Robbie Strazynski

If you’re a poker player and plan on being in Las Vegas this weekend, we highly recommend you head to the Venetian on September 28th, where they’ll be having a Grand Opening of their all-new Sands Poker Room.

A whopping 3.5 hours of Howard Lederer being interviewed re: Full Tilt Poker has sent the poker world into a frenzy. There’s lots to take in and digest, so rather than give you our thoughts, we at Cardplayer Lifestyle thought it best to bring you a summary of how poker’s biggest names have responded. Enjoy.

We at Cardplayer Lifestyle feel that it’s high time for poker to have it’s own proper Hall of Fame building. All of the ingredients are there – all that’s needed is the go ahead from Poker Hall of Fame owner Caesars Entertainment.

Poker players can have lots in common with animals. Indeed, many names from the animal kingdom have made their way into poker’s lexicon over the years to describe specific hands, player types, games, and situations. So, we thought it appropriate to compile a list of the top 10 animals in poker.

Your favorite poker blogger and his wife are expecting a new baby. This is a special post where I share some more personal thoughts. There’s plenty of poker-related stuff in here, to be sure, but today it’s being viewed through a different lens.

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.