Robbie Strazynski

In the mood for an early Christmas present? Full Tilt Poker will be back up and running by November and your money will be there waiting for you. Wendeen Eolis confirms that the DOJ will be making it official in the immediate future: PokerStars will assume control of Full Tilt Poker and pay players back all of their money, in full.

Our last article detailed the only plausible way for poker to ever become an Olympic event. This latest poker blog post goes into detail about what such an Olympic event would look like. We expound upon the tournament series structure and medal distribution, as well as the positive repercussions the Olympic stage would have for the game of poker.

The Olympic Games are upon us again but a favorite sport of tens of millions around the globe, poker, doesn’t appear on the list of events. Fans of the game who wish to see Olympic medals being distributed for poker performances need to see one important thing change about the sport. Read on to find out what that one thing is.

Cardplayer Lifestyle brings you a new article written by one of our guest contributors. To learn more about how free poker can ultimately pave the way for real money poker success, you’ll want to read this post.

Cardplayer Lifestyle is happy to bring you our first-ever interview with a poker pro, Yuval Bronshtein. Yuval made it all the way to Day 7 of the just-completed World Series of Poker Main Event before busting out in 23rd place. Hear what he has to say about his deep run.

After three days of play, it was time to divvy up a $48 million prize pool among some of the best poker players in the world. Antonio Esfandiari claimed the lion’s share, $18.3 million, for his victory in the Big One for One Drop. The win gives poker’s “magician” his second career WSOP bracelet, the first ever platinum bracelet awarded by the WSOP.

Vanessa Selbst becomes just the sixth woman ever to win a second bracelet at the World Series of Poker. In this article, Cardplayer Lifestyle waxes poetic about Selbst’s success, both in this event as well as over the last few years.

Here’s Cardplayer Lifestyle’s preview of the richest poker tournament in history, slated to begin in just a couple hours. Find out which pros will be among the 48-player field, how much prize money the winner will take home, how much money will be raised for charity, and much much more! The $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop is here!

31-year-old Michael Mizrachi has accomplished the impossible, winning the $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship event at the World Series of Poker for the second time in the span of three years! Read all about the Grinder’s incredible run en route to victory, and yet another seven-figure payday, in our latest article.

Who ever said watching older people play poker isn’t exciting? Three huge names in poker made the final table of the $1,000 Seniors event at this year’s World Series. The winner? Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, who becomes the first woman to win an open WSOP event in 4 years.

We at Cardplayer Lifestyle think it’s high time some innovations be made in live poker rooms, namely the introduction of wild card poker games. Check out our latest article to see how this would benefit both poker players as well as live poker rooms.

The greats can always be counted on to produce more greatness – Phil Hellmuth has just added to his all-time mark with his 12th bracelet win at the World Series of Poker. Cardplayer Lifestyle brings you the details of his historic victory.