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What is Twitch Doing for Poker?

By now almost every poker fan is aware of Twitch, a video gaming platform and community created by gamers for gamers. It took a while for them to allow poker to be streamed on the platform, primarily because Twitch saw poker as gambling, not gaming.

Despite his often haggard, basement boy appearance bearing a closer resemblance to Jeff Albertson than Tony Dunst, Jason Somerville has often been at the forefront of educating people on the luck vs. skill argument.

Of course, Jason is not alone in this with the likes of Negreanu leading the charge for legalizing online poker across the United States.