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

Joe Ingram Shuts Alec Torelli Down Over ‘Editing Lies’

They got their controversy, unfortunately we're not sure “unprofessional, sordid and infantile” was the kind of controversy they were hoping for.

Patrik Antonius Shows Instagram What $25 Million in Cash Looks Like

Patrik Antonius had the casino crack open their cash bucket and scoop him out some bricks.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Fedor Holz Blasts $1.8Million into Super High Roller Bowl and Doesn't Cash

The big story of the night wasn’t Justin Bonomo’s win but Fedor Holz’s losses.

Daniel Negreanu Dreams Of Cheating Jason Koon

Vanessa Selbst, Doug Polk and Jeff Boski get Freudian when Negreanu cheats with Jason Koon… in his dreams!

Online Poker , 6 years ago

PokerStars Increase Tournament Rake Overnight!

Tournaments under $20 will be seeing an increase in fees from Monday onwards.

Forget Poker Books Claims Daniel Negreanu

When asked for book recommendations by one Senor Floppy of Twitter, Negreanu’s reply was: watch Twitch.

WSOP Champ Scott Blumstein Battles Weight Loss Issues

Blumstein gave himself six months to enjoy the wake that winning $8.1 million leaves behind it. But now,he says it is time to get back on track.

Molly Bloom Talks Competition in Poker, Skiing and Sobriety

It is perhaps a sign of the times – or at least the state of the game – that the great poker masscult-icon of this decade is shaping up to be Molly Bloom.

Champion Boxer Vijender Singh is Fighting for Poker in India Now

Olympic medalist Vijender Singh is coming to poker.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Jim Roberts Wins Borgata Winter Poker Open $600 Deep Stack For $378,391

Jim Roberts, a local recreational player, navigated through a field of 4,515 to pocket $378,391.

A Very, Very Hard Game of Poker: Donald Trump on North Korea

A former casino owner in Atlantic City knows quite a bit about a well-timed bluff.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Scott Baumstein Wins WPT Deepstacks Hollywood For $223,238

Scott Baumstein topped a field of 1,366 entries to win the Season 5 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event and $223,238.

Poker Pro David Paredes Talks About Helping with Molly's Game

The movie is getting good coverage for its handling of the poker scenes it does contain. Much of that handling is down to poker pro David Paredes.

Poker Gran Plays Live for the First Time... In the Bahamas

Poker Gran’s down in the Bahamas having played in a top-tier international tournament with poker greats like Barry Greenstein and Liv Boeree.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Maria Konnikova Wins PCA National Championship For $84,600

This comes as a third act climax to Konnikova’s latest writing project: the year she has taken out to immerse herself in the poker world.