Key Takeaways
- Alex Weldon asks and answers: Poker vs. Hearthstone: Is it a glimpse of things to come?
- An anonymous freelance journalist chronicles his development from newcomer to online poker pro in a column for The Guardian.
- Thanks to the Panama Papers leak, NBC News has dug in to the past of Bodog founder and billionaire fugitive Calvin Ayre in an in-depth exposé last week.
eSports
Following news of a poker/Hearthstone crossover event, thanks to the combined efforts of Poker Central, Amazon Coins and PokerStars, Alex Weldon asks and answers: Poker vs. Hearthstone: Is it a glimpse of things to come?
Although Hearthstone is the most poker-like of popular eSports at the moment, that is a world which is itself evolving rapidly, and it’s likely that we’ll see other more cerebral, less reflex-based eSports in the future, which could likewise make for interesting pairings with one another and with poker. I can even imagine some sort of eSports/mindsports “decathlon” emerging in the near future, which would be a thing of great personal excitement for me, as a generalist of games myself.
