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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Exclusive: An interview with Guts Casino CEO Robin Reed

In the world of online gaming it doesn’t happen too often that you get a chance to interview a CEO Norwegian born Robin Reed holds the keys to the Guts Casino headquarters in Malta, and he was kind enough to free up some time for us Let’s start off with a little introduction to what Guts Casino exactly is, as there is a good chance you are not..
13 years ago

Martin Bradstreet Talk, Thinks and Explains Part 2

The first part of this three-part interview series can be found right here It was loud and clear what Martin Bradstreet had to say last week, but he was far from done This Australian born Canadian, who resides in the picturesque city of Montreal, continues telling his story this week about life as a poker player Poker players tend to form..
13 years ago

Crazy Prop Bet: Six Days in a Bath Tub For $22,500!

Professional poker player Nick DiVella’s name surfaced in November last year when he started a petition to get Howard Lederer banned from the Aria poker room Unfortunately that petition did not have the desired result, though we have to give props to DiVella for trying Five days ago DiVella popped back up onto our radar as he Tweeted out the..
13 years ago

Martin Bradstreet Thinks, Talks and Explains Poker and Music

Scheduling an interview with Martin Bradstreet was somewhat of an international affair His good friend and Bet Raise Fold producer Jay Rosenkrantz mentioned that Bradstreet was in Tokyo with his girlfriend A few days later we caught Bradstreet on Skype and he said, “I’m in New York City right now, but we can do the interview when I’m..
13 years ago

Matchbook CEO Andrew Pantling Speaks Up

There are not many people like Canadian born Andrew Pantling in the poker industry Pantling is a rare specimen who has managed to make the switch from being a top poker professional at the highest level to being the CEO of one of the biggest and most popular sports betting websites, Matchbookcom In an in-depth interview Pantling voices strong..
13 years ago

Faraz Jaka’s Opinion On Poker Lifestyle Misconceptions Part 2

(Frontpage photo: Joe Giron for PokerNewscom) Last week we published an extended article based on Faraz Jaka’s recent Twitter rant We spoke to the man who shared his views on the poker industry and why the financial priorities of many seem skewed Last week’s article caused quite the stir and today we’re following up on that with..
13 years ago

Faraz Jaka’s Opinion On Poker Lifestyle Misconceptions

(Frontpage photo: Joe Giron for PokerNewscom) The poker industry is built on many different things It’s built on the game, its players, the fame that comes with winning, but mostly it’s about money Money is what brings you into the game, what could make you famous if you win a lot of it, but it also can make your fall that much harder..
13 years ago

CNBC’s New Sports Betting Show with Steve Stevens, an Outright Scam According to Haralabos Voulgaris

“The guy is running, what is called, a boiler room operation He’s cold calling people and trying to hustle them into buying packages of picks,” Haralabos Voulgaris said to iGamingorg about the most recent hot topic in the world of sports betting Voulgaris expressed himself on Twitter about a man who goes by the name of Steve Stevens, an..
13 years ago

Andrew Robl Trains for Big MMA Prop Bet versus JC Alvarado

Andrew Robl is planning to fight fellow poker pro JC Alvarado and unlike others he does not shy away from the cameras during his intense preparation Lex ‘RaSZi’ Veldhuis and Betrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier worked towards their fight in secrecy but Alvarado has a slight idea of what’s coming this November when he’s..
13 years ago

Kane Kalas Shows the iGaming.org Villa in Las Vegas

Top poker professional Kane 'Nascar_1949' Kalas shows us around in the iGamingorg villa in Las Vegas, Nevada during the World Series of Poker Many top pros are staying in the iGamingorg villa during the 2013 WSOP like Scott 'urnotindanger2' Palmer, Josh 'LitleBastrd' Tieman and Mazin "MSauce_"..
13 years ago

A Day With Professional Poker Player Angel Guillen

During the 2013 World Series of Poker we followed Mexican Team PokerStars Pro and bracelet winner Angel Guillen around for one day Guillen and his girlfriend, Lynn Gilmartin, are spending the summer in a suite at the Palms Place in Las Vegas, Nevada We filmed Guillen during his preparations for the $5,000 6-Max tournament, which he unfortunately..
13 years ago

Mike Watson – The Fundamentally Sound Super Star

He’s ranked number four on the Canadian all-time money list, has almost $64 million in live tournament earnings and a WPT, two Aussie Millions and a €50,000 High Roller title These victories are just the tip of the iceberg, as the man known as SirWatts has 11 six-figure cashes and two of which are more than $13 million Online SirWatts has been..
13 years ago

Jay Rosenkrantz – The Storyteller of Online Poker

This week no deep tournament runs, bracelet bets or all-time-money-list related discussions Jay Rosenkrantz is by no means a tournament player, but one of the true online cash game legends Under his handle “pr1nnyraid” on Full Tilt Poker and “purplEUROS” on PokerStars he won millions, but poker hasn’t been a part of his daily routine for..
13 years ago

Marvin Rettenmaier – The Heart of a Winner

Winning is the one thing poker players want They crave it, they need it and every single one of them thinks they deserve it more than their opponents German pro Marvin Rettenmaier is not just one of those pros; he’s one of the best Rettenmaier became European Poker Player of the Year, BLUFF Player of the Year, finished second to only Dan..
13 years ago

Andrew Chen – No Fame, Just Freedom

There are only 13 people in Canada that have earned more than Andrew Chen in live poker tournaments Many of those top pros rely heavily on one big score but Chen has managed, as one of seven in Canada, to notch up a six figure score in each of the last five years Those pros are Daniel Negreanu, Gavin Smith, Mike Watson, Shawn Buchanan, Sorel Mizzi..
13 years ago

DonBartos – No Guarantees For The Number One

He hasn’t even reached the legal drinking age in the United States, but the 20-year old Dutch online grinder is the current number one on the prestigious PokerStars Tournament Leaderboard In an in-depth interview, DonBartos speaks about the life as an online MTT and Sit and Go grinder After listening to DonBartos speak openly about the swings,..
13 years ago

Shannon Shorr – How Black Friday brought him peace and happiness

If you were to combine Shannon Shorr’s live and online tournament earnings he easily smashes the $65-million mark There are not many poker players that can say that Shorr has won an FTOPS, Sunday 500, Sunday Mulligan, $1k Monday, multiple $109 Rebuys, plenty of big live side events and his biggest victory came in August of 2006 when he took down..
13 years ago

Dan O’Brien – Good For Poker

The poker world tends to qualify certain events and results as “good for poker,” or “bad for poker” Most of these things rely heavily on variance, and we tend to forget that there are also very stable and reliable people that are “good for poker” Dan O’Brien is one of those people in the poker world Open honest, and always with a..
13 years ago

Kane ‘Nascar_1949’ Kalas – Risks and Riches

He’s been living the life he wanted to live for quite some time, but not a lot of people will spark up when hearing the name Kane Kalas Not yet at least because this 23-year old professional is about a lot more than just high stakes poker Most online poker players will know him as Nascar_1949, while sports fanatics get chills thinking back of..
13 years ago

Scott “URnotINdanger2” Palmer – A Hibernating Superstar

There aren't many poker players like Scott Palmer It doesn't matter in which way you look at this 22-year old poker professional; he's going to stand out no matter what Most US-based professionals quickly moved somewhere; to keep playing online poker after Black Friday happened However, Palmer did not Some of them even stayed in the US and decided..
13 years ago
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