Don't Look Now: Announcements, PLO and 360 Access

With so many personalities and poker related content out there to consume, it may be hard to catch it all but don’t worry. Each Monday, Poker Central’s “Don’t Look Now” series will get you up to speed on everything poker and video from the last week. From highlights, “viral” content, quick hits from social media and on-demand PokerGO content, “Don’t Look Now” brings it all together.

As one of poker’s fastest growing personalities and brands, thanks to Upswing Poker and his unrivaled YouTube channel, Doug Polk knows how to get the people going. Last week, Polk got the poker world going by announcing that he was going to make an announcement, while teasing his Twitter followers with the #JoiningForces hashtag. A day later, Polk announced that he was teaming with PokerStars but Polk then found out that he was already sponsored the whole time…

Zack is the only “normal” one in this home game. Watch #PokerNights exclusively on PokerGO. pic.twitter.com/mizBjUSOYR

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 30, 2017

There is nothing “normal” about the Poker Nights crew. The short-form comedy series features a group of “best-ish” friends and the oddball guests that filter in and out of their neighborhood home game. Zack, the only normal player according to his own standards, has to compete with kleptomaniac Liz, her sociopathic husband, Sunny and Chris Parnell’s character, Orson, who creeps Zack out. Watch the entire Poker Nights series exclusively on PokerGO.

Joe Ingram has been focused more on some entrepreneurial pursuits, and some out of line nights, lately but the Pot Limit Omaha authority played an online cash game session this weekend. Ingram breaks down four PLO hands, most of which involve him holding the nuts, and Ingram did mention that he will be posting more of these recap type videos over the next few weeks. We’ll stay on the lookout for those, while also keeping our eye on whether or not PLO makes its way to “Poker After Dark.”

Phil Hellmuth is making his rounds. Last week, the 14-time WSOP bracelet winner was on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast to discuss the World Series of Poker and his new autobiography and this weekend, Hellmuth was in the studio recording the audio book version of the aptly titled, The Poker Brat. The 360-degree video may be quick but with every angle covered, the video gives Hellmuth fans exciting and unprecedented access to just one part of Hellmuth’s life.

 

No longer the bridesmaid, Igor’s finally the bride #Japan

A post shared by Liv Boeree (@liv_boeree) on Jul 30, 2017 at 11:14pm PDT

Thank god there was no 360-degree video of whatever this is…