The World Poker Tour is the latest poker company to partner with an esports outfit, and Lee Davy questions the purpose of such a move.

When I think about Fedor Holz, I always think about Scrabble, and it’s not because he has a “Z” in his name.

The first time I ever saw the young man who makes every other poker player feel like a toilet plunger was in 2013 at the Casino Austria in Baden. I was working for the World Poker Tour (WPT), and Holz made a deep run, finishing in tenth place.

It was one of the first events where the WPT tried something different bringing games like Scrabble and Chess into the fold in partnership with Mind Sports International.