Remko Rinkema

Remko Rinkema

iGaming.org Interviewer
Remko Rinkema has covered the biggest poker tournaments in the world since 2008, including many WSOP, EPT, Aussie Millions, APPT, MCOP and Unibet Open events. As an in-depth interview and story enthusiast he tries to do things a little differently. Besides the usual writings Rinkema grabs every chance to appear on podcasts, live streams and in the occasional video.

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Remko's latest articles

NFL DraftKings Player Wins $1,000,000!

On the Sunday before Christmas there was a daily fantasy sports event on DraftKings, which guaranteed a $1,000,000 first-place prize James Tran from Los Angeles, California was the man with the golden team as he put together a line up that ultimately made him $1,000,000 After a grueling Monday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers..
12 years ago

Strong Words From WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart

Ty Stewart is one of the most influential people in the poker industry, but most of the work he does is behind the scenes And he likes it that way This week Stewart granted iGamingorg some of his time to discuss the year that was, and the upcoming WSOP season In this interview Stewart voices his strong opinion on how he thinks Ryan Riess is very..
12 years ago

SealsWithClubs Responds to Password Hack

The biggest Bitcoin poker website, SealsWithClubs, had some serious issues this week as their password database was leaked We spoke to SealsWithClubs chairman Bryan Micon who made some time for us to give a short explanation to what happened If you're not familiar with SealsWithClubs or Bryan Micon we suggest you read the following articles..
12 years ago

Dani Stern Talks About The Poker Mindset, Black Friday and Cooking

This interview is the third and final part of a series on iGamingorg Before reading Part 3 we suggest reading the previous ones Part 1Part 2 In the final part of this in-depth interview with Dani Stern the poker professional talks about much more than his favorite game Stern talks about the poker mindset, how Black Friday affected him and his..
12 years ago

Dani Stern Talks High Stakes, Tom Dwan and More

In Part 2 of this three-part series of interviews with Dani Stern the high stakes poker player talks about what it takes to reach the highest level Stern gives a unique insight into how tough it is to make it to the biggest stakes Stern also talks about a famous video he made playing high stakes heads up against Tom Dwan back in 2007 Back in..
12 years ago

Dani Stern Talks TwoPlusTwo, Phil Galfond and 2 Months 2 Million

When interviewing a poker player of Dani Stern’s stature, you almost assume he’s all about talking strategy, his recent accomplishments and goals In an hour-long conversation Stern proved us the opposite, as the 27-year old with $17 million in career live tournament earnings and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash game profits..
12 years ago

Bitcoin Causes Highest Poker Stakes Ever

Imagine this: You sit down at a poker table with $9,264 and wait for a game to start There’s a lot of money at stake, but for you this just might be an every day thing Large sums of money exchange hands in the online poker world on a day-to-day basis, and therefore seeing money on the table just shy of $10,000 does not make any..
12 years ago

Bryan Micon Speaks Up About Bitcoin, Butterfly Labs and SealsWithClubs

This is the third and final part of a interview series with poker professional Bryan Micon Read the previous parts first to get the full gist of Micon’s life as he gives us a walkthrough of from his High School days in Indiana until his big poker success as the 2006 World Series of Poker Part 1 Part 2  In the final part of this interview..
12 years ago

The Bryan Micon Story – Part 2

After a long hiatus we’ve decided to pick up where we left off with the Bryan Micon story Make sure to read the first part before diving into this story Micon is a man of many traits and he does not count on just his poker skills Some might find him strange, aggressively outspoken and perhaps just another degen The contrast could not be any..
12 years ago

Everleaf and LGA Misconduct Rising To Epic Proportions

This article was written after a conversation, and e-mail exchanges, with a player that remains anonymous in order to protect his name The story about misconduct by the Lottery and Gambling Authority (LGA) and Everleaf Gaming Ltd was written in an attempt to find more victims and raise awareness of both the LGA and Everleaf Gaming Ltd’s..
12 years ago

A Day at The WSOP With Nolan Dalla

Nolan Dalla was there when poker transitioned from a small game in card rooms across the United States to a global phenomenon Dalla wrote hundreds of tournament recaps, interviews and stories about poker players, their lives and results During the 2013 WSOP we had a chance to follow Dalla around for an entire day and show the diversity of his..
12 years ago

No More Berlin, Vienna New EPT Season 10 Stop

The provisional European Poker Tour Season 10 schedule had Berlin marked down for the month of March, but this morning PokerStars announced that the tour would skip Germany this year EPT Vienna will take place from March 19-29 in the stunning Hofburg Palace The Hofburg Palace is a former imperial residence in the center of the city where poker..
12 years ago

Fantasy Diary: The Closest Game and Some Numbers

In Fantasy Sports you’re always hoping for a few things First of all it’s important that the stars you drafted end up doing what they are supposed to, and second of all you’re hoping that a few of your sleepers turn out to be valuable starters The former is a lot easier to achieve, but yet there are always people making big..
13 years ago

Video: Marcel Luske’s Life Story

During the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this past summer we spoke extensively to Dutch poker pro Marcel Luske and here is the result In this in sit down interview conducted in Luske's Bellagio hotel room he speaks openly about his poor childhood, his rise as a poker professional, the struggles and everything that came with his fame in the..
13 years ago

The Bryan Micon Story

This is the first part in a series of three interviews with poker player and entrepreneur Bryan Micon “I made some really stupid kid shit decisions back then when I was 20 I rented an apartment after college which was $2,800 a month for instance with two floors and two balconies It was awesome, and a very nice place, in downtown Chicago I..
13 years ago

Tweeters Rip CNBC’s ‘Money Talks’

The good thing about technology is that we are much better informed than in previous decades, and the biggest upside of it all of this is that everyone can give their own opinion to the every subject Within seconds everyone knows what you have to say, as Twitter is the perfect platform to voice your thoughts, both positive and negative Twitter is..
13 years ago

Fantasy Diary: Losing To My Girlfriend

This is the second blog in a series that will carry on until the end of the regular NFL season Read part 1 here The NFL is back, and how! On Thursday, Sunday and Monday I spent quite a lot of time watching the first week of action and I wasn’t disappointed in the slightest Alright, I went 3-4 in my first week, but that’s not concerning what..
13 years ago

Exclusive Bathtub Bet Update: The Official Rules and More

A few weeks after we spoke to professional poker player Nick DiVella about his daring prop bet he reached out to us with the official rules DiVella send us a Word document and that brought up some new questions and room for conversation DiVella agreed to answer our questions, and we are also happy to announce that he will use a few minutes of his..
13 years ago

Fantasy Diary: Football is Back!

The title above might strike fear into my European friends who’ve been following their favorite teams for quite some time now All right, the global version of football was back already, but my main interest goes out to the NFL, and the fantasy part of it in particular The National Football League has sucked me in since I watched a meaningless..
13 years ago

Martin Bradstreet Thinks, Talks and Explains Part 3

This three-part series is not just your average read In order to get a good grasp of who Martin Bradstreet is, we highly recommend you read the first two parts beforehand  Bookmark the pages, save the link or copy the text This is something you want to take a minute to digest Part 1 Part 2 In the third and final part of this journey through..
13 years ago
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