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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

6 months

New jobs don't count unless you've changed your email signature...right?

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

8 months

It’s not particularly visible, but today I wore my he/him pronouns badge on camera at the @WPT World Championship final table. Here’s why… 🧵

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

He's the player railbirds ask if he's in the tournament He's the player Uber drivers ask if I've ever interviewed He's one of a handful of players my own mother knows exist! He's now a seven-time WSOP bracelet winner. Congratulations @RealKidPoker

Daniel Negreanu Wins 7th WSOP Bracelet in $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Negreanu won his seventh bracelet and most prestigious win of his career.

www.pokernews.com

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

At the fucking Main Event final table. Visible allyship matters 🏳️‍⚧️

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

8 months

Gender pronouns ARE important. Get in the habit of asking people what their pronouns are - even outside of queer spaces. Even if you don’t get it perfectly right all the time, the important thing is to try.

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

8 months

Using someone’s preferred pronouns is a sign of respect and acknowledgment. To do anything else is a not-so-subtle rejection of their identity.

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

8 months

As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, I know how important pronouns can be in affirming gender identities. People deserve to be referred to in a way that feels most accurate to them.

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

A lovely story about representation and women in poker 🏳️‍🌈 Shundan Xiao was introduced to poker by her wife, and now her wife sits on the rail as Xiao goes deep in the 2024 @WSOP Main Event. Read more about her story on @PokerNews :

Shundan Xiao Hails Wife's Poker Influence: "It's All Because of Her"

One of two women left standing, Xiao says she's "excited but calm"

www.pokernews.com

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

Thinking of them both today. They’d be so proud of Phil and #11 . “Ivey, Ivey, Ivey!” @PokerNews

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

1 month

Seriously fuck this guy. Doesn’t know what he’s fucking talking about.

Wall Street Silver

@WallStreetSilv

1 month

World Series of Poker cheating? Did that guy grab the ear piece and help dispose of it? 🔊 (the previous guy deleted the video I embedded, but I found another copy to download)

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Playing Orleans HORSE. Guy to my direct right thought he reg’d a NLHE tournament. Didn’t realise until O8 because the first game was Hold’em. As a result we’ve had to teach him all the games. He’s made three houses, quads and a wheel and is now table chip leader 🤯

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

In 1993, John Bonetti bagged 24x starting stack on Day 1 of the Main Event. That would be the equivalent of someone bagging 1.4 million today. For reference, the biggest Day 1 starting stack last year was 408k (cc: @GTO_Diaper )

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

Navigated the strangest final table ICM of my life to secure the win 💪🏻 🧵

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

Delighted to kick off Pride Month🏳️‍🌈on @PokerNews by interviewing @flush11sback , who is a huge proponent of LGBTQ+ causes as well as being a highly talented poker player. Please RT and share and look out for more articles over the course of the month!

Pride Month: "Players Are Scared to Come Out" says PSPC Final-Tablist Thumm

Thumm finished sixth in the 2023 PSPC for $1m and is gay

www.pokernews.com

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

9 months

Today marks my return to @PokerNews after my secondment with @PokerStars An incredible eight months with some great experiences, but looking forward to picking up where I left off My thanks to everyone at Stars, including the entire PR Team, who made my experience so enjoyable

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

I'm looking to speak with LGBTQ+ poker players ahead of Pride Month🏳️‍🌈 DMs open!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Me after I win a hand and someone asks me what the action on the flop was

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

6 months

Two guys that contributed to where I am now. Delighted to have been on the show (Episode 173) and congratulations on 300 episodes of Poker in the Ears ❤️ @J_Hartigan @Stapes @PokerStars

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Time for my Main Event: the @WSOP media tournament 🙌🏻

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

30 days

Priorities for GGPoker IF (big if) they complete the purchase of the WSOP: - Get the WSOP back on ESPN - Create a better international live WSOP product - Further US online poker legalisation efforts - Don't fuck it up

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

1 month

“I want him to think that I am pondering a call, but all I'm really thinkin' about is Vegas and the fuckin' Mirage."

