Robbie Strazynski

For the first time in almost a decade and a half, I’m driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas today. Today’s Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog post is sort of a trip down memory lane for me. And I’m off to play some poker and hopefully come back home a winner.

Daniel Negreanu and Doyle Brunson, two of poker’s most pre-eminent personalities weigh in on the Full Tilt Poker scandal and sound off on what should or shouldn’t be done to Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer.

Not many poker players today realize there used to be a Super Bowl of Poker. Cardplayer Lifestyle gives readers a bit of a history lesson in honor of the Big Game.

Phil Ivey is back with a vengeance. The 8-time WSOP bracelet winner recorded a 7-figure score last night with a win at the 2012 Aussie Millions $250,000 Super High Roller event. Cardplayer Lifestyle brings you the details of Ivey’s latest big win.

Cardplayer Lifestyle is among the first poker news outlets in the world to bring you the recap of the just-completed 2012 Aussie Millions $100,000 High Roller Challenge. Dan Smith took down the event and won over AUD 1 million!

After legendary cash game successes, Viktor “Isildur1” Blom finally scored his first big poker tournament win, at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller event. Cardplayer Lifestyle brings you the rundown.

In our first ever poker news exclusive, the Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog publishes comments directly from Chris “Jesus” Ferguson about Full Tilt Poker.

In what can only be described as windfall news for online poker fans nationwide, the Department of Justice has come out saying that the Wire Act, upon which they’ve based their prosecution of online poker operators, only applies to sports betting. Cardplayer Lifestyle is here to tell you what this means in terms of the future of legal online poker in the United States.

Hannukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, and poker have a lot in common. Cardplayer Lifestyle examines the similarities between the two in this special holiday blog post. Whether you’re Jewish or not, it’s always a good occasion to use the power of poker to “spread the light.”

Phil Ivey’s career at the poker table has been filled with an innumerable amount of highs, with World Series of Poker bracelets galore and millions of dollars in cash game winnings decorating his resume. Off the felt, however, it seems as though Mr. Ivey has met his match in is ex-wife, Luciaetta, who seems hell bent on squeezing every chip possible out of him. The Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog brings you all the messy (and juicy) details.

Ever wonder what happened to Jamie Gold? The 2006 WSOP Main Event Champ has re-emerged from poker obscurity to sign a deal endorsing the Tropicana Las Vegas poker room. Chec out the details here at the Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog.

Though he only finished runner up in this year’s WSOP Main Event, Martin Staszko did just win something: a PokerStars Pro sponsorship deal! Read all about it here on the Cardplayer Lifestyle poker blog.