Robbie Strazynski

Six-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu is one of the most talked about players in all of poker. He’s one of the sport’s top-tier stars who truly transcends the game into the mainstream. He just notched a runner-up finish in the 2014 Big One for One Drop. But fame, money, and titles aside, Negreanu’s personality traits and the way he carries himself make him an exceptional ambassador for poker and someone we can look up to. Beyond the accolades being heaped upon him, here’s a list of 5 lessons I feel we can take away from Kid Poker’s second place finish.

Poker’s “Next Big Thing” is about to debut on TV. I’m talking about Poker Night in America. After you start watching this show, you’ll be talking about it too. It’s all prepped and reared to bring the fun back to poker and bring poker fans back to their televisions to watch. With a cast of poker characters that’s simply too awesome to turn away from, Poker Night in America is a winner. Here’s my analysis of why this show is practically guaranteed to be a HUGE hit.

Last time I played poker in Atlantic City, I was able to internalize an important poker lesson. As a result, I had one of the best poker sessions I’ve ever experienced. I’m not referring to how much money I walked away from the poker tables with, but rather the experience I took with me from that poker session. Playing poker for the love of the game is something every recreational poker player should strive for at all times. Read on to better understand what I mean by that.

Mental game coaching is certainly a trend these days as far as improving one’s poker game. One man, Elliot Roe, has created a unique approach to assisting poker players – via hypnotherapy. We caught up with him to ask what poker hypnotherapy is all about and to hear how he’s helped scores of players improve their game. Maybe he could help you too! Read on for more details.

Big poker news for me – I’m going to be the new co-host of the Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast! The show, which has been around for over four years, features lead host Bruce Briggs and I’ll be joining him in replacement of departing co-host Eric Nelson. The show covers all sorts of topics about home game poker and also boasts a number of big-time guests from the poker world. Read on for more details and be sure to tune in!

With all I’ve done and accomplished in the poker world, living in Israel hadn’t yet afforded me the opportunity to meet a professional poker player in person. That opportunity finally came just recently, when I met all-around poker ambassador Matt Glantz at the Parx poker room. This blog post details the encounter and what it was like for me to finally meet a professional poker player for the first time.

I had the good fortune of playing poker at one of the top poker destinations in the United States, the Parx poker room. I also got to meet the room’s ambassador, Matt Glantz in the flesh! If you want to know more about what it’s like to visit this 60+-table room, interact with some of the friendliest dealers and floor staff, and just get a general impression of the place, read on. I highly recommend playing there!

If you’re looking to purchase a great poker book, there’s a series of three, by Jonathan Little, that we highly recommend. Having read through all three volumes of his series, called Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, I think poker players, both casual and grinders, will find it educational and helpful for their bottom line. Read on for the specifics of why I feel that’s the case

Millions of Americans play in weekly home games and take poker vacations at hundreds of poker rooms that dot the country’s landscape from sea to shining sea. To get a better idea of how popular poker is across the U.S., Cardplayer Lifestyle and CalvineAyre.com proudly present A Live Poker Map of the United States.

Here’s a great article for those readers of ours who like to focus their poker efforts online. We interviewed Will Tipton, who quite literally wrote the book (actually 2 books!) on Expert Heads Up No Limit Hold’em. Find out how practicing at this specialty can help your overall poker play, as well as plenty other great strategies and tips.

Ever wonder why there are so few women playing live poker? Poker fans would love to see the game boom again and there are tens of thousands of women who could make this happen, if only they’d summon the courage to step out into the live poker world. In this feature piece, poker’s leading ladies, including all-time women’s leading money winner Vanessa Selbst and Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnson, united to speak openly about how they’d like to see women advance in the poker world. It is hoped that their voices will be heard far and wide via this article, which I humbly believe has the power to change poker’s status quo.

The world’s #1 poker player, Phil Ivey, has been in the news a lot lately. Yet, there’s still a certain privacy he prefers to keep. Undeterred, Cardplayer Lifestyle has spent many hours researching to successfully unearth 17 facts about Phil Ivey that had, until now, remained hidden from the public view. We dug deep to get all the dirt on Phil that you’ve always wanted to read. Go ahead and open Pandora’s Box…