Robbie Strazynski

When you put on a show for the poker-loving public, success is often measured by numbers. The World Poker Tour has enjoyed tremendous success over its 16-season run, so we decided to crunch some numbers to illustrate just that.

In this article, you’ll discover 16 stunning stats about the World Poker Tour, its activities, events, and players, that will help you grasp the extent of its impact on the poker world.

Often, it’s the “behind-the-scenes people” who take care of a lot of the services and other things poker players need to avail themselves of. The Aria poker room employs a poker host for this purpose, and her name is Elayne Teitelbaum.

In this interview, we speak with Elayne about the nature of her job, what it means to be a poker host, and the types of services she is able to assist poker players with. Not all heroes wear capes.

There’s been a lot of buzz and anticipation about the impending opening of the all-new PokerGO Studio at the Aria Casino in Las Vegas. A mere week after the grand opening, I got to check out the first ever permanent home for televised poker and it certainly lives up to the hype.

In this photo essay, I’ll take you on a virtual tour of the facilities. Once you check it out, I guarantee that you’ll want to come and visit this place in person; it’s simply phenomenal!

When you hear the phrase “World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions” it can’t help but get you excited. Such a prestigious event rounds off the calendar once again for Season XVI of the renowned WPT.

With buzz in the air, here are the top 10 reasons to be excited about the WPT’s marquee event of the year, the TOC.

In the wake of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning PASPA, confusion, hope, and trepidation are running amok among the poker playing community. At the end of the day, we just want to know what sort of effect this has on playing legal, regulated online poker.

Our panel of experts, comprised of David Huber, Preston Oade, Steve Ruddock, Adam Small, and Mac VerStandig tackles the issue from multiple angles and collectively give a comprehensive answer that serves to dispel any confusion online poker fans might have.

As exciting as it is each and every year for me to head back to Las Vegas for a summer full of poker, there comes with it a good measure of anxiety. With so much that I hope to do, experience, and accomplish, it never feels like I have enough time to get it all in. With that said, those mixed emotions are something I wouldn’t trade for the world.

I go into greater detail, opening up about those yearly feelings I get as each successive summer approaches, in this very personal blog post.

Over the last few years, Nick Jones has developed quite the stellar reputation in the poker world via his position as co-founder of the pokerfuse family of websites.

Poker Industry PRO, in particular, has become a leading industry media resource, with Nick helping to run the show behind the scenes. It’s time to shine the spotlight on him and give him his due.

I hope you enjoy learning more about Nick, his career, and his personal story in the latest installment of our ongoing “Get to Know the Poker Media” interview series.

It’s one thing to try and fundraise for charity. It’s another to meet in person those people less fortunate for whom you’re attempting to raise money. I’ve made it a goal to run 1,000 km in 2018 in order to try and raise $10,000 in pledges for Save A Child’s Heart.

A couple weeks ago, I visited the charity’s headquarters and got to meet firsthand dozens of children brought to Israel from all corners of the globe for life-saving heart surgery and treatment. This is the story of my experiences that day.

Countless online poker players have questioned whether sites are rigged and wondered about the extent to which it’s possible for malicious software to be used against them at the virtual felt.

Our panel of experts, comprised of Eddie Harari, Michael Josem, Jonathan Little, Avi Rubin, and James ‘Splitsuit’ Sweeney, tackles the issue from multiple angles. Collectively, they give a comprehensive answer that serves to address the concerns of even the most skeptical online poker players.

Everyone’s familiar with poker hotspots around the world, but – on the other side of the spectrum – there are a number of countries where playing poker is next to impossible.

In this post, we list five countries that severely restrict people’s ability to play poker. While a couple might be obvious, you might be surprised by one or two of the countries that make this list.

It’s not unusual for people to plan poker trips to their favorite card room destinations. It IS unusual, however, to start planning for such a trip four-and-a-half years in advance!

Such is the mission of Heather and Paul Gearan, who intend to take a year-long sabbatical to play live poker while traveling across the United States. If you’re a poker fan, the story of these self-dubbed Poker Pilgrims is one you can’t help but love.

Remember those days when any half decent player could walk up to a poker table and pretty much start printing money? Some people had such an easy time winning that thought they were good enough to turn pro! Well, times change, and what might’ve seemed easy as pie poker-wise has gotten a lot harder to accomplish over the years.

Here’s a personal story that illustrates just how vivid a vision for poker success might seem, only to have it come crashing down. Indeed, sometimes man plans and the poker gods have a good laugh.