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

Please read @DavidSalituro ’s Ivey recap for @PokerNews . Every poker reporter wants to report on history. Not much is more historic than @philivey moving into all-time second, and David did an excellent job

David Salituro

@DavidSalituro

3 months

I remember when Phil Ivey won his 10th bracelet in 2014. I could’ve never imagined back then that, a decade later, I would be on hand to witness No. 11 and get to interview him after.

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

5 months

Repping @PokerNews at the Australian Poker Open in Sydney 🇦🇺 What an incredible festival!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

I mean the Main Event brings the best out of everyone. That includes @MannyDaxwell 📸 Updates on @PokerNews :

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

6 months

Little under 48 hours since I left Thailand I have landed in Las Vegas. The jet lag is unreal 🤪

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

h/t goes to /r/poker for this one

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Hearing Alexandre talk about @VanessaSelbst and @Protentialmn really reinforced the role that LGBTQ+ people play in our industry, and how they can inspire others to be their true authentic selves. Happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈

PokerNews

@PokerNews

2 months

To celebrate Pride Month we sat down with bracelet winner @elcancherito22 to discuss his start in poker and his thoughts on how welcoming the poker community is to LGBTQ+ players Read more 👇

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

What are you DOING John! This won’t reach heads-up for another 11 days!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

6 months

Can't think of a better guy to crush this role than @ChadAHolloway If you'd been in the meetings with him as I have, you'd know exactly how excited he is for the future of @PokerNews and for ensuring our readers continue to get the best content around!

Chad Holloway

@ChadAHolloway

6 months

♦️♣️♥️♠️ As of today I am no longer Executive Editor US for @PokerNews . Instead, I’m proud to transition into a new role as PR & Media Manager! That includes serving as a player liaison, so if you’ve any feedback/issues/questions regarding PN, I’ll be here to help in a timely

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

Didn’t think I’d be seeing this out the back of my house when I woke up this morning…

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Can he do it? Daniel Hachem makes the $1,500 NLHE/PLO Bomb Pot final table, under a picture of his father’s 2005 Main Event win. Could he become only the third father-son bracelet winner in @WSOP history? Updates on @PokerNews from 6 pm:

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

18 days

Loved researching and writing this article for @PokerNews . Would be keen to get the thoughts of recent inductees and those who will become Hall-eligible in the coming years

PokerNews

@PokerNews

18 days

⭐️ | The Poker Hall of Fame is sleepwalking into a crisis. And next year, that crisis will come to a head 😣 Read @Shillibier 's entire article here 👇

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

I've been blown away by the response to this tweet, so thank you to the entire poker community I'm still open to DMs and am happy to keep any contributors anonymous. Please keep sharing!

Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

I'm looking to speak with LGBTQ+ poker players ahead of Pride Month🏳️‍🌈 DMs open!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

5 months

Haven’t seen one of these in a while… 👀 🇦🇺

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

9 months

Heading to the airport and off to Las Vegas. Will be on presenting duties 🎤 for @PokerNews at the @WPT World Championship. Throwback to the WPT European Championship in Berlin almost SIX years ago 🤯

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

As Pride Month draws to a close, I want to wish all LGBTQ+ people within poker a Happy Pride. Thank you so how well the @PokerNews Pride Month articles were received 🏳️‍🌈 (1/4) 🧵

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

My thanks to @Protentialmn , @pocketrckt , @itspoletti , @zulywrites and @tfeilding for their contributions to the latest @PokerNews Pride Month article 🏳️‍🌈

PokerNews

@PokerNews

3 months

Bracelet winner @Protentialmn headlined a player roundtable that we hosted to celebrate Pride Month. Take a look here 👇

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

7 months

Bumped into the biggest poker story of 2022 on holiday in Thailand 🌟 Exclusive on @PokerNews this week!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

This interview was one of the best of my career. Astedt, understandably, rebuffed me mid-Main but after making the final table he relaxed and showed his genuine self to me and indeed the poker world

Alex Livingston

@rumnchess

2 months

Ice cold

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Considering how difficult it is for some players to get into the Poker Hall of Fame, I’d just like to mark your calendars for July 2031. Niklas “Lena900” Astedt @PokerNews @WSOP

