Robbie Strazynski

It”s a banner day for poker in Cincinnati. The Horseshoe Casino has just opened, and there’s a brand new 31-table WSOP-branded poker room waiting in the wings. The namesake city of Steve McQueen’s legendary poker-playing Cincinnati Kid character, Cardplayer Lifestyle brings you all the details on what to expect when you enter the premises and try to become “the man” in Cinci.

Cardplayer Lifestyle is pleased to bring you an exclusive interview with Patty Landis, the personal assistant to world-renowned poker pro Daniel Negreanu. She opens up about what it’s like to have one of the most unique jobs in the poker world.

Here’s Cardplayer Lifestyle’s op-ed piece regarding the whole mess surrounding men playing in the WSOP Ladies Event (now it’ll cost them $10K to do so, versus “just” $1K for women). Fact is, the WSOP should be about poker; that’s it.

Every once in a while here on the Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog, I share a personal story relating to my own poker exploits. Here’s the story of the first time I walked into a Las Vegas poker room, at the Excalibur, and proceeded to have my great plans, and confidence, decimated. I’m sure it’s something lots of our readers can probably identify with.

Cardplayer Lifestyle issues the call for you to join in the noble efforts of Daniel Negreanu and make a charity poker donation to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital. He is matching all contributions up to $50,000 with the goal of raising $100,000 by the end of the week towards research for new treatments for children’s cancers and other illnesses.

Stop costing yourself hundreds of dollars at the poker table by fixing your worst poker bad habits. Find the fixes in Cardplayer Lifestyle’s comprehensive list of poker leaks.

3-time WSOP bracelet winner Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has added another accolade to his impressive list of poker achievements: winner of the NBC Heads-Up Championship. Cardplayer Lifestyle brings you all the details of his incredible run though the field, and his final heads-up match-up with none other than longtime friend and nemesis Phil Hellmuth.

Momentum is a funny thing. When it comes to poker, momentum plays a very important role. There’s good momentum and the dreaded bad momentum. How important is poker momentum? Read this article to find out.

Cardplayer Lifestyle takes a look at online poker trends in the Arab world. What we found might surprise you.

Cardplayer Lifestyle would like to wish poker’s all-time tournament winning’s leader, Antonio Esfandiari, a happy 34th birthday. We received some info and a couple pictures form the Vegas birthday bash that we’re sure you’ll find interesting.

In this guest post by the folks over at Sky Poker, we learn 3 important ways in which playing online poker, as opposed to live poker exclusively, can help you improve your game.

Turns out that a $50 million investment might be enough for PokerStars to grab a foothold in an emerging U.S. online poker market, once it’s legalized. The world’s leading online poker brand has set it sights on Atlantic City, New Jersey. For more info on what type on impact such a move is likely to have, read on…