Charles Rettmuller

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Joined PokerTube June 2014

Charles is a Chicago native and long time poker player who dusted off his journalism degree and began writing about poker following the events of Black Friday in 2011.

He has written for a number of leading poker websites, offering his insights and expertise on subjects ranging from online poker legislative efforts in the U.S. to poker vlogger reviews.


Articles by Charles Rettmuller

Live Poker Events, 10 years ago

Richard Yong Takes Aussie Millions $100K Challenge

A four-day break in action to the APPT9 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge was well worth the wait for poker fans who saw the final table of eight players - who had a combined $57 million in lifetime

Ray Bitar Seized Home Sold for $1.8 Million

One of the homes seized by the government in the action against Full Tilt co-founder Ray Bitar was sold earlier this month.A property with an address of 501 Gordon Highlands Road in Glendora,

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Full Flush Poker Offers Super Bowl Special $25K GTD

The excitement of Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching and U.S.-friendly Full Flush Poker is pumping some air into that excitement by hosting a $25K GTD tournament about four hours before the big

Live Poker Events, 10 years ago

2015 WSOP Main Event Payout Structure Changed

Thinking about plunking down 10 grand at this year's WSOP Main Event but concerned about finishing outside of the top 10% and kissing that buy-in good-bye? How about if the payout structure was

Super Bowl Weekend Features Celebrity Poker Tournament

BIG:W;ith the Super Bowl set for next Sunday, February 1, football fans across the U.S. will be getting together with friends and family to enjoy Super Bowl parties. Perhaps one of the biggest such

PokerStars Praises New California Online Poker Bill

An online poker bill proposed earlier this week in California by Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer has met the approval of PokerStars and their fellow coalition members.The bill, AB 167, is without a

Gus Hansen Downswing Prompts Talk of Lower Stakes

After losing more than $5 million playing online poker in 2014, Gus Hansen has stepped away from the tables at Full Tilt. Well, he actually was out of action for quite a large chunk of time in 2014 -

Online Poker: Then, Now and the Future

Online poker is quite different today than it was 10 or 12 years ago, as regulation slowly moves along in the U.S.The differences include not only the sites at which players are allowed to play, but

$1 Million Spin & Go Hits Twice More at PokerStars

A $5 buy-in resulted in $1 million payouts for two more PokerStars players at the Spin & Go tables over the weekend, bringing the total of instant millionaires to three over the last seven days.

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Mike Matusow and Mizrachi Brothers Representing a New Bitcoin Poker Site

Get Lucky Poker open to Americans and will be fronted by some of poker's biggest names

Thrill Poker Targets Huge Market in India

Poker's popularity is growing in India, a country whose population of about 1.3 billion is second only to that of China.With such a large available pool of players, establishing a poker site that

Business & Industry, 10 years ago

Winning Poker Network CEO Reveals Future Plans

The Winning Poker Network (WPN) continues to attract players worldwide, including the U.S., and some of those players peppered network CEO Phil Nagy with questions the other day.As has been done

Live Poker Events, 10 years ago

MLB Players to Play Poker Tournament at MGM Grand

If you're in Las Vegas and a fan of both baseball and poker, you may want to saunter over to the MGM Grand this evening as a few dozen MLB players will be on hand and playing in a poker

Dan Bilzerian's Explosives Case May be Resolved in Plea Deal

Hoping to keep his client from posting Instagram photos from a jail cell, a lawyer for Dan Bilzerian is seeking to arrange a plea deal with prosecutors over the felony bomb-making charges that the

Poker Tales - The Magician and The Unabomber

Poker masters, best friends, millionaires and mad men