Sean Chaffin

Editor

Sean Chaffin is a longtime freelance writer and editor based in Ruidoso, New Mexico. He has covered the poker industry for Card Player, Casino Player, PokerGO, PokerNews, and numerous other publications. He also previously served as writer and editor of PokerScout for five years. Along with poker, he covers the casino industry as well as sports betting, and also reports and writes about other topics as well.

Latest Articles By Sean Chaffin (243)

World Series of Poker Releases Complete Fall Schedule With 88 Events, Festival Returns Sept. 30

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The World Series of Poker is back. Series officials released the official schedule on Tuesday and the festival becomes the biggest in the event's history. Players looking to make the trip to Las Vegas will find 88 gold bracelet events running Sept. 30 to Nov. 23 at the Rio. Organizers...

News

Christian Rudolph Scores Partypoker WPT Online Main Event; Site Offers Boosted Cashback

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The WPT Online Series came to a close on June 2 with the $3,200 Main Event coming to an end. The event featured $3 million guaranteed with Christian Rudolph coming...

News

WPT Online Series Update: Big Names Score, Satellite Qualifiers Advance at Partypoker 

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The WPT Online rolls on at partypoker and the Main Event is underway with two starting flights remaining. The series runs through June 2 and some big names have already produced...

News

ONLINE POKER STRATEGY: Advice from PokerStars Streamer and Series Host Lex Veldhuis

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The “Lex Not Live” tournament series continues through the weekend at PokerStars with buy-ins ranging from $11 to $55. The series is hosted by site ambassador Lex Veldhuis and stresses...

News

Unibet May Tournament Series Offers Players Numerous Events, €650,000 Guaranteed

Sean Chaffin 4 years

Tournament poke returns to Unibet this month with the site’s popular Unibet Online Series (UOS XII). The series runs May 16-31 and players will find 102 events and €650,000 guaranteed...

Industry

GGPoker Receives ISO 27001 Certification As Company Continues Expansion

Sean Chaffin 7 months

NSUSLAB Korea, parent company of GGPoker, announced a new certification from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) this week. The company received ISO 27001 certification for its online gaming platform....

Industry

PokerGO, GPI Reach Deal on Streaming Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas Through 2024

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The Global Poker Index (GPI) has carved out a niche in the poker world ranking the game’s best players. Over the last few years, the site’s Global Poker Awards have...

Industry

PokerStars Beefs Up Ambassador Squad With Six New Signings

Sean Chaffin 3 years

During the poker boom of the 2000s, it seemed every player who’d won a tournament signed an ambassador deal. Those sponsorships are now more difficult to come by and often...

News

WPT Announces International Live Events, 888poker Online Series Schedule Released

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The World Poker Tour has slowly begun to return to the live poker felt. That also now includes more series internationally and in the United States as well as more...

News

Fedor Holz Chalks Up Big Session to Win GGPoker Face-Off Challenge

Sean Chaffin 4 years

The high stakes, heads-up action between Fedor Holz and Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski wrapped up Friday. After four sessions, Holz came out a winner of about $90,000 in the GGPoker Face-Off...