Robbie Strazynski

With coronavirus developments dominating the news cycle, poker players’ proclivity towards doom and gloom has never been higher.

All is not lost, however, as it’s within our power to radiate positivity. Our list of 10 tips will hopefully assist you with harnessing your internal light and making poker positivity rule the day.

Poker in the Ears is celebrating its fifth anniversary! We sit down with hosts Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan for an exclusive interview as they reflect on half a decade hosting the popular PokerStars podcast.

A video blog recap of the experiences I had over six days in Madrid while covering an 888poker LIVE event for the first time.

Capturing the sights and sounds of the Spanish capital while enjoying everything the beautiful Casino Gran Via has to offer, shadowing the stars at the felt, chatting it up with fantastic poker ambassadors, and telling the story of the festival’s Main Event.

Next up in our ongoing Get to Know the Poker Media series is Alin Ivanov. For a decade, now, the photographer has been a fixture at poker festivals and events mainly in Europe, but also in other spots around the world.

Alin talks about how he first got into the poker industry, shares some of his favorite stories and memories, and expresses his gratitude to those who he’s befriended and helped him along during his journey.

The poker industry recently got buzzing with the news that veteran media personality Kara Scott would be launching her own podcast for the first time.

In an exclusive conversation during the 888poker LIVE festival in Madrid, we spoke with the company’s proud ambassador about her motivations for launching The Heart of Poker and what the experience of hosting the podcast has been like thus far.

We all get a chuckle from hearing funny poker stories. At the 2020 888poker LIVE festival in Madrid, we asked a handful of the company’s ambassadors to share their funniest poker stories with us.

In this video, we hear from Vivian Saliba, Ana Marquez, 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson, Kara Scott, and David Tuchman.

An interview with 888poker ambassador Dominik Nitsche at the Casino Gran Via during the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid festival.

Dominik provides a great deal of insight into the mind and thought process of poker’s high rollers, shares what it’s been like developing and marketing his DTO poker training app, and tells us about some of the interesting experiences he’s had exploring the Spanish capital.

An interview with 888poker ambassador Ana Marquez at the Casino Gran Via during the 2020 888poker LIVE Madrid festival.

Ana shares the story of how she first got into the game of poker, her lover for the history of the game, her poker study habits, what it’s like to “host” a poker festival in her home country of Spain, her goals for 2020, and much more!

The first interviewee in a new limited series of articles here at Cardplayer Lifestyle entitled Meet the (Poker)Stars is Sue Hammett, Director of Corporate Giving.

In this feature, Sue talks about her chosen career path and gives us an inside look at the massive amount of charity work done by the company around the world.

This longtime poker media outlet is embarking on new venture to deliver top-rated poker content and interviews via poker podcasts. The newly-created Cardplayer Lifestyle Podcast Family will initially consist of two member shows, the Bernard Lee Poker Show and the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast.

New shows are slated to join the family in the coming months, and all shows will benefit from co-promotion and thus an enhanced, larger audience of poker fans and enthusiasts.

Just ahead of jetting off for the first time in 2020 to do some poker media coverage at the 888poker LIVE Festival in Madrid, Spain, I list the top five things I’m looking forward to and excited about.

From exploring a new city to mingling with fellow poker enthusiasts and much more, it’ll be a blast and I can’t wait to tell you all about it.

We review The Preflop Advantage mobile app, designed to help tournament poker players improve their preflop range skills. With 625 ranges available to learn from, the ability to store ranges locally without any need for internet connectivity, a user-friendly interface, and a $49.99 price point, getting this app would be great value for any tournament poker player.