Bart Shirley

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Bart Shirley is a writer and journalist from Houston, Texas. He has a master's degree in business administration from Texas Christian University and a degree in English from Texas A&M. When he's not writing, he's playing poker or practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Latest Articles By Bart Shirley (16)

Run It Once Poker Looks Awesome, But Not For Americans

Bart Shirley 6 years

New poker site Run It Once Poker launched to the general public this week. The site, a brainchild of poker star Phil Galfond, opened for a public beta test on Feb. 6. For right now, the site only offers cash games for no-limit hold'em and pot-limit Omaha games. Unfortunately, the...

News

Grizzly Games II Is A Great Reason To Try Global Poker

Bart Shirley 6 years

Global Poker will start its February with a roar. The poker site is offering hundreds of thousands in guarantees for its Grizzly Games II tournament series. Grizzly Games II will...

Culture

PokerStars Is Challenging You To Hit The Golden Button

Bart Shirley 3 years

PokerStars NJ is rewarding New Jersey players who demonstrate persistence. That's why players who hang on and complete their puzzles in the Golden Button Challenge may win $20,000 — every...

News

PokerStars Winter Series Gives Players 40 Million Reasons to Play

Bart Shirley 6 years

The end of the year is a time of giving and receiving. PokerStars is generously giving players the opportunity to win their share of $40 million in the PokerStars Winter...

Industry

Not Quite Dead Yet: PokerStars May Bring Back Showtime, Split Hold'em For MTTs

Bart Shirley 7 years

PokerStars has distinguished itself this year with limited-time introductions of new poker variants. It is now possible that the online poker giant will bring two of them, Showtime and Split...

Industry

Sunday Marks The Start Of Coin Poker's First-Ever CSOP

Bart Shirley 7 years

The Crypto Series of Poker (CSOP) will debut on CoinPoker on Sunday, May 27 at 4:00 PM EST. This tournament series is the first major cryptocurrency tournament available to players...