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

No one does it like @PokerNews

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

1 month

@seanperrywins @ChancesCards It's Joe's airpod falling out 🤷‍♂️

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

25 days

Always strange interviewing one of the men who got me into poker in the first place, but you get the sense that @J_Hartigan is passionate about getting even MORE people into poker, and The Big Game on Tour is a huge part of that

PokerNews

@PokerNews

25 days

We spoke with @J_Hartigan about the return of @PokerStars The Big Game on Tour and what they were looking for in the modern loose cannons! 👇

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

8 months

An hour until action gets underway at the @WPT World Championship final table and who’s the first to show up? (Look far right) @luckychewy Something something early bird? @PokerNews

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

9 months

A touching moment here on Day 1a of the @WPT World Championship, remembering the legend Doyle Brunson and his relationship with the WPT

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Tired and semi burned out after a long Series, but man these deep-in-the-Main moments are giving me life

WIll jaffe

@dankness3

2 months

I know it’s cliche to say but there really is no tournament that comes close to the main. The intensity is insane

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

9 months

A return to fronting coverage for @PokerNews yesterday, with the @WPT World Championship kicking off. You just know this event is going to be MASSIVE! Thanks to everyone who took the time to speak with me 🧡

$40MILLION GUARANTEED?! 🤩 The @WorldPokerTour World Championship is...

Arguably the most anticipated poker tournament this year, the @WorldPokerTour's #WPTWorldChampionship is here - boasting a $40million guarantee, looking to p...

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

7 months

Leave @Kevmath alone! WSOP schedule is coming TODAY. Follow @PokerNews to be among the first to read it! It’s gonna be a great summer 😉

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

Help Bob Stay in the Game with a New Hip

Help Bob Stay in the Game with a New Hip, organized by SARAH SHERMAN

I met Bob back in 2018 at Run It Up Reno and we became friends over the years. … SARAH SHERMAN needs your support for Help Bob Stay in the Game with a New Hip

www.gofundme.com

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

The saddest day in poker journalism is the day you bust the @WSOP Media Event 📸 @gema_cristobal

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

@subiime @WSOP @Kevmath Third sentence here (but most people read about it here when it was published pre-Series: )

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

6 months

Dear @gpi Just give them the award for Best Trophy already. Incredible stuff from @WPTPrime 🇳🇱

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

5 months

Not many people have had such an impact on my poker writing as that summer in 2016 when Jess emphatically beat “makes the call” out of me and @YoriEpskamp ’s vocabulary Six years later it’s in my notes to pass onto this year’s @PokerNews WSOP rookie reporters

Jessica Welman

@jesswelman

5 months

While I no longer encounter many "makes the call" in my line of work, eradicating all the instances of "the deal will see" is my new game of editor passive voice Whack a Mole.

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

The entire @PokerNews editorial team steps it up a notch when it comes to the @WSOP Main Event. This is proof of that. My thanks to the inspirational @CodyDaniels88 for taking the time to speak with the talented @CGrantSport

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

A special day starts off with a special interview. Poker Hall of Famer Barbara Enright was a delight to chat with for @PokerNews :

"I Hope She Makes It" Enright Rooting for Foxen to Make WSOP Main Event Final Table

Enright says she remembers her appearance at the WSOP Main Event final table "like it was yesterday*

www.pokernews.com

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

Fuck this got me. I’m always proud to live my life publicly out, while surrounded by friends, family and colleagues who know, love and respect me for who I am. Rest in peace Thomas 🕊️

Queerty

@Queerty

3 months

He also paid tribute to the man he loved. #RIP #restinpeace

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

7 months

Alongside my career in poker, I’m still fortunate to be able to add strings to my professional bow Saracens vs Exeter Chiefs in the @premrugby for PA today, my first piece of rugby reporting 🏉 🏳️‍🌈

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

“SCOOP? Never heard of it…” Congrats @TobiasLeknes

Wynn Poker Room

@WynnPoker

3 months

Tobias Leknes won the $600 2-7 Triple Draw, defeating 138 players for $19,190. Congratulations Tobias on the victory!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

7 months

WSOP 🤝🏻 PNDC

PokerNews

@PokerNews

7 months

We are very excited to announce the first-ever PokerNews DeepStack Championship at the @WSOP ! Find out everything you need to know here👇

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

You never know who’s going to come sit at your table in the @PokerNews Daily Deepstack at the @WSOP … None other than 2015 November Niner @pierre_neuville !

