Robbie Strazynski

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.

An attitude of gratitude will take you far in life and enhance your every experience. There are a number of very special people who have impacted my 2019 poker year in exceptional ways, and for that I am supremely grateful.

This blog post is my way of expressing my thanks towards them, and for the good they’ve brought to this poker site and into my life in general this year.

Some holiday traditions are truly beautiful, none more so than glorious customs of giving. For the ninth straight year, Bernard Lee and his family have put together and distributed personalized gift packages to families in their local area of Boston affected by homelessness.

Reading about the efforts of this great poker player and generous-spirited human being will warm your hearts, and perhaps inspire you to spread some holiday cheer of your own to those less fortunate.

PokerGO’s new game show The Big Blind has debuted to much fanfare within the poker community. Fans and enthusiasts get to test their wits in the poker-themed trivia show alongside some of the game’s most notable names and personalities.

We caught up with the PokerGO team to learn more about how the show gets produced and hope you enjoy this exclusive look behind the scenes at how The Big Blind came together.