Jon Pill

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Joined PokerTube May 2016

Jon is a freelance writer and novelist who learned to play poker after watching Rounders in year 9. He has been giving away his beer money at cards ever since. Currently he is based in Bristol where he makes sporadic donations to the occasional live tournament or drunken late night Zoom session. He blogs at What Is There to Option?


Articles by Jon Pill

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Nick Petrangelo Wins WSOP $100,000 High Roller For $2,910,227

Nick Petrangelo has won the inaugural running of the WSOP $100k NLH event, defeating a field of 105 total entries.

Lex Veldhuis Seeks Help For Candy Crush Addiction

There are worse ways to unwind after a hard day grinding away for your Twitch audience than leaning back with the simple gameplay of Candy Crush.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Shaun Deeb Slowrolls Again!

Shaun Deeb has a bit of a reputation for slow rolling and shooting angles.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Allen Cunningham Wins The First WSOP Event $250 Daily Deepstack

The Rio opened the doors to the Amazon Room at 09:00 on the 29th May 2018 for the 49th annual World Series of Poker.

Accused: Is Phil Hellmuth Ripping Off Stakers?

So far at least two people have been publicly called out and blocked by the Poker Brat.

Negreanu Fires Shots at Ferguson and Hellmuth

When Ferguson took 42 seconds out of his day to read to camera he gave the smouldering trash fire of his reputation a prodding back into a glowing flame.

Chris Ferguson’s Apology Just Makes Things Worse

Chris “Jesus” Ferguson came forward to “apologise” for his involvement in Full Tilt’s Black Friday collapse, and the millions of dollars poker players lost or had frozen in its wake.

John Hesp Will Be Adding Some Colour to This Year’s WSOP

John Hesp confirmed he would be returning to defend his 4th place finish in a recent interview.

Daniel Negreanu Does The Worst Scotty Nguyen Impressions

Negreanu and Nguyen go way back, and Daniel’s impressions of Scotty go back pretty much as far.

Patrik Antonius Shows Off Triton Poker Trip on IG

When you’re Patrik Antonius you don’t have win at poker to be winning at life, you just have to show up.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

Mikita Badziakouski Wins 2018 Triton SHR Series Montenegro For $2,550,392

The Triton Titan just keeps trucking this week with another massive win at the Super High Roller Series in sunny Montenegro.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

€1Million Triton Cash Game Featured Dwan, Ivey & Antonius!

With big names and a collosal buy in of €1,000,000 minimum, this is probably the highest stakes cash game ever televised (or streamed) anywhere ever.

Phil Hellmuth Slams Supreme Court Hypocrisy On Twitter

A new argument can now be made for online poker in the US thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision on the 14th May to make sports betting legal country wide.

Floyd Mayweather Wins $100k In Poker Game!

Luckily Floyd had the foresight to Instagram his win. Which also shows he was up $1,250 already on his streak before the big hammer fell.

Live Poker Events, 5 years ago

When Negreanu Owned Esfandiari For $200k On PNIA!

In a crazy series of straddle-over-straddle-over-straddled pots, the two went head to head again and again, like two pastel be-shirted highlanders.