Poker sparks a debate that refuses to settle: to some, it’s strictly a gambling pastime, while to others, it’s a discipline as structured and demanding as any competitive sport. This clash of...
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During his eight-month prison sentence in the UK, Boris Becker says he ended up with a £500 poker debt to a group of Romanian inmates. According to Becker, the unpaid debt led...
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Not so long ago, most poker pros thrived in the shadows. They quietly built their bankrolls in smoky Vegas card rooms, private games in Los Angeles, and hidden backrooms around the world,...
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Mike Matusow’s run in Event #40: $5,000 Seniors High Roller at the 2025 World Series of Poker came to a crushing end during Day 3 action. The four-time WSOP bracelet winner was...
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Poker has come a long way from its early days. What started as a mix of Persian, French, and German card games found new life in 18th-century New Orleans. From there, it...
Few sports lend themselves to the silver screen quite as naturally as poker does (and yes, we said poker is a sport — deal with it). The tension between two players at...
The 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the 56th edition of poker’s most famous tournament series. It’ll take place at the Paris Las Vegas and the Horseshoe Las Vegas. This is...
I go to Las Vegas every year to participate in the World Series of Poker. I find even the thin possibility of winning a World Series of Poker bracelet to be a...
As poker players we should all be familiar with probability. After all it is the underpinning of the game and permits us to know what is a good bet. The most often...
We all know the obvious risk of losing at poker. The risk is you lose your money and go broke. Big revelation. Some insightful poker theorist I am. But there’s more –...
April 15th 2011, which has become known as 'Black Friday' to the United States poker playing community, changed the poker landscape for the foreseeable future. The Department of Justice’s crackdown on the...
Many of the most talented and accomplished players in the history of tournament poker have taken a cerebral approach to the game. Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Dan Harrington have all achieved...
Inexperienced, bad, superstitious, and gambling poker players think in terms of the short run. Their mood and disposition is determined by their immediate results. Ask them how they’re doing and they’ll tell...
I first learned how to play poker when I was five years old. My grandfather taught my brother and me how to play. I played for money in high school and college,...
