Poker isn’t usually a game where showing emotions at the table is a good idea, although plenty of people have fallen out while playing cards, but how about off the table? Is there any room for love given that it’s Valentine’s Day? Let’s see if the pros have been tweeting their nearest and dearest…
There was plenty of love from the big poker sites, as evidenced by this Full Tilt tweet…
Happy Valentine's Day, poker fans! 👑♥️ pic.twitter.com/tSu9GqsqCq
— Full Tilt (@FullTiltPoker) February 14, 2017
…but had it trickled down to the players?
Well, it was flowers and…poker…today for Kitty Kuo, the Taiwanese pro torn between husband Russell Thomas and a romantic day off. Poker, as always, won out!
Happy valentines to everyone,I am so sad to announce I need to play macau cup main event today, don't feel so sad for me, this is my job :( pic.twitter.com/ebuJ0ZYcR2
— kuo hui chen (@kittykuopoker) February 14, 2017
And no love to or from Doug Polk it seems…in fact a less romantic post I’m struggling to find!
Hey Limon, if you didn't have the money for 50/100 you could have just not agreed from the start instead of making up an excuse to not play
— gN Doug Polk (@DougPolkPoker) February 14, 2017
Not a lot of love there! How about Negreanu and Hellmuth? They’re usually quick off the mark on Twitter. Nope, not a peep from the old-school lovers, unless we count Dnegs’ unrequited love from a day or two ago…
Nick Schulman tops the list for man crushes among high stakes players. Great guy, funny, introspective, real, and honest. Oh, and COOL! https://t.co/UeliOsc2Vn
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) February 13, 2017
In the meantime we have to go back to SkyPoker for some hot lovin’…
Our love for poker is strong. 😍 #ValentinesDaypic.twitter.com/junWRRL5Nz
— Sky Poker (@SkyPoker) February 14, 2017
Liv Boeree always springs to mind when I think about love and romance (though I’ve no idea why!) but it seems like husband Igor Kurganov may have spoiled the mood a few days back…
Not everything is about you love https://t.co/6Racx9kFkX
— Igor Kurganov (@kurganovigor) February 10, 2017
So just where is the love in the poker world? Over to you readers!