The pandemic affected poker in so many different ways. Live tournaments cancelled around the world, with the online landscape evolving to adapt to the vast amounts of new players discovering the game.
Away from poker, at the start of the pandemic, many people were worrying about their jobs and livelihoods, including 888poker Stream Team member Josh Manley.
Poker and the Pandemic
When COVID-19 hit, Manley was made redundant and he said it was impossible to find another job. That was wear a long-held love for the game of poker came in.