Robbie Strazynski

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.

Just a few weeks remain until the 2018 WSOP gets underway. With the clock ticking down, poker players around the world are starting to feel their collective excitement build and grow until it will hit a crescendo when the Rio’s hallways once again start bustling with their annual summer activity.

With that in mind, I decided to put together a list of the five top reasons I’m excited for the 2018 World Series of Poker.

Just when you thought you’ve seen everything when it comes to prop bets, here comes another doozy, courtesy of Bill Perkins. He’s challenged the Staples brothers to pull off yet another incredible feat, and they’ve got one year to try and win another $150,000 off him.

Cardplayer Lifestyle has obtained the exclusive details of the double or nothing prop bet, which you simply have to see to believe.

Poker lore is full of stories of pros going broke. It happens to the best of us. However, by planning appropriately and following some wise guidelines, you’ll be able to enjoy the game of poker as a hobby without it breaking your bank.

In this article we present three tips that ought to help players not go broke at the poker table. Stick to them and you’ll be able to have fun playing poker without worrying about the worst case scenario.

If you ever get the chance to sit and chat with an older poker player, I highly recommend the experience. I imagine that in all likelihood you’ll find yourself being able to connect strongly, with poker as your common bond.

I recently had such an opportunity, meeting Cardplayer Lifestyle’s Senior contributor, the nonagenarian George Epstein, in Los Angeles. It was a highly enjoyable experience, to say the least.

The thousand-mile journey starts out with the first steps. If you are enchanted with poker but have never played before, don’t be discouraged by how much about the game there is to learn. Start out with the basics and then keep on improving. Even the top pros are still learning and getting better, so take heart in the fact that they, too, were once beginners.

Here, then, are three basic poker tips that will help get you started on the road to poker success.

For the first time ever, there’s a grassroots push to officially lobby Israel’s government to legalize poker. With the game enjoying record levels of popularity countrywide, Israel Poker Academy co-founder Stas Tishkevich is leading the charge to advocate for poker’s legalization in Israel.

Enjoying support from poker luminaries like Eli Elezra, funds are currently being raised via the I LOVE POKER – ISRAEL campaign that will be used towards lobbying the Knesset and Israeli government officials to legally allow Israelis to play poker without having to fly abroad.