precious.

That’s why, thanks to The Showdown, you can now find out the answers to all the above questions and more, in just 116 seconds.

Ready? Go!