Chidwick Closing Gap to Kenney on All-Time Money List After Triton Win Summary Stephen Chidwick won the Triton Jeju II $200,000 Short Deck event for $3,455,000 — the biggest first-place score of his career. The victory pushed his career live tournament earnings past $71.7 million, making him only the second player ever to eclipse the […]
Lucas Tae Dominates Venetian Showdown Series with Four Victories Summary The Venetian Showdown Series ran from 1 August to 1 September, staging 52 events with a total of 6,323 entries and $1,508,045 in prize money. Florida player Lucas Tae was the standout, winning four titles across the festival — including the marquee Event #10 $400 […]
WPT Global Ambassador Deal Offers Nacho Barbero ‘A New Beginning’ Summary Nacho Barbero has signed on as an ambassador for WPT Global after leaving ACR earlier in the year. Barbero describes the deal as a “fresh start” following a difficult exit from his previous sponsor. He praised WPT Global’s rapid growth since 2022 and highlighted […]
Which Crusher Leads Triton’s Ivan Leow Player of the Year Race With Days to Go? Summary Artur Martirosian holds a narrow lead in the 2025 Triton Poker Ivan Leow Player of the Year standings with 4,442 points, followed by Alex Foxen on 4,022. The race — which rewards consistency across Triton events and carries a […]
Gang Wang Goes on the Run of a Lifetime to Win 888poker Live London Main Event Summary Gang Wang pulled off a dramatic comeback at the 888poker Live London Main Event, turning a short stack into victory to claim the £86,600 top prize. The Chinese pro navigated a 367-player field at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino […]
Female Equity Analysts and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance Summary This paper by Kai Li et al. (forthcoming in Management Science) shows that female sell-side equity analysts materially improve firms’ environmental and social (E&S) performance. Using hand-collected gender data on U.S. analysts and novel machine-learning text classification (an active-learning approach fine-tuned on FinBERT), the authors […]
What Is a Contact Center? Types, Software & KPIs for 2025 Summary The modern contact centre is an omnichannel hub that unifies voice, chat, messaging, email and video to deliver seamless, contextual customer support. It has evolved from legacy, voice-only call centres into cloud-native platforms that combine AI, real-time analytics, knowledge management and human agents […]
Cooler Flop Sets Up Incredible 17-Bounty Haul at Triton Final Table Summary History was made at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju as Jun Obara became the tour’s first-ever Japanese champion, taking down the $40,000 Mystery Bounty. Obara not only lifted the trophy but amassed an extraordinary 17 mystery bounties, banking $699,000 […]
Terence Crawford stuns Canelo Alvarez with masterful performance — PHOTOS Summary Terence Crawford dethroned Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, claiming the undisputed super-middleweight title in front of a record crowd. Crawford used a precise jab and elite counter-punching to frustrate Alvarez and control large portions of the fight, earning scorecards […]
Kirk assassination probe and turmoil as FBI director faces congressional hearings Summary FBI Director Kash Patel came under intense scrutiny after he prematurely posted that a suspect in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was “in custody” — a claim that proved incorrect. The misstatement amplified questions about Patel’s leadership as he heads into […]