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

4 British bracelet winners so far @WSOP An all-Brit heads-up in the Stud Pads chip-leading the Freezeout Gonna be our @wsop 🇬🇧

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

8 months

Spent the morning talking bots, online poker cheats and the importance of game integrity. A must read in the light of recent events imho.

PokerNews

@PokerNews

8 months

🗣️ "Trust is everything." Check out what @PokerStars Head of Game Integrity Francis Lincoln has to say about stopping cheaters, analyzing data and keeping the site safe:

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Dropping into the @PokerTDA for @PokerNews

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

@Barry_Carter One of the most unprofessional things I’ve ever heard of. And on Day 3 of the fucking Main Event. Get gone.

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Good luck @jeanriders and @mjbloech in the Ladies Warm-Up!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

13 days

I drive past Stonehenge when I visit my parents. If I looked out the car window and saw (albeit at a distance) Phil Hellmuth wearing the Phil Hellmuth UNIFORM no less, I’d swear I was going mad

phil_hellmuth

@phil_hellmuth

13 days

Hello @EH_Stonehenge ! Thinking I spent 6 months of my life in the UK, but never made it here before. Nice vacay w FAM! ✈️ to Scotland —> 🚂 to London 🚌 to Stonehenge. Next stops ✈️ to Mykonos OR ✈️ to Vegas —> ✈️ to Hamptons —> ✈️ home #POSITIVITY #PHNiceLife

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

3 months

Me, finding out that a set of jacks can never be the nuts

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

@Yuvee04 @PokerNews I highly recommend you come and speak to either myself, @poolshir or @ChadAHolloway about this. I'm always happy to talk about live reporting

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

This hand is now one of my core poker memories. Witnessing this live was bananas. The Horseshoe was a ZOO!

PokerGO

@PokerGO

2 months

BEER IS RAINING DOWN ON HIM! What an absolute electrifying finish in the @WSOP $1.5K MILLIONAIRE MAKER 🔥🔥🔥 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

@WriterJen @DokerPyke I believe it's a genuine trans-ally shirt/phrase. Definitely on the edgier side of LGBT+ support and activism

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

5 months

Every poker personality: Here’s where I was and exactly what I was doing when Black Friday hit. Me (I was 16 in April 2011):

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

Anyone hear if this person got kicked out? Unbelievably bad form that I’m still finding difficult to believe

Greg Himmelbrand

@GregHPoker

2 months

136.5k in the bag on to D3 of the WSOP Main back to 2500 BB w roughly 1/3rd of the field left Heard there was a member of the poker media asking (pressuring?) ppl to give them 1% freerolls of their main? 2nd hand info but can anyone shed some light? Hope not as bad as it sounds

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

“I really don’t care”

bencb

@bencb789

2 months

I really don't care. I can take the heat. I will share my opinion even if it upsets people because they cannot handle reality. I know very well what is going on here. Someone sees a controversial topic and takes the opportunity to farm engagement with zero logic, twisting things

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

4 months

My partner’s been teasing me for not seeing many epic/legendary/must see before you die movies, so been making an effort this year. Just finished The Green Mile and…man. What a film. Now pencilled in all the films that beat it to an Oscar 😝

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

2 months

What a birthday present! @DavidSalituro

Connor Richards

@crichards1995

2 months

. @DavidSalituro is truly one of the hardest-working people in the poker industry. Today is his birthday and he celebrated by interviewing @RealKidPoker after he won his seventh @WSOP bracelet. Happy birthday, David!

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

5 months

Back reporting on live poker in Australia for the first time since January 2020. Been looking forward to this for a long time! $3,300 Australian Poker Open Main Event updates on @PokerNews :

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Will Shillibier

@Shillibier

5 months

Poker stories I want a definitive answer to: - Dwan and the triads - Bryn and the 🐸 - Robbi and the J4o - Mike Postle and the livestreams - Antonio’s piece of himself (in the first One Drop) - Was Mabuchi vs Phillips captured live? (iykyk) Did I miss anything?

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