Robbie Strazynski

Back in June, Cardplayer Lifestyle published an announcement heralding the launch of Unshuffled.io, a new online poker platform for home games. Over the last few months, I’ve come to know the company’s founder, Jake Hershfield, a bit better. He’s a driven, dedicated guy, fully devoted to making the company and the product as great as […]

Beyond the possibility of winning a Platinum Pass and having four days to play some of the most fun dealer’s choice mix poker cash games on the planet, participants at the inaugural Cardplayer Lifestyle Mixed Game Festival also have plenty more to look forward to.

In this article we share the extras, giveaways, poker celebrity appearances, and mini-happenings that will further enhance the festival.

For the first time in over 4.5 years, we’ve redesigned our poker media site. It’s the biggest set of changes we’ve ever introduced, including a new logo, layout, color scheme, and other features.

In this post we offer our thanks to those who’ve helped with the process behind the scenes, welcome some new faces to the Cardplayer Lifestyle team, and set the stage for what’s yet to come.

There’s no shame in getting mentored! Even the most well-regarded and successful poker players look to experts in order to better hone specific skills. You ought to as well.

Poker is a game that you can learn quickly but will spend hours mastering. We’ve rounded up some top poker tips so that you don’t have to learn the hard way.

As one of the more popular poker training sites, there’s always something new and interesting happening at Run It Once Training.

This quarterly update for Summer 2021 keeps you abreast of all the latest developments and promotions, and special events and offers they’ve got going on.

Riffld Productions has announced the debut of an all new online poker-focused live interview show entitled Seat Wide Open.

The first guest to appear was Unibet Poker Ambassador Dara O’Kearney, with the show airing exclusively on Twitch.tv/poker.

We’re thrilled to announce our first ever live event! From October 4-7 we’ll be hosting our Mixed Game Festival at the Westgate Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. Festivities will consist of non-stop dealer’s choice cash games followed by a $200 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament in which the winner will receive a Platinum Pass from PokerStars worth $30,000.

Low-stakes mixed game players rejoice! From free food to reduced rake to merchandise giveaways to discounted hotel room rates, plus the chance to win a seat to the PokerStars Players Championship, there’s never been a better value, more fun-filled miniseries on the poker calendar!

This is an exclusive preview of Episode #11 of The Orbit, poker’s premier roundtable discussion show. This episode is themed around money in poker.

We give you the details on the topics you can expect to see discussed by our panel of Sean McCormack, Martin Jacobson, Remko Rinkema, and Chris Moneymaker.

Ahead of the RunGood Poker Series comeback tour, with planned stops in San Diego, Council Bluffs, and Tunica, company President Tana Karn joins us for a Q&A.

We discuss what things were like for the company during the pandemic, his preparation ahead of the comeback tour, and what attendees can expect at the upcoming trio of stops.

The pandemic forced all of us in the poker community to pivot hard in order to survive. Notably, the GPI/THM crew was left without much to do, as their workload and business evaporated with the disappearance of live poker.

Reinventing themselves, they successfully pivoted to begin producing an excellent suite of four podcasts, which we can only hope they keep up now that live poker is experiencing a post-pandemic resurgence.

Ahead of the 2021 U.S. Poker Open, we spoke with PokerGO President Mori Eskandani about the company’s plans and how they’re preparing to return to full-scale production of live poker tournament series and events.