Robbie Strazynski

Sitting at one of those poker tables where silence is just a bit too golden? Get your fellow live poker players to put away their headphones and open up a bit by stirring up some engaging conversation with your tablemates. We’re happy to provide you with a laundry list of possible topics to talk about that’ll ensure you’ll all have a blast socializing with one another while playing live poker. Read on for the specifics.

In this blog post I open up a bit about the time commitment required to blog about poker. I’ve got a tremendous passion to try and make this poker blog a go-to source for recreational poker players and fans, and it’s taken lots of time and effort to get this blog to where it currently is. I wish I could write more often for you guys, but it’s just not always possible. That said, I’m quite happy with what this poker blog has achieved so far.

Sometimes there’s just nothing you can do to prevent bad poker results. Regardless of how much you work on your game, the cards may simply just not fall your way. Rest assured, plenty of luck is always involved in poker – even for the greatest of players. You just stick to your plan, keep on working on your game, and doing everything in your power to minimize the effect luck has on you so that you’re giving yourself the best shot of turning things around.

Can you believe it’s been 2.5 years since Black Friday and we’ve STILL not heard from Chris Ferguson?! Once one of poker’s hottest commodities and best-known names, the former professional poker player and part owner of Full Tilt Poker remains off the grid until this very day. This is a call for the man who had lovingly and reverently been referred to as “Jesus” to finally come forward and speak to the poker world.

Whether you’re a recreational poker player or a seasoned pro, you’re likely to prefer sitting at a fun poker table. Animated conversation always complements poker action well. But if the conversation at the poker table turns to any of these 9 topics, chances are the atmosphere will turn sour quickly. Here’s a list of topics you should never talk about at the poker table along with the reasons those topics should remain taboo.

Poker has gotten tougher than ever in the last decade since the Moneymaker boom. That makes it that much more difficult for new players to the game of poker to break through and become winners. Here’s a brief but important guide for beginning poker players to follow in order to start out on the right path to becoming winners in the poker room.

Amir Lehavot, of the 2013 November Nine, sat down with Cardplayer Lifestyle for an exclusive interview. The 38-year-old 2011 WSOP bracelet winner shares the story of his start in poker, talks about his connection to Israel, his feelings about Carlos Mortenson bubbling the Main Event final table, and much more.

The sight of reporters covering poker’s biggest events has become completely normal and expected these days and the sheer amount of content produced by these poker reporters is astounding. Perhaps that’s why poker fans and players have come to take for granted the hard work that the poker media members put into their jobs. No more. It’s time to say thank you.

With legions of poker players complaining about how cold it is at this year’s World Series of Poker, we at Cardplayer Lifestyle decided that it was time to investigate. We found that, indeed, this year’s installment of the WSOP is the coldest poker tournament on record! Our investigative reporting managed to get to the root of the problem as we found the official WSOP air conditioning technician. Read on to see our exclusive video interview with him and his recommended solution to fix the problem.

Jared Tendler, author of The Mental Game of Poker, like my review of his book. He was kind enough to agree to be interviewed for us here at Cardplayer Lifestyle. We specifically asked him for his thoughts on taking notes while playing live poker, as note taking was an oft-repeated theme of his book. Read on to see what Tendler had to say.

Just when you thought recreational poker players had no hope against the pros, who seem to be final tabling and winning every World Series of Poker event there is, Cardplayer Lifestyle is here to give you some great advice for what to do when faced with a name poker player across the table. Follow these tips and you’ll be sure to have an excellent defense against the arsenal that experienced pros bring with them to the felt.

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