With more players transitioning from live to online poker due to the ongoing pandemic, it’s important to brush up your skills and remember that the two games, while similar, are different beasts.
Tadas Peckaitis offers some good tips to assist you in making the transition.
With the pandemic raging and lockdowns being imposed the world over, one man found solace in a weekly online poker game.
This is a brief story of how that window to the world via the virtual felt helped assuage a man’s mental anguish.
Looking for some bright ideas as to what to treat yourself to this holiday season? Are you searching for the perfect gift to get your significant other or a friend who absolutely loves poker?
We’ve compiled a list of great poker-themed holiday gift suggestions that we’re sure will bring you and your loved ones some joy and good cheer to mark the end of 2020.
In this article we break down the four most common bonus offers given to online poker players at the big sites, namely: deposit bonuses, no deposit bonuses, reload bonuses, VIP reward bonuses.
Farid Jattin is currently ranked #8 in the Global Poker Index and is the all-time leading money winner from Colombia with $5.6 million in reported Hendon Mob payouts. We talk about his beginnings in poker and his journey to the top of the poker world.
Farid is convinced that learning in community is critical for not only success, but balance in life. He has recently started group coaching which ignited the panel to get excited about forming a group to learn and hang out together. You can connect with Farid at faridjattinpoker.com
With all of the hi-tech, interactive poker study tools out there nowadays, it might seem like working with pencil and paper is old fashioned and outdated. The Postflop Poker Workbook, by James “SplitSuit” Sweeney proves that idea to be completely untrue.
Enabling a player to study and work out all of the many calculations poker requires, if you’re serious about studying and improving your mathematical skills at the tables, the Postflop Poker Workbook is an excellent resource to utilize and train with.
David Lappin is the co-host of the Chip Race, ambassador for Unibet Poker, and a great player and ambassador for the game.
Steve, Jim & Rob sit down with David to chat poker, podcasting, philosophy, and take as many shots as we can at David’s co-host Dara O’Kearney. Great conversation and a lot of fun was had by all!
In this article our Senior contributor George Epstein discusses the difference between good and questionable outs. He gives the example of a hand in which knowing your outs can assist you in properly “knowing where you’re at” and further navigating how to play the remainder of said hand.
In this brief article, we outline some of the trends we are likely to see from online casinos and poker rooms in 2021.
The World Series of Poker has just announced an online/live hybrid Main Event to be held at the end of 2020, which will allow domestic (US) and international players to compete in a $10,000 freezeout on WSOP.com and GGPoker, respectively. The live final tables will be held at King’s Casino, Czech Republic, and at the Rio in Las Vegas.
This topic, and much more on the latest episode of Poker Headlines, with Gillian Epp and Maureen Bloechlinger.
Bernard Lee interviews longtime poker industry stalwart Garry Gates, who had a once-in-a-lifetime run in the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event, eventually making the final table and finishing in fourth place.
In this brief article, we discuss how the broadcasting of large scale poker tournaments on TV has helped to lay the groundwork for the esports boom.
Robbie Strazynski and Bruce Briggs join the crew to chat about the end of an era. After 365 episodes, their Top Pair Home Game Poker Podcast has come to an end.
We chat about their favorite memories and what is next for these two fantastic poker ambassadors.
On this week’s episode of Poker Headlines, Gillian is joined once again by Maureen Bloechlinger as well as Poker Triad, to discuss poker in Cambodia and the whole scene there. They also talk about the ongoing Negreanu/Polk grudge match and the closing of poker rooms in Las Vegas.
In this feature we look back at the storied history of the European Poker Tour, which after 16 years will be holding its first tournament series online.
Longtime PokerStars stalwarts and company ambassadors chime in with their favorite and most memorable moments, and we preview what to expect from the first ever EPT Online in the coming days.
The Bernard Lee Poker Show features an interview with 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event runner up Dario Sammartino, who discusses his second place finish and competing heads up versus his good friend and the eventual champion Hossein Ensan.
A four-part video series debuted over the last few weeks on the Poker King YouTube channel to the delight of poker fans the world over. The videos featured Poker Hall of Famers Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey having a riveting conversation in which Ivey reveals more about his life and views on the poker world than ever before.
In this article, we get a special behind-the-scenes look at how the videos were produced.
There are plenty of other simple card games that people can enjoy playing besides poker. Often, these simple card games can nonetheless offer a way for you to hone some skills that prove useful at the poker tables.
In this article poker coach Sky Matsuhashi explains the importance of warming up before poker sessions, and details some techniques for how to best do so.
This op-ed by Christian Zetzsche examines the role of online poker room ambassadors.
From celebrities to female players to established poker pros to Twitch streamers to WSOP Main Event winners, ambassadors play a variety of roles. We dive deeper to better understand what makes a good poker brand ambassador.
The poker world saw plenty of memorable moments in 2020. From the WSOP Online Summer Series temporarily replacing the in-person WSOP at the Rio in Las Vegas to grudge matches, big name returns and more, here’s a rundown of 6 of the most memorable things that happened in poker this year.
It literally pays to pay attention if you’re looking to make money while playing video poker. Generally speaking, applying a proven slot machine strategy can also help you win while playing video poker.
The Japanese do enjoy a good game of poker, bot live and online, but nonetheless the law isn’t exactly so permissive when it comes to allowing such games to be played by citizens in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Jonathan Little is a poker player, coach, author, WPT title winner and owner of pokercoaching.com. In this discussion, we get caught up on everything Jonathan has going on, what he enjoys the most, and how in the heck he can multi-table 14 games at the same time.
We wonder if he gets bored playing live after spending so much time with the action of multi-tabling online.
On this week’s episode of Poker Headlines, Gillian is joined once again by Maureen Bloechlinger to discuss changes made to the Doug Polk/Daniel Negreanu grudge match, Jonathan Duhamel’s legal issues with the Canada Revenue Agency, the new 888poker mobile app, and the upcoming season of High Stakes Poker.
The Bernard Lee Poker Show interviews longtime veteran poker pro, 2020 WSOP Online Summer Series bracelet winner Pat “IchiiKawawa” Lyons.
If you’ll be playing for high stakes in an online poker room or casino, know that you’ll likely be eligible to excellent high roller bonuses that entitle you to some fantastic benefits.
As one of the more popular poker training sites, there’s always something new and interesting happening at Run It Once Training.
This quarterly update for Fall 2020 keeps you abreast of all the latest developments and promotions, and special events and offers they’ve got going on.
Ever so slowly, we are seeing more and more women take up poker and show up at the tables. Following the paths of trailblazers like Maria Ho and Kristen Bicknell, it’s great to see the tide slowly turning and a boosted demographic representation for women at the felt.
Both sets and trips represent three of a kind in poker, but as our Senior contributor George Epstein explains, there’s a critical difference… and it’s not just in the name!
