It’s no secret that poker games are tougher than they have ever been. Back around the time of the Poker Boom, the game was monumentally profitable and it was not uncommon to hear of poker pros that had dropped out of college or abandoned their previous life to play poker full time. Nowadays, you don’t […]
Out of all poker games, Stud 8 or Better is the game where players tend to make the most mistakes. Avoiding these mistakes is key to maximizing your profits in this game. Today we will look at five of the most common mistakes made by Stud Hi-Lo players. Apply this knowledge to your game to […]
The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has officially been sold. According to various reports, Caesars has sold the Rio to a New York-based real estate company for $516.3 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Caesars will rent the property for at least the next two years. This backs up claims from […]
Recently, we completed a series of articles on Seven Card Stud strategy. When crafting these articles, it overlooked an important development during the Summer at the Poker Tournament Directors Association Summit. During the summit, a major rule change was made for casino taking advantage of TDA rules for their tournaments. In Seven Card Stud games, […]
Doug Polk and Jaime Staples recently debated the issue of how much money you need to become a poker pro. Doug Polk argued that you need to make $100,000 a year to be a poker pro, while Staples argued that the number is arbitrary. I tend to side more with Staples. Back when I played […]
If you’re among the thousands of players that have been wondering about the future of the World Series of Poker at the Rio, wonder no longer. According to both an article on CardPlayer and tweets from WSOP VP of Corporate Communications Seth Palansky, the WSOP will not be moving for at least two years. Palansky […]
Omaha Hi-Lo is one of the most popular forms of Omaha Poker played in the United States, but it is also the version most prone to mistakes. Many of these mistakes are made by beginners just learning the game of poker, but they are made frequently enough to warrant their own article. Today, we will […]
Lately, it seems that “poker courses” from some of the game’s top players have been hitting the market. The latest course comes from Fedor Holz. He is launching PokerCode that is advertising itself a the “World’s Most Complete Poker Course.” Holz has joined players like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Doug Polk, and others who have […]
The Super High Roller Bowl London is officially in the books and Cary Katz has finally come through in a big way in a major high roller. On Saturday, Cary “El Hefe” Katz won the Super High Roller Bowl London for the largest score of his live poker career. At the conclusion of the event, […]
The final event of the 2019 British Poker Open is in the books. On Thursday, the final event of the series played to a conclusion and it was online High Stakes online poker superstar Ben Tollerene that took the top prize. Tollerene survived a final table that included Mikita Badziakouski, Christoph Vogelsang, and Poker Central […]
