Robbie Strazynski

Speaking with Norway’s Rein Ørbø, a poker lover who invented The Chip Cleaner, a machine designed to professionally clean up to 35,000 poker chips per hour.

CoinPoker has announced the PGT Online. The year-long online version of the PokerGO Tour carries $250,000,000 in guarantees across six major series.

In a sign of the growing popularity of mixed game poker, a new monthly $4/8 TORSE cash game is launching in South Florida at Harrah’s Pompano Beach.

Harrah’s Pompano Beach Poker Room Tournament Manager Leon Wheeler gives us a closer look at the 52-table venue, and its offerings for Florida players.

It’s been about 3.5 years since poker lost its Godfather, Doyle Brunson. I’ve noticed a little resurgence of activity lately on Doyle’s (legacy) Twitter/X account and Instagram, which jarred my memory about “Doyle Brunson Day”, an initiative designed to keep his memory alive on October 2 each year (in honor of his famous namesake poker […]

Poker Patio is preparing to introduce scheduled multi-table tournaments, adding a new format to a free-to-play poker website that has so far centered primarily on public open table and private tables. The tournament system is currently in development and is expected to arrive in late 2026. It will give players another way to use the […]

A new online poker room called OwnPoker is set to launch, with the unique approach of being a host-led platform. Full details in this announcement.

Mixed Game Festival XV will run from October 5-9, 2026 at Bellagio Las Vegas, sponsored by BetMGM Poker, awarding three seats to the 2026 Bellagio Fall Classic.

You hold second pair on the river against a man who has called three streets with nothing four times tonight. You check. He turns over ace-high and takes the pot with the best hand at showdown. That check can become an expensive habit in small- and mid-stakes cash games, because the player who calls too […]

As solver-based study becomes increasingly important in poker, players continue searching for easier ways to apply complex theory at the tables. GTO Strategy is addressing that challenge through interactive training tools, AI-powered coaching, and millions of professionally solved poker scenarios designed to make poker improvement more accessible and engaging for players of all skill levels. […]

Having spent so many years as a member of the poker community, I am blessed to count among my friends individuals of all sorts of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. In that context, I sit somewhat firmly to the right-of-center on the political opinion spectrum. As such, I’m probably the last person you’d ever think would […]

Telling the stories of the only two encounters I’ve ever had with the game of craps: one in Choctaw Casino and another in Las Vegas.